STATE OF COLORADO

DIVISION OF RECLAMATION MINING AND SAFETY

Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman St Room 215 Denver Colorado 80203
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COLORADO
D I V I S ION O F

303 866 3567

303 832 8106

RECLAMATION MINING
SAFETY

May 10 2013
John W Hickenlooper

on Coram

Governor

Gold Eagle Mining Inc

P O Box 3007

Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta Pineda Director

Montrose Colorado 80402

RE Withdrawal of Temporary Cessation Notices for the Hawkeye Mine M 1978 311 Ellison Mine M 1978 342 Burros Mine M 1977 297 and JD 5 Mine M 1977 248
Dear Mr Coram

The Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety Division received Gold Eagle s notices of Temporary
Cessation TC for the above referenced sites on March 1 2013 On May 7 2013 Gold Eagle submitted
withdrawals of those notices and affirmed previous statements it would initiate reclamation The

Division acknowledges the withdrawal of the notices of Temporary Cessation and is returning the
required fee of 115 00 for each site

Gold Eagle first committed to reclamation in lieu of submitting an Environmental Protection Plan on
January 7 2013 Gold Eagle U S Department of Energy and the Division will be meeting on site in mid May to discuss reclamation plans and requirements for all 4 sites Gold Eagle will be required to submit

a plan and timetable for initiation of reclamation to the Division within 60 days of issuance of the site
visit

inspection

report

Final

reclamation of all

four

sites must

be

achieved no

later than May 31

2014

Once the plans are reviewed and accepted by the Division it shall be incumbent upon Gold Eagle to

commence reclamation in accordance with the approved timetables Failure to meet set deadlines may result in the Division issuing a Reason to Believe a Violation Exist letter and scheduling the matter for
an enforcement hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board

If you need additional information please contact me at the Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety Grand Junction Field Office 101 S 3rd St Suite 301 Grand Junction Colorado 81501 by telephone at
970 241 1117 or by e mail at russ means @state co us
Sincerely

d lwc 4 ARussell
j
Means

Senior Environmental Protection Specialist

Cc

Loretta Pineda Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety Director

ony Waldron Minerals Program Supervisor
Bob Oswald EPS Minerals Durango Field Office

Ed Cotter Department of Energy

Stoller

Jeff Fugate Department of Natural Resources AGO Counsel

Office
of

Office of
Denver

Mined Land Reclamation

Grand Junction

Durango

Active

and

Inactive Mines