AMA Board Members: Ketchikan/Prince of Wales & Denali
Steve Kemble Steve Kemble serves as the Southern Southeast Alaska Manager for Tyler Rental, based in Ketchikan. His journey to
Ketchikan Chairman Robert Fithian Bobby has spent the past 40 years working in re- source-based industries throughout Alaska including min- ing, forestry, guiding, agriculture, and specialty construction.
Southeast Alaska began in 1992 due to his military service, during which he met his wife, Pam. After briefly leaving the area, Steve and Pam chose to return to Southeast Alaska to raise their children. Over the last 20 years, Steve has held various positions throughout Tyler Rental. His significant contributions include supporting surrounding mines by sourcing the appropriate equipment and providing project-specific support to ensure smooth operations from their start-up stages.
He previously served on the Anchor- age AMA BOD and as elected statewide AMA President. Additionally, he has served several industry leadership roles and numerous State and Federal appointments. During 1982 he founded Alaska
Hardrock Mining and continues to con- duct unique projects throughout Alaska. Currently, he is the cofounder, co-owner and general manager of Alaska’s sixth operating hardrock mine, the Dawson Mine on Prince of Wales Island. James Barker James Barker first worked in the mineral industry while in and following high school when he went to work for Re- public Steel Corp. in 1963 and for several following summers. Later, in college at Missouri School of Mines, I joined a col- lege coop program where I alternately worked at the White Pine Copper Mine in upper Michigan. Thence returning for the following semester back at Missouri. When in Michigan I was assigned to the Mines Underground Research Dept. In Jan. 1969 I enrolled at the University of Alaska and subse- quently completed my Mining Engineer degree there at UAF and spent a year with Atlantic Richfield at Prudhoe Bay. Beginning 1973, I became the Fairbanks district min- erals specialist for the BLM: later I was transferred to the u.s. Bureau Mines where I was assigned to quantify and report on "critical minerals in Alaska", and coordinate these studies with other agencies and the public. To this end I travel throughout Alaska and documented about 75-to-100 published reports: presentations, etc. on Alaskan deposits of "critical minerals" and visited and reported on such deposits in about 25 other countries. When and where possible I con- tinue to report on Alaska's mineral endowment. In the late 1960s then Pres. Clinton abruptly closed the USBuMines and I have consequently gone into private consulting practice. I continue to specialize in strategic and critical minerals. I currently live in Ketchikan but continue to do mineral exploration activities throughout Alaska, and keep limited seasonal facilities and an office in Fairbanks. ROBERT FITHIAN
STEVE KEMBLE
Outside of work, Steve and his family enjoy spending time out on the boat and hiking Southeast Alaskan trails with their dogs.
Denali Chairman Ethan Trickey
Ethan is a mining engineer at Usibelli Coal Mine and a graduate of the Univer- sity of Alaska Fairbanks. He's an avid snowmachiner.
ETHAN TRICKEY
Colin Keith Colin Keith began his career in mining by joining the
Warehouse team at Usibelli Coal Mine in 1991. After 14 years in the warehouse, he moved into the role of Purchasing Agent. Along the way he was active in vol- unteering with the Tri-Valley Volunteer Fire Department as an EMT-III and Fire- fighter, ultimately serving as Fire Chief for several years. Colin has been in his current role as Safety Director for UCM for approxi- mately two years. In his free time, he likes to travel and spend time with ex- tended family.
COLIN KEITH
Alex Legrismith Alex began his career in mining at a small placer mine in the Brooks Range. He worked his way through college doing exploration field work on the Tetlin project with Avalon Development. In 2013 he graduated with a degree in mining engineering from UAF. Current- ly he is working as a mining engineer at Usibelli Coal Mine.
ALEX LEGRISMITH
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The Alaska Miner
Spring 2024
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