October 8, 1999	File No: NWB2ULU00 --

David Hohnstein , C.E.T.

Environmental Co-ordinator

Echo Bay Mines Ltd.

Lupin Operation - Bag. No. 1

Nisku , Alberta T0C 2G0

Attn: David Hohnstein

Re: NWB2ULU00 --, Licence Renewal Application.

The Nunavut Water Board acknowledges receipt of your water licence application and application fees on September 16, 1999, your original supplementary questionnaire dated March, 1997, and your letter of October 7, 1999 regarding the Supplementary Questionnaire and English Executive Summary for the Ulu Exploration Site. As stated in your fax of October 8, 1999 and in our telephone conversation of the same day, the Inuktitut translation of the Executive Summary has been arranged and will be sent to the NWB as soon as it is finished.

This project is subject to screening by the Nunavut Impact Review Board and has been sent for their determination as to whether they require further review or if it can be processed by the Nunavut Water Board. We ask you to make available to the public, free of charge, copies of all documents pertaining to this application. Enclosed for your records is receipt number C-101114 to cover the water licence application fee.

You will be contacted should additional information or clarification be required. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Rita Becker

Licence Administrator

cc.	Shannon Pagotto, DIAND , Water Resources Division

Carey Ogilvie , EC -EP