January 2023
SEF is delighted to announce that Lana Eagle, a member of our advisory board, has been honored with the AME Frank Woodside Gold Pan Award.
Lana Eagle is recognized with the AME Frank Woodside Gold Pan Award for her distinguished service to AME. A natural relationship builder with the ability to strategically connect Indigenous groups with industry, her legacy includes The Gathering Place at AME Roundup, now in its tenth year, along with more than a decade of guidance and direction in how the industry approaches Indigenous relations and reconciliation. A member of the Whitecap Dakota Nation, Lana first liaised with the mineral exploration and mining industry in 2004 when working with the Quatsino First Nation on Vancouver Island, and two years later, served as one of the first Indigenous women to chair a mineral exploration company in Canada, Electra Gold Ltd. while engaging communities on the permitting process. Lana openly shared and built on these experiences while volunteering at AME and started serving on the Aboriginal Relations Committee (later the Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Committee) in 2009. Although Lana is best remembered for initiating The Gathering Place, regarded as a safe, welcoming venue for discussions between Indigenous peoples and industry, she also guided the development of AME’s Early Engagement Planning Tool. Lana has served on the Board of Directors as an elected director since 2017 and, in 2019, was Vice Chair of the Association. For the past 13 years, Lana has been a strong voice at AME and has facilitated an inclusive conversation regarding Indigenous engagement and reconciliation for members and the greater mineral exploration and development community.
https://amebc.ca/releases/ame-announces-2022-award-recipients/
