More than 500 mining technology and solutions providers will exhibit at IMARC 2026 in Sydney’s International Convention Centre from 27–29 October, with artificial intelligence, automation, data and productivity flagged as core themes. Organisers expect over 150 first-time exhibitors, signalling strong demand for tools such as autonomous haulage systems, AI-driven fleet optimisation and real-time orebody characterisation platforms. For mine operators, the event will be a concentrated test bed for integrating digital decision-support systems with existing plant control, short-interval control and remote operations centres.

Antipa Minerals has extended gold–copper–lead–silver mineralisation over more than 1km of strike at the Tim’s Dome prospect in Western Australia, based on assays from five reverse circulation holes drilled above a large, untested airborne electromagnetic (AEM) conductor. The results form the third assay batch from the current RC programme and precede planned diamond drilling directly into the AEM target. For geologists and mine planners, the scale of the multi-commodity system plus the untested conductor point to significant upside for both resource definition and potential underground targets.

Solstice Minerals has defined a broad, near-surface copper–gold zone at its Nanadie project in Western Australia, with recent reverse-circulation drilling returning a combined intercept of 172m at 0.69 per cent copper and 0.30g/t gold from 54m depth. The emerging higher-grade core sits within a rapidly expanding mineralised footprint, pointing to potential for a larger open-pit development scenario rather than a narrow underground target. For mine planners and geotechnical teams, the thick, continuous intercept at shallow depth suggests favourable stripping ratios and straightforward pit wall design if continuity is confirmed.