see a list of our 2024 state Issues of Concern, and you can be sure these issues are at the forefront of our discussions at Forum and all session long. I’m also particularly excited for the Juneau Mining History Night to be held the night before! Our Juneau Branch is working on an excellent program, so watch your email and visit our website for more details. And before we know it, March will be here and we’ll be kicking off our first Fairbanks Convention since 2018! We are SO excited to be doing this event again, and I can tell you the group of Interior AMA members working on this is incredibly talented and we are in for a great convention up there. I hope you’ll make sure to be there. Because we know in May we’ll be saying “I can’t believe it’s already May!” you’ll want to make sure to put May 10 on your calendar. This year, Alaska Mining Day falls on a Friday AND it is our 85th Anniversary of AMA, so we’re planning something incredibly special. A goal I have, and I know we all share, for all of these events is to keep telling our great story. During our visits in Washington, our friends and allies shared that it is truly the only thing that will make a difference in terms of reasonable policies for mining. Thank God we have so much to work with — great operations, great people, great accomplishments. You all make for a great story and it is a privilege to be able to tell it. Deantha Skibinski AMA Executive Director Dear Alaska Miners, I can’t believe we are already at the first issue of our 2024 publications. I can’t believe it’s 2024, and I certainly can’t believe January is nearly behind us. I know that part of the reason time is flying is there is so much going on, from a day-to-day perspective but also the events and activities that are putting our industry and membership on display. At time of writing this, we’ve just wrapped up the Association of Mineral Exploration of British Columbia Roundup convention. We had an amazing Alaska Night with what we believe was the highest attendance ever. You could hardly move throughout the large Ocean Foyer at Vancouver Convention Center! We heard rave reviews from participants who shared they forged new relationships, secured new contracts and customers, and other beneficial connections — that’s what it is all about! This event, which puts our state and industry in front of the Pacific Northwest investment market, was made possible by a number of member company sponsors. Please help me to thank them for making it possible: 3-Tier Alaska; AIDEA; Alaska Energy Metals; Alaska Log Works Inc.; Alaska Midnight Sun Drilling Inc.; Alaska Minerals, Inc.; Ambler Metals; BGC Engineering, Inc.; Borealis Fuels and Logistics Ltd; Borell Consulting Services LLC; Childs Geoscience Inc.; Constantine; Construction Machinery Industrial, LLC; Contango ORE Inc; Doyon, Limited; Freegold Ventures Limited; Fuse & Traverse, LLC; H2T Mine Engineering Services, LLP; HDR; Hecla Mining Company; Heliostar Metals Ltd; HighGold Mining Inc.; Hope Mining Company, Inc.; JP Tangen, Attorney at Law (P.C.); Just Refiners USA, Inc.; Lost River Mining, Inc.; NANA; Northern Permafrost Consulting; NOVAGOLD Resources, Inc.; Owl Ridge Natural Resource Consultants, Inc.; Pacific Rim Geological Consulting; PND Engineers, Inc.; Rangefront Mining Services; Roughstock Mining Services; Ruen Drilling, Inc.; SRK Consulting; Stantec; Stoel Rives LLP; Techline Alaska; Tectonic Metals, Inc.; The Alliance; Timberline Drilling Inc; Tubutulik Mining Co. LLC; Tundra Consulting; U.S. GoldMining Inc; Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc.; Valhalla Metals Inc.; Western Alaska Minerals; and Yukuskokon Professional Services, LLC. We’ve also just wrapped up a visit to Washington D.C., meeting with many lawmakers and appearing at hearings where legislation and policy discussion on issues affecting us packed the days. While we can get discouraged by federal headwinds, we must remind ourselves we have great representation and many friends and partners in Washington. We return to Alaska with some optimism and a longer list of things to do! Soon, because somehow we’re rolling into February, we’ll host the second Juneau Mining Forum at the Baranof Hotel. The event educates members of the Legislature, staff, administration and Juneau public on mining issues. Topics covered will be federal issues, environmental standards, economic and community benefits, building the local workforce and critical minerals. Elsewhere in this publication you’ll Executive Director’s Report www.AlaskaMiners.org 1
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