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HotCopper and The Market Link attended the RIU Explorers Conference, which ran through February 17-19 and saw as many as 130 ASX-listed companies − mostly in mining and materials − descend on Fremantle.

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“The RIU Explorers Conference has earned a reputation as a major Australian forum for the exploration and mining resources sector,” event hosts wrote on their RIU Conferences website in the build-up to the event.

Last year’s event attracted the largest number of attendees in the event’s history.

HotCopper was again among them all, speaking to established and up-and-coming companies about their future plans and many projects.

Catch all our RIU Explorers interviews here.

HotCopper @ 2026 RIU Explorers

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Asian Battery Metals’ Gan-Ochir outlines why Mongolian critmins matter

Gorilla Gold Mines’ CEO Charles Hughes on gold prices, CY26 exploration, more

Kaiser Reef’s Brad Valiukas talks gold production, output boosts

Astral has looming DFS, funding base, JV potential

The RIU Conference was held at the Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle.

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