Free Letter re Appeal - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Case No. 00-cv-02325-MSK-MEH SIERRA CLUB and MINERAL POLICY CENTER, Plaintiffs, vs. CRIPPLE CREEK AND VICTOR GOLD MINING COMPANY, ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI (COLORADO) CORP. ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI NORTH AMERICA INC. and GOLDEN CYCLE GOLD CORPORATION Defendants. and Civil Action No. 01-cv-02307-MSK-MEH SIERRA CLUB and MINERAL POLICY CENTER, Plaintiffs, vs. CRIPPLE CREEK AND VICTOR GOLD MINING COMPANY, et al., ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI (COLORADO) CORP. ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI NORTH AMERICA INC. and GOLDEN CYCLE GOLD CORPORATION Defendants.

PROTECTIVE NOTICE OF APPEAL

Notice is hereby given that Sierra Club and Mineral Policy Center, Plaintiffs in the above named consolidated cases, hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit the District Court's ruling entitled Order Granting, In Part, Motion for Attorney Fees dated December 20, 2006 [#345]. Judgment has yet to be entered by

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the Court on this Order. Plaintiffs are filing this Protective Notice of Appeal in an abundance of caution to reserve their right to challenge both this Order and any subsequent Judgment. Dated: January 19, 2007 s/ Jeffrey Parsons _________________________ Jeffrey Parsons, Esq. Western Mining Action Project P.O. Box 349 Lyons, CO 80540 (303) 823-5738 [email protected] John M. Barth Attorney at Law P.O. Box 409 Hygiene, CO 80533 (303) 774-8868 [email protected] Randall M. Weiner, Atty. No. 23871 1942 Broadway, Suite 408 Boulder, Colorado 80302 Tel: 303-938-3773 Fax: 303-442-6622 [email protected]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 19th day of January 2007, I electronically filed the foregoing Notice of Appeal with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following e-mail addresses: [email protected] Eugene Riordan Vranesh & Raisch P.O. Box 871 Boulder, CO 80306 [email protected] Craig R. Carver Carver, Kirchhoff, Schwartz McNab & Bailey, P.C. 1600 Stout Street, Suite 1700 Denver, CO 80202 [email protected] Don H. Sherwood 10861 West 28th Place Denver, CO 80215 [email protected] Robert C. Troyer Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. 1200 17th Street, #1500 Denver, CO 80202 s/ Jeffrey Parsons ______________________

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