WEDNESDAY,  26 August 2026                 

                               

7:00 - 8:00        Registration (breakfast)                            

8:00 - 4:30        Short Course, Practical Application of Solid/Liquid Separation Technologies           

6:00 - 10:00      Registration / Icebreaker at NOVI NIGHT CLUB 

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THURSDAY, 27 August 2026   

                                                                                         

7:00 - 7:45        5K Fun Run, Truckee River Walk                                                                                7:30 - 8:30        Registration (breakfast)                                                            

8:30 - 9:30        Presentation #1, KEYNOTE, Victoria Gold Leach Pad Failure, Mark Smith,

Piteau Associates USA                                                                           

9:30 - 10:00      Presentation #2, The Future of Jerritt Canyon Processing, Matt Chenault & Amanda Fitch, Jerritt Canyon
          

10:00 - 10:30    Break,                

10:30 - 11:00    Presentation #3, Heap Leaching: Where Good Projects go Sideways (and Why): Lessons for Design, Commissioning, and Operations, Chase Ruff, Paterson & Cooke

11:00 - 11:30    Presentation #4, Student Speaker #1, Plant Investigation of Carbon Activities,

Allie Lucas, Nevada Gold Mines

11:30 - 12:00    Presentation #5, Antimony Processing at the Sunshine Mine: From Legacy Operations to Modern Process Innovation, Mike Irish & Brett Clark, Sunshine & Samuel Engineering

                                                                                            

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12:15 - 1:15  LUNCHEON, Miner-to-Miner: Mark Twain, Larry Radford

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1:30 - 2:00       Presentation #7, Autoclaves & Mineral Point, Kenji Umeno, I80 Gold

2:00 - 2:30       Presentation #8, Student Speaker #2​, Effect of Particle Size Distribution and Temperature on Recovery, Rylee Keim, Nevada Gold Mine

2:30- 3:00        Presentation #9, Albian Process, Sarah Domanti, Glencore

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3:00 - 3:30      Break, 

3:30 - 4:00      Presentation #10, Student Speaker #3, Carbon fine generation across the CIL circuit, Richmond Buckman, Nevada Gold Mines

4:00- 4:30       Presentation #11, SXEW, Perla Arellano, NGM

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6:30 -              Cocktails, LTA Award Dinner, Student Award,

                       2026 LTA Award Recipient - Trent Tempel                                                                     

                                               

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FRIDAY, 28 AUGUST 2026    

                                   

7:30 - 8:30        Registration (breakfast)                                                      

8:30 - 9:00        Presentation #12, Gold Quarry Roaster: Metallurgical Sampler

Commissioning and Sustainability, Svetlana Benthen, Nevada Gold Mines 
9:00 - 9:30        Presentation #13, Proven in Practice: Testwork Programs that Became

Operating Mines, Ryan Monteith, SGS

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9:30 - 10:00      Break, Bloody Mary                                                                               

10:00 - 10:30    Presentation #14, Proven in Practice: Testwork Programs that Became

Operating Mines, Ryan Monteith, SGS

10:30 - 11:00    Presentation #15, Agglomeration: When Does Cement Addition Pay in Heap Leaching?, John Walsh, KCA            

11:00 - 11:30    Best Technical Presentation Award, Meeting adjourns                           

                                            

Noon - 4:00 Ormat Steamboat Hills Geothermal Plant Tour

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1:30 - Onwards at Red Hawk Golf & Resort, Lakes Course Golf Club, first tee time at 1:30 PM                  

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