MINING, MINERAL LAW, COAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIROMINING, NATURAL RESOURCES LAW
R. LEE ASTON, Ph.D., D. Eng., J.D., LL.M., E.M., M.S.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, PROFESSIONAL MINING ENGINEER & GEOLOGIST
Member: Georgia, Virginia, Indiana, Montana Bars — American Bar Ass'n — Ass'n of Trial Lawyers of America
International Bar Association — International Mining Professionals Society — AIME/SME-Society of Mining Engineers
Australian Mining & Petroleum Law Association — Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
Association of Engineering Geologists — Editorial Board of Mineral Resources Engineering Journal (London)

	Georgia Office: Suite 208-213, Old 1st National Bank Building, Public Square Mail: P.O. Box 34, Elberton Georgia 30635 U.S.A. email: leeaston@negia.net Telephone: 706-283-1337 - Fax: 706-283-1337 Virginia Office and Mailing Address: P.O. Box 74, Rapidan, Virginia 22733 Telephone: 540-672-0476
The University of Aston in Birmingham, England		Missouri School of Mines