Administrative Committees

The ADTI Operations Committee includes five members from the Metal Mining Sector, representing academia, federal and state government, the metal mining industry, and the Chairperson of the Metal Mining Sector Steering Committee.

Federal Representative and Committee Chair: Dave Williams, US BLM

Academia: Dirk van Zyl, University of Nevada Reno, Mining Life-Cycle Center

Industry Representative: Charles Bucknam, Newmont Gold Corporation

Metal Mining Sector Chairperson: Virginia McLemore, New Mexico Bureau of Mines

State Representative: Harry Posey, Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology

The Metal Mining Sector Steering Committee is made up of metal mining industry, state, federal and academic representatives, who were elected by the Metal Mining Sector members, as well as the chairpersons elected or appointed by the individual technical and support committees. The Metal Mining Sector Steering Committee appoints the Chairman and the representatives to the Operations Committee. The members of the Metal Mining Sector Steering Committee are as follows:

Academia: Dirk van Zyl, University of Nevada Reno, Mining Life-Cycle Center

Federal Representative: Dave Williams, US BLM

Funding Committee Chairperson: Nick Rieger, US BLM

Industry Representative (and INAP Liaison): Charles Bucknam, Newmont Mining Corporation

Metal Mining Sector Chair: Virginia McLemore, New Mexico Bureau of Mines

Mitigation Chair: Jim Gusek, Knight Piesold

Modeling Chair: Andrew Nicholson, Geomega

Pit Lake Chair: Jim Jonas, Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc.

Prediction Chair: Kim Lapakko, MN Department of Natural Resources

Review Committee Chair: Charles Bucknam, Newmont Mining Corporation

Sampling and Monitoring Chair: Virginia McLemore, New Mexico Bureau of Mines

State Representative: Harry Posey, CO Division of Minerals and Geology