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on June 27</B>, <B>2024</B></P>

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No. 333-______</B>&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 13pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">FORM S-8&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>IRIS ENERGY LIMITED</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center"><B>Not Applicable</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><B>Level 12, 44 Market Street<BR>
Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia</B></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; text-align: center"><B>Iris Energy 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; text-align: center"><B>Cogency Global Inc.<BR>
122 E. 42<SUP>nd</SUP> Street, 18<SUP>th</SUP> Floor<BR>
New York, New York 10168</B></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; text-align: center"><B>(800) 221-0102</B></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Byron B. Rooney</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Marcel R. Fausten<BR>
Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP<BR>
450 Lexington Avenue<BR>
New York, New York 10017<BR>
(212) 450-4000</B></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Cesilia Kim<BR>
Iris Energy Limited<BR>
Level 12, 44 Market Street</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>+61 2 7906 8301</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large
accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in; width: 51%; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer &nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer &nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT> &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0in; font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company &nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0in">If an emerging growth company, indicate
by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>

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Exchange Act Rule 14d-l(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer) <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">REGISTRATION OF
ADDITIONAL SHARES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8,
Iris Energy Limited (doing business as IREN) (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) to register 3,000,000 additional common shares, no par value, under the 2023 Long-Term
Incentive Plan. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement
on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on June 30, 2023 (File No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000095010323009768/dp195992_s8.htm">333-273071</A>).
In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I
of the Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">PART II<BR>
<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">The following documents filed or to be filed (other
than portions of those documents furnished or otherwise not deemed filed) by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&quot;Commission&quot;) are incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference, as of their respective dates:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company&rsquo;s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended June 30, 2023, filed with the Commission on September 13, 2023 (File No.
<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001878848/000114036123043816/brhc20058647_20f.htm">001-41072</A>), which contains
the Company&rsquo;s audited financial statements for the latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company&rsquo;s report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on July 18, 2023 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036123034881/brhc20056018_6k.htm">001-41072</A>),
the Company&rsquo;s report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on August 11, 2023 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036123039183/brhc20057412_6k.htm">001-41072</A>),
the Company&rsquo;s report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on August 29, 2023 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036123041550/brhc20058156_6k.htm">001-41072</A>),
the Company&rsquo;s report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on October 6, 2023 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036123047243/ef20012126_6k.htm">001-41072</A>),
the Company&rsquo;s report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on October 20, 2023 (only with respect to the second Report on Form
6-K filed on such date) (File No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036123048935/ef20012850_6k.htm">001-41072</A>),
the Company&rsquo;s report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on November 30, 2023 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No.
<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036123055324/ef20015516_6k.htm">001-41072</A>), the Company&rsquo;s report
on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on December 7, 2023 (File No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036123056563/ef20016217_6k.htm">001-41072</A>),
the Company&rsquo;s report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on December 15, 2023 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No.
<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036123057724/ef20016735_6k.htm">001-41072</A>), the Company&rsquo;s report
on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on January 16, 2024 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036124002189/ef20018887_6k.htm">001-41072</A>),
the Company&rsquo;s report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on February 14, 2024 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No.
