Joe Perkins of Stoel Rives and I have been working with Law Seminars International over the last couple of months to put together a conference on oil, gas and mining investment in Alaska. With the passage of SB 21, oil & gas investors once again are giving Alaska projects a hard look. While dipping recently, long term increases in prices have done the same on the mining side.
The conference is an effort to provide a forum for discussing the issues surrounding investment in Alaska. The goal is to help current and potential investors better understand the current investment climate in these sectors, and to provide a forum to discuss the gains made to date, and the additional work that remains to be done, to help bring additional focus to Alaskan opportunities. Continue reading