Mark Your Calendar! Next Meeting – 17 May 2018 at 6:00 PM
Next Monthly MeetingThursday, 17 May 2018
Sponsor: Stantec 
Speaker: Kim Huether, General Manager, Studies at Resolution Copper
Program: Resolution Copper Project Updates: Drilling Campaign; No. 9 Shaft; Reclamation; and Permitting Speaker Bio: Kim is responsible for leading and progressing the technical studies of the project. She has led complex underground block cave studies for major mining companies in the US, Australia, Mongolia, and Indonesia. Kim has also previously delivered studies for Rio Tinto projects and operations with Resolution Copper, La Granja, Kennecott, and Oyu Tolgoi. Kim has a bachelor’s degree in Mine Engineering form South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Change in Dinner Pricing StructureOur 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. |
Call for Volunteers!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 2018Steve 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. 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 OfficersProgram / 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 Nicolette Taylor Stantec nicolette.taylor@stantec.com (480) 486-5487 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 |