PERMIT FILE- 6/2/2008, 8:20:28 AM-SW1

• Permit No: p2008021
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 5/30/2008
• Doc Name: NOI to Conduct Prospecting
• From: DRMS
• To: Buys & Associates, Inc.
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
May 30, 2008
Mr Don Hamilton
COLORADO
D IV IS I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr
Governor
Buys & Associates, It1C Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
2580 Creekview Road Ronald W. Cattany
Moab, UT 84532-0000 Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
RE: Notice of Intent to Conduct Prospecting; DRMS File #(s) P-2008-021, P-2008-022
Dear Mr. Hamilton:
Please be advised that on June 2, 2008, the Governor will sign Senate Bill (SB) 228 into law.
Thus, new statutory provisions will become applicable for all Prospecting Notices, and
modifications to Prospecting Notices, submitted or approved on or after June 2, 2008.
Specifically, SB 228 revises the confidentiality provisions of C.R.S 34-32-113 applicable to
Prospecting Notices. A copy of the SB 228 is included with this notice for your convenience.
Based upon the requirements of SB 228, the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
(DRMS) hereby finds that the above-referenced Prospecting Notice is deficient because the
applicant has not yet designated those portions of the application it believes are confidential. The
DRMS will not issue an approval decision and the applicant is not authorized to commence
prospecting operations until all application deficiencies, including the confidentiality issues, are
adequately resolved.
Confidentiality may only be asserted for those portions of the application "relating to the mineral
deposit location, size, or nature, and as determined by the Board, other information designated by
the operator as proprietary or trade secrets or that would cause substantial harm to the competitive
position of the operator".
Please either withdraw and resubmit a revised application with the appropriate designations, or
provide a detailed application supplement, such that the revised application or application
supplement addresses the confidentiality designations required by SB 228. Please note that the
Division will not require payment of a new fee for the withdrawal and resubmittal option.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Office of Mined Land Reclamation
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines