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Advanced Engineered Materials is forecasting a sharp lift in second-half sales as its Quebec high-purity alumina operation moves from qualification work towards commercial production. The larger prize is a possible 6,000-tonne-per-year expansion, but that plan still depends on feasibility, financing and final investment approval.

AIC Mines is paying $120 million for the Mt Cuthbert copper project in northwest Queensland, funded partly by a $70 million placement to Hawke’s Point. The deal would add 246,000 tonnes of contained copper to the group’s resources, but comes before Mt Cuthbert has a single Ore Reserve.

VBX has secured $4.5 million in firm placement commitments and agreed to convert a further $2.5 million of loan notes, giving the Wuudagu bauxite project funding through its delayed feasibility study. The company has also abandoned a proposed $10 million offtake-linked facility while it tests alternative development funding options.

PainChek grew recurring revenue, implemented licences and customer sites in FY2026, but its $8.94 million loss and $9.24 million operating cash outflow prompted an explicit going-concern warning from its auditor. The company is now betting that US deployments and a sharper commercial focus can convert market access into cash-generating growth.

Strategic Energy Resources (ASX:SER) narrowed its FY26 loss and lifted cash to $1.84 million while advancing four Queensland copper-gold projects with Fortescue and Sumitomo. But auditors flagged a material uncertainty over the explorer’s ability to continue as a going concern, leaving future funding central to the investment case.

Orbit Resources enters FY2027 with a 17.52Mt Lewis Ponds resource, a preliminary study pointing to a A$481 million pre-tax NPV and a new polymetallic sulphide discovery outside the existing resource. The gains come with familiar junior-miner constraints: a A$3.49 million annual loss, A$3.69 million in cash and further funding still required.

HITIQ has secured a $1.5 million R&D tax incentive loan facility and drawn half the available funding, providing immediate liquidity while adding interest-bearing debt. The arrangement with a related party also puts shareholder approval of proposed security in focus.

Silver Mines has secured firm commitments for a $70 million placement, giving the company more funding to advance its Bowdens Silver Project through development approvals and engineering studies. The raise also supports royalty acquisitions, exploration and land access, although nearly 43% of the new shares still require shareholder approval.

Frontier Digital Ventures has shrunk its top line by 27% as it exits low-margin businesses, but the reset delivered higher EBITDA, a 17% margin and near-total free cash flow conversion in the first half of FY2026. The next test is whether pricing and cost discipline can lift earnings without further customer erosion.

Synertec has raised its FY27 revenue guidance by $8.0 million to $8.3 million, pointing to stronger contract conversion and visibility across its Engineering and Powerhouse businesses. The upgrade follows the $45.5 million ANSTO nuclear medicine manufacturing contract, but covers revenue only and not earnings or cash flow.

Australian Mines has appointed a specialist consultant team to complete the pre-feasibility study for its Flemington Scandium Project, targeting delivery in the first quarter of 2027. The study will retain a 60-tonne-per-year scandium oxide reference case while testing production scenarios of up to 180 tonnes per year.

Leeuwin Metals has confirmed gold across all 10 samples from historic tailings at its Marda Central project, averaging 0.596 g/t Au in the top metre. The result points to a potentially accessible processing opportunity, but the material remains well short of a defined resource or economic study.