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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />June 16, 2010
<br />George Robinson
<br />R Squared Incorporated
<br />9034 East Easter Place, Suite 100
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<br />Centennial, CO 80112
<br />RE: Second Adequacy Letter'for an Amendment?.,61?10(2) Operation (AM-011
<br />Wildcat Mining Corporation, May Day Mine, ermit No. M-1981-185:
<br />Dear Mr. Robinson:
<br />COLORADO
<br />D I V I S ION Of
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
<br />Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br />Govemor
<br />James B. Martin
<br />Executive Director
<br />In a correspondence dated April 28, 2010, this Office enumerated 28 adequacy issues for AM-01 at the
<br />May Day Mine, which must be addressed to the Office's satisfaction prior to the decision date. In that
<br />correspondence the Office set the decision date for AM-01 at July 5, 2010. During the May 13, 2010
<br />meeting of the Mined Land Reclamation Board (Board), the Board ordered the Applicant to address all
<br />adequacy issues identified in the April 28th correspondence, with the exception of items 4, 5, 6, 18 and 28,
<br />by July 5, 2010.
<br />In its April 28th adequacy letter, under items 10 and 14, the Office requested that the application identify
<br />surface features of the proposed operation, including all underground openings for ventilation purposes.
<br />On May 7, 2010, Mr. Clements hand delivered a single copy of a map titled, "Wildcat Mining - Level 1,
<br />Ventilation and Escape Way Plan", prepared by Jim Sheridan and dated December 24, 2009. The map
<br />identifies the Chief Portal as a ventilation and secondary escape way for the Level 1 workings.
<br />Accordingly, the Chief Portal is affected land. Pursuant to Rule 1.4.2(2)(b)(ii), please provide two
<br />additional copies of the map. Please update the applicable exhibits of the application to provide the
<br />information required under Rules 3.1, 6.2 and 6.3 for the Chief Portal. Please identify any additional
<br />underground openings for the other two levels of the proposed operation.
<br />Since the Chief Portal is located outside of the proposed permit boundary it must be incorporated into the
<br />boundary of affected lands. This incorporation constitutes an Amendment to the application. Please
<br />review Rules 1.1(4), 1.1(6) and 1.8 for the Amendment process. Please ensure that the Amendment to
<br />AM-01 addresses the applicable portions of Rules 3.1, 6.2.1, 6.3.1 (Exhibit A), 6.3.2 (Exhibit B), 6.3.3
<br />(Exhibit C), 6.3.4 (Exhibit D), 6.3.5 (Exhibit E), 6.3.6 (Exhibit F), 6.3.7 (Exhibit G), 6.3.9 (Exhibit 1), 6.3.10
<br />(Exhibit J) and 6.3.12 (Exhibit Q. Pursuant to Rule 1.6.6, submittal of the Amendment to AM-01 will
<br />require the application to be re-noticed and all applicable deadlines of the review process shall begin to
<br />run anew. Given the 9.9 acre limitation for the proposed 110(2) operation, the Applicant may consider
<br />applying for a Regular 112 type permit.
<br />Office of Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
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