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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

— WIN Metals on pathway back to gold production – and renewed battery potential

— With pilot uranium plant live, Alligator sees big year ahead

— Black Canyon has WA’s only major manganese, iron discovery

— 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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