The NMEC Mineral Exploration Summit is held annually in October to early November each year. The Summit is usually held at the Atlantis Casino Resort in Reno, Nevada
The summit brings together people in government and industry with presentations on topics including; proposed or new legislation at the national or state level, new developments at local, state and federal agencies, and new developments in the exploration industry.
Registration will open in late August to early September.
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The 2023 summit was held October 10, 2023. Below are the sessions and speakers
Morning Sessions
- Dave Shaddrick, President, Nevada Mineral Exploration Coalition: “Elections and Business Meeting (annual report)”
- Lucia Patterson, GIS/Field Specialist – Geologist: “Nevada Division of Minerals Open Data Site Update: New Applications and Tools for Exploration Mineral Production and Land Data in Nevada”
- Lindsay Knox, Vice President, Government Affairs and Advocacy Group, McDonald Carano: “Drawing the Curtain on the 2023 Legislative Session”
- Richard DeLong, Nevada State Assemblyman, District 26: “The 2023 Nevada Legislative Session: What Did And Didn’t Happen”
Panel Discussion: Moderator: Eli Turner: “Update on Nevada Public Lands Bills”
- Jim Barbee: Churchill County Manager
- Doug Busselman: Executive Vice-President, Nevada Farm Bureau
- Megan Labadie: Acting Director for the Nye County Natural Resources and Federal Facilities Department
Sandra Brewer, BLM Toxicologist and Mining Biologist, Mineral Resources, Solids: “Updated on BLM proposed Conservation Rule”
Bob Potts, Deputy Director, Nevada Governors’s Office of Economic Development: “Economic Development in Nevada’s Changing Economy”
Luncheon Speaker:
Jon Price: ” Geopolitics and the Beginning of the Supply Chain for Electric Vehicles and Other Green Technologies”
Afternoon Sessions
Debbie Struhsacker, Environmental Permitting and Government Relations Consultant
Laura Grainer, Attorney/Partner at Holland & Hart LLP
“Public Lands Rulemaking and Policy Update: Rosemont, Thacker Pass, BLM Rulemaking, Mining Law Changes and More.”
LeRoy Shingoitewa, Tribal Monitor Group Manager/Program Lead at WestLand Engineering & Environmental Services
“Tribal Engagement in Nevada: Trials, Tribulations, and the Path Forward.”
James A. Settelmeyer, Director of the Nevada Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
“Changes at DCNR under new Leadership”
Dave Browning, Chief Executive Office, TerraCore:
“From Critical Minerals to Carlin-type Deposits: Applications of Hyperspectral Imaging in Nevada”
Panel Discussion: “Closing the Lithium Loop in Nevada
- Caleb Cage (Moderator) Executive Director, Nevada Battery Coalition
- Cherie Leeden, Founder/CEO of NV Resources
- Scott Jolcover, Chief Resources Officer. American Battery Technology
- Rob Stepper, Director of Process Operations, Ioneer
- Debra Struhsacker, for American Lithium Corp
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