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Morningstar International Shares Active ETF reported a $53.035 million profit for the year ended 30 June 2026, supported by a large trust distribution despite a loss on fair value movements. Distributions rose to 196.258 cents per unit as net assets expanded to $326.395 million.

Helios Energy has posted a A$23.1 million FY2026 loss after writing off A$21.35 million in exploration assets. Its Presidio project retains a 17.5 million-barrel-of-oil-equivalent 2C contingent resource estimate, but the company warns that continued operations depend on further funding.

Tyranna Resources has reported a A$3.72 million FY2026 loss, A$370,484 in closing cash and an auditor-flagged material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company has since sold its Namibe project, raised A$1 million and committed to a new rare earths earn-in in Angola.

Tusker Minerals reduced its FY2026 loss, but the improvement was driven largely by a A$4.64 million asset-sale gain rather than mining revenue. The early-stage explorer is concentrating its capital on Cameroon rutile and heavy mineral sands while relying on future funding to maintain momentum.

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.

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.

Noronex Limited (ASX:NRX) swung to a A$1.145 million statutory profit in FY2026, but the result was driven mainly by tenement disposal gains while operating cash outflows increased sharply. The auditor also highlighted material uncertainty over the explorer’s ability to continue without further funding.

Gateway Mining has reported a year of aggressive expansion across Western Australia, led by new gold discoveries at Yandal and a sharp increase in exploration spending. The company remains loss-making and pre-revenue, but entered the new financial year with a larger funding base after a further $45 million placement.

Dalaroo Metals has moved from a Western Australian base-metals explorer into a three-country gold and critical-minerals play, but its next phase depends on drilling success and continued access to capital. The annual report records a $2.63 million loss, $509,442 in year-end cash and a material uncertainty over going concern.

Quantum Graphite has moved Uley 2 into front-end engineering and design, renewed key mining leases and formalised its downstream structure with Sunlands Pure Group. But the company ended FY2026 with just $210,710 in cash, $10.50 million in borrowings and an auditor-documented material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.

Russell Investments Sustainable Global Opportunities Fund reported a sharp lift in annual operating profit and net assets, with its Class RGOS ETF delivering a 14.62% total return. Distributions also increased, although the fund remains closely exposed to international equity markets and currency movements.

Estrella Resources has delivered a 27,371-tonne manganese stockpile and a maiden 621-million-tonne limestone resource in Timor-Leste, but the operational progress came alongside a $23.98 million FY2026 loss and a $21.13 million impairment of Western Australian assets. The next test is whether the manganese stockpile can become cash and whether Werumata can move beyond an Inferred resource.