Australia’s Premier
Mining Forum

5 to 7 August, 2024

The Forum

Diggers & Dealers is a mining investment forum, held annually in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The event is in its 32nd year.

Diggers & Dealers is Australia’s leading mining forum, combining 66 corporate presentations by listed mining and exploration companies alongside a large exhibition area housing over 159 exhibitors from the sector. Delegates include miners, explorers, brokers, bankers, investors, financiers and mining service industries from around the world. A 30 strong media contingent ensures that the proceedings of the Forum are widely reported. Attendance for the recently held 2023 event was 2650.

The event provides a unique opportunity for industry professionals to meet and network, visit regional mine sites, engage with media, raise finance, invest in projects and generally engage with the resources sector at an executive level in a mining community setting, Kalgoorlie, the unofficial gold mining capital of Australia.

Forum 2024 dates: 5 to 7 August, Kalgoorlie WA

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WesTrac & Perth Mint

 

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World Class Presentations

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Participate

Select from the available attendance passes or register your interest for presenting or exhibiting.

MULTIPLE DELEGATES

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FULL DELEGATE Price: $2250

This pass allows access to the full event, the Sponsors' Marquee, the auditorium for presentations, Monday Cocktail Party, Tuesday Traditional Bash and WesTrac Gala Dinner.

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LIMITED DELEGATE Price: $1910

This pass allows access to the full event, the Sponsors' Marquee, the auditorium for presentations, Monday Cocktail Party, and Tuesday Traditional Bash, but EXCLUDES the Wednesday Gala Dinner.

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MONDAY DELEGATE Price: $1110

This pass allows access to Monday 5 August, the Sponsors' Marquee, day catering, the auditorium for presentations and the Cocktail Party.

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TUESDAY DELEGATE Price: $1110

This pass allows access to Tuesday 6 August, the Sponsors' Marquee, day catering, the auditorium for presentations and the Traditional Bash.

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WEDNESDAY DELEGATE Price: $900

This pass allows access to Wednesday 7 August, the Sponsors' Marquee, day catering, the auditorium for presentations. EXCLUDES the Gala Dinner. Please note the company exhibits are closed from immediately after lunch for change over to the Gala Dinner.

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PRESENTER INTEREST 2024

Please note that only listed mining companies will be considered for presentation slots. An Invitation to Submit an Application will be emailed to the Presenter Interest database in mid-January 2024. The formal offers for successful applications will be sent in March 2024. For enquiries contact suzanne@diggersndealers.com.au

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EXHIBITOR INTEREST

Be placed on the waitlist for the opportunity to exhibit. The waitlist is carried over each year. The package includes amongst other items a booth in the marquee and two delegate passes. Cost of the package is Aus$9,750.

 

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Keynote
Speaker

Dr Linda Yueh

This year’s opening address will be on Monday, 7 August 2023 at 9.15AM.

Diggers & Dealers endeavours to secure highly respected and relevant experts who are well-positioned to provide insightful commentary to delegates on the global economic outlook.

The forum remains committed to maintaining the highest standards associated with the event.

 

Previous Speakers

Nouriel Roubini

Niall Ferguson

Austan Goolsbee

Rodrigo De Rato

Lord Mervyn King

Gene Sperling

John Lipsky

Robert Zoellick

Jose Manuel Barroso

Hon. John Howard

Hon. Mark McGowan MLA

Professor Ian Goldin

Dr Dambisa Moyo

Dr Linda Yueh

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 2023

DR LINDA YUEH

Professor Ian Goldin

Diggers & Dealers is pleased to announce Dr Linda Yueh as the keynote speaker for the 2023 Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum. The keynote presentation will take place on Monday 7 August 2023 at 9:15am.

Each year Diggers and Dealers endeavours to secure a keynote speaker who provides the forum attendees with an overview of the current global economic situation and trends affecting the mining industry. We are delighted to have secured Dr Linda Yueh as the 2023 keynote speaker. 

Dr Linda Yueh CBE is an economist, writer and broadcaster. She is a Fellow in Economics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, and an Adjunct Professor of Economics at London Business School. She has been a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Peking University, as well as an Adviser to the UK Board of Trade.

In addition to her academic work, Dr Yueh is a broadcaster for TV and radio, and was the BBC’s Chief Business Correspondent and host of “Talking Business with Linda Yueh”, as well as Economics Editor at Bloomberg TV.

Dr Yueh is an Adviser to the UK Board of Trade and a Board Director at a number of LSE-listed companies. She has advised the World Bank, European Commission, Asian Development Bank, and World Economic Forum, among many others. She has also been an advisor to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and is the Executive Chair of the Royal Commonwealth Society.

Dr Yueh is a widely published author who has written/edited 11 books. Her latest book is The Great Crashes: Lessons from Global Meltdowns and How to Prevent Them. The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today was featured in The Times’s Best Business Books of the Year and Newsweek’s Best Books of the Year.

