October 2026

Boom Logistics has secured an expected $18 million, 35-week contract to provide crane services for Neoen’s 179 MW Narrogin Wind Farm in Western Australia. The award gives its FY27 wind division an early revenue platform, although the announcement does not disclose margins or earnings contribution.

RocketDNA has secured $2.23 million through a strategic placement priced at a 2.4% premium to its last traded price. The funding will support xBot hardware deployment, software engineering, cyber-security accreditation and working capital, while major shareholder Daniel Narayan lifts his stake to 19.5%.

FBR’s first Mantis welding robot has passed factory acceptance testing and independent weld inspections, removing the key condition on its sale to Industrial Robotics. The machine will remain in Perth for a paid customer pilot before heading to the United States, with a $198,000 deposit secured.

AuMEGA Metals has uncovered a 100.5 g/t gold float sample at its Intersection Project in Newfoundland, the second-highest-grade sample recorded across its regional portfolio. Two further samples above 23 g/t strengthen the surface signal, although the results remain early-stage and most assays are still pending.

Prodigy Gold has launched a fully underwritten $7.92 million entitlement offer to fund exploration and project approvals, but the capital raising could also lift three existing substantial holders above their current voting stakes. The non-renounceable offer is priced at $0.047 a share, below the stock’s recent three-month low of $0.049.

Titomic has converted a semiconductor manufacturing validation run into full-rate production, with revenue expected to reach approximately EUR 0.9 million in 2027. The company says the program could rise to about EUR 2.0 million in 2028, although customer and contract details remain undisclosed.

MotorCycle Holdings has set out a five-year plan targeting more than $1.2 billion of combined wholesale and retail revenue by FY31, with growth expected from broader powersports, CFMOTO expansion and a leaner retail footprint. The strategy also carries an upfront cost, including about $2 million of anticipated non-underlying FY27 spending on HRIS and data initiatives.

L1 Global Long Short Fund has raised approximately A$100.9 million from institutional investors, with strong demand allowing L1 Group to place its A$70.1 million entitlement with new shareholders. Retail investors now face a 1-for-2 offer at A$1.76 a share, with up to A$381.7 million still available.

Aspermont has acknowledged that a director’s initial interest notice was lodged around eight months late, after ASX raised possible breaches of its disclosure rules. The company blamed an administrative oversight and said it will tighten appointment procedures, but no penalty or formal breach finding was disclosed.

Celsius Resources has filed criminal complaints against Sodor president Erika Chalmers over an unpaid PHP300 million purchase of a 60% stake in the Makilala copper-gold project. The allegations add another legal front to a dispute already involving MMCI governance, ownership and access to corporate records.

Black Cat Syndicate has reported a 9.86-metre gold intercept grading 27.38g/t at the Lynx lode, including 0.60 metres at 186.27g/t, while initial drilling 600 metres away at Raisebore supports a parallel mineralised structure. Neither target has yet been added to Paulsens’ Mineral Resource, leaving further assays and modelling to do before the scale of the discoveries can be quantified.

Albright Metals is moving its Golden Pike project towards a scoping study after defining a 54,200-ounce gold resource at Vail Road, including 22,500 ounces in the Indicated category. The company has also improved its cash position through the quarter, but reported only 1.4 quarters of funding based on current operating outflows.

Antilles Gold’s significantly oversubscribed rights issue has expanded into a $3.45 million capital raising, giving the company additional funding while it seeks to lift US sanctions affecting its Cuban joint venture. The extra $900,000 is earmarked largely for La Demajagua drilling, but only if the sanction is removed.

Imricor has completed FDA review of the largest module in its US Premarket Approval application, with no deficiencies found in its ablation catheter or irrigation tubing. One operating-system issue remains for the RF-5000 System, but the company says it has already updated the software and is preparing its response.

Cynata Therapeutics has launched a fully underwritten $913,000 entitlement offer as it reassesses the future of its Cymerus platform after two major trials failed to demonstrate efficacy. The raise provides short-term funding, but the prospectus warns that further capital may be needed and repeats a material uncertainty over going concern.

Orcoda has expanded workforce volumes under its Wagner and Wellcamp agreement, generating approximately $2.35 million in revenue during the September quarter. The facility is now being scaled towards its current capacity of 1,000 workers per day.

The Calmer Co has secured an initial Coles order for its Fiji Kava FZZR Piña Colada 10-pack, with rollout expected across 583 stores from the week commencing 12 October. The launch comes as sales and supermarket distribution of the company’s existing kava range continue to expand.

Hot Chili has reported broad, shallow copper-gold intersections at La Verde, including 188 metres at 0.56% CuEq and 240 metres at 0.43% CuEq. The results strengthen the geological case for a near-surface mining zone, but the discovery still has no Mineral Resource and 25 drillholes await assays.

Southern Cross Gold has accelerated drilling and underground development at Sunday Creek, spending $32.9 million during the August quarter while cash fell to C$84.0 million. The company remains aimed at a maiden mineral resource in the first quarter of 2027, but poor ground conditions have pushed exploration decline completion back by a month.

Fortescue shipped 46.8 million tonnes of iron ore in the September quarter, down 6% from a year earlier, while sales lagged production amid negotiations with China Mineral Resources Group. Net debt also rose to US$2.8 billion after the final dividend and quarterly capital spending, although FY27 guidance remains unchanged.

Trajan Scientific and Medical (ASX:TRJ) says FY27 has begun with improving revenue, quarterly nEBITDA of about A$3.5 million and a A$1.6 million reduction in net debt. The company expects mid-single-digit organic revenue growth and double-digit nEBITDA growth for the year, although its latest quarterly figures remain unaudited.

Servcorp Limited (ASX:SRV) has posted a third consecutive record year, with underlying profit, free cash flow and dividends all rising sharply. The debt-free workspace operator is guiding to another year of strong cash generation while investing in Saudi Arabia, technology and AI-enabled services.

Ausgold advanced construction, permitting and drilling at its Katanning Gold Project during the September quarter, while its proposed A$776 million takeover by OceanaGold began to reshape the development timetable. The planned end-2026 resource update and final investment decision have both been deferred as shareholders prepare to vote on the scheme.

InFocus is extending its Codexa platform from US sweepstakes gaming into licensed real-money online gambling markets, initially targeting Curaçao and crypto-native operators. Commercial availability is expected in early 2027, but the expansion still depends on product testing, regulatory registration and customer uptake.