Coeur Alaska

Letter from Joseph Beedle to William Boyd

Goldbelt
9097 Glacier Hwy, Suite 200, Juneau, Alaska 99801
(907) 790-4990 Fax (907) 790-4999

July 20, 1995

William F. Boyd, Vice President
Corporate Counsel and Secretary
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation
505 Front Avenue
P.O. Box I
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814

Dear Mr. Boyd:

Goldbelt has reviewed the Coeur Alaska, Inc. Kensington XL Pilot Project application dated July 14, 1995. Goldbelt, Inc. supports your application as it will provide a means for the Kensington Project to meet all necessary environmental standards in a cost effective and technically feasible manner.

As proposed in this application, effluent which has received enhanced treatment will be discharged into fresh water rather than the marine waters of Lynn Canal. This will allow the Kensington Project to meet environmentally safe standards while alleviating local concerns about discharges into the marine waters of an important fisheries area. Goldbelt as one of the owners of Health Sea, Inc., a firm which purchases fish from the Lynn Canal fishermen, considers this an important environmental benefit.

Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation may forward this letter of support to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Sincerely,

Joseph M. Beedle
President and Chief Executive Officer

cc: Klukwan, Inc. Kake Tribal Corp.
Goldbelt Board of Directors

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