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EcoGraf has secured a binding term sheet with a major German graphite trader to double its Epanko graphite offtake to 40,000 tpa after five years, underpinning future expansions and project financing.

WAM Strategic Value delivered a solid 9.5% portfolio return for FY2026, outpacing the ASX All Ordinaries by 3.8%, while declaring a fully franked dividend of 6.5 cents per share. New capital gains tax rules are reshaping investor appetite, boosting demand for listed investment companies like WAM.

Eureka Group Holdings has closed its inaugural wholesale all-age rental fund, raising $14.35 million in equity and securing $14.5 million in senior debt. The fund, seeded with two tourist parks, aims for a 19.8% return over six years, freeing $15 million for further growth.

Stavely Minerals has released an updated 2026 Scoping Study for its Thursday's Gossan project in western Victoria, revealing a robust 60Mt copper-gold-silver resource and strong financial metrics including a pre-tax NPV7 of A$818 million and a 40% IRR.

360 Capital REIT (ASX:TOT) reported a 382% surge in statutory profit to $6.3 million for FY26, driven by full occupancy and a strategic $10 million structured equity investment. The Fund upgraded FY27 earnings per security to 3.8 cents and forecast a 20% distribution increase.

Australian Strategic Materials (ASM) held concurrent shareholder and optionholder meetings on 12 August 2026, approving the proposed acquisition by Energy Fuels Inc. The ASM Board unanimously recommends the schemes, supported by a positive Independent Expert opinion, with implementation expected by late August.

A2MP Investments FZCO has kicked off an off-market takeover offer for the remaining 44.44% of Canyon Resources shares it does not already control, valuing the company at about A$103 million equity and A$188 million enterprise value. The bid comes amid deteriorating project economics and funding challenges for Canyon's Minim Martap Bauxite Project.

Pathkey.AI has appointed former Altium chairman Sam Weiss as a strategic advisor and raised $2.8 million in a placement led by Weiss, aiming to accelerate its AI-powered chip design platform Chipforge.

Liberty Metals has locked in a four-year option to acquire a dominant 180km2 land package in Guyana’s rapidly consolidating Oko gold district, backed by a A$5 million placement to fund exploration.

Stelar Metals has reported exceptional high-grade tungsten assays from Phase 2 sampling at Hill of Leaders, with grades up to 15.7% WO3 extending mineralisation beyond previous footprints. The company is gearing up for its first 3,000m reverse circulation drilling program amid strong market conditions for tungsten.

Horizon Oil has delivered a record FY26 production of 2.15 million barrels of oil equivalent and expanded its footprint to five countries following the Cue Energy takeover. The company’s diversified portfolio and disciplined capital management underpin a robust growth pipeline through 2028.

Dateline Resources faces a US court injunction halting operations at its Colosseum Project, while ASX suspends and then reinstates trading over disclosure timing concerns.

Wia Gold has locked in A$125 million through a placement at A$0.425 per share, completing the funding package for its Kokoseb Gold Project in Namibia. This capital raise, alongside a proposed US$360 million debt facility, sets the stage for construction and first gold production targeted in late 2028.

Aruma Resources has significantly expanded its Tillex Copper-Silver Project in Ontario by acquiring 94 new claims, extending the copper trend to 2.4 kilometres and raising $3.5 million to accelerate exploration.

InVert Graphite has delivered a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate of 32.2 million tonnes at 8.0% Total Graphitic Carbon for its Kumba Deposit in Tanzania, underpinning its Morogoro Project with a substantial near-surface graphite resource.

Karoon Energy's Who Dat East Joint Venture has given the green light to develop the Who Dat East field in the Gulf of America, aiming for production start in the second half of 2028 with attractive economics.

Moonlight Resources has completed its Phase 2 drilling at the Leo Grande Prospect, extending the gold mineralisation over more than 1km of strike and confirming broad, consistent gold intersections at its Clermont Gold Project in Queensland.

Sierra Nevada Gold (ASX: SNX) has discovered a new high-grade gold-silver-polymetallic breccia beneath shallow cover at its As Safra project in Saudi Arabia, revealing a more complex and extensive mineral system than previously known.

InFocus Group Holdings has rolled out a major upgrade to its Codexa sweepstakes casino platform, introducing a VIP-style player experience and a proprietary AI-driven compliance engine designed to streamline operations and reduce costs for white-label operators.

Sports Entertainment Group (ASX: SEG) is set to acquire New Zealand’s leading audio business MediaWorks for NZ$130 million, creating a dominant trans-Tasman media group with over 5 million weekly listeners and significant earnings accretion.

Pro Medicus’ US subsidiary Visage Imaging has landed a 7-year, A$23 million contract to deploy its cloud-based Visage 7 platform across St. Luke’s Health System, marking a further expansion in North America.

iTech Minerals has confirmed further significant shallow gold and antimony intersections at its Falchion Prospect in the Northern Territory, reinforcing the potential of the Reynolds Range Project.

Prospect Resources reveals significant copper extensions at Nyungu Central, with wide intercepts outside current resource boundaries, while maiden drilling at Sharamba shows promising visual mineralisation.

Almonty Industries posted a striking turnaround in Q2 2026, driven by soaring tungsten prices, ramping Sangdong Mine operations, and a major $800 million convertible notes raise.