Alaska Miners Association

10/09/2026

Looking forward to this!🤩⛏️

Good company. A good cause. A date worth saving.

Join WIM Alaska for our Annual Fundraising Mixer at the Alaska Miners Association Convention!

📅 November 4, 2026
🕔 5–7 PM

Connect with Alaska’s mining community, enjoy food and drinks, and browse the silent auction while supporting scholarships.

Save the date and tag someone you’d love to catch up with there!

10/09/2026

Got a rock with a story? 🪨🏆

The 3rd Annual AMA Rock Fight is back on November 3! Bring your best rock, ore, or mineral—and a creative backstory—to compete for championship bragging rights at this year’s Convention.

No entry fees, just great rocks and great stories! Register your fighter by October 30. Register on our website!

10/07/2026

⚠️ A heads-up for our AMA convention attendees and exhibitors!

We’ve received reports of emails offering to sell attendee lists for our 2026 Annual Convention and Trade Show. These senders are not affiliated with AMA, and we have not authorized anyone to sell our attendee list.

Official convention communications from AMA will come directly from AMA staff. Please do not send payment or share personal or financial information with anyone making these offers.

Unsure about an email? Contact Carin at [email protected].

Thanks to our members for flagging this!

10/05/2026

A big congratulations to our friends at Alaska Resource Education! 👏 ARE was in Washington, D.C., last week to receive the 2026 Hardrock Mineral Community Outreach and Economic Security Award, a well-deserved honor!

We’re proud to work alongside this amazing team and grateful for their dedication to resource education and advocacy here in Alaska. Thank you for all you do to connect Alaskans with our industry and inspire the next generation! 💛

10/02/2026

Alaska showed up in force in Minnesota! ⛏️🙌

A pretty great crew of Alaska miners representing the Last Frontier at the Better In Our Back Yard Mining & Energy Expo. We loved wrapping up a great week together at the closing dinner!

Safe to say, Alaska was well represented! 💪⛏️

09/30/2026

It’s great to see state mining associations come together! ⛏️

AMA Executive Director Deantha Skibinski joined fellow association leaders for a panel on “How State Mining Associations Can Work Together” at the Better In Our Back Yard Expo. Thank you for inviting AMA to be part of the conversation and share Alaska’s perspective!

09/30/2026

Looking forward to tomorrow! ⛏️

We’re excited to share that next week, Lorali Simon, VP of External Affairs at Usibelli Coal Mine, will be speaking at Better In Our Back Yard’s 2nd Annual Mining & Energy Expo this fall.

Lorali will join leaders from across Alaska’s resource industry for the panel, “Alaska: The Last Frontier of Resource Development,” exploring Alaska’s potential for responsible resource development and its importance to America’s energy security, domestic supply chains, economic growth, and national security.

Joining Lorali on the panel will be:
• Deantha Skibinski, Alaska Miners Association
• Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse, Contango ORE
• John Shively, Pebble Project Updates

We’re proud to have Lorali representing Usibelli Coal Mine and sharing Alaska’s perspective with mining and energy leaders from across North America. Learn more about the Expo at: https://bit.ly/3UMbvQx

09/23/2026

The September Journal is here! Catch up on our summer conversations with Secretary Chris Wright , Speaker Mike Johnson and the Western Caucus Foundation. Plus the latest on West Susitna, Donlin Gold LLC and so much more.

Read it at the link in our bio!

09/23/2026

Registration for the 2026 AMA Annual Convention and Trade Show is now open! Find more details on our website or register using the link below. We hope to see you in November 🤩

https://alma.memberclicks.net/conventionregistration

09/23/2026

Check out this awesome video featuring Alaska Energy Metals!

We love seeing an Alaska mining company highlighted in the conversation about critical minerals, American jobs, and fair competition. Give it a watch!