2 Executive Director’s Report 4 Letter from President Mike Satre 14 Mining is Important for Alaska 16 Faces in Mining: Traci Hartz 18 Update from DNR Commissioner 22 Parish’s book ascends lists on Amazon 31 Convention 2019 Program 52 Alaska’s Landless University System 60 Project Updates 64 Honor Roll of Members 66 Mining Business and Service Directory 75 Coming Events TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ON THE COVER: Juneau’s Gary Roberts is an underground miner at Greens Creek Mine. Photo courtesy Hecla Greens Creek Mine.
THIS PAGE: Through a partnership between the Mining and Petroleum Training Service (MAPTS) and the Alaska EXCEL program, young Alaskans like Arnold Simon, of Hooper Bay, pictured here, are getting hands-on training in all aspects of mining in Alaska, providing a clear path for them to a lifetime of career success in mining. Learn more about the success of this program on Page 56. Photo courtesy Alaska EXCEL
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EDITORIAL CALENDAR
ALASKA MINERS ASSOCIATION STAFF
January 2020 Legislative and Season Preview April 2020 Project Updates July 2020 People in Mining October 2020 Anchorage Convention 2020
Executive Director
Deantha Crockett Jennifer Luiten
Membership and Fundraising Director
Projects Manager
Laci Michaud
Bookkeeping and Membership
Darlene Strickland
EXECUTIVE BOARD
BRANCH CHAIRMEN
Mike Satre President, Hecla Greens Creek Mining Co., Juneau 'MPP/IǺVIWW First Vice President, SRK Consulting, Anchorage Bartly Kleven Second Vice President, Kinross–Fort Knox, Fairbanks Kim Aasand Treasurer, Aasand & Glore LLC., Anchorage
/MQ)YǽIPH Kenai Blake Bogart Nome Andrew Spokely Ketchikan/
Ted Hawley Anchorage Roger Speer Denali Anna Atchison Fairbanks James Sage Haines Frank Bergstrom Juneau
Prince of Wales
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October 2019
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