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Way2VAT Ltd lifted its Q2 FY26 revenue by 30%, launching the Way2Invoice e-invoicing platform amid growing global VAT compliance demands. The company also expanded its debt facility to support growth and pursue M&A opportunities.

Prescient Therapeutics boosted enrolment in its PTX-100 Phase 2a trial to 28 patients and appointed Dr Rosalind Wilson as Chief Medical Officer, strengthening its clinical leadership as it advances targeted cancer therapies.

Vulcan Energy has kicked off civil construction at its Lionheart geothermal power plant in Landau, marking a key milestone in its integrated lithium and renewable energy project targeting 24,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide annually.

Viridis Mining's Colossus Demonstration Plant has exceeded metallurgical recovery rates assumed in its Pre-Feasibility Study, operating continuously with promising implications for project economics and financing.

Vulcan Energy has received the first tranche of equity funding from its €2.2 billion financing package for the Lionheart lithium and geothermal project, confirming progress aligned with its construction schedule.

IFM Global Infrastructure Fund has closed its takeover offer for Atlas Arteria, acquiring a 67.43% voting stake. The company’s chair has retired, prompting an interim appointment and an accelerated search for a new independent chair.

West African Resources delivered 125,179 ounces of gold in Q2 2026, maintaining momentum toward its full-year guidance amid ongoing permitting hurdles and a major equity transaction at Kiaka.

Atlas Arteria has lodged its seventh supplementary target’s statement, reinforcing the Independent Directors’ unanimous recommendation to reject IFM Global Infrastructure Fund’s takeover offer. The statement highlights the strategic rationale behind settling a US$100 million put option with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and outlines risks tied to IFM’s majority ownership.

Lotus Resources has halted production at its Kayelekera uranium mine due to acid supply interruptions linked to Middle East geopolitics and acid plant issues, while advancing export permits and pursuing new funding arrangements.

IFM Investors' subsidiary Diamond Infraco has extended its takeover offer for Atlas Arteria by 14 days after crossing a 50% voting power threshold. The independent directors are reviewing their response ahead of a supplementary statement due next week.

IFM Global Infrastructure Fund has increased its holding in Atlas Arteria to over 40%, maintaining a final takeover offer of A$5.10 per security. Meanwhile, Atlas Arteria's independent directors continue to recommend rejecting the bid, targeting higher distributions and exploring asset sales including the Warnow Tunnel.

Atlas Arteria has lodged its fourth supplementary target’s statement, reiterating its rejection of IFM’s $5.10 per security takeover offer, citing undervaluation and highlighting IFM’s capacity to pay more.