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66 Big Stories

Victor Group’s $9.33m loss exposes a deeper funding and impairment problem

Victor Group Holdings reported modest revenue growth in FY2025, but its audited loss widened to A$9.33 million after major impairments and higher amortisation. The cloud software company also disclosed a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.
25 Sept
Sophie Babbage
Sophie Babbage

Zeus pairs high-grade antimony with a cash warning and Mauritania expansion

Zeus Resources has reported high-grade surface antimony results in Morocco while moving to acquire a copper-gold project in Mauritania. The exploration story is advancing, but the audited accounts flag a material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
25 Sept
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee

The Star Sydney licence suspension extended as regulator flags unresolved governance concerns

The NSW Independent Casino Commission will keep The Star Sydney’s casino licence suspended, with manager Nick Weeks extended until 30 June 2027. The regulator cited unresolved governance, leadership and culture issues, recent allegations and pending AUSTRAC civil proceedings.
25 Sept
Victor Sage
Victor Sage

Litchfield builds a bigger exploration pipeline but funding risk remains

Litchfield Minerals has expanded its Harts Range exploration model, raised A$8 million and ended FY2026 with A$4.6 million in cash. The opportunity is growing, but the auditor flagged material uncertainty over the company’s ability to fund future operations.
25 Sept
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee

Torque Metals pairs 351,000oz Ritz resource with a funding warning

Torque Metals enters FY2027 with a 351,000-ounce Ritz Gold Project resource, $13.6 million in cash and an exceptional post-year-end HHH intercept. But the annual report also carries an auditor-highlighted material uncertainty over going concern, with further funding potentially required to sustain exploration.
25 Sept
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee

Sovereign Metals turns Kasiya into a three-mineral project after Rio Tinto exit

Sovereign Metals has expanded Kasiya into a potential rutile, graphite and heavy rare earths project, with a rare earths study adding an estimated US$722 million of pre-tax NPV8. The opportunity comes with a sharper execution challenge: Rio Tinto will not become operator, while Sovereign still needs a mining licence, binding offtakes and substantial funding.
25 Sept
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee

Equatorial awaits Congo award while facing A$4.85 million legal fee claim

Equatorial Resources has completed the final procedural steps in its high-value Congo arbitration, with an ICSID award indicatively expected in the first half of 2027. The cash-backed explorer is also defending a separate A$4.85 million claim from former legal adviser Clifford Chance.
25 Sept
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee

Aruma’s Tillex drilling delivers scale, but funding uncertainty shadows copper ambitions

Aruma Resources’ 2026 annual report puts the Tillex Copper-Silver Project at the centre of its strategy after wide, high-grade drilling results in Ontario. But the explorer also reported a $2.71 million loss, $788,658 in cash and a material going-concern uncertainty dependent on further capital.
25 Sept
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee

PC Gold drilling pushes Spring Hill’s Link Zone beyond the model

PC Gold has reported broad, higher-than-modelled gold intersections at Spring Hill, including a 29.65-metre zone grading 4.32 g/t gold. Several assays remain outstanding, but the results extend Link Zone mineralisation about 30 metres beyond the current model ahead of a planned December 2026 resource update.
25 Sept
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee

Beam returns $13.3 million as ZOLEO exit resets its satellite business

Beam Communications has returned $13.3 million to shareholders after completing the ZOLEO divestment, while its continuing operations moved back into profitability. The turnaround comes with a sharp revenue decline and management warning that FY27 revenue and profit will be lower than FY26.
25 Sept
Victor Sage
Victor Sage

Unity Metals funds next drilling push with $3.5m placement and option sweetener

Unity Metals has secured an oversubscribed $3.5 million placement and plans a further $1 million share purchase plan to accelerate drilling across its Cambodian gold projects. The raise gives the explorer funding to test extensions at O’Phlay and new targets at Ngot, but also brings dilution and shareholder-approval hurdles.
25 Sept
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee

Nexsen proposes 50:50 FlashDx venture to accelerate molecular GBS testing

Nexsen has proposed a 50:50 joint venture with FlashDx Shenzhen to develop and commercialise an enhanced molecular Group B Streptococcus test, using an existing CE-marked platform as its starting point. The proposed venture could shorten Nexsen’s path into hospital and intrapartum testing across Asia-Pacific, but the term sheet remains non-binding and regulatory work is still ahead.
25 Sept
Victor Sage
Victor Sage

Flynn Gold targets $3.04 million to fund Golden Ridge drilling and Firetower resource work

