SME Tucson Section

Thanks to everyone that came out last night to listen to Michael Grass' presentation on "Recent Heap Leach Pad Failures: Likely Causes & Could They Have Been Prevented". Huge thanks to our host Hexagon Mining for their continuous support over the years. Thank you to WSP Mining for being our dinner meeting sponsor, allowing us to provide free dinners to our UArizona SME Student Chapter attendees! #smetucson #sme #mining #leachpads #hexagon #hexagonmining #wsp #wspmining

Join us for for our next SME Tucson Dinner Meeting! The reservation deadline is this Friday, September 6th, so don't delay. Michael Grass will provide us with a discussion on heap leach pads, discuss some recent leach pad failures, and what could possible be done moving forward to help minimize the risk of this happening again. Huge thanks to our event sponsors! Venue & Beverage Sponsor: Hexagon Mining Meeting Sponsor: WSP Mining Please visit the SME Tucson Section website to register!

Applications for the SME Tucson Section Fall 2024 Scholarships are NOW OPEN! Open to all undergraduate and graduate students seeking degrees in fields related to mining from the University of Arizona. Applicants must be dues-paying members of the UArizona SME Student Chapter. Leadership scholarships may be awarded to students demonstrating outstanding leadership qualities in extracurricular activities, community service, volunteer activities, work, and/or family obligations. Let Omar Smith know if you have any questions. https://lnkd.in/g3eJ2vjf #sme #smetucson #scholarship #uarizona #uofa  

Join us for our next SME Tucson Dinner Meeting! Glen Kuntz will give us an update on Ivanhoe Electric's Santa Cruz Project. Reservation deadline is this Friday, August 9th, so sign up soon! Huge thank you to our Venue & Beverage Sponsor Hexagon Mining! Also thank you to our Meeting Sponsors Piteau Associates Engineering and Verdad Group, LLC!

Thank you to all that helped make MineBLAST 2024 a success! We had over 100 people show up and enjoy some appetizers, drinks, and networking! A special thanks to our sponsors: Ames Construction, AMIGOS (Sydney Hay), McCraren Compliance, SOUTHERN ARIZONA BUSINESS COALITION INC, Victaulic, and WSP Mining! If you have any pictures of the event, feel free to share them in the comments! #sme #smetucson #mining #mineblast #mineblast2024

Our MineBLAST 2024 event is right around the corner, don't forget to register! The event is free to attend, but please don't forget to register by this Friday, July 5th, EOBD. Shoutout to our current sponsors McCraren Compliance, WSP Mining, and SOUTHERN ARIZONA BUSINESS COALITION INC! We still have some sponsorships available, contact us if interested! Event details and registration here: https://lnkd.in/gkcU55Wm

Thank you all that came out last night for Pat Risner's update on the South32 Hermosa Project. We had a full house, largest turnout since resuming in-person meetings post pandemic. Thank you Hexagon Mining for being a great host, we appreciate everything you do. Big thanks to our meeting sponsors Phillips & Jordan, Inc. and Montgomery & Associates for the support. See you all in July at MineBLAST. #sme #smetucson #south32 #south32hermosaproject #hexagon #hexagonmining #mining #criticalminerals

Our next SME Tucson Dinner Meeting is right around the corner! Join us next Wednesday, June 19th, as Pat Risner provides our Section with an update on the South32 Hermosa Project. Reservation deadline is tomorrow (Friday, June 14th) at noon. Reservations can be made here: https://lnkd.in/gmCd_8JY Meeting Sponsors: Montgomery & Associates & Phillips & Jordan, Inc. Venue and Beverage Sponsor: Hexagon Mining Agenda: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Social Hour 7:00pm - 7:45pm Dinner 7:45pm - 8:00pm Announcements 8:00pm - 8:30pm Program 8:30pm - 8:45pm Q&A Location: HEXAGON 40 E Congress St #300 Tucson, AZ 85701 Costs: $55 for SME Tucson members $65 for non-members Free for UA SME Student Chapter members Payable at the door by cash, credit card, or check payable to SME Tucson. Cancellations and No Shows: Please call or email by the registration deadline to cancel. If you do not cancel your reservation by the deadline, SME is still required to pay for your dinner and you will in turn be billed. Thank you.   

The SME Tucson Section would like to thank Tejo Bheemasetti for his very informative and insightful presentation during our Joint May Monthly Meeting with the Arizona Geo-Institute. Huge shoutout as well to Hexagon Mining for their continuous support as our venue and drink sponsor. Hope to see you all at the June meeting.

For our May meeting, the SME Tucson Section will be hosting a joint meeting with our friends from the ASCE Geo-Institute Arizona Chapter. For those that want to join us in person, please go ahead and make your reservation by the registration deadline (this Friday, May 3rd, at noon). Hexagon has graciously allowed us to host this event at their office and is our venue/drink sponsor. Program: Characterization of Geomaterial Variability to Evaluate Stability of Hydraulic Fill Structures Date: 08 May 2024, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Speaker: Tejo Bheemasetti, PhD - Assistant Professor, University of Arizona Meeting Sponsor: Available - contact us if interested in sponsoring! Venue and Beverage Sponsor: Hexagon Mining More event information and registration here: https://lnkd.in/gzzSaBKu Agenda: 6:00pm - 7:00pm  Social Hour 7:00pm - 7:45pm  Dinner 7:45pm - 8:00pm  Announcements (START OF VIRTUAL MEETING) 8:00pm - 8:30pm  Program 8:30pm - 8:45pm  Q&A Location: HEXAGON, 40 E Congress St #300, Tucson, AZ 85701 Costs: $55 Free for students Free for virtual attendees #SME #mining #SMETucson #ASCEGeoInstitute #ASCEGeoInstitueAZ