Pub. 7 2017 Issue 2

6 AT THE CENTER OF UTAH INDUSTRY OFFICERS: Chairman – Greg Gregory, Materion Natural Resources Vice Chairman - Mike Brown, Graymont 1st Vice Pres.- Chad Baker, Parsons Behle & Latimer 2nd Vice Pres.- Kevin N. Andersen, Fabian VanCott President - Mark Compton, Utah Mining Association EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: All of the above and: Louis Cononelos, U of U Mining Engineering Dept. David R. Bird, Parsons Behle & Latimer Rob Campbell, Wheeler Machinery Company Ken May, Canyon Fuel Company - Sufco Mine Mark Krall, Simplot - Vernal Mine Ted Himebaugh, Rio Tinto Kennecott Josh Brown, Rio Tinto Kennecott Corey Heaps, Canyon Fuel Company - Skyline Mine Rikki Hrenko-Browning, Enefit American Oil Doug Wilson, Lisbon Valley Mining Company David Zimmerman, Brahma Group BOARD MEMBERS: Marty Banks, Stoel Rives Robert Bayer, R.J. Bayer Professional Geologist, LC Rosemary Beless, Fabian VanCott Mark Buchi, Holland and Hart Brian Buck, Stantec Consulting Drew Coats, Lisbon Valley Mining Company John Davis, Holland and Hart Denise Dragoo, Snell & Wilmer Reggie Farlaino, Strata Worldwide Don Lewon, Utah Metal Works Nick Lott, American Gilsonite Kim Robinson, Robinson Transport Eric Rogers, Intrepid Potash - Wendover Todd Savage, Savage Companies Jim Slade, Komatsu Equipment Company Amanda Smith, Holland & Hart Rick York, Intrepid Potash - Moab 136 South Main Street, Suite 408, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Tel.: 801-364-1874 • Fax: 801-364-2640 www.utahmining.org If you are interested in advertising information, please contact Dani Gorden at 855-747-4003. dani@thenewslinkgroup.com Mining Focus is published by The newsLINK Group, LLC for the Utah Mining Association (UMA) and is the official publication for this association. 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Page 11 Simplot...................................................................Page 12 Komatsu.................................................................Page 13 Savage Services...................................................Page 23 Wheeler Mining Systems...................................Page 24 The Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition, well into its 3rd decade, for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional materials and programs, and emerging technologies. The Hermes Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communications, an association of several thousand marketing and communication professionals. Entries are judged on the creativity and quality of the presentation, and the competition had earned a reputation for accuracy, fairness and credibility. A look at the winners of the Hermes Creative Awards is typically reflective of a list of “who’s who” in the creative industry. 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