Flynn Gold has lodged a prospectus for a one-for-three renounceable rights issue priced at 1.5 cents, offering shareholders a heavily discounted entry point alongside free options. The partially underwritten raise is intended to fund Golden Ridge drilling, a maiden Firetower resource estimate and working capital.
25 Sept
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee

Alfabs resets for cash as profit falls and dividend return remains conditional

Alfabs Australia’s FY26 reset preserved free cash flow despite a sharp earnings decline, while Mining growth and debt refinancing form the bridge to a potential dividend restart. The company enters FY27 leaner, but the plan still depends on execution, cash conversion and Phase II debt restructuring.
25 Sept
Victor Sage
Victor Sage

PPK turns CIB exit into $27.7m cash war chest as it hunts its next cornerstone business

PPK Group has converted the sale of its Craig International Ballistics stake into a substantially stronger balance sheet, reporting a $19.2 million FY2026 profit and $27.7 million in cash. The challenge now is turning that one-off windfall into a durable operating business without overpaying or losing patience.
25 Sept
Victor Sage
Victor Sage

Meeka Metals raises $40 million to accelerate its underground gold transition

Meeka Metals has secured $40 million after costs through a two-tranche institutional placement priced at $0.10 a share, giving the gold producer fresh funding for Turnberry, Mt Holland and exploration. The capital raise comes as provisional September-quarter gold recovery reached 7,000 to 7,500 ounces and the company expects roughly $50 million in cash after the first tranche.
25 Sept
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee

The six-month drilling sprint that doubled Sinclair Gold’s Mt Henry resource

Sinclair Gold’s FY2026 annual report captures the company’s rapid shift from a small explorer to a well-funded Mt Henry-focused gold developer-in-waiting. The project’s resource stood at 915,000 ounces at year-end, before a post-year-end update lifted it to 1.8 million ounces after 20,426 metres of drilling.
25 Sept
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee

Lindian moves from rare earths developer to miner with Kangankunde blast

Lindian Resources has crossed a significant operational threshold, moving Kangankunde in Malawi from construction into active mining while targeting first production in Q4 2026. The transition was funded by A$191.5 million in placements, but the company still faces the harder test of commissioning, downstream integration and cash discipline.
25 Sept
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee

Big River targets double-digit EBITDA growth after stronger FY26

Big River Industries delivered a stronger FY26 despite subdued residential construction, lifting underlying EBITDA 8.4% and reducing gearing after its Johns Building Supplies acquisition. The company is targeting double-digit underlying EBITDA growth in FY27, while its strategic options review remains unresolved.
25 Sept
Victor Sage
Victor Sage

Astral’s $65 Million Raise Pushes Mandilla Toward a 2027 Development Decision

Astral Resources has strengthened its balance sheet and expanded its Mandilla gold resource as it moves from explorer toward developer. The next test is converting deep drilling, permitting progress and a proposed early-production joint venture into funded construction decisions.
25 Sept
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee

Argo Infrastructure pairs record dividends with 19.2% share price gain

Argo Global Listed Infrastructure Limited (ASX:ALI) delivered a 19.2% share price return and record fully franked dividends in FY2026, while assets passed $500 million after a $25 million Share Purchase Plan. Reported profit fell as portfolio valuations moved, but NTA per share and the investment portfolio both increased.
25 Sept
Claire Turing
Claire Turing

Perpetual’s profit recovery meets a tougher test as asset outflows and deal uncertainty remain

Perpetual returned to statutory profitability in FY26 and lifted underlying profit and dividends, helped by Corporate Trust and cost savings. But the annual report also exposes the pressure points behind the recovery: $25.1 billion in Asset Management outflows, a $63.5 million TSW impairment and an uncertain Wealth Management sale.
25 Sept
Claire Turing
Claire Turing

DigiCo pivots to Australian data centres as US sales fund 88MW Sydney expansion

DigiCo Infrastructure REIT is using US asset sales to lower leverage and concentrate capital on its Australian data centre pipeline, led by the fully funded 88MW SYD1 project. The strategy comes alongside a $100.8 million statutory loss, higher distributions and FY27 guidance for 15.0 cents per security.
25 Sept
Eva Park
Eva Park

SkinKandy beats IPO forecasts as store rollout accelerates

SkinKandy Limited (ASX:SK1) exceeded its IPO forecasts in FY26, with pro forma revenue rising 29% to A$90.2 million and pro forma NPAT climbing 41% to A$9.0 million. The newly listed retailer enters FY27 with 115 stores, 11 approved leases and plans for potential expansion into South Africa and the United States.
25 Sept
Victor Sage
Victor Sage