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Western Yilgarn expanded its inferred bauxite inventory to 244Mt and added gallium, tellurium, cobalt, scandium and gold targets during FY2026. But the explorer ended the year with $159,481 in cash, a $1.78 million loss and an auditor warning that further funding is required to continue planned activities.

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.

Critica has produced high-purity mixed rare earth oxide and iron concentrate samples from its Jupiter project, giving potential counterparties physical products to evaluate. The milestone follows flowsheet improvements including stronger recovery, higher concentrate grades and lower sulphuric acid consumption, but commercial specifications and project economics remain unresolved.

Advanced Engineered Materials is targeting a sharp increase in high-purity alumina sales while laying the groundwork for a possible doubling of Cap-Chat capacity to 6,000 tonnes per annum. The opportunity is substantial, but much of the customer pipeline remains uncontracted and the expansion still depends on feasibility work, financing and a final investment decision.

Impact Minerals has completed its renounceable rights issue, raising $2.205 million before costs to fund work on its Lake Hope and Alluminous high-purity alumina projects. The raise also brings a substantial new pool of quoted options, while leaving room for further shortfall placements.

Alchemy Resources finished FY2026 with a sharply wider loss, lower cash and a smaller asset base, even as drilling delivered strong copper-gold results at Yellow Mountain and high-grade iron results at Valley Bore. The explorer has reshaped its portfolio, but its next phase still depends on exploration success and further funding.

Alcoa has filed South32’s meeting materials ahead of a shareholder vote on the proposed sale of bauxite, alumina and aluminium interests. The transaction remains subject to shareholder approval, regulatory clearance, financing and other closing conditions.

PT ANTAM (Persero) Tbk (ASX:ATM) reported Rp6.91 trillion in net profit and Rp62.71 trillion in first-half 2026 sales, with gold contributing the bulk of disclosed revenue. The Indonesian miner is also advancing downstream projects across gold, nickel and bauxite, although project costs and completion dates remain undisclosed.

Kuniko-funded drilling has extended the interpreted Silica Hill sulphide system beyond Impact Minerals’ existing resource model, with assays due within four to six weeks. The results could feed a December resource update, but the latest intersections remain visual observations rather than confirmed gold or silver grades.

Axel REE has reported a major leap in metallurgical testwork at its Caladão Project in Brazil, achieving up to 95% gallium and 74% scandium extraction from a Tiger Creek composite sample. The results mark a significant step in developing alternative gallium recovery methods beyond traditional by-product sources.

Impact Minerals’ 50%-owned Alluminous project reveals a strong financial case for a staged US high purity alumina plant, projecting a post-tax NPV₈ of A$518 million and a 42.3% IRR under a modular development approach.

Hawsons Iron has confirmed its ability to upgrade magnetite concentrate to a premium 69.3% iron grade through bulk-scale elutriation testwork, significantly reducing impurities and enhancing potential revenue streams.