October 2026

WCM Global Growth Limited (ASX:WQG) lifted its fully franked final dividend after posting a $66.7 million FY2026 profit and expanding its asset base by 31%. The portfolio lagged its benchmark for the year, but long-term returns remained ahead.

TZ Limited is still seeking funding after failing to complete its shortfall share placement, with $1.3 million in debt and vendor obligations due. The company says a management restructure, cost cuts and commercial opportunities could improve cash generation, but several forecasts remain conditional.

Aspen Group delivered a sharp rise in FY26 earnings and distributions, then lifted its FY27 targets despite a softer residential sales market. The property group is expanding its affordable rental and development platform, but debt and valuation sensitivity are rising with it.

Medical Developments International returned to EBIT profitability in FY26 as Penthrox volumes strengthened across Australian hospitals and Europe. The company now faces the less glamorous test of converting regulatory progress into repeatable demand while absorbing weaker Respiratory sales and new amortisation costs.

CVC Limited (ASX:CVC) ended FY26 with $87.7 million in cash after a major Laverton sale, debt refinancing and a decision to abandon a $124 million property settlement. The stronger liquidity position came alongside a 541.7% rise in underlying NPAT, although earnings remain dependent on lumpy property realisations and planning approvals.

Range International has opened a 1-for-1 entitlement offer priced at A$0.09 a share, seeking about A$1.69 million to expand its rental pallet fleet and repay debt. Shareholders who do not participate could see their ownership halve if the offer is fully subscribed.

Astral Resources has more than doubled the Spargoville project’s mineral resource to 281,000 ounces after reinterpreting four deposits and applying a larger optimised pit shell. The update lifts the group’s reported mineral resource to 2.21 million ounces, but remains a resource estimate rather than an ore reserve or production declaration.

Pioneer Minerals is pursuing staged options over a 3,477-hectare Argentina gold-copper-silver project where historical drilling returned broad, high-grade polymetallic intervals. The proposed acquisition is paired with an A$1.8 million funding package, but both the transaction and most of the capital raise require shareholder approval.

Kaiser Reef produced 6,263 ounces of gold in the September quarter and lifted its cash and bullion balance to A$40 million. The company is also set to repay the remaining Auramet gold loan this month, although Henty output remains below management’s target.

Mastermyne has secured a two-year mining services contract tied to the proposed restart of Tahmoor mine in NSW, with gross revenue of approximately $80 million. Two further extension options could lift the total to approximately $240 million over six years and take its workforce beyond 1,000.

Amaero has released A$2.961 million of restricted cash after renegotiating its EXIM loan, while its proposed US IPO moves through an amended SEC filing. Preliminary September figures show revenue of up to A$5.833 million, but operating cash use remained close to A$9 million.

Electro Optic Systems has signed its largest-ever contract, worth £370 million or about A$700 million, to deploy a nation-wide counter-drone network in an unnamed Gulf state. The opportunity is substantial, but remains conditional on guarantees, an advance payment, export licences and further consents.

Aurum Resources has reported further gold mineralisation across three Boundiali targets, including a high-grade 5.85-metre intercept at BMT3. The 60-hole program is designed to expand the resource, upgrade confidence and support a maiden estimate for BMT2 ahead of an early fourth-quarter update.

AXP Energy has conditionally agreed to acquire seven previously producing Oklahoma wells, surrounding leases and production infrastructure for US$225,000, with a proposed US$1.05 million recompletion program. The transaction could expand AXP’s Oklahoma footprint and support earlier production, but completion, technical results and abandonment liabilities remain unresolved.

Cyprium Metals says direct-injection heap leaching at its Nifty Copper Complex has reached target injection rates, with 212 wells now established across Pad 6. The company remains on track for wet commissioning and first copper cathode production in Q4 2026, although the reported chemistry is still based on early commissioning results.

City Chic Collective lifted FY26 underlying EBITDA 92% to $12.3 million despite a 3.1% revenue decline, helped by stronger ANZ trading, higher margins and a leaner cost base. The retailer remains loss-making after tax, but enters FY27 with $5.2 million in net cash and early signs of renewed store momentum.

Dalaroo Metals will drill five holes totalling about 1,250 metres around its high-grade Wilfred gold intercept in Côte d’Ivoire. The work is designed to establish whether the 18-metre zone at 7.31 g/t gold extends at depth and along strike, while new assays and a diamond rig add near-term exploration catalysts.

Li-S Energy has signed an agreement to evaluate its Australian-made lithium-sulfur batteries in Safesky Systems' tactical drone platforms. The collaboration opens a potential defence supply pathway, but commercial orders remain dependent on testing and customer procurement decisions.

Lifestyle Communities recorded a sharp slowdown in both new and established home sales in the first quarter, as Victorian downsizers took longer to commit. Net debt fell by $8.4 million, but forthcoming VCAT refund payments will draw on working capital and existing debt facilities.

Alkane Resources has opened FY27 with 40,740 gold equivalent ounces of production and $440 million in cash and bullion. The miner has maintained its full-year guidance while funding mine extensions, growth projects and its maiden dividend.

Guzman y Gomez delivered 18.8% network sales growth in Q1 FY27, with comparable sales up 7.1% as its Australian restaurant base expanded. The company also reaffirmed its earnings and expansion targets while approving a further buyback extension of up to $100 million.

Australian Ethical Investment delivered record funds under management and a 29% rise in shareholder profit in FY26, despite weak performance from Australian equities and emerging companies. The ASX-listed ethical fund manager also increased its fully franked dividend and set out a growth plan centred on private markets, superannuation and technology.

Meeka Metals produced 7,237 ounces of gold in the September quarter, up 13% from the previous three months, while Andy Well underground ore continued to exceed reserve-grade expectations. Cash rose to $51 million as the company shifted from open-pit mining towards a two-underground-mine operation.

DPM Metals produced 97,000 gold equivalent ounces in the third quarter and now expects to reach the high end of its 2026 production guidance. Vareš is running ahead of expectations, but its growth plans remain exposed to an unresolved legal review in Bosnia and Herzegovina.