Technical Program

Conference Theme:

The Integrated Lens – Collaboration for Responsible Mineral Development

In a time of evolving reporting standards, increasing transparency expectations, and growing ESG scrutiny, alignment across the mineral resources and reserves lifecycle has never been more critical. MRMR 2026 brings together the expertise shaping that future.

  • Align technical reporting with ESG expectations
  • Strengthen transparency across jurisdictions
  • Build trust between operators, regulators, and investors

Innovation in Resource and Reserve Modelling

  • Embedding innovation in project and operational workflows
  • Application of machine learning and artificial intelligence
  • Geometallurgy and its role in resource evaluation
  • Collaboration strategies for technical advancements

Transitioning between project phases

  • Early-stage exploration, PEA, PFS, FS, Construction, and Closure
  • Operational readiness
  • Project and mine financing
  • Community and Indigenous engagement, stakeholder communication, strategies for effective collaboration
  • Transparency in reporting
  • Social Closure planning

Risk, Uncertainty, and Opportunity Identification

  • Managing uncertainty through cross-functional teamwork
  • Conditional simulation, stochastic mine planning, and financial modelling
  • Classification of mineral resources and reserves – best practices
  • Geopolitical risk: legal, political, permitting, and jurisdictional risk assessments and mitigation
  • Adapting to new regulations and evolving stakeholder expectations
  • End-to-end reconciliation
  • Planning for mine closure