The Alaska Miner welcomes
information for inclusion in the Miners Calendar. Send to: Alaska Miner, 3305 Arctic Blvd., #105, Anchorage, Alaska
99503. Please note that the NEW deadline is the 5th
day of the month of publication.
May 4-7, 2008 – CIM Conference and Exhibition,
Edmonton, Canada. Contact: Chantal Murphy, Tel. 514-939-2710, ext. 1309;
e-mail: cmurphy@cim.org; Web: www.cim.org.
May 5-6, 2008 – Symposium on Shotcrete and
Waterproofing for Underground Structures; Hilton Newark Penn Station, Newark,
New Jersey. Contact Meetings Dept., SME; phone 800-763-3132, fax 303-979-3461,
email sme@smenet.org.
May 10, 2008 – UAF Mining Extension and Delta
Mine Training Center Workship: “Rock and Mineral Identification”, Anchorage,
AK. Instructor: Lori Gilliam; Carlton Trust Bldg., 2221 E. Northern Lights, CES
conference room; 9 am-6 pm. Register
with Meg Burgett, 907-746-9472 or 376-0580.
May 11-14, 2008 – 44th Forum on the
Geology of Industrial Minerals, Midwest City, OK. Contact: Stan Krukowski,
phone 405-325-3031, 800-330-3396, email skrukowski@ou.edu or mjsummers@ou.edu.
May 12-16, 2008 – Mineral Processing: An
Introduction to the Principles, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO. Contact:
Melody Francisco, Office of Special Programs and Continuing Education, 1600
Arapahoe, CSM Annex, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, phone
303-273-3493, 303-273-3314,
email mfrancis@mines.edu, Web site:
www.mines.edu/outreach/cont_ed.
May 13-14, 2008 – UAF Mining Extension and Delta
Mine Training Center Workshop: “Navigation and GPS”, Delta Jct., AK.
Instructor: Gary Cooper; Delta Mine Training Center classroom, 6 pm-10 pm each
evening. Register with Christy Roden, 907-895-4215.
May 14-15, 2008 – The Canadian Mining &
Industrial Expo 2008, Sudbury, Ontario. Contact: Darren Ceccarelli, Tel:
705-929-7469; Fax: 705-525-0626;
e-mail: dac@vianet.ca;
Web: www.dacshows.com.
June 7-11, 2008 – North American Tunneling
Conference, Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA. Contact: SME Meetings Dept., 8307
Shaffer Parkway, Littleton, CO 80127, phone 800-763-3132, 303-973-9550, fax
303-979-3461, email sme@smenet.org,
Web site www.smenet.org.
June 9-11, 2008 – 12th U.S./North
American Mine Ventilation Symposium, Reno, Nevada. Contact: Pierre
Mousset-Jones, Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering; Tel.
775-784-6959;
E-mail: mousset@unr.edu;
Web: www.unr.edu/ventsym2008/.
June 14-19, 2008 – 25th Annual Meeting of
the American Society for surface Mining and Reclamation and 10th
Annual Meeting of the International Affiliation of Land Reclamationists,
Richmond Marriott, Richmond, VA. Contact: W. Lee Daniels, phone 540-231-7175,
fax 540-231-7630,
email wdaniels@vt.edu,
Web site www.cses.vt.edu/revegetation/ASMR_2008.html.
June 17-18, 2008 – 2nd Annual Conference
for the Mining Industry on Substance Abuse, Salt Lake City, Utah. Contact: The University of Utah; Tel: 801-538-4343;
Fax: 801-538-8228;
Email: slangston@utah.gov;
Web: www.uuhsc.utah.edu/uas.
June 29-July 3, 2008 – Ninth International Conference on
Permafrost, “Permafrost on a warming planet: Impacts on ecosystems,
infrastructure and climate”; University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more info
contact Elizabeth Lilly, 907-479-8891 or elilly@nicop.org.
September 8-14, 2008 – “Gold of the North Pacific Rim”
Conference, Magadan, Russia. The event marks the 80th anniversary of
the 1st Kolymian Expedition, which discovered the Kolyma Region, one
of the largest gold districts in the world. Topics include geology, exploration
and mining for gold deposits in different North Pacific regions and specific
gold processing problems higher than 60˚ N. Lat. Field trips will include
Natalka (60 Moz Au deposit) and Dukat (500 Moz Ag deposit). For more info and
registration, go to
http://gold-forum.neisri.ru/new/.
September 22-24, 2008 – 2008 MINExpo 2008, Las Vegas,
Nevada. Contact: Hall Erickson; Tel: 800-752-6312; Fax: 630-434-1216;
E-mail: minexpo@heiexpo.com;
Web: www.minexpo.com.
November 3-8, 2008 – Alaska
Miners General Convention, Anchorage, Alaska. Phone: 907-563-9229;
E-mail: ama@alaskaminers.org;
Web: www.alaskaminers.org.
December 1-5, 2008 – 114th Northwest Mining
Association Convention; John Ascuaga’s Nugget, Reno, NV. Website:
http://nwma.org.
May 17-19, 2009 – Haulage & Loading, Phoenix,
Arizona. Contact: Chad Dorn; Tel: 303-283-0640;
Email: tholzer@mining-media.com;
Web: www.mining-media.com.