THE ALASKA MINER JOURNAL: The publication is member-only news mailed to AMA members, eight times a year, in months when the Magazine is not published. The Alaska Miner Journal is dedicated to those who work in and support the mining industry in Alaska, its commitment to the people, and the resources of our state. Our goal is to disseminate information on responsible mineral development, educating the public about the value of mining, providing information for our membership and the general public, providing policymakers the information they need to understand the mining industry and monitor political and regulatory processes affecting mining in Alaska.
June 2019 Volume 47, Number 6
Journal of the Alaska Miners Association
AMA Celebrates Alaska Mining Day! As one of AMA’s first events to celebrate our 80th anniversary, we teamed up with the Council of Alaska Producers (CAP) to host an event that also coincided with 2019’s Alaska’s Mining Day.
On Friday May 10, over two hundred miners came together to celebrate Alaska Mining Day and our 80th Anniversary Kick-Off Party. The “happy hour” event started at the industry friendly, Matanuska Brewing Company, at 4 p.m. and concluded at 7 p.m.
The event included a plethora of sponsored themed libations, in- dustry themed appetizers, event imprinted steel beer mugs, AMA goodies and more. DNR Commissioner Corri Feigi spoke about the mining industry in Alaska and introduced Alaska Senator, Dan Sullivan, who con- tinued the positive message regarding Alaska’s resource devel- opment. Both speeches were met with cheers and applause and a positive energy surged throughout the room. Mike Satre and Lorali Simon gave the celebratory toast and we cut the cake!
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A Message from the Executive Director
Dear Members, Can you believe we are almost halfway
A special thank you to all our sponsors, listed on page 5, who helped to make the Alaska Mining Day 2019: 80th Anniversary Kick-Off Party achievable. Also on May 10th, we launched a redesign of alaskaminers. org. Our focus on this redesign was to make this website a tool and resource for our members. I have a huge request on this front: please take some time to go through the pages and send us corrections, additions, ideas, anything at all that you’d like to see make your AMA website experience easier and better! Remember, we have a web designer on staff now, so we can really take advantage of having a great website to serve our industry. You can read more about the redesigned website launch on pages 8-9. We are looking forward to a continued celebration of 80 years of AMA and its members. Our hope is that these events, tools, and resources make you, as AMA members, feel more informed, connected and aware regarding all things mining related, and help you tell our story all year long.
through 2019, with summer and the field season well underway? This is always marked by the arrival of your AMA 2019 handbook and service directory – if you haven’t already, you should be receiving it in the mail very shortly. You’ll notice that this year’s handbook has a special focus on AMA’s 80th Anniversary, and what a great achievement that is as an organization. One of AMA’s first 80th Anniversary events was a party held on May 10, 2019, at Matanuska Brewing Company in Anchorage. We chose May 10th, Alaska Mining Day, because what we really want to celebrate is you, our members, that have made Alaska’s mining industry so great for 80 years. The party was a smashing success. We were able to spend the entire week highlighting the impressive contributions of Alaska’s miners, especially the day of the party. We heard high praise from Senator Dan Sullivan and Commissioner Corri Feige, as well as commitments to working hard to ensure our industry may continue to prosper. We are so grateful for all of you who attended, sponsored and contributed the to Alaska Mining Day party. As we have said before, our events are only made fun because of those who attend, and we thank you for making all our events not only financially possible but fabulous. For those of who you weren’t able to attend, don’t worry. We’ll have more events throughout the year, especially at our Annual Convention and Trade Show in November. I hope you enjoy the event coverage in this issue on pages 4-5 and what we’ve posted on social media. Watch for more in our July Alaska Miner Magazine.
Thank you again,
Deantha Crockett Executive Director
Executive Board Mike Satre, President Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company, Juneau Bill Jeffress, First Vice President SRK Consulting, Anchorage Bartly Kleven, Second Vice President Kinross – Fort Knox, Fairbanks Kim Aasand, Treasurer Aasand & Glore LLC, Anchorage Branch Chairmen Ted Hawley, Anchorage Roger Speer, Denali Anna Atchison, Fairbanks James Sage, Haines Frank Bergstrom, Juneau Jim Duffield, Kenai Blake Bogart, Nome Andrew Spokely, Ketchikan/Prince of Wales
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AMA Launches Redesigned Website
AMA has launched a newly redesigned website! Find us at the same web address as always: www.AlaskaMiners.org
When working on the redesign, our focus was to ensure that the website is a resource and a tool for our membership to carry out the mission of promoting responsible mineral development in Alaska.
