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Move Mining Next Gen Competition Winners Announced!

Move Mining Next Gen is an online competition for students K-12 that explores the importance of mined minerals. In partnership with our sponsor, Newmont, we are proud to announce the 2022-2023 Move Mining Next Gen Award Winners selected by expert judges:

Best Overall ($1,000) goes to Steele Chicken for their video, “Into the Miningverse.”

Grades 9-12, 1st place ($250) goes to The Copperheads for their video, “The Electrifying Truth of Copper.”

Grades K-5, 1st place ($250) goes to Will “Spaceminer” Kuhn for his video, “SpaceMining.”

Grades K-5, 2nd place ($150) goes to the Rock-in Sisters for their video, “We Need Copper with the Rock-In Sisters.”

Thank you to all of the participants in the contest!

Thank you to our sponsor, Newmont. Watch the videos at MoveMiningNextGen.org!

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