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2920 Cedar Heights Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80904 (719)685-4479 e-mail glacier(cilfrii.com Division ofMinerals and Geology Department of Natural Resources Mr. James Dillie I June 2003 / RECEIVED JUN 0 3 2003 ~~'~- Environmental Protection Specialist 1313 Sherman Street, Room Z I S Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-3567 Deaz Mr. Dillie Aiuision at /yiiaerals and Geelo9Y ,~~Q~~~`r° R,Q.SPa~Se,~, Thank you for your technical review of my Glacier Peak Mining Permit Application, M-2003-030. I have attached the items to cover the material identified by your review. This should reach you in time to be considered on 4 June. However, I do not want our operation jeopardized if there is any question that needs to be covered before the review takes place please call me so I can request an extension. I understand a second application will be necessary for my northern claims and that an annual fee will be charged for them. As a result, I will not include Qui-Buc 2 in this permit application. I will include the four southern claims only. I will continue to prospect as necessary to maintain the validity of the northern claims as this is required for annual assessment work. I did file a notice of intent with the Forest Service three yeazs ago. I revised it this year to add our two new claims, Elk Hom and Wolf Fang. I will contact Mr Harry Posey as indicated. Thank you. Our original proposal indicated a time line through 2018 with final reclamation completed on Qui-Buc No. 2 that yeaz. Total disturbance over the 15 yeazs was projected to be slightly under 3 acres. This included equipment footprints, storage areas, some reclanration of currently disturbed areas, and prospecting. On average, we would disturb 1/5 of an acre per year. After the first yeaz, each site is reclaimed until at the end of 2018, we would have reclaimed and reseeded our final parcel. As a result of removing Qui-Buc No. 2 this would reduce the total disturbed area by 2/5 of an acre. Total disturbed and reclaimed azeas for this permit would now be 2.6 acres. I would leave it at 3 acres. I would plan on reclaiming additional disturbed areas neaz our proposed excavation sites, particulazly on the Smoky Hawk where most of 3 acres is currently disturbed. I believe a fair amount of reclamation should be planned at 1/5 acre per year. In reference to information from the Forest Service regazding the difference in the Operations Plan and this application. My first application before the first technical review included eight of my nine claims. I first pulled Qui-Buc No. 3, Qui-Buc No. 8, and The Cut Dog from the mining permit because the first technical review said I had to have permission from the land owner to mine on the private Land which Qui-Buc No. 8 overlaps in the north east. I was only proposing to prospect and had no intent of ever mining or prospecting on the private land. It made sense to pull these claims from the permit process as I did not plan on mining on them, only prospecting. I believe all my claims still need to be covered in the Operations Plan so the Forest Service knows what I am doing. I will contact them and see what they need.