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25 Big Stories
NTAW’s reset shows through in margins, but debt and losses remain
NTAW Holdings improved margins, reduced inventory and cut gross debt in FY2026, but remained loss-making as revenue fell sharply after the loss of key distribution rights. Management is targeting modest growth in FY2027 while covenant obligations and cash generation remain central tests.
9 Oct
Victor Sage
DGL posts $40.2m loss as audit qualification adds to FY26 recovery challenge
DGL Group’s FY26 annual report lays bare a difficult year: revenue and underlying earnings fell, statutory losses widened and the auditor issued a qualified opinion over opening inventory. Management is betting on cost cuts, fuller facilities and a new liquid waste plant to repair performance in FY27.
9 Oct
Victor Sage
Burgundy admits US$50.6 million related-party breach
Burgundy Diamond Mines has acknowledged breaching ASX Listing Rule 10.1 by entering three related-party diamond purchase agreements without prior shareholder approval. The transactions were later ratified, but an independent expert found the dealings were not fair, although the inventory was sold at fair market value.
9 Oct
Maxwell Dee
Emyria grows revenue and clinics, but funding risk shadows psychedelic expansion
Emyria’s FY26 annual report shows a rapidly expanding psychedelic-assisted care network, with revenue up 210% and treatment capacity reaching 18 beds across four states. The gains came alongside a larger loss, $4.6 million in operating cash outflow and an auditor-highlighted material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue without further funding.
9 Oct
Victor Sage
Coda’s Elizabeth Creek PFS advances as A$10.86m loss sharpens funding stakes
Coda Minerals has moved Elizabeth Creek closer to a targeted first-quarter 2027 pre-feasibility study, backed by improved leach recoveries, drilling and fresh funding. But the copper developer remains loss-making, burned A$8.87 million in operating cash and will likely need further capital to progress beyond the study stage.
9 Oct
Maxwell Dee
Simonds Group profit surges as WA expansion opens a new test for growth
Simonds Group delivered a sharp FY26 earnings rebound, with NPAT rising 950% to $10.5 million as revenue, site starts and margins all improved. The annual report also flags a qualified sustainability reporting outcome and a new Western Australian venture that will require execution and cash.
9 Oct
Victor Sage
Inghams’ volume recovery cannot yet outrun a 61.5% profit collapse
Inghams Group Limited (ASX:ING) returned to poultry volume growth in FY26, but rising costs, a tax dispute and weaker earnings sharply reduced shareholder returns. The company enters FY27 with lower net debt, elevated leverage and a value-led turnaround strategy still to prove itself.
9 Oct
Victor Sage
WCM Global Growth raises dividends as assets reach $604 million
WCM Global Growth Limited (ASX:WQG) lifted its fully franked final dividend after posting a $66.7 million FY2026 profit and expanding its asset base by 31%. The portfolio lagged its benchmark for the year, but long-term returns remained ahead.
9 Oct
Claire Turing
TZ Limited faces $1.3 million funding need as restructuring targets cash flow recovery
TZ Limited is still seeking funding after failing to complete its shortfall share placement, with $1.3 million in debt and vendor obligations due. The company says a management restructure, cost cuts and commercial opportunities could improve cash generation, but several forecasts remain conditional.
9 Oct
Sophie Babbage
Aspen lifts FY27 guidance as earnings, rents and development profits accelerate
Aspen Group delivered a sharp rise in FY26 earnings and distributions, then lifted its FY27 targets despite a softer residential sales market. The property group is expanding its affordable rental and development platform, but debt and valuation sensitivity are rising with it.
9 Oct
Eva Park
CVC’s $87.7m cash buffer reshapes its property portfolio after a volatile FY26
CVC Limited (ASX:CVC) ended FY26 with $87.7 million in cash after a major Laverton sale, debt refinancing and a decision to abandon a $124 million property settlement. The stronger liquidity position came alongside a 541.7% rise in underlying NPAT, although earnings remain dependent on lumpy property realisations and planning approvals.
9 Oct
Victor Sage
Range International opens A$1.69 million raise with 50% dilution at stake
Range International has opened a 1-for-1 entitlement offer priced at A$0.09 a share, seeking about A$1.69 million to expand its rental pallet fleet and repay debt. Shareholders who do not participate could see their ownership halve if the offer is fully subscribed.
