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Rimfire Pacific Mining has expanded its NSW scandium inventory and reported preliminary leach results that could support a simpler extraction route. But the ASX explorer ended FY2026 with $583,770 in cash, negative working capital and an auditor-highlighted material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.

Clarity Pharmaceuticals is approaching pivotal Phase III readouts for its prostate cancer imaging agent, backed by AUD178.3 million in liquid assets. The radiopharmaceutical developer remains deeply loss-making, but expanded manufacturing capacity and early clinical signals are pulling its commercial ambitions into sharper focus.

Freehill Mining’s Chilean aggregates operation reached record quarterly sales as the company moved deeper into copper-gold development. But the stronger operating performance came alongside a larger loss, negative operating cash flow and a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.

Middle Island Resources has outlined a much larger Serbian exploration portfolio after acquiring Konstantin Resources, with Bobija emerging as a broad shallow gold-silver polymetallic system. But the ASX explorer also reported a $3.35 million loss, $2.39 million in cash and an auditor-flagged material uncertainty over its ability to continue without further capital.

Odessa Minerals has expanded its Western Australian exploration targets and ended FY2026 with $3.66 million in cash, but its annual loss nearly doubled as equity-based payments increased. The company is now preparing a maiden 10,000-metre air-core program while remaining dependent on future funding and exploration success.

Apollo Minerals ended 2026 with A$7.74 million in cash and no debt after raising A$9.3 million, but remains a loss-making explorer with no JORC Mineral Resources or production. The company is now concentrating its exploration story on the reinstated Couflens tungsten-gold project in France, while carrying a conceptual zinc-lead target in Gabon.

Heavy Rare Earths has identified high-grade heavy rare earth zones at Subron while preparing drilling across its South Australian portfolio. But the FY2026 report also highlights a material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern, with only $459,327 in cash at year-end.

Raptor Metals completed its transformation into a Canadian copper and polymetallic explorer in FY2026, backed by drilling success at Chester and new Bathurst Mining Camp acquisitions. But the company’s $3.28 million loss, $3.97 million operating cash outflow and auditor-flagged funding uncertainty leave the next capital raise as a central investor question.

Pure One Corporation Limited (ASX:P1E) reported FY26 net profit after tax of A$5.070 million, alongside A$7.191 million in cash and term deposits. The company is positioning battery-swappable heavy vehicles and electric vans as its growth engine, while retaining sizeable interests in gas and clean-energy ventures.

Avira Resources has expanded its Mt Cattlin drilling story with encouraging high-grade results, but the explorer’s annual report carries a material uncertainty over its ability to continue without further capital. The company ended FY2026 with $1.45 million in cash against a $986,980 loss and $1.21 million in operating and investing outflows.

Clara Resources has pivoted decisively from coal to gold, but its Mareeba ambition sits alongside a $7.36 million annual loss, only $112,000 in year-end cash and a disclosed material uncertainty over going concern. The company is now relying on drilling, asset-sale proceeds and further capital to keep the strategy moving.

Energy World Corporation has reported a US$448.2 million FY2026 loss after impairing its Pagbilao power plant and Australian assets, while the group’s survival remains tied to completing a staged US$350 million turbine sale. The audited report also recasts the Pagbilao LNG Hub as the centrepiece of the company’s next phase, but flags material uncertainty around going concern.