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ION Video has reported a $4.52 million FY2026 loss and a $3.21 million operating cash drain, even as a post-year-end $4.25 million placement lifted its balance sheet. Auditors have preserved their opinion but flagged material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

CONNEQT Health delivered sharp FY26 revenue growth and reduced its statutory loss as Pulse sales and clinical subscriptions expanded. But the ASX-listed medtech group ended the year with negative net assets, heavy cash burn and a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.

Manuka Resources has moved its Wonawinta and Mt Boppy restart from planning towards production, but its FY26 annual report carries a qualified audit opinion and warns of material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company recorded no sales revenue, a $28.1 million loss and $26.1 million of operating cash outflows.

Aurora Energy Metals (ASX:1AE) swung to a $21.8 million profit after selling its Oregon uranium project, but the result was driven largely by a non-cash accounting gain. The company’s concentrated Eagle Nuclear Energy stake was valued at about $15.5 million by the annual report date, down from $23.9 million at 30 June.

RareX has moved Cummins Range through key permitting and heritage milestones, while stronger metallurgical results broaden the project’s critical-minerals potential. But the explorer’s annual loss widened to A$5.07 million, cash burn remained high and its going-concern assessment still depends on future funding and project development.

Viking Mines has repositioned itself around Nevada tungsten, with Linka producing a 56.9% WO₃ concentrate at 76.0% recovery and gaining approval for a 63-hole maiden drilling programme. The opportunity is advancing, but the company remains loss-making, has no JORC resource at Linka and will need further funding as work accelerates.

Lakes Blue Energy reported a $19.67 million FY26 loss, ended the year with just $433,804 in cash and disclosed a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. Its key Wombat-5 well found gas-bearing zones but failed to establish commercial deliverability, leaving the company dependent on further remediation, flow testing and capital.

Vanadium Resources has repositioned its Steelpoortdrift project around a proposed V-Iron plant producing pig iron and vanadium-bearing slag for Western markets. The strategy has secured a non-binding U.S. offtake framework and advanced site and funding work, but the auditor has flagged material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Alara Resources has swung from a $19.03 million loss to a $19.67 million net profit after tax as its Oman copper operation generated $135.35 million in revenue. The turnaround comes with a material going-concern uncertainty, planned further equity funding and a legal appeal due in November.

Cooper Metals finished FY2026 with a $611,935 loss and $1.81 million in cash, while its post-year-end Pyramid Gold acquisition reshaped the exploration portfolio. The deal brought AIC Mines in as the company’s largest shareholder, but a larger pool of options and performance rights also raises the importance of future funding and exploration results.

Desert Metals expanded its Côte d’Ivoire exploration portfolio during FY2026, with high-grade results at King Kong and Tiogo and a new 7km Nyan gold corridor. The operational progress sits alongside a sharp fall in cash to A$409,355 and an auditor warning that further funding is critical to continuing as a going concern.

QMines has moved its Mt Chalmers copper-gold project into a Definitive Feasibility Study after securing a $15 million strategic package from QIC. The development push comes alongside a larger annual loss, $9.21 million in operating cash outflow and continued reliance on future funding.