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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>44th American Mining Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony &amp; Fundraiser (05 Dec 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://miningeducationfoundation.org/resources/Documents/Forms/MFSW%202022%20Award%20Banquet%20Flyer%20Final.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://miningeducationfoundation.org/resources/Documents/Banquet_Flyers/2025%20MMEF%20Flyer%20Final.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://miningeducationfoundation.org/resources/Pictures/WestinLaPalomaPool%20View.jpeg" width="550" height="366" border="1" alt="" style="border-color: rgb(0, 118, 163);"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://miningeducationfoundation.org/resources/Documents/Banquet_Flyers/2026%20MMEF%20Banquet%20Flyer.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000FF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;44th AMERICAN MINING HALL OF FAME AWARDS BANQUET&lt;br&gt;
AND FUNDRAISER&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Join MMEF at the Mining Weekend Events (12/5-12/7/26) at the&amp;nbsp;Westin La Paloma Resort &amp;amp; Spa. These events will be co-hosted by&amp;nbsp;MMEF, SME Arizona Conference, University of Arizona SME Student Chapter and AMIGOS.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Use the link to register for SME Student Chapter Annual Diggers &amp;amp; Duffers Golf Tournament&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/31st-annual-diggers-and-duffers-golf-tournament-tickets-1990341192084?aff=erelpanelorg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;31st Annual Diggers and Duffers Golf Tournament Tickets, Sat, Dec 5, 2026 at 6:00 AM | Eventbrite&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;MMEF banquet tickets can be purchased singly or by the table. Please consider purchasing a ticket for a student to attend. All proceeds go to MMEF Educational and Public Outreach Program.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Attendees will be extended a special room rate of &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;$205 + tax + a discounted Resort Fee of $15.00 per night.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; The contracted cutoff date for reservations at the group rate is &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Friday, Nov. 13th,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;but could be earlier if the block sells out.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;For reservations go to:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style="" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://book.passkey.com/event/51296960/owner/4877/home" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000FF"&gt;44th American Mining Hall of Fame Awards Banquet and Fundraiser&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;(Note:&amp;nbsp; This link will not be active until August 25, 2026)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;You may purchase your sponsorship on-line, by check with this&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://miningeducationfoundation.org/page-1846911" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222"&gt;(Payment Form (miningfoundationsw.org)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;or by contacting our office at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Address:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;P. O. Box 42317, Tucson, AZ 85733&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Telephone: (520) 577-7519&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Individual Seat - $300.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Member seat - $250.00*&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Sponsor a student - $300.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Tables of 10 - $3,000.00&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;*Associate members are not eligible for discounted seat.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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