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Noble Helium has rebuilt its balance sheet ahead of drilling at Tanzania’s North Rukwa project, but its auditor has warned that future capital raisings remain critical to the company’s survival. The Kinambo campaign is now moving from preparation to execution, with two wells planned and a prospective helium resource still to be proven.

PolarX Limited (ASX:PXX) has reported a year of high-grade exploration results across Alaska and Nevada, led by a 24.8-metre copper intercept grading 9.8% at Caribou Dome. The company ended FY2026 with A$10.0 million in cash, but remains loss-making and dependent on future funding and exploration success.

Patronus Resources enters FY2027 with approximately 2.3 million ounces of gold-equivalent Mineral Resources, $65.1 million in cash and liquid investments, and a 30,000-metre Northern Territory drilling campaign underway. The annual report also records an $8.6 million net loss and a proposed uranium rights transaction that remains conditional.

GWR Group has swung to a $26.84 million FY2026 loss after impairing Gold Valley receivables and booking a $10.19 million rehabilitation provision linked to Wiluna West. The company still holds $37.13 million in cash, but its accounts warn of material uncertainty after a $19.85 million capital distribution to shareholders.

Latitude 66 returned to a A$1.71 million FY2026 profit as asset sales funded a larger gold resource base and major KSB milestones. But the auditor flagged material uncertainty over the explorer’s ability to continue without further funding.

Jindalee Lithium has advanced its proposed US Elemental Nasdaq listing and prepared to launch major drilling at McDermitt, but its audited FY26 accounts flag a material uncertainty over ongoing funding. The company ended June with A$13.6 million in cash after raising about A$20.4 million, while reporting a A$7.2 million loss and no operating revenue.

Truscott Mining has confirmed gold mineralisation at a new Westminster structural target and is preparing diamond drilling ahead of a JORC 2012 resource update. The exploration progress comes alongside a larger loss, ongoing funding dependence and an auditor-highlighted material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.

Cauldron Energy has expanded its defined Yanrey uranium resource to 55.6 million pounds of U3O8 after a successful exploration year, while warning that further funding will be needed to continue operations. The project remains dependent on a change to Western Australia’s uranium mining policy.

Mamba Exploration cut its FY2026 loss sharply and ended the year with A$1.19 million in cash after acquiring 70% of the Meeka East Gold Project. But the annual report says additional debt or equity funding is required to sustain exploration, creating a clear financial test for the new Western Australian strategy.

Hawk Resources has reported broad near-surface copper mineralisation at its Cactus project, while its FY2026 loss widened and the company flagged a continuing need for fresh funding. The explorer ended June with A$4.52 million in cash after substantial equity raisings and has since secured an 80% Olympus scandium interest for A$1.36 million.

Andromeda Metals completed key early works at its Great White kaolin project and achieved 99.9986% HPA purity at pilot scale. But a $98.9 million impairment, $3.2 million cash balance and material going-concern uncertainty leave funding as the decisive hurdle.

DevEx Resources has emerged from FY2026 with a 9,200 square kilometre uranium landholding in the Northern Territory, $27.2 million in cash and a multi-target drilling campaign underway. Early alteration at KP and shallow mineralisation at Big Radon provide technical encouragement, but the exploration case remains dependent on follow-up drilling and assays.