Mark Your Calendar! Next Meeting – 17 January 2018 at 6:00 PM

Next Monthly Meeting

Thursday, 17 January 2018
Sponsor: AVAILABLE! Let us know if you are interested in sponsoring the cocktail hour to receive these benefits:

  • Logo and link to your company website is posted on email invite and SME Maricopa website.
  • Sponsor may have company presentation on loop during happy hour and dinner.
  • Sponsor has 2–5 minutes to speak at the meeting.
  • Sponsor’s company materials can be distributed on tables.
  • Speak with our board members if you have other creative promotional ideas for your company.
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Speaker: TBD
Program: TBD

Change in Dinner Pricing Structure

Our new dinner fee pricing structure is as follows:

Members and Guests of Members: $30
Students: $30
Non-Members: $35

As before, dinner includes two drink tickets thanks to our generous sponsors. Annual membership is still $25. Memberships from other local sections will be recognized as qualifying for the member dinner price.

Annual Arizona Conference 2018

The Annual Arizona SME Conference will be taking place December 2-3 in Tucson, Arizona, at the JW Marriot Starr Pass Resort.

Find more information here

SME Board of Directors

Interested in joining the SME Maricopa Board of Directors? Reach out to any of our current board members to see what opportunities we have for the upcoming season!

Arizona's mining landscape looks bright in 2018

Steve Trussell is the long-time executive director of the Arizona Rock Products Association ​(ARPA) and the newly minted executive director of the Arizona Mining Association (AMA).

​Steve joined the Arizona Mining Review's 42nd episode for a conversation of Arizona’s mining landscape – challenges and opportunities – going forward in 2018. 
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Blog Post: http://blog.azgs.arizona.edu/blog/2017-12/arizonas-mining-landscape-looks-bright-2018

AMR Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSvCHw0Bby8&t=14s

2017–2018 Officers

Program / Chair
Will Wilkinson
whwilkinson70@gmail.com

Immediate Past Chair​
Nyal Niemuth
nyalniemuth2@gmail.com ​
602-771-1604

Vice Chair & Treasurer
Allan Schappert
Stantec
allan.schappert@stantec.com
480 831-0310 x 272

Secretary & Communications
Danielle Taran
Drake Cement
dtaran@DrakeUS.com
(602) 526-3381

Industry Liaisons
Jeff Bickel
Excelsior Mining
jbickel@excelsiormining.com
480-888-5832

Isaac Nelson
Element Exploration
rocksandsiltclay@yahoo.com
602-819-0285

Robert Livermore
Ramboll
robert.livermore@erm.com
480-998-2401

Mark Adams
Agate
mark.adams@agateinc.com
480-994-9455

Faculty Liaison
Donald M. Burt,Ph.D.
Arizona State University
dmburt@asu.edu
480-965-6180