We spent this first week of June 2026 in Elko, Nv. for the Elko Mining Expo. We exhibited for our first time to get our name out there in the heart of Nevada’s mining industry. We started the expo off with the golf tournament on Tuesday at the Ruby View Golf Course which is always a good time. Next we attended the NVMA’s (Nevada Mining Association) opening reception where we met up with long time friends & partners Amanda Hilton (president of the NVMA-Nevada Mining Association), Brent Adams & Scot Cochrane (both with Komatsu) just to name a few. After the NVMA’s reception was the opening reception back at the Ruby View Golf Courses club house which was sponsored by Liebherr. The expo itself started off with our collaboration with Derek Grover & Dino Brunson of Mining Minds in which we sponsored their opening Podcast for the Expo. It was a great sit down listening to the guests. Vern Goglio with Cementation & his 51 years of mining experience & wisdom, Amanda Hilton with her long reputation of being the first female general manager at KGHM’s Robinson Mine & currently the president of the NVMA & Don Dwyer who is the general manager of Orla Mining. Thursday night Jake Johnson invited us to Elko Wire & Ropes party before the Nate Smith Concert Under The Stars which was another great opportunity. The last day of the expo Mining Minds led the first Mining Poetry where not only the miners themselves but their families & friends were able to read poems that they had written which revealed the life behind the scenes of a miner. Hearing these poems from the miners as well as their families was eye opening & inspiring. A good time was had by all along with catching up with old friends & making new friends & business prospects alike.
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