This is just a start. Now we need YOU to provide us with feed- back on what still needs to be done. Please take some time to go through the pages and send us corrections, additions, ideas and anything that you’d like to see make your AMA website ex- perience easier and better. Please send your feedback to Laci Michaud at laci@alaskaminers.org
New to alaskaminers.org is a section for non-miners to learn more about the history of mining in Alaska, minerals mined in Alaska, and mining and green technology.
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Corps Extends Comment Period For Pebble Draft EIS
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District is extending the public comment period an additional 30-days for the Peb- ble Limited Partnership draft environmental impact statement. The deadline for submitting comments about the draft EIS is now July 1. Alaska senior senator Lisa Murkowski had asked for the exten- sion, while Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy had opposed it. The Corps will consider all comments received by that date before finalizing the document and making a permit decision. The extension brings the length of the public comment period to 120-days. During April, the Corps conducted nine public hearings in Alas- ka to receive comment on the permit application and draft EIS in Anchorage, Dillingham, Homer, Igiugig, Kokhanok, Naknek, New Halen, New Stuyahok, and Nondalton. To date, about 8,400 public comments have been uploaded to the EIS website with more incoming. The Corps released the draft EIS on Feb.20 with the formal public comment period beginning March 1. Since January 2018, the Corps has made Pebble Limited Partnership’s permit application to discharge fill material into waters of the United States and work in navigable waters for the purpose of devel- oping a copper-molybdenum-gold mine project in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska available on the EIS website.
Baseline data for the environmental analysis has been available since March 2018. Comments can be electronically submitted on the public web- site: www.pebbleprojecteis.com. Written comments should be mailed to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District ATTN: DA Permit Application 2017-271, Pebble Limited Partnership All comments submitted will be made public in their entirety. Any personal information such as name, address, or email will become part of the public record. For more information regarding the evaluation of Department of Army permit application 2017-271 please visit https://www.pebbleprojecteis.com. 645 G Street Suite 100-921 Anchorage, Alaska 99501
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Here Are Some Important Points For AMA Members To Keep In Mind
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• Commenting is important – especially reinforcing support for and the need for a predictable, robust and transparent process for reviewing mining projects in Alaska. • Many permitting observers have noted how transparent the USACE has been with this project - posting Requests for Infor- mation (RFIs) as they have been received, holding timely and regular media roundtables and posting the transcripts. • DEIS notes Alaska's history of resource extraction industries co-existing with fisheries. • USACE determined that the overall project purpose is to devel- op and operate a copper, gold, and molybdenum mine in Alas- ka to meet current and future demand. • DEIS notes the project would not reduce returning adult salmon to the Kvichak and Nushagak river systems as a result of project operation so therefore it would not be expected to result in a long-term change to the health of the commercial fisheries in Bristol Bay or Cook Inlet. • The project is expected to use best management practices. • The project would have noticeable beneficial economic impacts for the communities closest to the project.
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• Industrial Pumps of Alaska • ISCO • JH Fletcher & Co. • Lynden • Montgomery & Associates • Northern Star Resources Limited • NRC Alaska • Orica USA Inc • Oxford Assaying & Refining Corp • Pathfinder Aviation, LLC • Pro-Seal Service Group • Rain for Rent • Ruen Drilling Inc • Samson Tug & Barge Co., Inc. • SGS North America Inc. • Shoreside Petroleum Inc. • SLR International Corporation
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Thanks to our 2019 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 ACZ Laboratories Inc. AECOM Ahtna Inc. AIDEA Alaska Aggregate Products LLC Alaska Airlines Alaska Business Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada Quality Auto Parts
Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce HDR Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company Holland America Line - Princess Cruises Hyak Mining Company Hy-Tech Drilling USA Ltd. IBEW Local 1547 Idaho Mining Association Imdex Limited Industrial Pumps of Alaska Institute of Northern Engineering International Directional Services Ipop LLC ISCO Juneau Economic Development Council Kinross - Fort Knox Knight Piesold & Company Lignite Energy Council Lynden Madison Lumber & Hardware Inc. Mascott Equipment Company Metco, Inc. MFCP/Jackovich Millrock Resources Inc. Montana Mining Association Motion Industries, Inc. N C Machinery Company NANA Regional Corporation National Mining Association Nevada Mining Association New Mexico Mining Association North Star Terminal & Stevedore Co. LLC Northern Air Cargo Northern Industrial Training Northern Industrial Training, LLC Northern Star (Pogo) LLC Northrim Bank Northwest Mine Supply NovaGold Resources Inc. NRC Alaska LLC NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines Orica USA Inc. Oxford Assaying & Refining Pathfinder Aviation, LLC Pebble Limited Partnership Perkins Coie LLP Petro Marine Services Petro Star/Sourdough Fuel PND Engineers Inc. PolarX Limited Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc.
