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Vertex Minerals’ Reward Gold Mine produced 679 ounces in its first production year, but the transition came with a A$16.4 million loss, negative operating cash flow and a formal going-concern warning. The company now faces a narrow window to prove its mechanised mining plan can lift production before debt repayments and further funding decisions bite.

Metrics Income Opportunities Trust has released its audited FY2026 accounts, correcting the classification of valuation reductions while reporting an $18.2 million loss and a lower NTA. KPMG issued an unqualified opinion, but ASX has yet to determine when MOT units will resume trading and underlying funds remain closed to applications and redemptions.

Metrics Real Estate Multi-Strategy Fund has released audited FY26 accounts with an unqualified KPMG opinion, reporting $28.2 million in profit after tax and 10.48 cents per unit in distributions. The accounts also expose a $10 million interest-free related-party loan and a temporary halt to applications and redemptions in underlying funds.

Metrics Master Income Trust has lodged its audited FY2026 accounts with an unqualified KPMG opinion, but the report confirms a temporary liquidity restriction at the underlying funds. Profit and net assets both fell year on year, while the Fund remains exposed to valuation movements in a largely Level 3 portfolio.

Hammer Metals’ proposed acquisition by Austral Resources has cleared its first court stage, with ASIC registering the scheme booklet and an independent expert backing the scrip deal. Shareholders now face linked votes on the takeover and the demerger of Western Australian gold assets into an unlisted company.

Heavy Minerals reported a sharply wider FY2026 loss and a $3.15 million net working capital deficit, with its auditor flagging material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The balance sheet pressure sits alongside stronger project milestones, including a post-year-end Port Gregory study and the push to fund Kanmantoo.

Being AI is preparing to transfer 57% of its issued shares to existing shareholders while moving a 14.4% stake to Excalibur Capital Partners. The transactions are due to complete on 12 October, when the company will also receive a new chair and board.

Alkane Resources has reported a transformational FY2026, with the Mandalay merger helping lift revenue to A$935.8 million and profit after tax to A$228.7 million. The enlarged gold and antimony producer has also declared its first dividend and approved a buy-back, while setting broadly stable production guidance for FY2027.

Cobre has completed its A$90 million capital raise, including an approximately A$17.7 million second tranche backed by its two largest shareholders and directors. The proceeds will support Sierra Atacama ownership, debt repayment, plant upgrades and exploration in Chile and Botswana.

FirstWave Cloud Technology has secured an approximately A$1.06 million placement to fund sales conversion and the launch of Open-AudIT 7 and an AI fault-diagnosis product. The raise follows a sharp reduction in losses, positive operating cash flow and a lower cost base, but adds about 151.3 million shares to the register.

ASX has immediately suspended quotation of Antilles Gold’s AAUOD securities pending compliance with Listing Rule 2.5. The notice does not disclose the underlying compliance issue or indicate when quotation may resume.

6K Additive has completed a six-year, US$27.4 million secured loan with the US Export-Import Bank to expand production of critical metal powders in Pennsylvania. The financing gives the company access to project funding through June 2028, but the final interest rate and the expansion’s eventual output remain to be established.

Lendlease and Bizzi & Partners have extended the deadline for conditions attached to the proposed sale of Lendlease’s MSG North development rights in Milan. Closing remains uncertain, with Lendlease warning it may need to fund approximately $160 million of project obligations if the transaction fails.

Sunrise Energy Metals has signed a scheme deed to move its parent company from Australia to Delaware and make Nasdaq its primary listing, while retaining ASX exposure through CDIs. The proposed one-for-one exchange remains subject to shareholder, court, regulatory and listing approvals.

Rubicon Water has told ASX that the selection of a joint venture bid containing about A$12 million of its technology was price-sensitive information. The company said it only learned of the decision when it appeared on Morocco’s procurement portal, then lodged its announcement after an overnight review and a four-second technical delay.

Mamba Exploration has secured a $6.0 million placement, attracted a $500,000 investment from New Murchison Gold and added former Westgold founder Peter Cook as a strategic adviser. The funding will support drilling at Meeka East and a staged earn-in over the early-stage Poison Hills project, where selective rock chips returned high silver, gold, copper and lead grades.

Iltani Resources has secured firm commitments for a $4.6 million placement, anchored by a $1.5 million investment from QIC’s Queensland Critical Minerals Fund. The funding will support a 145-hole drilling program at the Orient Silver-Zinc-Indium Project before the wet season, with further work planned in 2027.

OFX Group is investigating unauthorised access to data involving some clients and people who have interacted with the company. The fintech says there is currently no evidence that client accounts, funds or services were affected, but the scope of the incident remains unclear.

Osmond Resources’ preliminary study has put a US$2.31 billion post-tax NPV on its Spanish rare earths and mineral sands project, but the headline economics rest on a scoping-level model and a US$300 million funding requirement. The next test is whether drilling, metallurgy, permitting and financing can turn the attractive concept into a financeable mine.

Stakk has executed a five-year US$9 million agreement with US banking technology provider Candescent, with its AI-powered cheque and document intelligence already deployed. The contract commits approximately US$1.8 million in annual revenue through 2030 and is expected to contribute above Stakk’s FY2027 revenue milestone.

Artrya has signed a five-year agreement with Huntsville Hospital Health System, converting the first participant in its SAPPHIRE Study into a commercial customer. The deal carries a minimum contracted value of US$0.5 million for Salix Coronary Anatomy, with further usage-based revenue possible from other modules.

Felix Group Holdings has opened a non-underwritten share purchase plan seeking up to A$1 million from eligible Australian and New Zealand shareholders at A$0.038 per share. The offer gives investors access to the same price paid under the institutional placement, but leaves the final amount raised and any scale-back uncertain.

Sigma Lithium has temporarily halted all mining and industrial production at its Grota do Cirilo operation in Brazil while awaiting a Federal Court of Appeals ruling over an environmental dispute involving Quilombola community rights. The company is maintaining its FY2027 production target of 330,000 tonnes, but has delayed its 240,000-tonne 12-month guidance by three months.

Capstone Copper has agreed to sell its Cozamin mine in Mexico to Luca Mining in a deal featuring US$275 million upfront and as much as US$110 million in deferred and copper-linked payments. The proposed sale would give Capstone fresh balance-sheet capacity while preserving indirect exposure to the asset through Luca shares.