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Pengana Private Equity Trust will target cash distributions of at least 6% a year as portfolio realisations accelerate, led by progressive sales of SpaceX. The trust will also abandon its formulaic buyback allocation framework in favour of a more opportunistic approach.

Kingfisher Mining will raise $2.25 million through a two-tranche placement to fund drilling and target generation at its Copper Blow copper-gold project and across its Broken Hill portfolio. The deal comes at a 5.6% premium to the company’s 15-day VWAP, but the second tranche and broker options still require shareholder approval.

Minerals Exploration has shifted decisively into New Zealand gold and tungsten, but its annual report flags a $2.66 million loss and a material uncertainty over its ability to continue without further funding. Exploration results are encouraging, though the company has yet to establish a mineral resource or economic discovery.

AuKing Mining is proposing to acquire up to a 75% interest in the Qeqertaasaq niobium and rare earths project in West Greenland without an upfront payment. The project carries striking historical grades, but the data is not JORC 2012 compliant and still needs independent verification.

Power Minerals has reported 91 metres at 7.7% TREO from surface in a new Morro do Ferro drillhole, including 23.1 metres at 17.5% TREO. The result strengthens the case for continuity ahead of a maiden resource estimate, while a separate non-binding Salta lithium venture has been terminated.

Terra Metals has reported broad PGM-copper-nickel intersections beginning at or near surface at its Southwest discovery in Western Australia. The results strengthen the geological continuity case ahead of a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate targeted for Q1 2027, although true widths, recoveries and final resource scale remain unconfirmed.

Titan Minerals has reported broad, near-surface gold-silver-copper mineralisation at Kaliman and wider, higher-grade intercepts at Brecha-Comanche within its Dynasty project in Ecuador. The results add momentum to a 20,000-metre drilling program ahead of a planned Q1 2027 resource update and scoping study.

Aureka has extended the known Irvine gold system 725 metres north with two significant gold zones from its first scout hole into a previously untested conceptual target. The results support further drilling, but remain exploration intercepts rather than a new mineral resource.

49 Metals says every hole in its maiden Gold Mountain campaign intersected gold or silver, including a high-grade 27.4-metre interval and a 170.7-metre broad intercept. A second drilling campaign is now testing whether the Adit Zone has the continuity and scale needed to support a maiden mineral resource estimate in 2027.

Paladin Energy kept its FY2027 production and cost targets unchanged despite a softer first quarter at Langer Heinrich, where planned maintenance and lower recovery reduced output. Higher realised uranium prices and progress at the Patterson Lake South project provided the more constructive elements of the update.

Clean TeQ Water reported positive operating cash flow and a 60% quarterly rise in customer receipts as its project portfolio moved deeper into delivery. The quarter also brought progress on major lithium, wastewater and scandium projects, but the next test is converting those milestones into durable earnings.

Lion Rock Minerals has reported repeated shallow heavy-mineral zones with significant monazite at Minta Est, including up to 1.94% estimated TREO and 3.62% calculated monazite in recovered concentrate. Early magnetic-separation tests also concentrated up to 84.1% of calculated TREO into less than 27% of recovered heavy-mineral mass, although the results remain preliminary and HMC-based.

Bubs Australia delivered 9.2% revenue growth and a sharp underlying EBITDA improvement in FY26, but statutory losses, weaker margins and negative operating cash flow expose the cost of its expansion. Permanent US FDA authorisation removes a major regulatory hurdle, while the annual report still flags material uncertainty around ongoing funding and cash generation.

Evolution Mining held its FY27 guidance after generating A$466 million in net mine cash flow during the September quarter, despite a slower start and operational disruptions at several sites. Strong copper pricing and a record contribution from Ernest Henry helped offset weaker production at Cowal, Mungari and Red Lake.

Core Lithium has moved Finniss into the next phase of its restart, producing first spodumene concentrate and targeting an initial shipment in the December quarter. The company ended September with A$199.7 million in cash, while BP33 development and high-grade exploration continued in parallel.

IAG has offered a package of competition remedies to support approval of its proposed 20-year insurance alliance with RAC of Western Australia, including the transfer of NRMA policy renewal rights and a $20 million community investment. The insurer says the transaction still carries $1.2 billion in additional annual gross written premium and approximately $100 million in annual pre-tax synergies once integration is complete.

FOS Capital has started FY27 ahead of its own expectations, reporting a 64% rise in quarterly sales and a stronger-than-forecast EBITDA result. The order book has expanded to $10.5 million, while major lighting wins and a $130 million quote pipeline support management’s expectation of similarly strong sales in 2Q27.

Elixinol Wellness lifted Q3 gross profit 27% and delivered a fourth consecutive quarter of positive underlying operating cash flow, despite statutory operating cash flow remaining negative and cash below A$1 million. The proposed all-scrip Vitable acquisition could add scale, but shareholder approval and a thin liquidity buffer remain important next tests.

Excite Technology Services has reported its strongest quarterly operating cash flow on record, with A$1.33 million generated in the September quarter and cash reserves rising to A$3.98 million. The result was supported by stronger customer receipts, a A$3.20 million Federal Government digital forensics contract and a July capital raising.

Rio Tinto’s third-quarter production update put its growth assets in the spotlight, with Oyu Tolgoi copper up 29% year to date and Simandou reaching a 10 Mtpa annualised run-rate. The miner maintained its 2026 production and unit-cost guidance while reporting more than US$2 billion of capital release arrangements.

Finbar has completed its largest-ever apartment development by lot count, issuing titles for the 342-lot Garden Towers project in East Perth and opening the way for settlements. The 50% joint venture is 82% sold, with $210 million in sales recorded to date and revenue recognition expected in H1 FY27.

Azzuro Resources will raise A$3.06 million from Kerry Resources Logistics at a premium to market, giving the Mongolian explorer funding for resource definition and technical studies. The deal would make Kerry a 19.9% shareholder, although completion is still expected on 19 October.

Talga has moved Talnode-C from qualification into commercial shipments, completed key engineering work for its staged Vittangi project and secured major Swedish permits. But the battery materials developer remains loss-making, cash-burning and reliant on further funding to continue development.

Mercury NZ posted a 19% increase in first-quarter trading margin to $445 million despite hydro inflows falling to the second percentile. New wind and geothermal output helped offset weaker hydro generation, while major renewable projects moved closer to full operation.