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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.

West Coast Silver has crossed from explorer to resource-stage company after defining 2.795 million ounces of contained silver at Elizabeth Hill. The project has generated strong drilling results and fresh funding, but the company remains loss-making and yet to establish an economic development case.

Lode Resources has reported a statutory profit of A$456,296 after establishing an 8.2Moz silver-equivalent resource at its Montezuma project in Tasmania. The explorer is now moving from discovery toward scoping studies, but remains reliant on further drilling, metallurgy and funding to demonstrate an economic development case.

Surefire Resources has flagged a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern after reporting a $2.07 million annual loss and $1.30 million in operating cash outflows. The company is advancing Victory Bore and Yidby, but both projects remain tied to funding, approvals and further execution.

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.

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.

Prairie Limited has secured C$6.3 million in interest-free Canadian government financing to fund the next construction phase of its Saskatchewan lithium project. The company is targeting commissioning and first lithium brine production from its initial commercial well in Q4 2026.

Lefroy Exploration is considering folding the high-grade portion of its Burns deposit into the Mt Martin Scoping Study, broadening the development case while pushing delivery into the December quarter. At Lucky Strike, a newly granted licence removes one hurdle but several approvals still stand between the mine and a targeted early 2027 restart.

Australian Vanadium will pay $500,000 in cash, issue $1.25 million of shares and transfer a royalty to regain control of non-vanadium mineral rights at its Gabanintha project. The deal simplifies the project’s ownership structure, but the newly recovered nickel, copper and gold potential remains unproven and outside the current development case.

Elixir Energy says its Lorelle-3H well reached a peak test rate of 10.5 MMscfd and a stable rate of 2.35 MMscfd during first-phase cleanup. The ASX-listed gas explorer is now preparing for post-soak testing while weighing farm-outs, joint ventures and other structures for its Taroom Trough assets.

Resolution Minerals has reported its strongest gold grades to date at Golden Gate South, including 1 metre at 14.8 g/t gold, while extending the identified mineralised zone to approximately 600 metres. The results point to possible higher-grade feeder zones, but true widths and the broader continuity of the system remain unconfirmed.

Kaili Resources has reported a peak one-metre assay of 1,125.51 ppm total rare earth oxides from shallow aircore drilling at its Coodalya tenement in South Australia. The result adds to an emerging zone of elevated values, but the early-stage program has not yet established continuity, scale or economic significance.