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Response to Completeness <br />Completeness Item No. 2 <br />Pursuant to Rules 3.1.12(2)(b), 6.2.1(2)(d), 6.4.1(1), 6.4.3(d), 6.4.4, 6.4.5, 6.4.6 and 6.4.14, the <br />application must describe and delineate the boundary of affected lands. Under Exhibit A, the <br />application identifies affected lands to include the May Day No. 1, May Day No. 2, May Day <br />No. 3 (Lamb), Chief Tunnel, Idaho Millsite, Pay Day Millsite, existing roads and the Easement. <br />Exhibit A provides the acreages for the May Day No. 1, 2 and 3, and the Idaho and Pay Day Mill <br />sites. No acreages are provided in Exhibit A for the Chief Tunnel, existing roads and the <br />Easement. Please clarify the acreages of affected lands associated with the Chief Tunnel, <br />existing roads and the Easement. Please clarify that the portion of the access road, previously <br />undermined by the unpermitted construction of the Chief Tunnel, is included within the <br />boundaries of affected lands. Please augment the descriptions of affected lands, provided in <br />Exhibit A, to include the May Day No. 1 Extension, bridge over the La Plata River, 11 proposed <br />drill pads and the approximate 8,000 feet of new exploration roads. Please clarify the acreages <br />of affected lands associated with these additional features. <br />Response to Completeness Item No. 2 <br />Wildcat Mining has modified Exhibit A ("Legal Description"), see Attachment 1 attached <br />hereto, to clarify and summarize the affected lands and appropriate buffers within the permit <br />boundary, including: <br />• Unpermitted access road to the Chief Tunnel; <br />• The Chief Tunnel; <br />• Existing Roads and Easements; <br />• Bridge over the La Plata River; <br />• The exploration roads and Pads; <br />• Mine Portals; and, <br />• Mine Infrastructure. <br />Wildcat Mining has made corresponding clarifications to Exhibit D ("Mining Plan") and Exhibit <br />E ("Reclamation Plan") to the Application, and a substitute Figure B-1 ("Regional Location of <br />Affected Lands"), Figure C-1 ("Owners of Record of Affected Land") and Figure C-4 ("Total <br />Operational Area"). Id. <br />Completeness Item No. 3 <br />Please ensure that the boundary of affected lands is consistently described throughout all <br />application materials. Discrepancies in the descriptions of affected lands include the following: <br />Total Acreage of affected lands provided in Exhibit A = 17.89 acres; <br />Total Acreage of affected lands shown on Exhibit C-1 = 19.79 acres; <br />Total affected lands per Exhibit E, section 6.4.5(2) (a) = 28 acres; <br />Total affected lands per Attachment T-4 = 28.7 acres; <br />11/8/2010 <br />2 <br />