Parking and

Public Transportation Options

Hexagon Mining Division Office - 40 East Congress Street,

Suite 150, Tucson, Arizona 85701

Old Pueblo Parking is available across the street from the Hexagon office.

Other Parking Options - Downtown Tucson Partnership or Park Tucson 

Public Transportation (Bus and Streetcar) is free.  Ronstatt Transit Center (215 East Congress Street) is located about two blocks east of the Hexagon office.  Suntran's streetcar route also passes close to the Hexagon office.

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Schedule and Titles

8:00AM – 9:00AM – Check-in and “Nibble and Network” Breakfast

9:00AM -9:20AM – Opening Remarks

9:20AM – 10:40AM – Session I

Kray Luxbacher, PhD (University of Arizona): “MiningWerx: A vision for a national resource and a global destination”

J. D. Mizer, PhD (University of Arizona): “Lowell Program in Economic Geology: An Overview of Industry-based Education and Research Opportunities”

Carson Richardson, PhD (AZGS): “Mineral Resource Activities and Projects at the Arizona Geological Survey”

Adam Gorecki (BHP): “Closure Practices at BHP's North America Legacy Assets”

10:40AM – 11:10AM – Networking Coffee Break

11:10AM – 12:30PM -– Session II

Tim Marsh, PhD (Bell Copper): “Drilling at Bell Copper's Big Sandy Porphyry Copper Discovery, Mojave Co., AZ”

Matt Wetzel (Freeport-McMoRan): “Updates to Safford District Geologic Understanding Through Holistic Exploration”

Robert Wilson (South32 Hermosa, Inc.): “Hermosa Project Update and Exploration Successes”

Joey Wilkins (Bradda Head Lithium): “The Panorama of Lithium in Arizona and the USA”

12:30PM – 1:30PM – No Host Lunch Break

1:30PM – 2:50PM – Session III

Sam Ybarra, (Bronco Creek Exploration): “Copper Springs Porphyry Project, Globe-Miami District: Geology and Exploration Progress”

Jacob West (Arizona Sonoran): “Mineralization Profile of the Parks/Salyer Deposit at the Cactus Mine, Casa Grande, Arizona”

Benedek Gál, Thomas Bissig, and Dante Padilla (Faraday Copper): “Copper Creek, Arizona: Laramide Porphyry and Breccia hosted Cu-Ag-Mo Mineralization”

Grace Bombulum (BHP): “Legacy Assets | Globe-Miami Sites and Water Management”

2:50PM – 3:20PM – Networking Coffee Break

3:20PM - 4:40PM – Session IV

Jeff Cornoyer (ASARCO): "ASARCO, the Next Chapter"

Michaela Young-Mitchell (Freeport-McMoRan): “Technological Innovations in Exploration and Mining–Success Stories from a Copper Miner”

Adam Hawkins (Global External): “The U.S. Regulatory Landscape: A View from Washington DC and Beyond” (40 minutes)