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Fulcrum Lithium has staked 41 additional claims around its Alkali Flats project in Nevada and reported up to 79% lithium extraction from acid-free roast and water-leach tests. The results improve on earlier water-leach work, although they remain below the company’s 93% to 96% sulfuric-acid benchmark and come from scoping-level tests.

Gold Mountain expanded its Brazilian rare earths portfolio during FY2026, taking Irajuba beyond its original conceptual target and confirming ionic adsorption clay characteristics at Capivara. The progress came alongside an $8.137 million loss, a $4.798 million impairment charge and continued reliance on equity funding.

Axel REE has more than doubled the Woolrich resource to 264.6 million tonnes and delivered its first Indicated classification at the Brazilian rare earths project. The upgrade comes as the loss-making explorer prepares a controlled in-situ recovery field validation program, with A$5.73 million in cash at year-end.

1414 Degrees reported a wider FY2026 loss, falling cash reserves and a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company is nevertheless pressing ahead with SiNTL battery commercialisation, a proposed 1 GW data centre precinct and full ownership of Aurora.

VBX has expanded the Wuudagu Bauxite Project’s resource to 143.2 million tonnes, but its FY26 accounts expose acute funding pressure, with just $301,208 in cash and an auditor warning of material uncertainty over going concern. The definitive feasibility study has been pushed into the first quarter of 2027 while the company relies on fresh equity, related-party funding and prospective strategic partners.

GCM Corporation’s FY26 report charts its shift from explorer to thermal-management manufacturer, with independent VHD validation, 44 products and first reported product sales. But the company remains loss-making, cash-burning and dependent on further funding, while its auditor warns of material uncertainty over going concern.

South Port New Zealand delivered record FY26 earnings and cargo volumes, lifting its annual dividend to 29.0 cents per share. The next test is whether its core Southland trade can hold up as one-off wind farm cargo disappears and the port enters a leadership transition.

Red Metal’s Sybella project has moved closer to a development decision after heap-leach testing delivered strong rare earth extractions with low impurity levels. The company also reported a $19.17 million FY2026 profit, although most of that result came from the accounting gain tied to its Maronan Metals restructuring.

Latrobe Magnesium is shifting its growth priority to a proposed 50 ktpa magnesium plant in South Carolina, backed by 32 ktpa of non-binding customer interest and a 20-year feedstock agreement. The project carries substantial indicative economics, but still needs funding, site acquisition, feasibility work, permits and binding offtake contracts.

Meridian Energy’s generation rose 21.1% year on year in August as strong hydro and wind conditions pushed national storage to 155% of historical average. But average generation prices fell 62.3%, highlighting the tension between abundant supply and weaker market pricing.

ABx Group and its ALCORE subsidiary have received nearly $600,000 in R&D tax offsets, while ALCORE has completed repayment of $2.61 million in unused government grant funds. The company is now awaiting a decision on a separate Industry Growth Program application worth up to $5 million.

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.