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PERMIT #: M- 1983 -141 <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: MAC <br />INSPECTION DATE: August 24, 2011 <br />INSPECTION TOPIC: Off -site Damage <br />PROBLEM /POSSIBLE VIOLATION: Probable Violation: The Operator has constructed a secondary escape -way <br />hatch which is located outside of the permit boundary; the total disturbed area is approximately 100 ft This is <br />a possible violation at this time pursuant to: C.R.S. 34- 32- 116(7)(h) for failure to protect areas outside of the <br />affected land from damage occurring during the mining operation and reclamation. <br />CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: This possible violation will require a hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board. <br />The schedule and other details for the MLRB hearing will be provided under a separate document to be sent via <br />certified mail to the operator. <br />CORRECTIVE ACTION DUE DATE: 10/12/11 <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />The inspection was conducted by Michael Cunningham and Tony Waldron of the Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety (Division). Janis Whisman, Conrad Lattes and Jim Daus were present on behalf of Boulder <br />County and the landowner, Mark Steen, was also present. No one from AGC Resources LLC was present during <br />this inspection. The Cash and Who Do Mines are located 10 miles northwest of Boulder, CO. The site is <br />permitted for 9.83 acres and the post- mining land use is forestry. The purpose of this inspection was follow up <br />on several outstanding problems identified during previous inspections. <br />The Cash and Who Do Mines Reclamation Permit was transferred from Mount Royale Ventures, LLC to AGC <br />Resources LLC on August 2, 2010. The Division conducted an inspection of the site on December 22, 2010. <br />During that inspection, the Division identified several outstanding problems which had been cited during prior <br />inspections. The problems were cited under the previous Operator, Mount Royale Ventures, LLC; however, <br />AGC Resources LLC has assumed the liability of correcting the outstanding problems. Following the inspection <br />conducted on December 22, 2010, the Division provided AGC Resources LLC with a list of outstanding <br />problems and their associated corrective actions and compliance dates. Mr. Jim Beck and Mr. Paul Jones were <br />retained by the Operator as technical consultants and were working with the Division to bring the site back <br />into compliance so that mining operations could resume. The Operator made progress in resolving several of <br />the outstanding problems and the Division granted the Operator several extensions of the corrective action <br />dates. <br />On July 8, 2011, the Division was notified that Mr. Beck and Mr. Jones were no longer affiliated with AGC <br />Resources LLC and that their involvement with the project would cease immediately. The Division contacted <br />Mr. Mark Nesbitt, the permitting contact for this site, in order to determine if the Operator had retained a <br />new technical consultant. Mr. Nesbitt informed the Division that AGC Resources LLC had been acquired by <br />Devtech Management Limited and that his status as the primary contact for Gold Hill Mill was uncertain. The <br />Division has attempted to contact Mr. Lars Pearl and Mr. Mick Montgomery, the president and technical <br />director of Aurora Gold Corporation respectively; all attempts to contact anyone with AGC Resources LLC have <br />been unsuccessful. <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />