“The North West Minerals Province - where good news stories keep coming.”
7th to 9th May 2024
The conference is the ideas exchange of the event and brings industry leaders and educators from both the private and public sectors together with other key stakeholders.
The focus for the discussions in 2024 will focus on the pipeline projects in and around Mount Isa. There are dozens of these projects dotted around the entire North West. This event will bring together key stakeholders to share ideas, discuss challenges and seek ways to advance their projects.
Delegates are welcome to attend both conference sessions or select sessions of interest and invest more time in meeting with exhibitors in the main auditorium.
Offering several sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, 2023 Glencore North West MPX exhibitors have access to a select number of exhibition booths and spaces to showcase their business capabilities indoors. Alternatively, outdoor exhibits are warmly invited and will be on the lawn in front of the Civic Centre. This area will be fenced off and security guards employed to protect your displays.
Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be served on the exhibition floor to ensure delegates attending the forum sessions have ample opportunity and time to meet with exhibitors.
Additionally, the Wednesday afternoon networking event will take place within the exhibition to increase networking opportunities and generate business discussions. Different sponsorship opportunities are available and we invite potential sponsors to consider which option is best for them.
Open to sponsors, exhibitors and registered forum delegates, the professionally styled and catered Welcome Reception will be held cocktail style within the foyer providing an informal opportunity for exhibitors to network and connect with delegates and sponsors.
Naming rights to the Welcome Reception are a key benefit of the Gold Sponsorship opportunity. Tickets to the Welcome Reception are included in all sponsorship levels and delegate registrations, with a limited number of guest tickets available for sale.
Spend some casual time networking with delegates and sponsors at the Networking Drinks on Wednesday evening.
Open to sponsors, exhibitors and registered forum delegates, the professionally styled the afternoon will offer the chance to build on new relationships, or to make new ones.
Naming rights to the Networking Drinks are a key benefit of the Silver Sponsorship package. Tickets to the afternoon are included in all sponsorship levels and delegate registrations, with a limited number of guest tickets available for sale.
The venue is crucial to an event’s success and the Mount Isa Civic Centre offers the perfect venue for the 2024 North West MPX. Situated right in the heart of Mount Isa, the Civic Centre offers easy walking access from the majority of accommodation providers in town, and for those choosing to drive, there is ample parking and easy access from West Street.
The centre itself has a variety of rooms and spaces available for use offering flexibility and freedom in one package. The conference will be held upstairs in “The Stack”, while just downstairs, the Exhibition and Catering will be featured in the foyer and main auditorium and front lawn.
Tuesday
May 7
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Welcome Reception
Naming rights to the Welcome Reception are a key benefit of the
Gold Sponsorship package.Open to sponsors, exhibitors and registered conference delegates, the Welcome Reception will be held cocktail style in The Civic Centre Foyer providing an informal opportunity for exhibitors to network and connect with delegates and sponsors.
Tickets to the Welcome Reception are included in all sponsorship levels and delegate registrations, with a limited number of guest tickets available for sale via the website.
Venue – Outdoors at the Mount Isa Civic Centre.
Wednesday
May 8
10:00am to 10:15am
Maronan Metals
Andrew BarkerThe Maronan Deposit – Australia’s next big base metal mine?
1:30pm to 2:10pm
Incitec Pivot
Elliott YorkPeter Ware“Why collaboration is the key in the North West: A Phosphate Hill perspective”
4:05pm to 4:45pm
North West Phosphate
John Cotter"Phosphate, is it food, batteries or magnets? Why Phosphate is the new critical mineral."
Thursday
May 9
9:15am to 10:15am
Ausenco
Fran BurgessGrant BallantyneFran Burgess - “Unlocking the Treasure Within: The Bright Future of Mine Tailings and Waste Rock Dumps in Northwest QLD”
Grant Ballantyne - "Mount Isa's transition from an exporter to an importer of processing technologies."
11:00am to 11:45am
Mount Isa City Council
Tim RoseThe Mount Isa City Council response to the Glencore announcement and plans to diversify the local economy
1:30pm
Field trip
Janelle KerrCourteney DhnaramCome join us as we explore the rocks of the Mount Isa region at the John Campbell Miles Drill Core Facility
We acknowledge the Kalkatungu People as Traditional Custodians of Mount Isa.
We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today and their connections to land, sea and community.
