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DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 3 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />COLORADO <br />866-3 I V I S I O N O f INTENT T P PERAT MINING <br />FOR HARD ROCK/METAL MINES — — <br />GENERAL: <br />To conduct prospecting activities in the State of Colorado, a person or organization must file a Notice of <br />Intent to conduct Prospecting Operations (NOI or Prospecting Notice) and provide a financial warranty for <br />the prospecting operations to the Mined Land Reclamation Board (MLRB or Board). All prospecting <br />operations must comply with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act, as amended (34 -32 -101 et seq. <br />C.R.S.), and the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board Hard Rock/Metal Mines Rules and Regulations 2 <br />CCR 407 -1 and amendments to those rules ( "Rules "). This NOI form is for all minerals except coal and <br />construction materials. The Division shall determine (where there is a question) if an operation is <br />prospecting or mining. <br />The New Law: <br />Form 1 <br />All confidential and public information <br />For DRMS use, and confidential filing <br />Form 2 <br />Public information only <br />For public filing <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Senate Bill (SB) 228 became law on June 2, 2008. SB 228 revised portions of C.R.S. 34 -32 -113 pertaining <br />to confidentiality and filing requirements and requiring that certain aspects of Prospecting Notices will no <br />longer be confidential. <br />As revised, C.R.S. 34 -32 -113 (3) now requires, in part, that "All information provided to the Board in a <br />notice of intent to conduct prospecting or a modification of such a notice is a matter of public record subject <br />to the Open Records Act, Part 2 of Article 72 of Title 24, C.R.S., including, in the case of a modification, the <br />original notice of intent; except that information relating to the mineral deposit location, size, or nature and, <br />as determined by the Board, other information designated by the operator as proprietary or trade secrets or <br />that would cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the operator shall be protected as <br />confidential information by the Board and shall not be a matter of public record in the absence of a written <br />release from the operator or until a finding by the Board that reclamation is satisfactory. Such information <br />designated as exempt shall remain confidential until a final determination by the Board ". If the Board <br />determines that information is not confidential, the Division shall treat it as public information thirty (30) <br />days from the Board's written order. <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand )unction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />