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Scorpion Minerals has outlined a materially larger open-pit opportunity at Old Prospect, with an optimisation identifying 16,159 ounces of gold from two pits. The result is an early development signal, but it depends on a A$6,000 per ounce gold assumption and is not yet a feasibility study or ore reserve.

SenSen Networks has opened FY27 with record quarterly customer cash receipts of A$5.3 million, 17% annualised recurring revenue growth and positive operating cash flow. The ASX-listed AI enforcement software company also secured A$2.6 million in new and expansion contracts, although converting those wins into recurring revenue remains the next test.

Sarytogan Graphite’s upstream DFS supports a 50,000-tonne-a-year Kazakhstan graphite operation with a pre-tax NPV8 of US$132.7 million, but the company remains unfunded and without binding offtake. Trading in its shares has also been suspended while it seeks Western Australian court orders over an inadvertently unlodged options prospectus.

MA Financial delivered strong third-quarter growth across lending, asset management and advisory, while warning that residential property credit conditions have forced a temporary redemption suspension. The group still expects underlying FY26 EPS to be materially higher than FY25.

Kantra Copper delivered a fifth consecutive quarter of higher copper production, with net group cash flow rising 72% to $14.2 million and cash reaching $44.1 million. The ASX-listed miner also began Emily Star development and moved its Coburn project closer to a pre-feasibility study.

Maronan Metals has completed more than 15,000 metres of a 40,000-metre infill program and is preparing to accelerate work at its Queensland project with a proposed A$20 million placement. The funding remains subject to shareholder approval, while a new chief executive is due to take charge in November.

Star Minerals has completed mining to 445mRL at Tumblegum South, with mineralised material stockpiled and awaiting transport to the mill. The next test is whether drilling, processing and a cash balance covering an estimated 2.09 quarters can carry the project into production.

Service Stream has reported higher margins, earnings and dividends for FY26, while its newly mobilised Defence operations are positioned to contribute more meaningfully in FY27. The company enters the new year with $8.2 billion of work in hand, a net cash balance sheet and a positive but non-specific growth outlook.

Orcoda has opened FY27 with unaudited quarterly revenue of $6.2 million, up 63% from the previous quarter, while annual recurring revenue reached approximately $14.7 million. The strongest contribution came from its Resource and Infrastructure division, where revenue more than doubled as the company reduced reliance on a single major customer.

Trek Metals has confirmed a shallow, high-grade manganese discovery at Kuro in Western Australia, with 38 of 72 Phase 1 holes returning significant intercepts. Follow-up drilling is complete, while the company has also secured an option over a second manganese project in Arizona.

Evergold Minerals will acquire the Rabbit Warren tenements near Leonora for $50,000 cash and $150,000 in shares, gaining access to a historic gold discovery with an untested 1982 intercept of 3 metres at 23 g/t. The opportunity is inexpensive, but the geological evidence remains largely historical and unverified.

Sigma Healthcare has entered FY27 with double-digit Chemist Warehouse sales growth, stronger earnings and a merger integration program targeting $100 million in annual synergies by FY29. The next test is whether store expansion and technology consolidation can convert momentum into durable cash returns.