04 February, 2026
Alma Metals (ASX:ALM) is looking to connect with investors at the RIU Explorers Conference to highlight the “scale and momentum” behind its Briggs Copper Project in Queensland, Managing Director Frazer Tabeart tells Mining.com.au.
“For Alma, RIU has proven to be one of the most effective forums for building long-term investor relationships and that’s why we’ve returned again this year,” Tabeart tells this news service.
“The conference consistently delivers high-quality, engaging conversations with investors and brokers who understand the sector, allowing us to test ideas, gather market feedback and build momentum around the Briggs story in a focused and productive environment.”
The company is presenting at 5.30pm AWST on the opening day of the conference, which is held from 17-19 February at the Esplanade Hotel Fremantle by Rydges in Western Australia.
Alma is currently focusing on advancing the Briggs Project through Prefeasibility studies into its next drilling phase.
“It’s also an opportunity to amplify the Briggs story, a 2 million tonnes copper deposit in a tier-one jurisdiction at a time when the copper market is increasingly buoyant,” Tabeart adds.
“We see RIU as an ideal platform to build longer-term relationships with institutions, brokers, and strategic groups as we continue positioning Alma for development.”
Trading Economics reports the copper price sitting at US$5.93 ($8.49) per pound on 3 February 2026, representing a 36.33% increase for this year over year.
As reported by Mining.com.au last month, Alma is positioned to continue drilling at Briggs within two months.
The company has received its final assay results from the 2025 drilling campaign, which returned the project’s longest mineralised intersection recorded to date with 620m @ 0.25% copper, 30 parts per million molybdenum, and 0.70 grams per tonne silver from near-surface.
At Alma’s RIU presentation on 17 February, the company will address key points including resource growth and confidence upgrades, results from drilling programs, as well as ongoing technical and engineering studies.
Tabeart says the presentation will address how the company is positioning the Briggs Project to become “a large-scale, long-life copper operation in a tier-one jurisdiction at a time of tightening global copper supply”.
According to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) December 2025 Resources and Energy Quarterly, Australia is placed as the second leader for copper resources globally, producing 210,000 tonnes of copper at the country’s largest mine in 2024.
While production is expected to continue rising, the DISR quarterly forecasts the supply to struggle to keep up with demand over a medium term.
Global annual mine output growth declined to 1.4% from 1.7% in 2025 due to major disruptions including mudslides, seismic events, tailings constraints, and rock collapses.
Australia’s copper output dropped to 548,000 tonnes of copper in the first nine months of 2025, though the 2025-26 forecast predicts copper mine output to remain unchanged.
As reported by Mining.com.au, Australia’s output in 2026-27 is forecast to decrease by as much as 3% due to lower company guidance.
Alma Metals is an Australian copper explorer focused on the development of the Briggs Copper Project in Queensland.
The company is presenting at the RIU Explorers Conference in Fremantle, Western Australia being held from 17-19 February. Mining.com.au is an official media partner of this year’s event.