{"id":4720,"date":"2026-05-05T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/4720\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T00:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:00:27","slug":"investors-and-explorers-alike-kick-off-at-riu-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/4720\/","title":{"rendered":"Investors and explorers alike kick off at RIU Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"

The RIU Sydney Resources Round-Up<\/a> is kicking off today, opening the Hyatt Regency to exploration and development resources companies, corporates, brokers, fund managers, and retail investors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Held from 5-7 May 2026 along the Darling Harbour, the conference is expected to bring in between 1,500 and 1,700 registered delegates over the 2026 program.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Mining.com.au ahead of the event, RIU Conferences General Manager Jaxon Crabb says RIU Sydney stands apart from the RIU Fremantle event due to the percentage of its attendees and their reasons for attending.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cRIU Sydney is a little different to Fremantle, because it\u2019s like a 70% investor attendance conference,\u201d Crabb tells this news service.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly beneficial to the 100-odd ASX-listed participating companies because most of them are still in that early stage of exploration or development.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd therefore, because they\u2019re not mining a product or a commodity they need capital to continue their exploration or resource development.<\/p>\n

A diversified number of investment groups are expected to attend, ranging from institutions, funds, private stockbrokers, and private investors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would probably be the largest conference in Australia when it comes to the diversified number of investment groups,\u201d Crabb adds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A strong start\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prior to the conference kicking off, Crabb described the registered numbers for this year\u2019s RIU Sydney Resources Round-Up looking \u201cexceptionally strong\u201d.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s event is expected to be on par with RIU Sydney 2023, the event\u2019s largest year yet, which Crabb says was held at the peak of the lithium and electric vehicle (EV) boom.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In 2023, the RIU Sydney Resources Round-Up brought in 1,700 delegates, on par with lithium use per vehicle battery increasing by 1.5 times, according<\/a> to Lithium Harvest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The lithium extraction company reflects there to have been around 60,000 EVs on the road worldwide in 2011, before the number soared to over 41 million in just over a decade later in 2023.<\/p>\n

For RIU Sydney, Crabb expects EV conversations to be prominent at the event, along with oil, gold, and rare earths.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c2024 and 2025 was a little bit softer from the EV side of things, And actually, the resources industry was a little bit softer in \u201924 and \u201925 as well \u2014 it kind of didn\u2019t impact dramatically in RIU Sydney, just dropped the numbers back by like 150 delegates, which is not much,\u201d Crabb says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have comparisons for three or four years on a day-to-day breakdown, which I\u2019m looking at a spreadsheet right now, and you would suggest that we are very confident to be on the pathway of the 2023 numbers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to a cracking show and one that will provide a lot of investment opportunities and discussions \u2014 exactly what the large community of resources companies that are travelling to Sydney. That\u2019s the reason they\u2019re going to the conference.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three-day conference will feature ASX-listed explorers, including Black Canyon<\/a> (ASX:BCA), Impact Minerals<\/a> (ASX:IPT), Kalamazoo Resources<\/a> (ASX:KZR), Lincoln Minerals<\/a> (ASX:LML), and Mammoth Minerals<\/a> (ASX:M79).<\/p>\n

Mining.com.au is a media partner for the RIU Sydney Resources Round-Up conference and will be in attendance at this year\u2019s program.<\/p>\n

Write to Maddison Elliott<\/a> at Mining.com.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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