Presenter Programme 2023

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Monday 7 August
Session ChairCanaccord Genuity - Reg Spencer, Head of Mining Research - Australia
9.00Forum Opening: Jim Walker, Forum
9.15Keynote Speaker: Dr Linda Yueh
10.00Morning Tea - Sponsors' Marquee
10.30Pilbara Minerals - Dale Henderson, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
10.50Lunnon Metals Limited - Edmund Ainscough, Managing Director
11.05Musgrave Minerals Ltd - Robert Waugh, Managing Director
11.20Jervois Global Limited - Bryce Crocker, Chief Executive Officer
11.35Predictive Discovery - Andrew Pardey, Managing Director
11.50Agnico Eagle Mines Limited - Luke Krois, Manager - Project Evaluation
12.10Lunch Break - Sponsors' Marquee
Session ChairCanaccord Genuity - Digby Gilmour, Executive Director - Institutional Equity Sales
1.10Boss Energy Ltd - Duncan Craib, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
1.25Chalice Mining - Alex Dorsch, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
1.45Greatland - Shaun Day, Managing Director
2.00Neometals - Chris Reed, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
2.15Ora Banda Mining Limited - Luke Creagh, Managing Director
2.30Peel Mining Limited - Mark Okeby, Chairman and Rob Tyson, Technical Director
2.45Afternoon Tea - Sponsors' Marquee
Session ChairCanaccord Genuity - Tim Hoff, Senior Mining Analyst
3.1529Metals - Peter Albert, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
3.35Global Lithium Resources Limited - Ron Mitchell, Managing Director
3.50Gold Road Resources - Duncan Gibbs, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
4.05Liontown Resources - Tony Ottoviano, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
4.25Centaurus Metals Limited - Darren Gordon, Managing Director
4.45Great Boulder Resources - Andrew Paterson, Managing Director
5.00Encounter Resources Ltd - Will Robinson, Managing Director
5.15Gold Fields Limited - Stuart Matthews, Executive Vice President: Australasia
5:30The Clarke Energy Cocktail Party - Sponsors' Marquee
Tuesday 8 August
Session ChairCanaccord Genuity - Paul Howard, Senior Mining Analyst
8.30
Lynas Rare Earths Ltd
- Amanda Lacaze, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
8.50Capricorn Metals Ltd - Mark Clark, Executive Chairman
9.10Core Lithium - Gareth Manderson, Chief Executive Officer
9.30Australian Rare Earths Limited - Dudley Kingsnorth, Non-Executive Chairman
9.45Carnaby Resources Ltd - Rob Watkins, Managing Director
10.00Dreadnought Resources Ltd - Dean Tuck, Managing Director
10.15Morning Tea - Sponsors' Marquee
Session ChairCanaccord Genuity - Katie Lachapelle, Director | Equity Research - Metals & Mining
10.45Ramelius Resources Limited - Mark Zeptner, Managing Director
11.05Patriot Battery Metals - Ken Brinsden, Non Executive Chair
11.20Medallion Metals Ltd - Paul Bennet, Managing Director
11.35Ausgold Limited - Dr Matthew Greentree, Managing Director
11.50Strandline Resources Limited - Luke Graham, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
12.05Karora Resources - Leigh Junk, Managing Director
12.20Lunch Break - Sponsors' Marquee
Session ChairCanaccord Genuity - Courtney Libby, Associate - Investment Banking
1.20AngloGold Ashanti Ltd
- Terry Briggs, Chief Development Officer
1.40Delta Lithium - David Flanagan, Executive Chair
1.55Astral Resources NL - Marc Ducler, Managing Director
2.10Australian Strategic Materials Ltd - Rowena Smith, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
2.25Poseidon Nickel Limited - Peter Harold, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
2.40Afternoon Tea - Sponsors' Marquee
Session ChairCanaccord Genuity - Jeremy Dunlop, Co Head Investment Banking
3.10Paladin Energy Ltd - Ian Purdy, Chief Executive Officer
3.30Galan Lithium Limited - JP Vargas de la Vega, Managing Director
3.45West African Resources Ltd
- Richard Hyde, Founder, CEO and Executive Chairman
4.05Black Cat Syndicate Limited - Gareth Solly, Managing Director
4.20SolGold plc - Scott Caldwell, Chief Executive Officer
4.35Northern Minerals Limited
- Nicholas Curtis, Executive Chair
4.50Tietto Minerals Limited - Matthew Wilcox, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
5.05Regis Resources Ltd - Jim Beyer, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
5:25The Kal Tire Mining Tire Group Traditional Bash - Sponsors' Marquee
Wednesday 9 August
Session ChairCanaccord Genuity - Duncan St John, Co-Head Investment Banking
8.30Evolution Mining - Jake Klein, Executive Chairman
8.50Genesis Minerals Limited - Raleigh Finlayson, Managing Director
9.05De Grey Mining - Glenn Jardine, Managing Director
9.25Widgie Nickel Ltd
- Steve Norregaard, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
9:40
Pantoro Limited - Paul Cmrlec, Managing Director
9.55
Morning Tea - Sponsors' Marquee
Session ChairCanaccord Genuity - Katie Lachapelle, Director | Equity Research - Metals & Mining
10.25Northern Star Resources - Simon Jessop, Chief Operating Officer
10.45Azure Minerals Limited
- Tony Rovira, Managing Director
11.00Aeris Resources Limited - André Labuschagne, Executive Chairman
11.15Westgold Resources Limited - Wayne Bramwell, Managing Director
11.30Australian Vanadium Limited - Graham Arvidson, Chief Executive Officer
11.45Ardea Resources Limited
- Andrew Penkethman, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
12.00Panoramic Resources Ltd - Victor Rajasooriar, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
12.15Lunch Break - Sponsors' Marquee
Session ChairCanaccord Genuity - Courtney Libby, Associate - Investment Banking
1.15IGO Limited - Matt Dusci, Acting CEO
1.35Emerald Resources NL
- Morgan Hart, Managing Director
1.50Galena Mining Limited
- Tony James, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
2.05OreCorp Limited - Henk Diederichs, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
2.20Red 5 Limited
- Mark Williams, Managing Director
2.35Bellevue Gold - Darren Stralow, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
2.55Wyloo Metals - Luca Giacovazzi, Chief Executive Officer
3.15Lindian Resources Limited - Alistair Stephens, Chief Executive Officer
3.30Allkem Limited - Liam Franklyn, Head of Australian Operations
3.50Closing Comments: Jim Walker, Forum Chairman
6:30The WesTrac Gala Dinner - Sponsors' Marquee