Chamber of Mines of Eastern BC Chugach Alaska Corporation City of Ketchikan Coastal Helicopters Coeur Alaska - Kensington Mine Colaska Colorado Mining Association CONAM Construction Company ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. Construction Equipment Co. - CEC Construction Machinery Industrial LLC Consumer Energy Alliance Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI) Craig Taylor Equipment Company Crowley Fuels LLC Cummins Sales & Service Davies Public Affairs Delta Industrial Services Inc. Delta Western Petroleum Inc. (Haines) Delta Western Petroleum Inc. (Juneau) Denali Industrial Supply Inc. Donlin Gold LLC Dorsey & Whitney LLP DOWL Doyon, Limited Earth Movers of Fairbanks Inc. Eastern Oregon Mining Association Ecological Land Services Inc. Egli Air Haul Inc. Energy Laboratories Inc. Epiroc Equipment Source, Inc. ERM Alaska ESS Support Services Everts Air Cargo Exxon Mobil F.R. Bell & Associates, Inc. Fairweather LLC First Bank First National Bank Alaska Foss Maritime Company, LLC Frontier Supply Company GCI Business General Refining Corporation Geotemps Inc. Global Equipment Services Gold Buyers of Alaska -dba:GBA Assaying & Refining Granite Construction Company Grant Lake Corporation Graymont Great Northwest Inc.
Redpath USA Corporation Remote Made Easy (PSSA) Remote Site Services Inc. Resource Development Council RISQ Consulting Riversgold Ltd. Rotak Helicopter Services Royal Gold Inc. Ruen Drilling Inc. Ryan Air Inc.
Alaska Coastal Aggregates LLC Alaska Commercial Fishing & Agricultural Bank Alaska Forest Association Alaska Frontier Constructors Inc. Alaska Gold Company, LLC Alaska Industrial Hardware Alaska Policy Forum Alaska Power & Telephone Company Alaska Pump & Supply Inc. - A DXP Company Alaska Railroad Corporation Alaska Resource Education Alaska Rock Products Association Alaska Roteq Alaska State Chamber of Commerce Alaska Trucking Association American Exploration & Mining Association American Land Rights Association Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Anchorage Sand & Gravel Inc. Arizona Mining Association Aspen Hotels of Alaska Assoc For Mineral Exploration BC Associated General Contractors of Alaska Aurora Geosciences (Alaska) Ltd. Automatic Welding & Supply Avidian Gold Inc. AVTEC - Alaska Vocational Technical Center Bald Mountain Air Service Beacon Occupational Health and Bobcat of Juneau Boyer Towing Inc. Brenntag Pacific Brice Inc. Brilliant Media Strategies Alaska, Inc. Builders Choice C & R Pipe and Steel Inc. CalCIMA CAMSS Shelters Carlile Safety Services, Inc. Big Ray’s Alaska Inc.
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Taiga Mining Company Inc. Teck Alaska Inc. - Red Dog Temsco Helicopters Inc. TerraSond Ltd The Alaska Support Industry Alliance The Silver Institute TOTE Maritime Alaska Inc. Tower Hill Mines Inc. - Livengood Project Trilogy Metals, Inc. Tyler Rental Inc. Ucore Rare Metals Inc. University Redi-Mix Usibelli Coal Mine Inc. Utah Mining Association Visit Anchorage Wells Fargo Bank Alaska Western Pacific Crane & Equipment White Rock Minerals Ltd. Wolseley Industrial Group Women’s Mining Coalition World Trade Center Alaska Wyoming Mining Association Yukon Chamber of Mines Zonge International Inc.
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Construction in Alaska Mining Will Exceed $265 Million
Speaking to the Resource Development Council May 2 in An- chorage, economist Scott Goldsmith said the construction in Alaska’s mining industry will exceed $265 million this year. While most of Alaska’s construction industry revenue is driven by Federal, state and energy industry spending, mining carries a significant role in this key industry. Spending by the mining industry on exploration and develop- ment can be divided into operating mines, large mines in various states of development and prospects in varies stages of devel- opment. The level of spending is heavily influenced by the current pro- jected world prices of zin, copper, lead, silver and gold. This determines both the funds available for investment and economic viability of these investment. IN addition, total expenditures can be influenced by one or more large individual investment to extend an existing mine or to move ahead with a new large scale mine. Mining spending will be higher in 2019 despite an anticipated slowdown in the world economy and consequently the demand for minerals. The increase is largely because three of t he six major operating mines in Alaska are expanding. The new owners of Pogo Mine have announced plans to expand their operations, the Red Dog Mine has two new prospects under development and the Fort
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Knox Mine is expanding into the Gilmore prospect to extend the life of the mine of 2030. None of the larger prospects in various states of development will be moving forward to the construction stage this year. Liven- good continues to re-evaluate its design and await a higher gold price. Donlin Gold will likely decide this year whether to move forward. Pebble is still in the permitting state. Prospects in the Upper Kobuk mineral district are still under evaluation. The Bokan rare earth metals project could begin construction in 2020. Spending on other smaller mines and prospects across the state will be higher due to increasing interest from global mining investors.
