Wednesday Morning, March 10
Title: Arctic Mineral Deposits (Chair: Dave Szumigala)

1. Opening remarks—Gov. Sean Parnell

2. Alaska Mineral Industry Overview—David Szumigala, DGGS

3. Fort Knox Mine Exploration - Past/Present/Future–- Chris Ekstrom, Kinross Gold Corp.

4. Discovery and Geology of the Money Knob Deposit, Livengood District, Interior Alaska, USA—Chris Puchner and Russell Myers, International Tower Hill Mines Ltd.

Wednesday Afternoon, March 10
Title: Tools for the Mining Industry(Chair: Tom Benjamin)

1. Sewage water treatment plants for remote sites—Bob Tsigonis, Lifewater Engineering Co.

2. Automated Modeling of Real Time Mine Operations Data Using Neural Networks --Siddhartha Agarwal & Rajive Ganguli, UAF CEM Mining Engineering

3. What are green metals?—David Szumigala, DGGS

4. The Alaska Geologic Materials Center-Collection Update & Resources Available for Researchers—Ken Papp, DGGS

5. Fiber Optic Applications to Mining—DeeAnna Brossoit, Network Technologies Inc.

6. Government’s Role in Mining in Alaska—AK Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell

Thursday Morning, March 11
Title: Arctic Mineral Deposits(Chair: Jennifer Roskowski )

1. Structural and magmatic history of the Nixon Creek Cu-Au-Bi skarn deposit— Brian Perttu, UAF Dept. of Geology & Geophysics

2. Mike Lake Cu-Au skarn deposit, Yukon Territory, Canada—Stephanie Mrozek, UAF Dept. of Geology & Geophysics

3. Using UAF’s laser ablation ICP-MS to analyze ppb gold levels in sulfide minerals—David Larimer, UAF Dept. of Geology & Geophysics

4. Geology of the Bonnifield Mining District—Larry Freeman, DGGS
   Millrock business model and property portfolio—Phil St. George, Millrock Resources Inc.

5. NovaGold Alaskan Projects or specific project Ambler—Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse, NovaGold Resources

Thursday Afternoon, March 11
Title: Northern and Interior Alaska Geology(Chair: Larry Freeman )

1. Nixon Fork skarn deposit—Rainier Newberry, UAF Dept. of Geology & Geophysics

2. Nome Group syngenetic sulfides & reconstruction of tectonic setting-- Allison Till, USGS

3. Gas Pipeline Corridor Studies—Trent Hubbard, DGGS

4. Remote Predictive Mapping in the Salcha River – Pogo Airborne Geophysical Survey Tract Big Delta Quadrangle—Milt Wiltse, UAF GINA

5. The Denali Fault System: Some insights from the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault, Haiti—Rich Koehler, DGGS

Friday Morning, March 12
Title: Alaska Mining, Energy and Infrastructure Projects

1. The Road to Nome—Steve Titus, AK DOT & PF

2. Railroad extension from Fairbanks to Livengood—Charlie Bohart and Elliot Thorum, UAF CEM, Dept. of Geological Engineering

3. Wastewater Impoundment Dams—Hans Ilhan, URS Corp.

4. Energy projects in Alaska—Jim Standberg, AIDEA, Alaska Energy Authority

5. Rare earth element (REE) mineralization at Bokan Mountain, southeastern Alaska— Jim Barker, consultant, Ucore Uranium Inc.

6. Best practices for railroad construction in permafrost—Pasi Latila, Michigan Tech Railroad Engineering Program

7. Status of railroad extension & bridge construction—Bruce Carr, Tom Brooks; Alaska Railroad Corp.

Friday Afternoon, March 12
Title: Overview of Current and Planned Mining-Related Infrastructure Project(Chair: Paul Metz)

1. Point MacKenzie Port & railroad expansion—Dave Hanson and John Duffy, Matanuska-Susitna Borough

2. Port of Skagway expansion—Paul Taylor, Pacific Contractors

3. Status of railroad extension & bridge construction—Bruce Carr and Tom Brooks; Alaska Railroad Corp.

4. GIS logistics & transportation corridor—Colin Brooks, Michigan Tech Research Institute

5. Sand & gravel resources at Point MacKenzie—Paul Metz, UAF CEM, Dept. of Geological Engineering

6. Public Lands and Private Property Rights”—Randal O’Toole, Cato Institute

Governor Sean Parnell

Gov. Sean Parnell is tentatively scheduled to open the conference at 8:00 am, Wednesday. Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell will speak later that afternoon.

Breakfast Speakers

Luncheon Speakers

Banquet Speaker (Fri)

Mr. Craig Jephson, Caterpillar Global