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A Message from the Executive Director
Dear AMA Members and Friends, This is such an amazing season for us, so filled with activities, gifts, and memories. First there are the holidays to celebrate and to be thankful for our many blessings. Then there’s the joy and satisfaction of another great Anchorage annual convention in the books. And there’s the reality that in a few short weeks we will start another year in the never-ending adventure of Alaska mining! First the thanks … I am incredibly thankful for the more than 1,250 miners and support companies who attended the convention, an all-time record! And thankful for the almost 150 companies who exhibited at our sold-out trade show. If you attended, you know it’s impossible to see and do and take in all of this biggest week in Alaska mining. There was so much to share from that incredible convention that there isn’t room in this month’s journal! So, watch for much more in the winter issue of The Alaska Miner magazine! Elsewhere in this Journal you’ll see some of the highlights, including our 2023 AMA Award Honorees. I’m thankful as well for our incredible convention committee, our team of volunteers, speakers, and presenters, and for our new board of directors who took office at the convention and for the next two years. Their dedication and guidance are critical to our success. I hope you met Carin Currier, our
of the projects this road will open up, but to the future of mining in Alaska. Your voice is critical to this process. There are three options for submitting comments: n Provide verbal comments at a
Public Meeting/Hearing n Online: www.blm.gov/ AmblerRoadEIS
n Mail or hand deliver to: BLM Fairbanks District Office, ATTN: Ambler Road Scoping Comments, 222 University Ave., Fairbanks, AK 99709 Please also add a couple of key dates to your personal 2024 calendar: n March 26-29 we will return to Fairbanks for our first spring convention since before the pandemic. It’ll be a great celebration of Alaska mining with special focus on the Interior. n Dec. 31 is our deadline for advertising in the 2024 Alaska Miners Handbook and Service Directory. Please contact our Publisher Lee Leschper for advertising in the Handbook (and our Journal and Alaska Miner Magazine) at Lee.Leschper@ FireweedStrategies.com. Contact Darlene Strickland (darlene@ alaskaminers.org) for updates to your listings as well as renewing your membership (remember only current members are included)! Please have a safe Merry Christmas and joyous New Year!
new projects and communications manager, at the convention! She technically hadn’t even started work for us but pitched right in to help things run smoothly. She’s just settling into her new and significant role, to help us connect and communicate better with you, our members. Please reach out to her by email or phone and help us welcome her. She is a born-and-raised Alaskan who looks to tackle this key responsibility with her natural energy and great skills. Read more about her in this Journal. If you haven’t done so already, please also respond to our convention survey, to let us know what we can do better for 2024. We know we can always improve. And now to the challenges ahead … As you read this, we are in the final days of the comment period on the EIS critical to construction of the Ambler Road. The final deadline is Dec. 22. There has been a vast amount of misinformation and negative comments regarding this project. Please take five minutes from your busy holiday schedule to go online and offer your support for this critical project, which is important to the future not just
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A Convention to Break All Records!
The 2023 AMA convention in Anchorage broke all records set by previous annual conventions. More than 1,250 attendees enjoyed a full week of sessions, speakers, trade show and awards banquet. Our sold-out Trade Show included 146 exhibitors and booths representing all sectors of the industries within and supporting Alaska miners. Our Core Shack and Prospectors Tent also set records, with more than 20 projects and prospects represented. And thanks to your generosity, we set an all-time record for contributions to support Alaska Resource Education. Plan now for our 2024 annual convention Nov. 5-8, 2024, as well as the spring 2024 biennial convention March 26-29 in Fairbanks! Watch for much more about this year’s convention in the Winter issue of your Alaska Miner Magazine.
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In Memoriam: Mike Barton
Barton played a vital role in the restoration of Prince William Sound following the Exxon- Valdez oil spill. As a founding member of the Oil Spill Trustee Council, he represented the Secretary of Agriculture in efforts to mitigate environmental damage. He also served on the Federal Subsistence Board, which established
Mike Barton, who served twice as the commissioner of the Department of Transportation during the administrations of Alaska Gov. Walter J. Hickel and Gov. Frank Murkowski, passed away Nov. 21 after a long illness. He was a longtime resident of Juneau and an active supporter of the Alaska Miners Association. Born in Lincoln, Neb., Barton’s professional career began in 1959 when he joined the U.S. Forest Service as a research technician, while pursuing his education at the University of Michigan. In 1961, he earned a bachelor of science degree in forestry, followed by military service in the U.S. Army. He completed a master’s in forest hydrology in 1965 at the University of Michigan. Barton’s career with the U.S. Forest Service included work as a watershed scientist on the Superior National Forest, as chief of the Water Quality Section in the Eastern Region and Deputy Forest Supervisor of the Ottawa National Forest in Minnesota. In 1974, Barton moved to Washington, D.C., where he held various critical roles within the U.S. Forest Service including water rights and water quality specialist, program evaluation and system development specialist, and director of watershed management. In 1979, Barton’s work took him to Juneau, where he served as the Deputy Regional Forester for the Alaska Region. He rose to the position of Regional Forester in 1984, overseeing the vast Tongass and Chugach National Forests, covering 22 million acres. Barton received numerous awards for his exceptional natural resource management skills. His role as team leader on the National Fisheries Task Force was instrumental in revitalizing and strengthening the Forest Service fisheries program.
