Our key note speaker is David G. Watkinson, Vice President of Operations if the Idaho Maryland Mining Corp.  His company is working to reopen one of California's richest gold mines. Having graduated in mining engineering from Queen's University on Ontario, Canada, David is a registered Professional Engineer with more than 20 years of experience as a mining engineer and manager. He has extensive experience putting developing mines into full operations. He'll be talking about the Grass Valley mine that employed hundreds of Cousins Jacks.