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New and Renewing Members
Thank you to all the AMA corporate and individual members who joined or renewed their membership to the association in March and April. You make AMA possible! Corporations Exxon Mobil Doyon, Limited Lynden F.R. Bell & Associates, Inc. Bobcat of Juneau Northern Industrial Training Metco, Inc. N C Machinery Company ISCO Professional Sean & Ashley Conley Regina Daniels & Scott E Davis Matthew Budin Donald B Burford Lynette & George Campbell Richard Caulfield Donald Chambers Gang Chen Jim Collord Joey Crum Adam Hirstein Richard M Hoggan Brian Houglum Joshua Hudgins Cheryle E James David H Johnson Cassandra Joos Thor Jorgensen George F Klemmick Tyler Payment Jonathan Penz Darrin & Gail Quimby Hans Reyers
Sonia Henrick Ryan Morman Gary Peters Brien Salazar Mark Sams Individuals Svante Andersson Paul Axelson Scott Bader Philip G Beardslee Christopher Bell Frank Bell
Elizabeth Riffey Catherine Roso Cindy Sand Trevor Sande Joni & Randolf Scharfenberg Ernie Siemoneit Jason Smith Jeanine St. John Joel M Stratman Michael & Gloria Sweeney Dave & Peggy Talerico Mark Tatlow Gene Therriault Larry Weihs Jane Whitsett Tamara & Robert Wilson Milton Wiltse Mike Wolen Adam & Michelle Zenger
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Jason Knoles Chester Lide Howard H Lockwood Jeff Lore David Lund Stephen Lundeen Jamie Marunde Sam Mazzeo Jason McFarland Houston Morris Jim Munsell Hans Neidig Sarah Obed Jim & Nancy Oliver Terry & Barbara Pardee
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Not yet a member of the Alaska Miners Association? Or have not yet renewed your membership for 2019? Renew today so you don’t miss a single issue of The Alaska Miner or this year’s 2019 Alaska Miners Handbook and Service Directory, available only to AMA members. Call or email Jennifer Luiten, Membership and Fundraising Director 907-270-9232. jennifer@AlaskaMiners.org.
If you like The Alaska Miner Magazine, You’ll love July’s issue! We’re publishing a special 80th Anniversary of The Alaska Miner this July, honoring and celebrating the 80 years of Alaska Miners Association’s work advocating for our industry: History of AMA Profiles of Industry Leaders Today’s Priorities The Alaska Miner is published quarterly as the voice of the Alaska mining industry. For more information call or email publisher Lee Leschper: Lee.Leschper@FireweedStrategies.com or 907-957-6025
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Tel: (907) 563-8882
Stantec provides a full line of environmental and mining engineering services to Alaska projects through our a mining team of over 600 people strong from across North America.
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Rainer Trucking Inc. P.O. Box 72905 Fairbanks, AK 99707 EMAIL rainertruckinginc@yahoo.com PHONE (907) 457-2000 FAX (907) 455-4614
2 to 14 Axle Combinations Licensed & Bonded Lowboys
1972 - 201 9 4 7 Years of Excellence
Flats Vans
• Wireline Coring NQ3 to PQ3 • Wireline CPT & Vane Testing • In-Situ Testing & Instruments • Heli-Portable Drilling Systems • Wide Range of Equipment • Highly Experienced Staff • Sonic Capability
• Geotechnical Site Investigations • Offshore Drilling Specialists • Gravel, Placer Exploration • Large Diameter Bulk Sampling • Grouting, Anchoring & Piling • 3" to 24" Water Wells • Ground Improvement
Rainer Equipment Inc. 2552 Steese Hwy. Fairbanks, AK 99712 PHONE (907) 457-8109 FAX (907) 457-2014
Mining Salvage and Reclamation
Anchorage, AK | 907-522-8263 | E: Hgrey@Foundex.com www.foundex.com Surrey BC Canada | 604-594-8333
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PROUDLY PROVIDING ALASKA with underground, surface and helicopter supported core drilling for mineral exploration and geotechnical work.
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Oxford is proud to be the only gold refiner and bullion dealer to maintain two locations in Alaska for more than 39 years. We offer maximum returns on gold and silver, whether you’re a miner or an investor. Buying, selling, or trading – Oxford provides the service, value, honesty, and integrity that Alaskans have counted on for generations.
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