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BLC DEVELOPMENT, LLC P.O. Box 72 Lucerne, CO 80646 (970)353-7055 July 2, 2003 Greg E. Walcher Executive Director Division of Minerals and Geology Department of Natural Resources 1313 Shem~an Street, Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 Robert W. Cattany Division Director Division of Minerals and Geology Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 RECEIVED / JUL 0 7 2003 r/ Division ~t Minerals and Geology 1111 - o I ~ Denver, CO~ 3 / _ (~ W ~ ~ Re: Shores, Amendment to Permit No. M-1998A13, and all Subsequent Revisions Gentlemen: Hall-Irwin has demanded that we advise your office of a technical correction to our letter dated June 12, 2003. Please be advised that Paragraph 4, page two should read as follows: "Buyer shall obtain the written approval of such mining plan from the Seller, which approvals Seller shall not unreasonably withheld. Seller's approval or disapproval of the mining plan shall be based on the criterion set forth above and once approved, Seller shall not further challenee the miningplan." The substantive requirements of this section do not change in that Hall-Irwin must obtain BLC Development's written approval of any Mining Plan. Of course, Hall-Irwin did not advise BLC Development that it was amending the Mining Plan and certainly did not obtain its written approval. Hall-Irwin also suggests that it has acknowledgements of receipt of certified mail from BLC Development, LLC; however, Hall-Irwin has failed to provide copies. To our knowledge, we received no such notice and our review of the files of the Division of Mining and Geology did not reveal such certificates. BLC Development cannot state with certainty that notices were not delivered to its offices, but BLC Development is very skeptical of Hall-hwin's statements. The absence of any certificates in the Division of Mineral and Geology files and the fact that Hall-lrwin did not even