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Cleanaway has signed a binding scheme implementation deed for EQT Infrastructure to acquire the waste services group for approximately $9.3 billion. Shareholders are being offered $3.095 cash per share, subject to approvals and any dividends paid before completion.

Albion Resources has secured $1.8 million from sophisticated and professional investors to expand drilling at its Gidgee Gold Project, after an initial aircore hole returned a high-grade gold intersection. The raise will also support the planned acquisition of additional exploration ground, although further drilling is needed to establish continuity and scale.

Core Lithium has reported its longest mineralised intersection yet at the Blackbeard prospect, with diamond hole NMRD104 returning 92m at 1.25% Li2O. The result strengthens evidence of continuity near the Finniss processing plant, although assays remain pending and Blackbeard has no Mineral Resource.

Oceana Metals has completed its acquisition of the Serra Negra rare earths and niobium project in Brazil, turning an exploration proposal into its central operating asset. Four diamond rigs are now drilling toward a maiden JORC resource, although two mining-right amendments and part of the transaction consideration remain unresolved.

Skylark Minerals has more than tripled the Inferred Mineral Resource at its Zaranou Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire to 1.20 million ounces after 2026 drilling at M’Basso. The company has also signed a binding agreement to lift its project interest from 51% to 90% for US$1.2 million.

Sinclair Gold has extended gold mineralisation up to 230 metres beyond the northern Mt Henry resource boundary, including a 0.4-metre interval grading 122.7g/t. Drilling has also identified mineralisation 250 metres south of the main resource, with assays pending from 30 holes.

ECS Botanics has delivered a fifth consecutive quarter of positive operating cash flow, while branded sales and international expansion continue to reshape the business. The next test is whether planned UK and Polish launches can convert into recurring revenue.

Falcon Metals has struck 12 metres at 2.8g/t gold from surface in the first hole at its Olsen Well prospect, including 4 metres at 4.7g/t. The result has confirmed bedrock mineralisation beneath a 5.8-kilometre soil anomaly, but four nearby holes were only weakly anomalous and the geometry remains unresolved.

RAS Technology has agreed to a $49.8 million all-cash takeover by The Press Association, giving shareholders a 93% premium to the last traded price. The deal has board and founder support, but still requires an independent expert’s endorsement, shareholder approval and Federal Court sanction.

MaxiPARTS has completed its $11.2 million purchase of Air Brake Systems, an acquisition expected to lift earnings per share by 17% before synergies. The deal adds a commercial vehicle braking business with $20 million in revenue and is forecast to contribute $5.5 million to group operating EBITDA by FY29, including synergies and underlying growth.

Cryosite delivered record first-quarter results, with revenue up 17% to $4.6 million and EBITDA rising 31% to $1.3 million. The more consequential test now sits with the TGA, which has audited the company’s Auburn facility as part of a potential licence expansion.

Zoono Group has advanced retailer, packaging and shipping-container programs across several markets, but ended the September quarter with just NZ$77,000 in cash. The company estimates funding for 0.67 quarters and says further funding lines or an equity raise may be required if customer receipts do not accelerate.

MONEYME opened FY27 with stronger growth, record-low net credit losses and its third consecutive quarter of positive Normalised NPAT. The unaudited result supports the lender’s reaffirmed FY27 target of breakeven to $7 million, while its expanding unsecured portfolio remains an important test.

Metcash has exercised its first right to acquire Queensland’s Peries Group in a debt-funded deal valued at an estimated $80 million to $85 million. The transaction would add 15 IGA supermarkets and around $264 million in annual retail sales, subject to ACCC approval and other conditions.

QMines has intersected further high-grade copper-gold mineralisation beneath the flooded Mt Chalmers pit, led by 26.2 metres at 2.0% copper equivalent including 2.4 metres at 9.1% CuEq. The results strengthen the geological model and leave mineralisation open, but continuity, true widths and the eventual resource impact remain unconfirmed.

Amplitude Energy has opened FY27 with record quarterly production and revenue, while a successful Juliet gas discovery and East Coast Supply Project investment decision push its growth plan forward. The trade-off is higher spending, with FY27 capital expenditure guidance rising to A$320 million to A$390 million.

Medallion Metals is moving towards first gold production, with Cosmic Boy processing scheduled to begin this month and initial sales expected in November. At Kundip, the first box-cut blast is complete and underground development remains targeted for December.

Orion Minerals has made Glencore’s US$40 million Tranche A financing unconditional, clearing the way for development of the Uppers Mine at its Prieska copper-zinc project in South Africa. The larger US$210 million package for the Deeps remains conditional, leaving the project’s full build-out dependent on further funding.

Jade Gas has begun drilling Mongolia’s first multilateral coal bed methane well at Red Lake, testing a five-branch design intended to improve future production. The milestone arrives as negotiations for a proposed US$762.5 million Phase 1 development advance, but binding agreements are now targeted for November.

Pro Medicus has signed a seven-year, A$24 million contract with Billings Clinic - Logan Health for a cloud-based deployment of its Visage 7 imaging platform. The transaction-based structure offers potential additional upside, although the announcement does not quantify future volumes or revenue timing.

South32 has maintained FY27 production guidance across every operation, while Sierra Gorda delivered stronger copper output and Hermosa cleared a major permitting hurdle. The quarter also exposed a sharp Cannington setback, with zinc-equivalent production falling 27% as paste backfill constraints disrupted mining.

FleetPartners has agreed to a $1.131 billion cash takeover by SG Fleet after a competitive auction lifted the offer to $5.30 per share. The deal still requires shareholder, court and regulatory approval, with completion targeted for March 2027.

New Hope has agreed to acquire the Malabar shares it does not already own in an all-scrip deal valuing Malabar at about A$1.8 billion. The transaction would give New Hope full control of the ramping Maxwell underground mine and create a coal group targeting roughly 19Mtpa of saleable production.

Ampol's third-quarter trading strengthened as Lytton refinery margins more than doubled and Convenience Retail sales surged, but extra maintenance will reduce expected fourth-quarter higher-value product output by about 150 million litres. The Ultra Low Sulfur Fuels project has also slipped into the first quarter of 2027, while the proposed Evie Networks acquisition awaits regulatory clearance.