the subsistence program for federal lands in Alaska. Beyond his government roles, Barton was deeply involved in other organizations including the Society of American Foresters, the Soil and Water Conservation Society of America, the American Forestry Association, the American Fisheries Society, the National Woodland Owners Association, Ducks Unlimited, the Rotary Club and the Little League Baseball Program. He served on the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority for five years and chaired the group from 2013-15. In 1994, Barton retired from the U.S. Forest Service and was named by Gov. Hickel to be commissioner of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. Barton was later named commissioner of DOT by Gov. Murkowski. His guiding motto throughout his career was, “Never pass up an opportunity to take on more responsibility.” In addition to being a Rotarian, Barton was a longtime member of the Capital City Republicans. His widow is Sharon Barton, a longtime Juneau civic leader.
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Carin Currier Joins AMA Staff
Carin Currier has joined AMA as our Projects and Communications Manager. At the annual convention, before her first real day on the job, you probably met or saw Carin already hard at work helping our members! “My first few weeks at AMA have been nothing short of exciting and I am so eager to learn more about the mining industry. Starting my job the week of our annual AMA convention was a perfect introduction to this industry and everyone I met was so incredibly kind and welcoming. This made my first convention so memorable and I am already looking forward to next year!” Carin was born and raised in Anchorage and left to play soccer at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She graduated in May 2023 with her Business Management degree. While in Minnesota, Carin was a photographer for her athletic department and managed her soccer team’s social media accounts. After graduating, Carin drove 3,500 miles back to Alaska where she spent the summer paving driveways for her dad’s company, Currier’s Asphalt Maintenance. She started at AMA in November of 2023, and she is so
excited to learn more about Alaska’s mining industry while working as the Projects and Communications Manager. In her free time, Carin loves to hang out with her dog, Cooper, take photos of Alaska’s scenery, play soccer and go to the cabin with her family. You can email Carin at carin@alaskaminers.org.
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Thank You to Our 2023 Convention Sponsors!
Support of the AMA Convention not only helps us put on a fantastic event, but it is one of our largest fundraisers, meaning, support helps sustain our year- round mission. All the work we do — our comments and testimony, Action Alerts, advocacy events like Alaska Mining Day, Alaska Night at Roundup, Juneau Mining Forum, and the dozens of presentations
given throughout the year, and our social media presence — is possible through their support. Your generosity ensures we can advocate for Alaska’s mining industry, and we couldn’t be more grateful. If you are appreciative of AMA’s efforts throughout the year, please take the time to read the names of companies and individuals that make it all possible.
GOLD SPONSORS Alaska Minerals Inc. Alaska Petroleum Dist. Inc Coeur Alaska- Kensington Mine Construction Machinery Industrial, LLC Contango ORE Inc
Donlin Gold LLC Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company Kinross Alaska NANA NANA Construction NC Machinery Northern Star (Pogo) LLC ARG Industrial BGC Engineering, Inc. Calista Corporation CONAM Construction Company HighGold Mining Inc
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Thank You to Our Trade Show Exhibitors!
We want to give a record-setting, sold- out biggest ever Thank You to all our 2023 Convention Trade Show Exhibitors! The Trade Show is no doubt the foundation (literally, on the first floor) of our event, and the participation by our vendors brings a significant amount of revenue to the Association. They are the lifeblood of the industry’s support needs for goods, services and expertise.
The goods and services supplying our mines are present throughout the Exhibit Hall and we greatly appreciate you visiting these booths, seeing what they have to offer and thanking them for their support of our industry. We hope you also found that the booths have great swag, delicious food and maybe a Bloody Mary offering or two.
