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Oryx shaping investment strategy at the future minerals forum

Journalist: Amy Rotman
Date: 23 January 2026

Oryx Global Partners Managing Partner, Paul Schaffer, recently spoke with Mining.com.au on how the Future Minerals Forum (FMF) in Riyadh is helping shape the firm’s investment perspective on the global critical minerals sector.

Key topics include:

• Emerging investment themes linked to energy expansion, the energy transition, and evolving geopolitical dynamics, including potential supply-demand imbalances as demand for critical minerals continues to increase.
• The growing focus of regional policymakers on downstream value-add, with processing and recycling increasingly central to strategies in Saudi Arabia, the wider GCC, and across Africa.
• The relocation of international mining investors and fund managers to the Middle East, and how platforms like FMF reinforce the GCC’s role as a neutral, well-capitalised hub providing capital, infrastructure, and an aligned investment environment.