Faces of Mining
Photos Courtesy Varina Zinno Varina and her husband, Bruno, got their licenses with a beginner’s road course in order to join their family for a motorcycle family reunion. Zinno also enjoys playing music in her free time.
up. These huge conferences had a few basic features AMA did not, such as a Core Shack exhibit. Since the Core Shack is critical in Canada to showcase drill results from active programs that resulted in better marketing of proj- ects, I suggested we start doing one at the AMA conference. The Core Shack quickly became a hit and provided an important space for geologists, pros- pectors, investors, and everyone in between from drillers to logistic com- panies who support drill programs to gather and network. Within a few years I also added the Prospectors Tent exhibit to the AMA offerings since it is another example of a classic Canadian mining confer - ence exhibit. Like the Core Shack, the Prospectors Tent established a vital platform for prospectors to promote
their early stage projects to potential investors and for general marketing and networking. As I got more involved with the committee some additional roles came up for me in the last couple of years such as chairing the Exploration Session, and organizing the Safety Session last year. I was honored to be awarded by AMA the Volunteer of the Year Award in 2019 for these efforts. The conventions and related events it hosts are crucially valuable to pro- vide the technical, promotional, and networking arena for miners, explor - ers, and supporters in the industry to share, tap into resources, and learn from each other. A lot of magical synergy hap- pens at these conventions from ev- eryone coming together and it was a
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You took a very active role in the recent AMA conventions. Tell us more about the value you see in these events. A couple of years after I moved to Alaska from Canada in 2012, I started doing a little more office work in the offseason that kept me in town more, and I wanted to meet more people in the industry so with the extra sta - bility in schedule that working from the office gave I joined the convention committee. During my time studying and working in Canada I always attended the PDAC (Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada) convention in addition to AME-BC’s (Association of Mineral Exploration-BC) Round -
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The Alaska Miner
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