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Aldoro Resources has increased its Kameelburg Mineral Resource by 35% to 804.5 million tonnes, including a maiden 162.1Mt Indicated category. The Namibia project is now moving towards development studies, backed by A$4.3 million in convertible notes but still carrying substantial geological and funding risks.

Reedy Lagoon has moved its Burracoppin projects closer to drilling while securing up to $2.5 million in new capital, though no field exploration occurred during the September quarter. The company ended the period with just $90,000 in cash and still faces access, environmental and funding hurdles.

Desert Metals has agreed to sell its 80% stake in Tengrela South to Waraba Gold for up to A$5 million, giving the cash-poor explorer a potential non-dilutive funding bridge. The company will redirect its focus to drilling the undrilled Nyan gold corridor and exploring new Agboville permits in Côte d’Ivoire.

Flynn Gold has advanced drilling, metallurgy and a potential processing route for its Tasmanian gold assets, while a completed A$1.5 million rights issue addresses a sharp quarter-end funding gap. The company held just A$409,000 in cash at 30 September, equivalent to 0.4 quarters of funding on its reported spending rate.

Macallum New Energy has expanded its Perth Basin exploration inventory, secured commitments for an approximately A$3 million placement and begun seeking a partner to help fund up to two wells in late 2027. The immediate constraint is clear: cash stood at A$0.815 million at quarter-end, equivalent to only 0.8 quarters of funding before the raise.

Argosy Minerals has completed key process engineering work and lifted the Rincon Lithium Project’s JORC resource to 790,000 tonnes of Li2CO3. The project is technically advancing, but funding, lithium prices and the final DFS remain significant hurdles.

Western Gold Resources has lifted Gold Duke’s Production Target by 62% to 59.7koz of contained gold, strengthening the project’s development case. But the company still needs a processing solution and reports only about 1.56 quarters of funding on current outgoings.

Norwest Minerals has completed oxide column leach testing at its Bulgera gold project, recording extraction rates of 80% for highly weathered material and 78% for moderately weathered material. The company is now targeting completion of its delayed Scoping Study in November after raising A$1.89 million for development work.

Chilwa Minerals finished the September quarter with only A$5,000 in cash, but its completed Nasdaq IPO has since delivered about A$4.5 million net and reopened the funding runway. The company is now pressing ahead with Mpyupyu West and Nakombe drilling, although the key exploration results remain outstanding.

Enlitic’s Ensight platform reached approximately US$760,000 in annualised recurring revenue as two more US deployments went live and a US$806,000 University of Michigan migration project progressed. The company also ended the quarter with US$9.453 million in cash after completing its capital raise and converting its notes into equity.

InFocus has reduced quarterly operating cash outflow by 40% while advancing Codexa and securing a conditional first customer for its overseas real-money gaming platform. The USD 2.4 million minimum fee commitment is substantial for the company, but it depends on development, licensing and launch milestones that have not yet been completed.

Blaze Minerals has reported exceptionally high-grade tungsten channel samples from its Bahati Project in Uganda, while completing the $2.06 million second tranche of a larger placement after quarter end. The September quarter closed with just $184,000 in cash and an estimated 0.38 quarters of funding before that financing was received.