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Kingfisher Mining has remade itself around a 700 square kilometre New South Wales exploration portfolio, with Copper Blow emerging as the flagship after high-grade drilling. The shift came alongside a $1.16 million FY2026 loss, $1.21 million in cash and an explicit reliance on future funding.

NEXTDC is seeking A$1.1 billion from institutional investors through subordinated convertible notes, adding to its funding capacity for an increasingly capital-intensive data centre pipeline. The deal offers a low indicative coupon, but introduces future dilution risk and could create short-term share price pressure through associated hedging activity.

Exultant Mining has reported its first consolidated annual results since listing, recording a $1.526 million loss and holding $3.50 million in cash at 30 June 2026. Exploration has advanced across Black Hammer and Peak View, but the company remains dependent on future funding and assay results to justify its portfolio.

Aeris Resources delivered FY26 production within guidance while building a much larger investment program around Tritton, including the Constellation and Mallee Bull developments. The company enters FY27 with no debt, $202 million in cash and receivables, and a sharper test of whether higher spending can convert expanded resources into longer mine life and production.

VHM has taken Goschen from a permitted project to a more financeable development, with Iluka committing to buy all planned rare earth concentrate and providing A$40 million in convertible note funding. The company remains pre-revenue, has not made a Final Investment Decision and will need further funding before construction can begin.

FOS Capital has secured firm commitments for a non-underwritten $1.86 million placement at $0.12 a share and will seek up to another $750,000 through a Share Purchase Plan. The raise will fund working capital, the Queensland Schools Lighting Upgrade Program, Aldridge Traffic Systems expansion and cost-reduction initiatives.

Austal has received a non-binding indication of interest from a Wildcat Infrastructure-led syndicate to buy Austal USA for an enterprise value of US$1.25 billion to US$1.35 billion. The proposal is conditional on four weeks of due diligence, leaving the potential transaction at an early and uncertain stage.

WestStar Industrial says a verbally agreed contract claim added about $5 million to FY2026 revenue and turned what would otherwise have been a loss into a profit. The explanation comes in response to an ASX query over the timing of its results and a recent cleansing notice.

Echelon Resources delivered a sharp FY26 earnings increase after selling its Cue Energy stake, repaying debt and simplifying its portfolio. The headline profit includes a substantial disposal gain, leaving Palm Valley drilling and Amadeus Basin production to demonstrate the next phase of value creation.

A multimillion-dollar, multiyear NIH grant will fund an expanded access program for Neurizon’s investigational NUZ-001, potentially giving up to 200 US patients access to the therapy for as long as 96 weeks. The program is designed to add long-term safety, survival and biomarker data alongside the pivotal HEALEY ALS trial.

Bannerman Energy has launched a fully underwritten A$124 million placement that it expects will fund its share of the Etango uranium project through construction and ramp-up. The raising follows confirmation that CNOL’s strategic investment and joint venture conditions have been satisfied or waived.

Gateway Mining has secured firm commitments for a A$45 million placement, including A$20 million from Jupiter Asset Management, to fund an aggressive exploration campaign at its Yandal Gold Project. The raising follows a high-grade Cowza result and will issue 562.5 million new shares at a discount to market.

Metcash delivered $558 million of operating cash flow and 2.8% ex-tobacco sales growth in the first 18 weeks of FY27, but warned that cost inflation, adverse sales mix and tobacco changes will weigh on first-half earnings. The group also expects to spend a further $18 million to $20 million on its Horizon technology program.

Terrain Minerals has secured a $1 million commitment from Gandel Metals at a 33.33% premium to market, anchoring a broader $2.513 million placement and rights issue. The funds will support the company’s largest planned RC drilling campaign at the Lightning gold and silver project.

Magnum Mining has defined a connected 32.5km² Plateau Zone at its Piracanjuba North project in Brazil after positive results from another 86 auger holes. The company is targeting a maiden JORC Mineral Resource Estimate in November 2026, but the latest desorption figures remain laboratory screening results rather than recoveries or economic data.

Bass Oil has confirmed oil in the previously unproduced M sand at its Bunian 6 well in Indonesia, with a short cleanup flow reaching approximately 2,400 barrels per day without water. The completed well is expected to lift field production from 250 to at least 750 barrels per day, subject to testing and tie-in work.

Way2VAT has secured binding commitments for a A$2.109 million placement, giving the fintech capital to fund the next RBC acquisition payment and its e-invoicing expansion. The raise comes at a 29% discount and carries potential further dilution through free-attaching options.

Horizon Oil has brought its Nam Phong booster compressor online in Thailand, lifting gross field gas sales to approximately 10.3 TJ/d. The early result is expected to raise Thailand’s contribution to group production by about 500 boepd, although the company has not disclosed the project’s cost or stabilised production outlook.

Reedy Lagoon has secured a fully underwritten $1.8 million placement that would more than double its shares on issue, while related-party debt is shifted to an interest-free 24-month repayment plan. The recapitalisation also brings a leadership change, with Geof Fethers retiring as managing director and Ish Peries joining the board.

Jameson Resources has opened the retail leg of a A$5 million accelerated entitlement offer, giving eligible shareholders the chance to buy new shares at a 22.2% discount to the latest stated closing price. The company says institutional demand has already delivered about A$3.7 million, with a further A$1.59 million placement, but the retail component remains non-underwritten.

WhiteRock Lithium says all seven holes drilled in the first phase of its 2026 campaign intersected spodumene-bearing pegmatite, extending the Spodumene Mountain strike length by 115% to 1.4km. The result is encouraging, but laboratory assays are still needed to establish lithium grades and true widths.

Sunstone Metals has completed its 30-hole Bramaderos resource-growth program with a 5.95m zone grading 26.61 g/t AuEq and a separate 367.99m mineralised intersection. The results will feed into a 2026 resource update expected in the coming quarter.

Westgold Resources has outlined a fully funded plan to lift gold production to 460-510koz by FY29 while reducing AISC to A$2,640-A$3,000/oz. The formal outlook excludes its potentially transformative Fletcher Zone, leaving a sizeable but still conceptual growth option beyond the plan.

Catalyst Metals has lifted the Keillor gold Resource from 81koz to 307koz after a major drilling campaign, while the operating mine ramps up near the Plutonic processing plant. The company expects an Ore Reserve update to extend Keillor’s initial three-year mine life.