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the state’s mining industry. Key issues in this document include secure miner- al tenure and needed amendments to the statues and ]PR`WL_TZY^_Z]P^ZWaPWZ^^ZQNWLTX^O`P_ZLʯOLaT_^ ZQWLMZ]\`LWTʭNL_TZY^]P\`T]PXPY_^LYOLMLYOZY - ment procedures; a permitting system that continues to protect Alaska’s environment while providing for PʯNTPYNdLYONP]_LTY_d&PY^`]TYR^[PNTLWOP^TRYL_TZY^ of Alaska’s waters are done only by the Legislature and that managing said waters is not delegated to out- side agencies or private parties; and providing for an equitable local taxation regime. We’ve heard Alaska’s miners loud and clear: these issues are imperative to ^PN`]P_SP^TRYTʭNLY_LXZ`Y_ZQTYaP^_XPY__SL_XTY - ing projects require. To increase our connections with the Legislators, we’ll again talk in person at the reception we jointly sponsor with the Associated General Contractors and Alaska Trucking Association. This event, held Feb. 11 at 5 p.m. at the Baranof Hotel, draws a large crowd of lawmakers who appreciate the organizations’ team- bZ]V4_T^Z[PY_ZLWWXPXMP]^^ZTQdZ`ʭYOdZ`]^PWQ in Juneau that day, please do join us. Outside Juneau, and Alaska for that matter, we’ve got another top priority in putting together the Alaska Night Reception at the Association of Mineral Explo- ration – British Columbia Roundup. We hosted Alaska Night on Jan. 22 at the Vancouver Convention Center. This year we had a special guest as Gov. Mike Dunleavy and key members of his team joined us, to show the rest of the mining industry that Alaska is indeed open for business and welcoming new mining projects. This was our opportunity to market Alaska’s mineral poten- tial to global investors and parties interested in eval- uating our state. A huge thank you to the many AMA members who sponsored this event, and to our Gover- nor for taking the time to put Alaska on display. It was LYPcNT_TYRLYOSTRSWdMPYPʭNTLW_]T[QZ],WL^VL It’s a new year, and time for many of you to re- new your annual membership. If you haven’t already, please do so as soon as possible, certainly by Jan. 31 to be included in the 2020 Alaska Miners Handbook and Service Directory. A huge and heartfelt THANK YOU for your support: you make it possible to carry out AMA’s mission all year. We have many challenges and many opportuni- ties in the weeks and months ahead, but we’ve got an amazing group of Alaska’s miners eager to rise up, meet, and seize it all. Thank you for your support, and your engagement, in promoting responsible mineral development in Alaska.
AMA Members and Friends,
Happy New Year! I hope yours was a joyful holiday season, and I am sure we all agree it went by entirely too quickly. We are in store for a great year, in which we see big things happening in our industry. But we also have a lot to do. So what do we “see” (ha-ha, I’m sorry, terrible pun) for 2020? There’s been important progress on several of the key new projects being developed and permitted in the state, with the potential to add hundreds if not thou- sands of important and well-paying jobs in Alaska. You’ll notice much of our focus in this issue of the Alaska Miner is on young people in mining, from teen- age underground miner Nikola Maccabee, to powerful words on the importance of mining from our 2019 Toni Goodrich scholarship winners. You’ll also learn more LMZ`__SPʭYLYNTLWNSLYRP^QLNTYR_SP^_L_Pɪ^`YTaP]^T_d system and the critical MAPTS training program, which is so important for training new miners. In preparation for the 31st Legislature that gaveled in Jan. 21, our State Oversight Committee has rolled up _SPT]^WPPaP^LYO^TRYTʭNLY_Wd]PaT^POZ`]LYY`LW4^^`P^ of Concern document, which you’ll see featured in this magazine. We use this document each year to commu- nicate our major issues and positions to the Legislature LYO,OXTYT^_]L_TZYZʯNTLW^BPɪaPMPR`Y_ZOT^_]TM`_P it as the Legislators make their way to Juneau, to ensure they know what issue can make or break the growth of
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The Alaska Miner
January 2020
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