Cornejo to be replaced as mining forum chair

Haines Mining Forum committee member Heather Shade summarized changes to the mining forum during an HEDC meeting on Friday, including the decision to fill the vacant chair position with rotating members.

According to Shade, former chair Liz Cornejo’s position was ending and “nobody else wanted to step up” during the most recent meeting on Aug. 28.

“We didn’t select a chair of the forum itself,” said Shade. Instead, the committee elected to rotate the responsibilities…