At SME we pride ourselves on our focus on youth. There are currently 81 student sections, with more being added every year. SME has sponsored the development of the Mining in Society merit badge for scouting and provides about $1.3 million in scholarships every year. Our Young Leaders group is very active in providing mentoring and coaching sessions and webinars directed at our younger members. The SME Board has even recognized the importance of young leaders’ input to the key governance decisions by developing an internship program that adds a nonvoting young member to the Board of Directors — a position currently held by Heather Lammers.
Even with all this attention being paid to young leaders — it’s still not sufficient. At the keynote session at MINExpo International in Las Vegas, NV, Sept. 13, we heard  ...
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