<Letterhead DIAMOND LAKE MINERALS, INC. PO Box 190 Warkworth Ontario CANADA K0K 3K0 Phone (705)924-2303 Facsimile (705) 924-2600> 17 February 2000 H. Roger Schwall, Assistant Director John Penn, Esq. Division of Corporate Finance Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, D.C. 20549 Via Facsmile: John Penn: 202-942-9528 RE: Diamond Lake Minerals Inc. Form 10SB Filed on December 22, 1999 Commission File No. 0-28695 Gentlemen: We have received your initial comment letter, dated February 4, 2000 on our Form 10SB filed on December 22, 1999. Based on a conversation between your office and our attorney, Gerald M. Conder, and further based on our inability to respond to comments on or before the effective date of the filing, please be advised that Diamond Lake Minerals, Inc. hereby withdraws its Form 10SB filing. We will file a new Form 10SB in the near future and make every effort to address your comments in our new filing. Very truly yours, DIAMOND LAKE MINERALS, INC. /s/ A. David Houston __________________________________ By: A. David Houston President