What do you love most about this business? “The variety of work. Mineral exploration always provides a new challenge to solve, and the feeling after completing a productive field season is second to none.” — Miles Macdonald “What I love most is the people. The mining industry is filled with hardworking, passionate individuals who genuinely care about the impact they have on Alaska's communities, economy, and environment. I'm so fortunate to work for a resilient and forward-thinking industry and proud to play a small role in Alaska’s development and energy future.” — Lisa Cassino “This business is full of amazing people and characters that make every day at work a life worth living. My great grandpa was a miner in the Brooks Range with his two brothers and now I’m working in an industry that they loved and recently have spent time near the same ground they mined, what’s not to love.” — Vanessa Larimer “I’ve met and gotten to know some wonderful people in Alaska’s mining industry. Many have become life-long, dear friends. But what I have enjoyed the most is the land. I’ve had the very good fortune to spend many, many summer days over my career wandering through Alaska’s wilderness looking at the rocks in just about every corner of the state. I can’t think of a better way to spend much of my life. Robert Service had it right in The Spell of the Yukon: No! There’s the land. (Have you seen it?) It’s the cussedest land that I know, From the big, dizzy mountains that screen it To the deep, deathlike valleys below. Some say God was tired when He made it; Some say it’s a fine land to shun; Maybe; but there’s some as would trade it For no land on earth—and I’m one. I have a wonderful family that I wouldn’t trade for all the world. But the biggest love affair of my life has been with Alaska.” — Dave Hedderly-Smith Faces of Mining The Alaska Miner Fall 2024 20 FACES, CONTINUED from PAGE 18 NOVAGOLD is committed to responsible mining. FIND OUT MORE AT NOVAGOLD.COM/SUSTAINABILITY Novagold_2024_Print-Ad_Magazine_half-page_7 x4-875_V2.indd 1 2024-02-14 10:03 AM
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