HEAVY EQUIPMENT VENDORS n Alaska Mining & Diving Supply n ARG Industrial n Construction Machinery Industrial, LLC n Equipment Source, Inc. n Lifewater Engineering Company n RAM Enterprise, Inc. n Sherp of Alaska n SMS Equipment Inc.
n Alaska Support Industry Alliance n ALS Geochemistry n Alyeska Tire n Ambler Metals n Arctic Winter Games n Arcticom LLC, a BSNC Company n Aspen Hotels of Alaska
n Aurora Geosciences (Alaska) Ltd. n Automatic Welding & Supply Corp. n Backcountry EMS n Beacon Occupational Health and Safety Services, Inc. n Beckwith & Kuffel, Inc. / Delta P Pump n Belzona Technology Northwest
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n BLM Minerals n Boart Longyear n Boreal Environmental Services
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n Brenntag Pacific, Inc. n Brooks Range Supply n Bureau Veritas Minerals
n CONAM Construction Company n Contech Engineered Solutions LLC n Delta Industrial Services Fairbanks LLC n Denali Industrial Supply, Inc n DGI Geoscience US Inc. n Donlin Gold LLC n DXP Alaska Pump and Supply
n Alaska Earth Sciences n Alaska Energy Metals
n Alaska Industrial Hardware, Inc. n Alaska Midnight Sun Drilling Inc. n Alaska Minerals Inc. n Alaska Petroleum Dist. Inc n Alaska Railroad n Alaska Resource Education n Alaska Roteq n Alaska Steel, Co.
n Dyno Nobel Inc. n Elemetal Direct
n Energy Laboratories Inc. n Equity Geoscience, Ltd.
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n Samson Tug & Barge Co., Inc. n Sandvik n SLR International Corporation
n ERM Alaska, Inc. n Everts Air Cargo n Fairweather, LLC n Felix Gold Ltd & Wiseman Metals n Ferguson Industrial n Fireweed Strategies LLC n Frontier Supply n Fuller Brothers/Tire Life n Global Services, Inc.
n Soloy Helicopters, LLC n Sophie Station Suites n South32 n SRK Consulting n Stantec Consulting Services Inc. n State of Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys n State of Alaska, DNR Division of Mining, Land & Water n Surveyors Exchange Co n SWCA Environmental Consultants n Techline Alaska n TEMSCO Helicopters, Inc.
n Gold Buyers of Alaska: GBA Assaying & Refining n Horst Expediting & Remote Operations, Inc. n Hy-Tech Drilling n IMDEX n Industrial Pumps of Alaska n Inlet Energy n Institute of Social and Economic Research, UAA; and CORE-CM n Integrated Power Services n JCM Industries, Inc.
n Thyssen Mining Inc. n TOTE Maritime Alaska n Triodetic Ltd
n TTT Environmental, LLC n US Geological Survey n Weir Minerals North America n WSP n Xerxes n Zonge International Inc.
n JH Fletcher & Co. n Kuna Engineering n Lynden n Major Drilling n Mascott Equipment n Mining and Petroleum Training Service n Minn-Alaska Transport LLC n Motion & Flow Control Products n Motion Industries (FAI) n MTA n NC Machinery n NMS n Northern Star Resources (Pogo) LLC n Orica USA Inc n Osborne Construction Company n Oxford Assaying & Refining Corp n Pathfinder Aviation, LLC n Petro Marine
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Honoring John Shively With a ‘Family Photo’
When John Shively was honored with the Chuck Hawley Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s convention, all the AMA members who he and presenter Bill Jeffress have mentored gathered for this “family photo”!
