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MMA President’s Letter – Matt Wolfe ...........................................................................6 Suite 300, 6 Roslyn Road Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3L 0G5 MMA Executive Director’s Message – Tom Hopgood ..................................................10 www.delcommunications.com MMA Mission Statement ............................................................................................12 President 2013 Montana Mining Association Board of Directors ..............................................14 David Langstaff MMA committee members .......................................................................................16 Publisher Mines and exploration in Montana: 2012 in review .................................................18 Jason Stefanik Poll of Montana voters demonstrates guarded optimism, support for Managing Editor natural resource development ..................................................................................34 Katrina Senyk Letting miners tell the mining story: MMA Ambassador Program ............................36 [email protected] MMA profile on Doug Miller ......................................................................................38 Sales Manager Dayna Oulion Vendors: valued members of the mining industry and the MMA .............................40 [email protected] 63rd Montana Legislature stands adjourned Sine Die ...............................................42 Advertising Account Executives Two young women receive MMA scholarships in tribute to Cheryl Ezinicki, Jennifer Hebert, Langley and Lawson ..................................................................................................46 Ross James, Michelle Raike MMA Committee Report ............................................................................................48 Production services provided by: Five generations and counting – Antonioli family looks forward to S.G. Bennett Marketing Services future mining industry work .....................................................................................52 www.sgbennett.com Black Butte – a billion pounds of copper, and growing! ...........................................54 Art Director Groundhog Mining & Milling provides full range of mining services ........................56 Kathy Cable Barrick Golden Sunlight Mine welcomes new general manager ...............................58 Layout & Design Dana Jensen The Revett Foundation: today’s workers fund a future of positive impact ...............61 Holland & Hart named 2013 ‘Law Firm of the Year’ for mining ................................66 Advertising Art Caitlyn Hawrysh Haier Montana Resources, LLP: embracing the future .......................................................68 Powerful mine dewatering – electric and diesel centrifugal pump options .............70 Cover image courtesy of Revett Minerals. 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Imerys: talc at a glance .............................................................................................84 While every effort has been made to ensure the Butte Silver Mines, Inc.: a new start for an old district .............................................88 accuracy of the information contained herein and the reliability of the source, the publisher in no way Northwest Pipe Fittings Inc.: proud to serve Montana’s mining industry .................89 guarantees nor warrants the information and is not responsible for errors, omissions or statements First annual MMA Essay Contest a success .................................................................90 made by advertisers. Opinions and recommenda- Minerals in motion – Josh Kraft ...........................................................................91 tions made by contributors or advertisers are not necessarily those of the publisher, its directors, Zinc this is clever? – Siri A. Pederson ...................................................................92 officers or employees. Why are minerals important? – Kristen Piippo ....................................................93 MMA membership benefits .......................................................................................94 PRINTED IN CANADA 05/2013 MMA membership application ..................................................................................95 Thank you to MMA members ....................................................................................96 DECommunicationsL Inc. Index to advertisers ..................................................................................................98 4 Montana Mining Association — Montana Mining 2013 Letter from the MMA President – Matt Wolfe ‘Made in Montana’ With each passing year as I watch my a resurgence of mining activity in the children grow, increasingly I take the coming years. We are already beginning time sit back and thank the Creator for to see a similar resurgence in the oil and giving me the ability to raise a family in gas industry today, and I believe that Often, technological this great state we call Montana. From a mining will not be far behind as our na- advances that move away career perspective, it is very rewarding to tion comes to grips with a fundamental be a part of the Montana mining industry, responsibility to produce the minerals we from dependence on one knowing that our industry is vital to the consume in a responsible and sustain- natural resource increase quality of life in Montana. I believe ev- able manner. dependence on another. eryone who is taking the time to read this Thinking far into the future, even as article will agree that the Montana qual- new technologies are discovered that sites for education is becoming outdated ity of life is the primary reason most of us moderate our dependence on natural with the rise of social media. The MMA draw a Montana state boundary around resources, mining will always have a has started the process of learning to use our career aspirations. prominent place as long as we have an social media and the Internet in order to “Made in Montana” is a fitting descrip- industrial, consumer-based society. The reach a larger, younger audience. tion for the many raw minerals that are example of a new, green hybrid car that In addition, the MMA recognizes produced by our members. Metals like uses (on average) 121 pounds of copper that the good ol’ fashioned face-to-face gold, silver, copper, nickel, platinum, (more than double the copper used in classroom or public meeting forums pro- palladium and molybdenum and min- a traditional gas-powered car) is signifi- vide the best quality education oppor- erals such as talc, limestone, sapphire, cant. Often, technological advances that tunities, more so than any other media garnet, tungsten, and coal are the foun- move away from dependence on one source. A few of the initiatives started in dation for Montana’s rich mining history natural resource increase dependence the past year include the MMA Ambas- and promising future. on another. sador training and presentations, a re- Simple deductive reasoning about vamping of the MMA website, launch of Montana’s mineral resources and a MMA and its Focus on Mining our first annual MMA Essay Contest (for growing global demand for minerals Education Montana eighth-graders), and a greater demonstrates a promising future for our Thanks to the hard work of a promi- participation with public schools and mining industry. In spite of political ob- nent line of