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Dedicated to mine service, from cradle to the grave
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Diverse backgrounds help aid numerous project components SPECIAL TO THE ALASKA MINER Stantec is an international engineering and environ- XPY_LW^P]aTNP^NZX[LYdbT_S PX[WZdPP^LN]Z^^^Tc continents and a growing presence in Alaska. 7PLOTYR >_LY_PNɪ^ ,WL^VL XTYTYR Z[P]L_TZY^ T^ ATN_Z] =Z^^bSZT^MZ_SLY,8,MZL]OXPXMP]LYO_SPYPbP^_ member of the Alaska Minerals Commission. “I am the new guy working for Stantec in Alaska,” Vic- _Z] ^LTO ɭ4 ^_L_PO TY ,[]TW $ 4 bL^ ST]PO Md >_LY_PN LWZYRbT_S>_PaP=PTO^XLLYOELNS-LP]_ZPc[LYOXTY - ing services within Alaska. We are the designated contact points for operating mines and mineral exploration proj- ects in Alaska. “We are an experienced team with decades of experi- ence working for Alaska mines and mineral exploration projects. We can permit and undertake baseline studies for bP_WLYO^aPRP_L_TZYʭ^SN`W_`]LW]P^Z`]NP^Z]NZX[WP_P stake holder planning. We can complete wetland permits, NZX[PY^L_Z]d XT_TRL_TZY LYO 90;, .ZX[WTLYNP QZ] Z`] clients.” Stantec is made up of a diverse group of companies with broad skills and services to support Alaska miners. ɭBPL]PLMTRʭ]XM`_bSL_bPSLaPOZYP_ZR]ZbT^M`d ʭ]X^bSTNSRTaP^`^X`W_T[WP^P]aTNP^_ZZʬP]?SPYTNP thing about it for me is Stantec can supply engineering for mining, transportation, geology, and mine tailings. We have experts working within the mining industry in South ,XP]TNL7ZbP] #LYO.LYLOLbSZL]PbTWWTYR_Z^SL]P our experiences. “That to me is one of the things that we trying to do in Alaska — for Stantec, it is to work with a mine, cradle to grave. “We can do surface or underground mining or design rail or road transport for mines. We are literally able to help get a mine from cradle to the grave … ex- ploration, permitting, design, operation, to reclamation to restoration. “We have a list of experts we can turn to. They may not all be in Alaska. What we have is powerful … we have worked in mineral industries for decades around the world. ɭ4 R]LO`L_PO Q]ZX _SP @YTaP]^T_d ZQ ,WL^VL TY $"$ with a BS in mining engineering. I went to work for the -`]PL`ZQ7LYO8LYLRPXPY_-78OZTYRXTYP]LW]P[Z]_^ LYO[L_PY_PcLX^TY1LT]MLYV^4_]LY^QP]]PO_Z9PaLOLQZ] a little heap leach and gold mining fun. I worked out of the -78?ZYZ[LS9PaLOLZʯNP “I returned to Alaska where I worked for the U.S. Army
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The Alaska Miner
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