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Wally Erickson <br />June 28, 2010 <br />Page 7 <br />Response to Adequacy Issue No. 8: Wildcat Mining has attached hereto as <br />Attachment 9 copies of revised Exhibits E-3 and E-7 showing the location of the portals, <br />Little Deadwood Gulch and the mill facility. Please note that these maps are based on <br />existing survey data, and that Wildcat Mining is in the process of re-surveying the May Day <br />Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Wildcat Mining, therefore, reserves the right to supplement its application <br />to include revised maps reflecting updated survey information. <br />9. The color shading of the permit areas on the maps interferes with detail viewing. <br />Please eliminate the color shading of the permit areas on the maps. <br />Response to Adequacy Issue No. 9: Wildcat Mining has attached hereto as <br />Attachment 9 copies of replacement maps making the clarification requested. <br />10. Underground openings, for ventilation purposes, are not discussed in the plan or <br />located on the map. If there are no underground openings for ventilation, other <br />than the portals, please state such. Otherwise, please discuss these openings in <br />the text and show their locations on the maps as required under Rule 6.3.3(1)(e). <br />Response to Adequacy Issue No. 10: The Chief Portal is serving as a man way for <br />the May Day No. 1 Mine. The portal is a pre-existing feature which was identified in the <br />1987 permit application as part of the affected land for the Lamb area. Specifically, <br />Wildcat Mining stated in its application: "The 1 Level adit and the Lamb will be maintained <br />only to provide for ventilation and second exits." In fact, documents created during the <br />1980s for permitting and compliance purposes reflected this use for the Chief Portal. See, <br />e.g., Attachment 10. The pre-existing Chief Portal was inadvertently not identified in <br />earlier iterations of Wildcat Mining's amended permit application. Wildcat Mining has <br />clarified the continued inclusion of the Chief Portal as part of the Lamb affected area in its <br />present amended permit application. <br />11. Section 6.3.3(1)(c) of the application appears to utilize the terms "waste rock <br />and "tailings" to describe the same materials. Waste rock is large particle <br />waste materials generated from the driving of adits and shafts as necessary to <br />access the ore body. Tailings are small particle waste materials, from the ore <br />body, resulting from the milling process after the mineral values have been <br />extracted. Please maintain this distinction throughout all portions of the <br />application. <br />Response to Adequacy Issue No. 11: All previous references and descriptions <br />utilizing the terms "tailings" and "waste rock" have been corrected and the term for this <br />mining application is "mined rock" since there will be no tailings (by definition) associated <br />with the May Day Mine operations. The corrected Exhibit C-Mine Plan is attached in <br />Attachment 11.