PROGRAM   DETAILS

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Welcome and Opening Plenary
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
7:30 AM – 8:00 AM

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Welcome and Opening Remarks:

Carl Linvill
Economic and Energy Advisor, Director – State Office of Energy
Office of the Governor

Dirk van Zyl
Director, Mining Life-Cycle Center
Chair / Professor, Mining Engineer
Mackay School of Mines; University of Nevada, Reno

Opening Address:

Trent Tempel
General Manager of Newmont’s Eastern Nevada Operations
Newmont Mining Corporation

Chris Cockrill
Project Manager
U.S. Department of Energy
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Mining Best Practices – Session A
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM

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Session Chair: Lloyd Buckingham
 Process Superintendent
 Barrick Goldstrike Mines

Title: Drill to Mill Improvements at Goldstrike
Speaker: Mark Rantapaa, Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Barrick Goldstrike Mines
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Title: Enhancing Throughput to Drive Down Relative Energy Usage at Goldstrike
Speaker: John Pekrul, Chief Metallurgist, Roaster, Barrick Goldstrike Mines
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Title: Cyanide Recovery from Process Streams Using Air Sparged Hydrocyclone Technology
Speaker: Dr. Jan Miller, Chair and Ivor Thomas Professor of Department Metallurgical                 Engineering at the University of Utah
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Title: Application of Smart Motors and Control to Vibration-based Material Screening Machines
Speaker: Dr. Daryoush Allaei, CEO, QRDC, Inc
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Title: Three-Dimensional Simulation of Charge Motion in SAG and Ball Mills for Energy Efficiency
Speaker: Sanjeeva Latchireddi, Research Associate, Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering;                 University of  Utah
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Title: Energy Conservation at Newmont
Speaker: Mike Mauser, Newmont Mining Corporation
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Afternoon Plenary
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM

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Welcome and Introduction:

Mike Canty
Technology Manager
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

Speaker:

Rich Perry
Vice President and Managing Director of North America Operations
Newmont Mining Corporation
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Mining Best Practices – Session B
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

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Session Chair: Gil Sargent
Superintendent Technical Services
Newmont Mining Corporation

Title: Best Practices for Evaluating Compressed Air
Speaker: Frank Moskowitz, Engineering Manager, Draw Professional Services
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Title: Energy Efficiency - Compressed Air at Newmont
Speaker: Mike Mauser, Newmont Mining Corporation
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Title: Compressed Air Optimization in the Goldstrike Autoclave Facility
Speaker: Doug Dutton, Autoclave Process Maintenance Engineer,
                Barrick Goldstrike Mines
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Title: Wear Resistant Fibrous Monolith Composites for Mining Applications
Speaker: Mike Fulcher, Staff Research Engineer, Advance Ceramics Research, Inc.
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Title: Development of an Automated Oil Analysis System for the Mining Industry
Speaker: Bob Francini, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Title: Roof Geology Mapping Using Roof Bolter Drilling Parameters
Speaker: Syd Peng, Chairman and C.T. Holland Professor, Department of Mining                 Engineering,West Virginia University
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Morning Plenary
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
7:30 AM – 8:00 AM

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Welcome and Introduction:

Alan Coyner
Administrator
Nevada Division of Minerals

Speaker:

Steve Lang
Vice President and General Manager
Barrick Goldstrike Mines
| Presentation | Biography |

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Mining Industries of the Future Program
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM

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Speaker:

Mike Canty
Technology Manager
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
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Mining Best Practices – Session C
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
8:30 AM – 11:00 AM

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Session Chair: Terry Hughes
Manager of Systems and Special Projects
Coeur Rochester

Title: Imaging Ahead of Mining
Speaker: Larry Stolarczyk, President, Stolar Horizon
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Title: Goldstrike Autoclave Pump Optimization
Speaker: Tony Carroll, Sr. Process Mechanical Engineer, Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc.
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Title: Kennecott Utah Copper Energy Savings
Speaker: David George
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Title: Organic Rankine Cycle Power Generation from Recovered Heat Energy
Speaker: Dan Schochet, Vice President, ORMAT Nevada, Inc.
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Federal Energy Issues Panel
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

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Panel Guests:

Russ Fields
President
Nevada Mining Association

Buddy Garland
Program Manger, Industrial Technologies Program
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

Panel Synopsis:
Officials will discuss federal energy issues that affect mining operations in the west. These federal representatives will be asked to address the benefits of improving energy efficiency and deploying advanced technologies at mining operations and deploying renewable energy technology in mining operations and on mining lands. The federal representatives will also be asked to comment upon the importance of improving the western energy infrastructure to mining operations in the west.

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Western Energy Infrastructure and the Mining Industry
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

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Session Chair: Carl Linvill
              Economic and Energy Advisor, Director – State Office of Energy
Office of the Governor

Title: Electricity and Gas Infrastructure Planning in the Western States
Speaker: Jim Souby, Executive Director of the Western Governor’s Association
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Title: The Importance of the Ruby Natural Gas Pipeline to Economic Development and the Mining Industry in Nevada
Speaker: Lee Krugerud, Vice President of North American Business Affairs, Newmont Mining Corporation
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Title: Infrastructure Issues and Utility Resource Planning in Nevada
Speaker: Jeff Ceccarelli, President, Sierra Pacific Power Company
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Title: Renewable Energy Resources on Mining Lands
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Speakers: Dr. Lisa Shevenell, Associate Director, Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy
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                  Dr. Richard Reinhardt, Director, Western Regional Climate Center
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Electricity Generation Development and the Mining Industry
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

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Session Chair: Rich Perry
Vice President and Managing Director of North America Operations
Newmont Mining Corporation
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Title: A Brief Overview of Non-Utility Power Options in Northern Nevada from an End User Perspective
Speaker: Geoff Inge, Vice President, KTM, Inc.
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Title: The Business Case for Geothermal Development on Mining Lands | Synopsis |
Speakers: Dan Schochet, Vice President, ORMAT    | Presentation |
                  Mack Shelor, Vice President, Advanced Thermal Systems | Presentation |
                  Susan Petty, Consultant, Black Mountain Technology, Inc | Presentation |

Title: The Business Case for Wind Development on Mining Lands
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Speakers: Mick Lynch, Ciello Wind Power
                  Dale Osborn, President, Distributed Generation Systems, Inc.
                  Fred Giffels, CEO, HGP, Inc.
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Title: Renewable Development as a Reclamation Opportunity: An Example from the           Aluminum  Smelting Industry
Speaker: Allen Barkley, Operations and Technical Manager, Golden Northwest Aluminum
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Governor’s Energy Address
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM

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Welcome and Introductions:

Dr. Paul Killpatrick
President
Great Basin College

Speaker:

Governor Kenny C. Guinn
State of Nevada

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Regional Partners Meeting
Thursday, August 28, 2003
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

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Session Chair: Chris Cockrill
Project Manager
U.S. Department of Energy

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Title: Wind Powering America
Speakers: Curtis Framel, Regional Coordinator, U.S. Department of Energy
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Title: Geothermal Technologies Program
Speakers: Roy Mink, Program Manager for Geothermal Technologies, U.S. Department Of Energy | Synopsis | Presentation |

Participant: Buddy Garland, Program Manger, Industrial Technologies Program, Energy                     Efficiency and  Renewable Energy; U.S. Department of Energy
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