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QPP�N,ENT Of Ty�2 <br />Q <br />A <br />y O <br />a <br />ARCH 3 �$a <br />In Reply Refer To: <br />3425 (CO -921) <br />COC -70615 <br />Coal <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />Oxbow Mining, LLC <br />Attention: Jim Kiger <br />3737 Highway 133 <br />Somerset CO 81434 <br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT <br />Colorado State- Office <br />2850 Youngfield Street <br />Lakewood, Colorado 802t5 -7210 <br />www.co.blm.gov <br />JUL 1 0 2012 <br />Decision <br />Bond Accepted, Coal Lease Issued <br />VL O�1Y�Mb +p TN NN�NY <br />JUL ,PECEfl1E <br />l 16 son <br />BY- <br />On May 15, 2012, Oxbow Mining, LLC submitted the high bid at the competitive coal lease sale <br />for 726 acres identified as serial number COC- 70615. As conditions for lease issuance, Oxbow <br />Mining, LLC (1) executed three copies of lease COC- 70615, (2) submitted the first year's rental, <br />and (3) submitted a payment for advertising or the coal sale. <br />On June 22, 2012, a surety bond in the amount of $1,184,000, having bond no. 1079420 was <br />filed. The minimum bond amount was required for the coal lease to be effective. <br />The bond having Oxbow Mining, LLC as principal, and I,exon Insurance Company as surety, <br />has been examined, found satisfactory and is hereby accepted effective June 22, 2012, the date of <br />filing in this office. <br />All statutory and regulatory requirements having been met, coal lease COC -70615 is hereby <br />issued to Oxbow Mining, LLC, effective July 01, 2012, as requested in writing pursuant to the <br />regulations at 43 CFR 3475.3(a). A copy of the executed lease is enclosed. <br />Sincerely, r _ <br />Charlie Beecham, PE <br />Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals <br />