<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036124007666/ef20021677_6k.htm">001-41072</A>), the Company&rsquo;s report
on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on February 15, 2024 (but excluding Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 thereto) (File No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036124008183/ef20015356_6k.htm">001-41072</A>),
the Company&rsquo;s report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on March 21, 2024 (File No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036124014505/ny20024712x2_6k.htm">001-41072</A>)
and the Company&rsquo;s report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on May 15, 2024 (but excluding Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.5 thereto)
(File No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036124026268/ef20027345_6k.htm">001-41072</A>); and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
description of the Company's share capital contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated November 16, 2021 (File
No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036121038024/ny20000275x11_8a12b.htm">001-41072</A>) filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose
of updating such description.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">All documents subsequently filed by the Company
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities then remaining unsold shall
be deregistered, including any reports of foreign private issuers on Form 6-K submitted during such period (or portion thereof) that is
identified in such form as being incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. The Company is not incorporating
by reference any documents or portions thereof, whether specifically listed above or filed in the future, that are not deemed &ldquo;filed&rdquo;
with the Commission.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">For purposes of this Registration Statement and
the related prospectus, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in a subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or replaces such statement. Any statement so modified shall not be deemed in its unmodified
form to constitute part of this Registration Statement or the related prospectus.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 8. Exhibits.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">The following documents are filed as exhibits
to this Registration Statement:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 14%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Exhibit<BR>
Number</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 86%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">Exhibit Index</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">4.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">Constitution of the Registrant, as currently in effect (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 24, 2021 (File No. <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1878848/000114036121039254/ny20000275x13_ex4-1.htm">333-261320</A>).</TD>
    </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">5.1*</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><A HREF="dp213392_ex0501.htm">Opinion of Clifford Chance LLP.</A></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">23.1*</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><A HREF="dp213392_ex2301.htm">Consent of Armanino LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</A></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>23.2*</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="dp213392_ex2302.htm">Consent of Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP., independent registered public accounting firm.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">23.3*</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><A HREF="dp213392_ex0501.htm">Consent of Clifford Chance LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</A></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">24.1*</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><A HREF="#a_001">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).</A></TD>
    </TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">107.1*</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><A HREF="dp213392_exfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table</A></TD>
    </TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in">* Filed herewith.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Sydney,
Australia, on <FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">June 27</FONT>, 2024.</P>

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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><B>IRIS ENERGY LIMITED</B></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Daniel Roberts</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%">Daniel Roberts</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:</TD>
    <TD>Co-Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ William Roberts</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%">William Roberts</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:</TD>
    <TD>Co-Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><A NAME="a_001"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that
each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints each of Registrant's co-principal executive officers
and principal financial officer (currently Daniel Roberts, William Roberts and Belinda Nucifora, respectively) as such person's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in such person's name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement and all documents relating thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, granting unto such attorneys-infact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or such person's
substitute or substitutes, lawfully may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P>

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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 37%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold"><U>Signature</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold"><U>Title</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold"><U>Date</U></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Daniel Roberts</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">June 27, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Daniel Roberts</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">(<I>Principal Executive Officer)</I></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ William Roberts</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">June 27, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">William Roberts</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">(<I>Principal Executive Officer)</I></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Belinda Nucifora</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">June 27, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Belinda Nucifora</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">(<I>Principal Accounting Officer)</I></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ David Bartholomew</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">June 27, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">David Bartholomew</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Christopher Guzowski</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">June 27, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Christopher Guzowski</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Michael Alfred</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">June 27, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Michael Alfred</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Sunita Parasuraman</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Director</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">June 27, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Sunita Parasuraman</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
OF REGISTRANT</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Iris Energy Limited has signed this
Registration Statement on June 27, 2024.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3">Cogency Global Inc. <BR>
Authorized U.S. Representative</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Colleen A De Vries</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%">Colleen A. De Vries</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:</TD>
    <TD>Sr. Vice President on behalf of Cogency Global Inc.</TD></TR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on June 27
,
2024
Registration
No. 333-______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
IRIS ENERGY LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Australia
Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
Level 12, 44 Market Street
Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Iris Energy 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Cogency Global Inc.
122 E. 42
nd
Street, 18
th
Floor
New York, New York 10168
(Name and address of agent of service)
(800) 221-0102
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Byron B. Rooney
Marcel R. Fausten
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(212) 450-4000
Cesilia Kim
Iris Energy Limited
Level 12, 44 Market Street
Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia
+61 2 7906 8301
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☒
Emerging growth company
☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate
by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
☐
Exchange Act Rule 14d-l(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)
☐
REGISTRATION OF
ADDITIONAL SHARES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8,
Iris Energy Limited (doing business as IREN) (the "Company") is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register 3,000,000 additional common shares, no par value, under the 2023 Long-Term
Incentive Plan. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Company's Registration Statement
on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on June 30, 2023 (File No.
