NMEC Mineral Exploration Summit

The NMEC Mineral Exploration Summit is held annually in Reno, Nevada in October to early November.

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. Below are the 2023 and 2024 programs

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The 2024 summit was held October 24, 2024. Below are the sessions and speakers

First morning Sessions

  • 8:00-8:15 – Dave Shaddrick, President, Nevada Mineral Exploration Coalition: Election and Business Meeting (annual report)
  • 8:15-8:45 – Mark Compton (AEMA): Political/Regulatory Update
  • 8:45-9:15 – Amanda Hilton, President, Nevada Mining Association: (title to be announced)
  • 9:15-9:45 – Jeff Clark, Founder/Editor, The Paydirt Prospector: (title to be announced)
  • 9:45-10:15 – Mark Travis, Consulting Economic Geologist: U.S. Uranium: Policy & Exploration
  • 10:15-10:30 – Coffee break

Second morning sessions

  • 10:30-11:00 – Lucia Patterson, Geologist/GIS Specialist, Nevada Division of Minerals: (title to be announced)
  • 11:00-11:30 – Deborah Goetz, President /CEO, Landres Management Services: (title to be announced)
  • 11:30-12:00 – Chase McNamara, Policy Advisor on Natural Resources for Governor Lombardo: (title to be announced)

Luncheon

  • 12:00-1:00 – Luncheon: Rich DeLong, Nevada State Assemblyman: Natural Resource issues in the upcoming legislative session

First afternoon sessions

  • 1:00-2:30 – Eli Turner, Project Geologist, Orogen Royalties: Comprehensive review of public lands issues AND Debbie Struhsacker, Environmental Permitting and Government Relations Consultant: (title to be announced)
  • 2:30-3:15 – LeRoy Shingoitewa, Tribal Monitor Group Manager/Program Lead, WestLand Engineering & Environmental Services AND Chantae Lessard – Head of Mason Resources, Hudbay Minerals: (title to be announced)
  • 3:15-3:30 – Coffee break

Second afternoon sessions

  • 4:00-5:30 – Lithium Panel: From exploration to recycling
    • Caleb Cage, Coordinator, NV Battery Coalition
    • Tim Crowley, Vice President, Lithium Americas
    • Matt Roberts, Director of Communications, AquaMetals
    • Scott Jolcover, Chief Resource Officer, American Battery Technology

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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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