WITNESSES

Panel I

Russell Fields, President, Nevada Mining Association, Reno, Nevada

Alan Coyner, Administrator, Nevada Division of Minerals, Carson City, Nevada

Ron Parratt, Commissioner, Commission on Mineral Resources for the State of Nevada, Reno

Panel II

Victoria Soberinsky, Deputy Chief of Staff, Governor Kenny Guinn

Senator Dean Rhoads, Chairman, Natural Resources Committee, Nevada Legislature

Panel III

Glen Miller, Co-Chair, Mining Committee, Toiyabe Chapter, Sierra Club, Reno, Nevada

Tom Myers, Director, Great Basin Mine Watch, Reno, Nevada

Leo Drozdoff, Chief, Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, Carson City, Nevada

Panel IV

Stan Dempsey, Chairman, Royal Gold, Inc., Denver, Colorado

Ann Carpenter, V.P., Exploration & Business Development, Nevada Colca Gold, Inc./President, Women's Mining Coalition, Reno, Nevada

Hugh Ingle, President, Nevada Miners and Prospectors Association, Yerington, Nevada

Frank Lewis, F.W. Lewis, Inc., Reno, Nevada

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