Forum
Awards

About the Awards

The official forum awards recognise those outstanding individuals and companies who have made significant contributions and advancements over the past year. Recipients are announced in front of their industry peers at the Wednesday Gala Dinner.

Awards 1992 - 1996 Awards From 1997
The highly anticipated Diggers and Dealers Awards are presented at the WesTrac sponsored Gala Dinner on the Wednesday evening.

The awards are sponsored by The Perth Mint and recognise: The Digger of the Year, Dealer of the Year, GJ Stokes Memorial Award, Media Award and Best Emerging Company Award. Both WesTrac and The Perth Mint have sponsored the gala dinner and awards respectively for 21 years.

Exhibitors

2023 Exhibitors & Floor Plan

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Floor Plan

Sponsors

Canaccord Genuity

Cocktail Party Sponsor

Clarke Energy

Traditional Bash Sponsor

Kaltire

Gala Dinner Sponsor

WesTrac

Awards Sponsor

Perth Mint

Coffee Sponsor

Aggreko

Juice Sponsor

BASF New

Water Sponsor

LinkForce

Network Partner

CorpCloud

Innovation Sponsor

MineArc

FAQ

Registration

All pre-purchased delegate passes can be collected on-site as below. Subject to availability passes can also be purchased on-site. Please note a surcharge applies to onsite purchases.

Sunday 4 August – 1.00 PM to 5:30 PM from inside the large marquee, in front of the large viewing screens.

Monday 5 August – 7.30 AM to 9.45 AM from inside the large marquee, in front of the large viewing screens.

Monday 5 August – 9:30 AM to completion of the forum from the  Forum Entry point located on Cheetham Street. Visible with signage.

Forum Venue

The forum is held at the Goldfields Arts Centre, Cheetham Street, Kalgoorlie. The exhibitions and all-day catering are held in a 3000 sqm marquee located adjacent to the Arts Centre.

Evening Socials

The Cocktail Party
Commences after the last session on Monday
5 August in the Sponsors’ Marquee commencing at 5:30 PM.
The Traditional Bash
Commences after the last session on Tuesday
6 August in the Sponsors’ Marquee commencing at 5:30 PM.
The Gala Dinner, sponsored by WesTrac, Wednesday 7 August, commencing at
6:30 pm in the Sponsors’ Marquee. The
event to toast the mining industry and
present the Forum Awards, sponsored by The Perth Mint, to the outstanding players in the industry. Dress: Cocktail.

Transport

Diggers & Dealers courtesy buses run for the duration of the forum commencing on Sunday 6 August through to the morning of Thursday morning between the airport, private and traditional accommodation venues, forum venue and town centre. A detailed bus timetable will be shared with delegates closer to the event to assist with planning.

Accommodation

Accommodation is expected to be at a premium for the 2024 event given the mining activity in the Goldfields region. To view a list of accommodation venues in the region you can visit this LINK.

Kalgoorlie Accommodation is an independent Kalgoorlie business that places delegates in private homes for the forum period. Generally, delegates have exclusive use of private homes unless billeting is an option. Contact: Kalgoorlie Homes, Sam Fostinelli – kalgoorliehomes@outlook.com.

Flights

Visit the Qantas or Virgin websites to make your bookings and view flight schedules.

Restaurants & Dining

A listing of local dining options can be found here. Please ensure you make bookings in advance as hospitality is at a premium during the forum week.

Site Visits

Part of the attraction of the annual Diggers & Dealers is the unique opportunity for attendees to visit minesite(s) during their stay in the region. If there is a particular company with a mine in the Goldfields region please contact the company directly to express your interest.

IT Services

Onsite WIFI will be provided by Network Partner CorpCloud. Internet cafe facilities including PCs and printer service are available for general use.

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