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Immuron delivered record FY26 sales, a narrower loss and a much stronger cash balance, while shifting clinical development towards commercial partners. The annual report also flags a material weakness in inventory controls and confirms that IMM-529 remains dependent on a future licensing deal.

VRX Silica has assembled much of the commercial and regulatory case for Arrowsmith North, including 960,000 tonnes per annum of binding offtakes and a reported A$179.2 million project NPV. The harder test now is funding construction while final approvals, logistics contracts and a final investment decision remain outstanding.

Western Mines Group has reported its richest basal nickel intersection yet at Mulga Tank, including 38 metres at 0.71% nickel from more than 1.3 kilometres underground. The exploration progress is substantial, but the company also recorded a larger annual loss, limited year-end cash and a material going-concern uncertainty.

Nick Scali delivered a sharp recovery in FY26 earnings, with net profit rising 31.2% to $75.7 million as gross margins widened and the UK loss narrowed. The furniture retailer is entering FY27 with a larger showroom network, a new distribution centre and four further ANZ openings planned.

Leeuwin Metals ended FY2026 with a 342,300-ounce Marda resource, which increased to 378,600 ounces shortly after year end following further Evanston drilling. The gold explorer is now shifting towards permitting and mine planning, although it remains loss-making, has no Ore Reserves and expects to require further funding.

Peninsula Energy expects to book an approximately US$50 million non-cash impairment against legacy assets at its Lance uranium project in Wyoming. The charge removes value from Mine Units 1, 2 and 3 as the company concentrates capital and technical resources on Mine Unit 4 and future development.

KALiNA Power returned to profit in FY2026 after booking A$19.6 million from the sale of a 180 MW Alberta load allocation linked to Meta. The company now has A$12.3 million in cash and four gas-fired power projects targeting about 900 MW, but future progress depends on fresh capital and project approvals.

The Queensland Government has deferred the planned 90-day suspension of The Star Gold Coast’s casino licence until 31 March 2027. The reprieve comes with continued independent oversight and a clear warning that key remediation work remains unfinished.

Legacy Minerals enters FY2027 with a larger Mt Carrington resource, a positive preliminary development study and fresh drilling underway, but the proposed mine still requires substantial funding. The ASX-listed explorer reported a A$1.85 million FY2026 loss and held A$6.07 million in cash at year-end.

Comet Ridge now controls the entire Mahalo Gas Hub after completing its Santos buyout, but the annual report flags a material uncertainty over funding and a potential $28.7 million CleanCo settlement. The company is targeting a final investment decision while remaining pre-production and reliant on further finance.

Paradigm will return the US$2 million drawn from Obsidian earlier this month and cancel the associated convertible notes, without an additional payment. The decision comes as the biotechnology company reviews interim data from its pivotal knee osteoarthritis trial and prepares a separate update on funding and operations.

SKS Technologies delivered a sharp step-up in FY26 earnings, with revenue rising 33% to A$347.9 million and net profit attributable to members increasing 95.3% to A$26.9 million. The company also lifted its fully franked annual dividend to 10 cents per share.

Lachlan Star’s 2026 annual report puts its 90%-owned New Waverley project at the centre of the company’s exploration strategy after drilling outlined shallow, high-grade gold mineralisation across roughly 400 metres. The company ended the year with $6.52 million in cash, but remains loss-making and without a mineral resource or ore reserve.

Podium Minerals says optimisation work has maintained approximately 80% overall 3E recovery while cutting the targeted size of its downstream recovery circuit by about half. The technical gains came alongside a larger annual loss and an explicit reliance on further funding to advance Parks Reef.

Tambourah Metals has reported high-grade exploration results at Beatty Park South and Tambourah King, alongside a stronger cash position and a reduced annual loss. The projects remain at exploration stage, with drilling and resource modelling now carrying the story forward.

Manhattan Gold has extended the search footprint at its Jaws target in Nunavut after a 275-metre step-out returned 21.34 metres at 1.72g/t gold. The result takes drill-tested strike to 1.25km, although the company says true widths remain unknown and the work is still exploration-stage.

Nexsen has paused its StrepSure clinical programme after an interim review identified performance improvements needed before a US FDA submission, pushing the target timetable back by roughly one quarter. Its shares were then suspended pending an announcement about a potentially material contract for an additional device.

Peako has completed its 100% acquisition of six Saudi Arabian gold projects covering 862 square kilometres, clearing the way for maiden drilling from October. Recent fieldwork has identified extensive high-grade vein systems, but the reported grades remain exploration indicators rather than a mineral resource.

Globe Metals & Mining has completed compensation payments to all 203 households affected by Phase 1 of its Kanyika niobium project in Malawi, clearing a major land-access milestone. The company now targets initial pit opening, mining and stockpiling in the coming weeks, while relocation and cultural heritage work remain unfinished.

Maritana Minerals has extended gold mineralisation beneath the planned Pit 4 floor at Boorara, with drilling still open at depth. The results could feed a larger resource and revised pit design, although assays, estimation and optimisation work remain ahead of a targeted mid-2027 restart.

Unico Silver has secured approximately A$60 million from institutional and sophisticated investors, taking pro forma cash to about A$110 million. The capital will fund 20,000 metres of drilling, a maiden PFS due in January 2027 and continued advancement of a DFS through 2027.

Viking Mines has confirmed thick tungsten intervals both beneath and above historic workings at its Linka project in Nevada, including 18 metres at 0.42% WO3 and 13 metres at 0.46% WO3. The results strengthen the geological model, but reassays affecting parts of two holes leave an important qualification hanging over the latest batch.

Ballymore Resources has extended high-grade silver-lead-zinc-indium mineralisation closer to surface at its Torpy’s discovery in North Queensland. The latest drilling supports a multiple-shoot interpretation, but the project remains at an early exploration stage with assays pending and no Mineral Resource defined.

Brightstar Resources says laboratory testwork across deposits representing about 80% of its Sandstone resource supports a conventional gravity and carbon-in-leach processing route, with average recoveries around 94%. The results provide the processing basis for the project’s pre-feasibility study, although Bull Oak and further variability testing remain outstanding.