Critical Minerals
Institute

October 6 - 12, 2024

Arizona and California

Sunday, October 6th

5:30 p.m. - Opening Dinner Reception

7:00 p.m. - Energy Epicenter: Is Arizona Ready to Meet the Critical Mineral Mandate?

**Misael Cabrera**
Director, School of Mining and Mineral Resources, University of Arizona

**Francis McAllister**
Vice President, Energy, Land & Water, Freeport-McMoRan

Overnight in Mesa, Ariz.

Monday, October 7th

6 - 7:30 a.m. - Breakfast at hotel

7:45 a.m. - Bus departs for Superior, Ariz.

9 a.m. - A Superior Resolution: Embrace the Boom, Prepare for the Bust

**Manuel “Manny” Guzman**
Executive Director, Rebuild Superior, Inc.

11 a.m. - Bus departs for Oak Flat

Noon - Protecting a Sacred Place: An Afternoon at Chi’chil Biłdagoteel (Oak Flat) with Apache Stronghold

**Wendsler Nosie**
Founder and leader, Apache Stronghold; Director, Gaan Bike Goz aa

**Vanessa Nosie**
San Carlos Apache Tribe Historic Preservation and Archaeology Department

**Nizhoni Pike**
Member, Apache Stronghold

**Lian Bighorse**
Professor of Native American Studies, Bioethics and Decolonization, American University of Sovereign Nations

5 p.m. - Dinner with Apache Stronghold

7 p.m. - Bus heads to Tucson

Overnight in Tucson

Tuesday, October 8th

7 a.m. - Continental breakfast opens at hotel

7:30 a.m. - Bus departs for the Santa Rita Mountains

8:30 a.m. - Unstable Connections: Proposed Copper Mine Brings Habitat and Biodiversity Concerns to the Sky Islands

**Chris Bugbee**
Southwest Conservation advocate/field ecologist, Center for Biological Diversity

**Stan Hart**
Board Member, Save the Scenic Santa Ritas; retired geologist

**Callie Cavalcant**
Habitat, Evaluation and Lands Branch Chief, Arizona Game and Fish

**Matt Nelson**
Executive Director, Arizona Trail Association

**Tom Nelson**
President, Save the Scenic Santa Ritas
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**Joni Stellar**
Board Co-Chair, Patagonia Area Resource Alliance

**Steve Brown**
Vice President, Save the Scenic Santa Ritas

1 p.m. - An Old Industry Pursues New Minerals in The Tohono O'Odham Nation: A Conversation with Chairman Austin Nunez

**Austin Nunez**
Chairman, San Xavier District, Tohono O'odham Nation

**Additional representatives of the Tohono O’odham Nation**

3 p.m. - From Exploration to Reclamation: Tour of the ASARCO Open Pit Copper Mine

**Isabel Barton**
Associate Professor, Mining and Geological Engineering, University of Arizona

**James Stewart**
Director of Environmental, Governmental and Community Affairs, ASARCO

6:30 p.m. - Dinner
Overnight in Tucson, Ariz.

Wednesday, October 9th

6 a.m. - Breakfast at hotel

6:30 a.m. - Bus departs for Patagonia, Ariz.

8 a.m. - South 32 Hermosa: The Future of U.S. Critical Mineral Mining (Literally) Starts Here

**Pat Risner**
President, South32 Hermosa

**Brent Musslewhite**
Permitting & Environment Director, South32 Hermosa

**Skylie Estep**
Human Resources Director, North America, South32

**Judy Brown**
Head of External Affairs, Americas, South32

Noon - Lunch on the bus

6 p.m. - Dinner in Brawley with community members

Overnight in Brawley, Calif.

Thursday, October 10th

7 a.m. - Breakfast at hotel

8:30 a.m. - Bus departs for CCV Offices

9 a.m. - Can the Revolution Be Equitized? Community Members Work to Protect Public Health and Social Justice in Imperial County

**Luis Olmedo**
Executive Director, Comite Civico del Valle

**Daniela Flores**
Co-Founder and Executive Organizer, Imperial Valley Equity and Justice Coalition

James Blair
Technical Expert, Comite Civico del Valle; Associate professor, geography and anthropology, CalPoly

**Christian Torres**
Director of Climate Equity & Resilience, Comite Civico del Valle

**Patrick Dexter**
Region 6 International Representative, United Auto Workers
.

Jacob Rodriguez
Imperial County Organizer, Jobs to Move America

**Jose Carmona**
Vice President and Chief Government Relations Officer, Tzunu Strategies

**Jared Naimark**
California Mining Organizers, Earthworks

**Katia Lopez**
Account Executive, Tzunu Strategies
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**Jordan Sisson**
CEQA Attorney, Comite Civico del Valle

10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Tour of Imperial Valley and Salton Sea

2 p.m. - Win-Win Resource Extraction? Community Members Expect Big Benefits from Lithium Extraction in the Salton Sea

**Rod Colwell**
CEO, Controlled Thermal Resources
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**Roque Barros**
Executive Director, Imperial Valley Wellness Foundation

**Sher Cowie**
Board President, Imperial Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce

**Ryan Kelley**
Supervisor, Imperial County
.

**Pricilla Lopez**
Director, Imperial County Workforce Development Board

Hector Cervantes OR Lourdes Jasso
Calipatria Foundation

**Bari Bean**
Deputy CEO, Natural Resources, Imperial County

**Efrain Silva**
Dean, Economic & Workfore Development, Imperial Valley College

**Alex Cardenas**
Director, Division 1, Imperial Irrigation District

**Nellie Perez and/or Diana Juarez**
Northend Alliance 111

Overnight in Phoenix, Ariz.

Friday, October 11th

Breakfast at hotel

8 a.m. - Bus departs

9 a.m. - Nation to Corporation Consultation: Bringing Indigenous Communities' Concerns to the Mine Development Process

**LeRoy Shingoitewa**
Tribal Monitor Program Lead, WestLand Resources

**Candace Hamana**
Director, Tribal Relations, Government & Community Engagement, Arizona State University

**Cora Tso**
Senior Research Fellow, ASU Kyl Center for Water Policy

Jay Tomkus
Principal, Corvid Consulting, LLC; State policy advocate, Inter Tribal Association of Arizona

10:30 a.m. - Break

11:30 a.m. - Lunch

1 p.m. - Evaluating Environmental Trade Offs: Concerns Over the Costs of the Renewable Revolution

**Sandy Bahr**
Grand Canyon Chapter Director, Sierra Club

**Sarah Porter**
Director, Kyl Center for Water Policy

3 p.m. - Scaling Up Production: Exploring the Future of Critical Minerals from a State, Federal and Global Perspective

**Paul Marsh**
Arizona State Mine Inspector

**Drew Trojanowski**
CEO, Southwest MIssion Acceleration Center

**Eric Mears**
Vice President, Haley & Aldrich

6 p.m. - Closing Dinner and Highly Emotional Awards Ceremony

Final overnight in Mesa, Ariz.

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