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Activeport has secured a stage-one contract worth more than A$1 million to deploy its network orchestration software across Microscan’s 1,800-kilometre pan-India fibre network. The agreement could expand recurring licence revenue, although the timing and scale of that contribution remain undisclosed.

Eden Innovations reported a sharp acceleration in US sales during Q1 FY27, led by a 247% jump in OptiBlend revenue and expanding EdenCrete plant installations. The figures are unaudited management results, but they give the company a stronger opening quarter for the new financial year.

Wide Open Agriculture has completed a study for a proposed 10,000-tonne-per-year lupin protein facility with indicative annual revenue of A$240 million to A$295 million. The project remains unfunded, unapproved and years from production, leaving contract manufacturing as the immediate test of the company’s strategy.

Aquirian has completed its Wubin Energetics Hub upgrade within budget and is preparing Drillforce to begin work at Brightstar Resources’ Lord Byron project under a contract valued at approximately $48 million over three years. The company also says Collar Keeper sales remain strong, while a biodegradable version moves towards commercialisation.

Manhattan Gold’s first drilling at the Spectre VMS target has returned high-grade copper, gold, silver and zinc, including 6.10 metres at 3.18% copper. Mineralisation was repeated 77 metres along strike, but the early-stage results are reported as downhole lengths and do not yet establish true widths or a resource.

Sunshine Metals has extended gold mineralisation at its Sybil project in North Queensland, led by a 4-metre intersection grading 11.11g/t gold at Francis Creek. The company plans a further 2,600 metres of drilling from mid-October across existing and untested targets.

Barkly Rare Earths has reported rare earth mineralisation in 43 of 44 holes at its Northern Territory project, with high-grade intervals in 30 holes. The results strengthen the case for a larger resource, but more than 300 holes and further assays are still ahead before that potential can be tested.

Antares Metals has agreed to earn a 90% interest in the historic Enterprise gold mine in Western Australia, adding a fourth priority target to its Quinns project. The company has expanded its air core program to 2,500 metres, but the transaction remains subject to expenditure, approvals and historical-data caveats.

DevEx has recorded uranium-equivalent intersections at Nabarlek North and mapped kilometre-scale alteration along the Nabarlek Fault Corridor. The results strengthen the company’s exploration pipeline, but laboratory assays and further drilling are still needed to establish the significance of the early readings.

Great Boulder Resources has reported further shallow, high-grade gold intersections from its 40,000-metre Peak Hill drilling campaign, including 9 metres at 4.17g/t gold from just 6 metres at Enigma. Results at Enigma and Five Ways point to continuity and potential open-pit upside, although further drilling and resource updates remain ahead.

Dreadnought Resources has reported a high-grade shallow gold intercept from a new discovery at Metzke’s North, including 1 metre at 57.1 g/t gold from just 8 metres. Further diamond assays could determine whether the results are enough to expand the 24,900-ounce Metzke’s resource and support mining studies.

Terrain Minerals has identified high-grade tungsten across six Smokebush prospects after re-assaying previously capped samples, with the strongest result reaching 0.75% WO₃. The company plans up to 12 tungsten-focused RC holes, although the mineralisation remains early-stage and only a third of the available samples has been tested.

Locate Technologies has reported its first quarterly net profit as a listed company, with Locate2u revenue surging 72% and operating cash flow turning strongly positive. The result marks progress in its shift towards logistics software, although a November debt refinancing remains an immediate test.

Tower has lifted its FY26 underlying NPAT guidance to $69 million-$79 million after large event claims came in below the allowance built into its forecast. Customer growth also remained strong, although customer remediation costs will continue to weigh on reported profit.