9 Oct
Victor Sage
Astral doubles Spargoville gold resource to 281,000 ounces
Astral Resources has more than doubled the Spargoville project’s mineral resource to 281,000 ounces after reinterpreting four deposits and applying a larger optimised pit shell. The update lifts the group’s reported mineral resource to 2.21 million ounces, but remains a resource estimate rather than an ore reserve or production declaration.
9 Oct
Maxwell Dee
Pioneer targets Argentina’s high-grade breccia system with A$1.8m raise
Pioneer Minerals is pursuing staged options over a 3,477-hectare Argentina gold-copper-silver project where historical drilling returned broad, high-grade polymetallic intervals. The proposed acquisition is paired with an A$1.8 million funding package, but both the transaction and most of the capital raise require shareholder approval.
9 Oct
Maxwell Dee
Mastermyne signs $80m Tahmoor contract with $240m potential
Mastermyne has secured a two-year mining services contract tied to the proposed restart of Tahmoor mine in NSW, with gross revenue of approximately $80 million. Two further extension options could lift the total to approximately $240 million over six years and take its workforce beyond 1,000.
9 Oct
Maxwell Dee
EOS signs conditional £370m Gulf counter-drone contract
Electro Optic Systems has signed its largest-ever contract, worth £370 million or about A$700 million, to deploy a nation-wide counter-drone network in an unnamed Gulf state. The opportunity is substantial, but remains conditional on guarantees, an advance payment, export licences and further consents.
9 Oct
Victor Sage
Aurum extends Boundiali gold system ahead of resource update
Aurum Resources has reported further gold mineralisation across three Boundiali targets, including a high-grade 5.85-metre intercept at BMT3. The 60-hole program is designed to expand the resource, upgrade confidence and support a maiden estimate for BMT2 ahead of an early fourth-quarter update.
9 Oct
Maxwell Dee
AXP targets seven-well Oklahoma restart for US$225,000
AXP Energy has conditionally agreed to acquire seven previously producing Oklahoma wells, surrounding leases and production infrastructure for US$225,000, with a proposed US$1.05 million recompletion program. The transaction could expand AXP’s Oklahoma footprint and support earlier production, but completion, technical results and abandonment liabilities remain unresolved.
9 Oct
Victor Sage
Cyprium's Nifty leach commissioning reaches key milestones
Cyprium Metals says direct-injection heap leaching at its Nifty Copper Complex has reached target injection rates, with 212 wells now established across Pad 6. The company remains on track for wet commissioning and first copper cathode production in Q4 2026, although the reported chemistry is still based on early commissioning results.
9 Oct
Maxwell Dee
City Chic lifts EBITDA 92% as ANZ momentum offsets USA sales decline
City Chic Collective lifted FY26 underlying EBITDA 92% to $12.3 million despite a 3.1% revenue decline, helped by stronger ANZ trading, higher margins and a leaner cost base. The retailer remains loss-making after tax, but enters FY27 with $5.2 million in net cash and early signs of renewed store momentum.
9 Oct
Victor Sage
GYG’s Q1 sales surge keeps growth plan and $100 million buyback on track
Guzman y Gomez delivered 18.8% network sales growth in Q1 FY27, with comparable sales up 7.1% as its Australian restaurant base expanded. The company also reaffirmed its earnings and expansion targets while approving a further buyback extension of up to $100 million.
9 Oct
Victor Sage
Australian Ethical lifts profit 29% as FUM reaches $14.5 billion
Australian Ethical Investment delivered record funds under management and a 29% rise in shareholder profit in FY26, despite weak performance from Australian equities and emerging companies. The ASX-listed ethical fund manager also increased its fully franked dividend and set out a growth plan centred on private markets, superannuation and technology.
9 Oct
Claire Turing
DPM targets top-end 2026 production as Vareš outperforms
DPM Metals produced 97,000 gold equivalent ounces in the third quarter and now expects to reach the high end of its 2026 production guidance. Vareš is running ahead of expectations, but its growth plans remain exposed to an unresolved legal review in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
9 Oct
Maxwell Dee
Carnarvon sets 2027 Ara drilling target with A$97 million cash buffer
Carnarvon Energy is lining up Ara as the likely firm well in its 2027 Bedout campaign, backed by a contracted rig, environmental approvals progressing and A$97 million in cash. The prospect carries 191 million barrels of oil equivalent in gross unrisked prospective resources, but only a 37% geological chance of success and uncertain fluid type.
9 Oct
Victor Sage