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Corporate Members
Please support and thank these companies who have renewed their support and corporate membership in AMA. Their continued support makes possible all the work we do in and for the mining industry. A & D Drilling LLC ACZ LABS Advanced Supply Chain International LLC AIDEA (Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority) Airgas USA, LLC Alaska Rock Products Association Alaska Roteq Alaska Trucking Association
Beacon OHSS Big Ray’s Alaska Inc. Blackwolf Copper & Gold Ltd. Bobcat of Juneau Boreal Environmental Services Brenntag Pacific, Inc. CalCIMA Calista Corporation Carlile Chamber of Mines of Eastern British Columbia Chugach Alaska Corporation Coastal Helicopters Coeur Alaska - Kensington Mine Colaska Colorado Mining Association Commonwealth North CONAM Construction Company ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. Constantine Mining LLC Construction Machinery Industrial LLC Consumer Energy Alliance
Alpha Aviation LLC Ambler Metals LLC American Exploration & Mining Association Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Anchorage Sand & Gravel Inc. Arcticom LLC, a BSNC Company Arizona Mining Association Aspen Hotels of Alaska Associated General Contractors of Alaska Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia Aurora Geosciences (Alaska) Ltd. Automatic Welding & Supply AVTEC - Alaska Vocational Technical Center Backcountry EMS Barr Engineering Co. BDO USA, LLP
Alaska Aggregate Products LLC Alaska Air Carriers Association Alaska Airlines
Alaska Business Alaska Chamber Alaska Energy Metals Alaska Forest Association
Alaska Frontier Constructors Inc. Alaska Industrial Hardware Inc Alaska Minerals Inc. Alaska Mining & Diving Supply, Inc. Alaska Oil and Gas Association Alaska Policy Forum
Alaska Railroad Corporation Alaska Resource Education
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Contango Ore, Inc. Craig Taylor Equipment Company Cruise Lines International Alaska Cummins Sales & Service Cyr Drilling USA Inc. Dawson City Chamber of Commerce Delta Industrial Services Inc. Denali Industrial Supply,Inc Desert Air Alaska DGI Geoscience US Donlin Gold LLC Dorsey & Whitney LLP DOWL Doyon, Ltd DXP Alaska Pump & Supply Eastern Oregon Mining Association Ecological Land Services Inc. Energy Laboratories Inc. Equipment Source, Inc. ERM ESS Support Services Worldwide Everts Air Cargo Fairbanks Economic Develpment Corporation Fairweather LLC Felix Gold Ltd Ferguson Industrial First Things First Alaska Foundation Freegold Ventures Ltd Frontier Supply Company GBA Assaying & Refining GCI Business Global External Granite Construction Company Graphite One Inc. Graymont Great Northwest Inc. Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce Greenstone Station Inc Ground Truth Americas Inc. HDR Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company
Just Refiners USA, Inc. Kinross Alaska Klondike Placer Miners’ Association Knight Piesold & Company Kuna Engineering Lifewater Engineering Company Lignite Energy Council Lynden Logistics Madison Lumber & Hardware Inc. Mascott Equipment Company Matson McKinley Research Group MFCP Mitsubishi Materials USA Corp Montana Mining Association Motion Industries MSI Communications MTA M-W Drilling, Inc NANA Regional Corp National Mining Association Nebari Partners Nevada Mining Association New Mexico Mining Association NMS North Star Terminal & Stevedore Co. LLC Northern Air Cargo Northern Industrial Training, LLC (Anchorage) Northern Industrial Training, LLC (Palmer) Northern Permafrost Consulting Northern Star Resources - Pogo Mine Northrim Bank Northwest Mine Supply Northwest Territories & Nunavut Chamber of Mines Nova Minerals Limited NovaGold Resources Inc. Nuna Geologic Services Orica USA Inc. Oxford Assaying & Refining Corp. Pacific Rim Chemicals Pathfinder Aviation, LLC Pebble Limited Partnership Perkins Coie LLP Petro Marine Services PolarX Limited Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc. Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada PX4 Software RAM Enterprise, Inc.
Remote Made Easy (PSSA) Remote Site Services Inc. Republic Services Resource Development Council RESPEC Roughstock Mining Services LLC Royal Gold Inc. Ruen Drilling Inc. Samson Tug & Barge Sandvik Sealaska Corporation/Alaska Coastal Aggregates LLC Semperit Conveyor Belting Shoreside Petroleum Inc. SLR International Corporation SMS Equipment Inc. Society For Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Soloy Helicopters.com Sophie Station Suites - Fountainhead Hotels South32 Southeast Conference SRK Consulting Stantec Consulting Inc. Stoel Rives LLP Sullivan Water Wells Sundance Mining Group T & J Enterprises Inc. Tagiuk Gold, LLC Taiga Mining Company Inc. TDX Corporation Teck Alaska Inc. - Red Dog Tectonic Metals Inc. Temsco Helicopters Inc. The Alaska Support Industry Alliance The Silver Institute TOTE Maritime Alaska Tower Hill Mines Inc. - Livengood Project Trilogy Metals, Inc. Tyler Rental Inc. U.S. GoldMining Inc Ucore Rare Metals Inc. University Redi-Mix
Heliostar Metals Ltd. HighGold Mining Inc Horst Expediting & Remote
Usibelli Coal Mine Inc. Utah Mining Association Valdez Creek Mining Victus Solutions Group Visit Anchorage Weir Minerals North America Wells Fargo Bank Alaska Women’s Mining Coalition World Trade Center Alaska Wyoming Mining Association Yukon Chamber of Mines Zonge International Inc.
