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American Mining Hall of Fame
2001 Inductee and Guest of Honor
A. Dan Rovig
A. Dan Rovig is a native of the state of Montana and
a graduate of the University of Montana system. He earned a B.Sc. in
Mining Engineering (1961) and a M.Sc. in Mine Dressing
Engineering (1965) from Montana College of Mineral Science and
Technology in Butte, Montana. After graduation, he worked for W. R.
Grace and Company in its vermiculite operations in Montana and the
Kennecott Copper Corporation in its Western Mining Engineering and
Nevada Mines Operation, as well as serving as Assistant Professor of
Mineral Dressing Engineering at Montana Tech. In 1967, he moved to
Tucson, Arizona as a Senior Research Engineer in Anaconda's
Extractive Metallurgical Division. He returned to Butte, Montana in
1969 where he occupied successive positions as a Metallurgical
Engineer, Concentrator Superintendent, and General Superintendent of
Mines at Anaconda's Butte Mining Operations. In 1979, he moved to
Denver as Senior Vice President, Minerals Operations for the
Anaconda Minerals Company.
He joined British Petroleum PLC in 1983 as Technical
Director, BP Minerals International Ltd. in London, England. In
1985, he was appointed as President, Amselco Minerals, Inc., BP's
subsidiary in Denver, Colorado. As a result of the merger of Amselco
and Kennecott, in 1987 Rovig was named Vice President Gold Division,
BP Minerals America, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
In 1988, he became President of Glamis Gold, Inc. in
Sparks, Nevada and President of the U.S. operating subsidiaries of
Glamis Gold Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. From 1989 to 1997, Rovig was
President, CEO, and Director, Glamis Gold Ltd., and president of all
Glamis operating and exploration subsidiary companies. His tenure
with Glamis has been distinguished by his success in positioning
Glamis as a premier intermediate gold producer that maintained
profitability and growth despite gold's price downturn. Rovig
retired from Glamis in 1997, but was invited to rejoin Glamis Board
of Directors in 1998 and has served as Chairman of the Board, where
he continues to serve the company and its shareholders.
Rovig, a registered professional engineer, has
authored several professional papers, and is currently serving as
Chairman of the Northern Nevada Section of the Society for Mining
and Metallurgy and exploration (SME). In addition, he is a member of
the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Board of
Directors for Apollo Gold, Inc., and several mineral trade
associatins.
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