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BEFORE THE MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />FINDINGS AND ORDER <br />IN THE MATTER OF WILDCAT MINING CORPORATION'S REQUEST FOR <br />A DECISION DEADLINE EXTENSION TO ALLOW FOR PROCESSING OF <br />AN AMENDMENT TO ITS 112 DMO CONVERSION APPLICATION, File No. <br />M-1981-185 <br />THIS MATTER came before the Mined Land Reclamation Board ("Board") <br />on May 11, 2011 in Denver, Colorado as a consent agenda item to consider a <br />decision deadline extension to allow for processing of an amendment to the 112 <br />DMO conversion application, file number is M-1981-185. Steve Shuey appeared on <br />behalf of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ("Division"). There were <br />no appearances on behalf of Wildcat Mining Corporation ("Operator"). <br />The Board, having considered the materials presented with this consent <br />agenda item and having been otherwise fully informed of the facts in the matter, <br />hereby enters the following: <br />1. The Board has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to sections 34-32- <br />104 through 107, and 124 of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, Article 32 of <br />Title 34, C.R.S. (2009) ("Act"). <br />2. The Operator holds a permit for an underground hard rock gold and <br />silver mining operation located in section 28, Township 36 North, Range 11 West, <br />10th Principal Meridian. The operation, now known as the May Day Idaho Mine <br />Complex, is located near the town of Mayday, in La Plata County, Colorado, permit <br />number M-1981-185. <br />3. The Operator has engaged in mining activities under three separate <br />permits (the May Day Mine, Permit No. M-1981-185; the Idaho Mill, File No. M- <br />2006-069; and the Idaho Mine, File No. M-2010-003), which have resulted in multiple <br />violations. See MV-2009-007, MV-2009-033, MV-2009-035 and MV-2010-001. <br />4. On July 8, 2010 the Division and the Operator signed a joint <br />stipulation, which became a Board order on July 12, 2010, requiring the Operator to <br />submit a conversion application to convert the current 110(2) permit at the May <br />Day Mine to a 112 permit that covers all current and anticipated affected land at <br />the May Day and Idaho sites. The Operator was to provide the Division with all <br />required materials, in adequate form, to allow a final decision on the conversion <br />application within 180 days of the application filing date.