2016 Spring Convention Presentations

Arctic Geology & Environment

• Regional Stratigraphy of the Brookian Sequence: A Summary of Under-explored Petroleum Plays on the North Slope

• Mineral Resources of Northern Alaska

• Modernization of Alaska’s Geospatial Framework

• Bedrock Potential for Naturally Occurring Asbestos in Alaska

• Earthquake Challenges & Opportunities in Alaska

• Climate Drivers of Alaska River Ice Breakup: Understanding the Past, Predicting the Future

Wetlands Management

• Wetlands Ecology

• CWA and WOTUS/Proposed Changes to the Definition of WOTUS

• Regulating Wetlands in Alaska

• Compensating for Wetland Impacts in Alaska

Arctic Resources

• Innovative Remote Sensing and Modeling Techniques for Developing a Low-Temperature Geothermal Resource

• Petroleum-Related Applied Research at DGGS: Promoting Oil and Gas Investment in Alaska

• GIS-Based Identification of Areas that have Mineral Potential in Northern Alaska

• Heavy Mineral Concentration in a Marine Sediment Transport Conduit, Bering Strait, Alaska

• Recent Advances in Exploration Geochemistry: Application in Arctic Terrains

• New Exploration Models for Hardrock Platinum Group Elements in Ural-Alaska Igneous Complexes

Pogo: Ten Years of Mining

• Pogo: 2006-2016

• Pogo Mine Environmental, Two Decades of Prospecting, Planning, Permitting, and Performance

• A New Training Opportunity for Mill Operators: A University-Industry Partnership

• Journey to SAFE Production

• Pogo Trent Exploration: The Past, Present, Future

• DGGS Improves Access to Sub-Regional and Regional Geophysical Data–Tintina Gold Belt Data Highlights

Arctic Permitting Challenges

• Frozen Debris Lobes: Geohazards along the Dalton Highway

• The Current Status of Mitigation Requirements and Implications for Mining Projects

• Ambler Road Permitting Status

• Two Subarctic Region Mine Reclamations: Giant Mine and Tundra Miner, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Design, Construction, and Operational Challenges for Dams in Alaska

• Creating Opportunities Through Public-Private Partnerships

Placer Mining

• Placer Mining in Alaska: Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

• Revegetation and Wildlife Standards for Upland and Floodplain Mine Reclamation

• Turbidity Monitoring in Goldstream Creek, Alaska for Potential Total Maximum Daily Load Development

• Introduction to Riparian Area Concepts and Stream-bank Restoration Techniques

• Nome Offshore Dredging Overview

• Heavy Minerals and Gold Potential at Ice Cape, Alaska

Arctic Engineering Innovations

• Coastlines in Motion: High Resolution Digital Surface Models and Orthoimagery for Coastal Geohazard Mapping

• Dalton Highway Aufies

• Hydrokinetic Energy in Alaska

• Resource Recovery in Mine Waste Effluent: A Means to Offset the Cost of Treatment. Case study: Copper Recovery Improves Water Quality of the Acidic Berkeley Pit Lake, Montana

• Commercial UAS- Getting Off the Ground and What to Expect Once You’re There

Fort Knox- 20 Years and Counting

• Fort Knox Update

• Corporate Responsibility and the Benefit Footprint of Mining

• Kinross Fort Knox Heath & Safety Systems

• Fort Knox Mine Operation Technologies

• Walter Creek Heap Leach at Fort Knox Gold Miner, Alaska

• True North Mine Reclamation

Arctic Policy: Current & Future

• Bureau of Land Management Land Use Planning Update

• Update on Mining Tax Issues

• Alaska’s Fiscal Choices

• Future of Arctic Research

• Sturgeon vs Frost Decision

• State Arctic Policy

UAF Engineering and Geology Research

• Qualifying Rare Earth Elements in Alaskan Coal

• Mining Applications of Fodar

• Unmanned Vehicles in Mine Rescue Operations and Training

• Alaska’s New Field-Based Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging Facility Supporting Mineral Exploration and Mapping

• Accessory and Rock Forming Minerals Monitoring the Evolution of the Ni-Cu-PGE Ultramafic Alpha Complex in the Eastern Alaska Range

• Metallogeny and Origins of Cu-Rich Prospects In and Near Nikolai Greenstone, Central Alaska

Alaska Project Updates

• Update of Greens Creek Operations

• Donlin Gold Project Update

• Graphite Creek Project Update

• Shorty Creek: A Promising New Porphyry Project

• Chuitna Coal Project

• Update on the Usibelli Coal Mine