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Watch as we honor our 2020 Scholarship and Award Winners

Introducing the
New Miners Give Back Award
Applications accepted April 1-June 1, 2021

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Thank you to our Corporate
Roundtable Partners:

Pinnacle Partner:
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

Champion Partners:
Newmont

Benefactor Partners:
Rio Tinto

Patron Partners:
Cementation USA, Inc.
Epiroc
Eriez Manufacturing Co. 
J.H. Fletcher & Co.
JENNMAR
Komatsu
Kinross Gold Corp.
Vulcan Materials Company Foundation

SME Foundation Donor Spotlight


We thank SMEF Corporate Roundtable Partner
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. for their generous contribution
of $200K to the PhD Fellowship and Career Development Grant Program

Thank you to our most recent donors:

MMSA - $20K to the Minerals Education Coalition Fund
Southwest Energy LLC - $10K to the PhD Fellowship & Career Development Grant Fund
Bob and Patti Schafer - $4K to the SME Foundation General Fund
Greg Beckstrom - $150 to the SME Foundation Silent Auction
Timothy Richmond - $100 to the Minerals Education Coalition Fund

The SME Foundation is grateful for the support from all of our donors.
To see a list of all Donors and Sponsor from 2020, click here!

We THANK our 2021 MINEXCHANGE Annual Conference Sponsors:

Benefit Raffle Sponsor:

Virtual Auction Title Sponsor:


Virtual Auction Gold Sponsor:
Black & Veatch

Corporate Roundtable Partner Leadership Update Sponsor:
J.H. Fletcher & Co.

As a 501(c)3 non-profit, the Mission of the SME Foundation is to be the source of funding for education and outreach to SME and the community it serves.



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