Operations Inc. Hyak Mining Co.
Hy-Tech Drilling USA Inc. Idaho Mining Association IMDEX Industrial Pumps of Alaska
Institute of Northern Engineering International Directional Services ISCO JCM Industries Inc. Juneau Economic Development Council
Redpath USA Corporation Regeneration Enterprises Reliable Transfer Corporation
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Thank you to all the AMA corporate and individual members who joined or renewed their membership to the association in October. You make AMA possible!
Mike Mark-Anthony Francis Marley Heather McClung Jason Morrison Stephanie Mrozek Hiro Muraoka Michael Murenbeeld
Corporations Alaska Airlines Alaska Roteq Anchorage Sand & Gravel Inc. Aurora Geosciences (Alaska) Ltd. Backcountry EMS Barr Engineering Co. Contango Ore, Inc. ERM IMDEX Mascott Equipment Company MFCP MSI Communications Pathfinder Aviation, LLC PX4 Software
Darla Jemewauk Damien Lulofs
Redpath USA Corporation Zonge International Inc.
Drue Pearce Brent Sheets
Operators Daniel Clark Douglas & Kathleen Clark Tom DePeter Peter Kachadurian Sam & Roberta Koppenberg Stefan Rearden Cody Unger
Individuals Emily Accipiter Stewart Steve Anderson Dylan Avirett
Trevor Nelson Sam Nethery Duane Nixon
James Baughman Thomas Beckman Bradley Berberich John Bernt Henry Black Brandon Briggs Toby Carrigan Micah Claypoole Tom Corbett Jim Coxon Jason Custer Liam Doyle Michael Eckert Laurie Fagnani Corri Feige Alex Fritz Mike Fulton Russell Gossett Carol Gothenquist Philip Hanke Sarah Henderson Chris Kennedy Samuel Kilfoyle
Olayinka Olasimbo Christopher Olson Dan Palo Rogan Parker Mireille Pelletier Jim Robinson Ryan Rostad Jason Seidell Robert Selwood Janelle Sharp
Professionals Odin Christensen
Bill Fischer Kate Harper Daniel Hill
Karl Sharp Neil Shibe Dallas Smith
Shannon Stevens Clint Streadbeck Keith Tryck Arkadiusz Turolski Scott Urquhart Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse Melanie Welsh Katie Willder
Alina Wyatt Ryan Young Ryan Zins
Al Kubena Lisa Lakey Ann Lambert
Not yet a member of the Alaska Miners Association? Or have not yet renewed your membership? Renew today so you don’t miss a single issue of The Alaska Miner or the 2024 Alaska Miners Handbook and Service Directory, available only to AMA members. Call or email Jennifer Luiten, Membership and Fundraising Director at 907-270-9232; jennifer@AlaskaMiners.org.
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Our Biennial Spring Fairbanks Convention is Back! See you in Fairbanks!
Save the dates and start planning now!
March 26-29, 2024 Fairbanks, Alaska
Alaska Mining Calendar
n Jan. 24: Alaska Night at Association of Mineral Exploration of British Columbia Roundup, Vancouver, BC; roundup.amebc.ca n Feb. 27: Juneau Mining Forum hosted by AMA and AK Metal Mines, Baranof Hotel, Juneau n Feb. 27: Legislative Reception hosted by AMA, Associated General Contractors, and Alaska Trucking Association n March 26-29: AMA Biennial Spring Convention, Fairbank
Dedicated to the responsible development of Alaska ’ s resources.
Geologic Consulting Geologic Staffing Geologic Engineering Reporting (including 43 - 101) Logistics/Operation Coordination Remote Site Management GIS Services Permitting Assistance Community Engagement Claims Staking Claims Administration Equipment Rental
n May 10: Alaska Mining Day
n May 20-23: Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference, Anchorage; alaskasustainableenergy.com
n Sept. 24-26: MineEXPO International, Las Vegas, Nev.
n Aug. 4, 2024: AMA’s 85th Anniversary
AMA Branch Meetings
12100 Industry Way Unit P - 9, Anchorage, AK 99515 www.alaskaearthsciences.com 907 - 522 - 4664
n AMA Statewide Branch meetings have resumed! These meetings are held biweekly on Zoom. For meeting schedule and Zoom link, visit www.alaskaminers.org n AMA local branches are meeting in person. Contact your branch chair or visit www. alaskaminers.org for your local branch schedule n Contact Jennifer, jennifer@alaskaminers.org, with any questions.
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