2019 AMA Honors
Hecla Mining Company, AMA Corporate Member of the Year AMA’s Corporate Member of the Year Award honors an organization active in AMA who embodies the true strength of a membership-based organization and corporate support of the organization. John Shively recounted Hecla Mining Company’s many contributions in presenting this award. “This company has gone above and beyond to support the mining industry. I could go on and on with accolades for Hecla, but I think you get the picture and will agree Hecla Mining Company is a great choice for AMA Corporate Member of the Year. “One of Hecla’s greatest corporate gifts to the industry is that for the past six years, Government and Community Relations Manager Mike Satre has served as an AMA Officer, the last two being AMA President. At this time, Mike also served on the Executive Boards of the Alaska Chamber, Resource Development Council, Council of Alaska Producers, and Juneau Chamber. Hecla has given vast amounts of Mike’s time to ensure the mining industry voice is well represented statewide and at the community level. “During his Presidency, Mike was known for provocative, assertive columns in the Alaska Miner Magazine where he had to directly address some controversial issues with previous State and Federal Administrations. Hecla allowed Mike to speak freely and directly, even when other companies and individuals remained more passive. Mike pushed back on things like the CERCLA 108b financial assurance proposal, traveling to DC with the Executive Director to express the damage that rule would have done to the industry with no additional benefit. He called out former state leaders who opposed the Pebble Project, insisting that their omission of the NEPA structure was inappropriate. He served, and continues to do so, as AMA’s representative on the Transboundary Mining Citizens Workgroup to ensure the State/Provincial collaboration between Alaska and British Columbia is fostered and mining companies operating in both jurisdictions have a voice. “Before his involvement as a statewide officer, Mike was already well immersed in AMA on AMA’s State Oversight, Federal Oversight, and fisheries committees. He singlehandedly produced the Juneau Biennial Conventions for many years, and continually manages AMA’s advocacy efforts in collaboration with the Executive Director, lobbyist, and State Oversight Committee. “Before that, Hecla seconded Mike to run the Council of Alaska Producers for several years, particularly
Mike Satre accepts the Corporate Member of the Year Award for Hecla Mining.
Mike Satre is the outgoing president of AMA.
during Ballot Measure Campaigns. “In addition to countless hours of staff time over the past year, Hecla also supported the industry by featuring multiple mine tours in which bipartisan groups like the House Resources Committee and Congressional Delegation members and staff, as well as the International Joint Commission visited the mine to see its impressive operation. Visitors left with a very favorable impression about how the industry operates and is regulated in Alaska. “Finally, in this past year Hecla has supported AMA incredibly generously from a financial perspective, being the first to jump on sponsorship of the 80th Anniversary Mining Day party, Convention, and much more. But Hecla went steps beyond to support events held by the Alaska Oil and Gas Association and Alaska Support Industry Alliance, to provide support to the organizations that so often step up and support mining.”
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December 2019 I The Alaska Miner I www.alaskaminers.org
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