333-273071
).
In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I
of the Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed or to be filed (other
than portions of those documents furnished or otherwise not deemed filed) by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") are incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference, as of their respective dates:
(1)       The
Company's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended June 30, 2023, filed with the Commission on September 13, 2023 (File No.
001-41072
), which contains
the Company's audited financial statements for the latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;
(2)       The
Company's report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on July 18, 2023 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No.
001-41072
),
the Company's report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on August 11, 2023 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No.
001-41072
),
the Company's report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on August 29, 2023 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No.
001-41072
),
the Company's report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on October 6, 2023 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No.
001-41072
),
the Company's report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on October 20, 2023 (only with respect to the second Report on Form
6-K filed on such date) (File No.
001-41072
),
the Company's report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on November 30, 2023 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No.
001-41072
), the Company's report
on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on December 7, 2023 (File No.
001-41072
),
the Company's report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on December 15, 2023 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No.
001-41072
), the Company's report
on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on January 16, 2024 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No.
001-41072
),
the Company's report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on February 14, 2024 (but excluding Exhibit 99.1 thereto) (File No.
001-41072
), the Company's report
on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on February 15, 2024 (but excluding Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 thereto) (File No.
001-41072
),
the Company's report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on March 21, 2024 (File No.
001-41072
)
and the Company's report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on May 15, 2024 (but excluding Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.5 thereto)
(File No.
001-41072
); and
(3)       The
description of the Company's share capital contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated November 16, 2021 (File
No.
001-41072
) filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose
of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities then remaining unsold shall
be deregistered, including any reports of foreign private issuers on Form 6-K submitted during such period (or portion thereof) that is
identified in such form as being incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. The Company is not incorporating
by reference any documents or portions thereof, whether specifically listed above or filed in the future, that are not deemed "filed"
with the Commission.
For purposes of this Registration Statement and
the related prospectus, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in a subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or replaces such statement. Any statement so modified shall not be deemed in its unmodified
form to constitute part of this Registration Statement or the related prospectus.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following documents are filed as exhibits
to this Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Index
4.1
Constitution of the Registrant, as currently in effect (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 24, 2021 (File No.
333-261320
).
5.1*
Opinion of Clifford Chance LLP.
23.1*
Consent of Armanino LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2*
Consent of Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP., independent registered public accounting firm.
23.3*
Consent of Clifford Chance LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).
107.1*
Filing Fee Table
______________________
* Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Sydney,
Australia, on
June 27
, 2024.
IRIS ENERGY LIMITED
By:
/s/ Daniel Roberts
Name:
Daniel Roberts
Title:
Co-Chief Executive Officer
By:
/s/ William Roberts
Name:
William Roberts
Title:
Co-Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that
each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints each of Registrant's co-principal executive officers
and principal financial officer (currently Daniel Roberts, William Roberts and Belinda Nucifora, respectively) as such person's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in such person's name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement and all documents relating thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, granting unto such attorneys-infact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or such person's
substitute or substitutes, lawfully may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Daniel Roberts
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director
June 27, 2024
Daniel Roberts
(
Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ William Roberts
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director
June 27, 2024
William Roberts
(
Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Belinda Nucifora
Chief Financial Officer
June 27, 2024
Belinda Nucifora
(
Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ David Bartholomew
Director
June 27, 2024
David Bartholomew
/s/ Christopher Guzowski
Director
June 27, 2024
Christopher Guzowski
/s/ Michael Alfred
Director
June 27, 2024
Michael Alfred
/s/ Sunita Parasuraman
Director
June 27, 2024
Sunita Parasuraman
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
OF REGISTRANT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Iris Energy Limited has signed this
Registration Statement on June 27, 2024.
Cogency Global Inc.
Authorized U.S. Representative
By:
/s/ Colleen A De Vries
Name:
Colleen A. De Vries
Title:
Sr. Vice President on behalf of Cogency Global Inc.