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Janus Electric has used a A$1.91 million FY2026 R&D tax refund to cut its Rockford loan balance to A$987,000. The repayment is expected to reduce interest costs by about A$325,000 a year, while a further overseas R&D refund remains subject to approval.

M Battery Materials has lodged a prospectus for a $15 million to $25 million IPO, taking its proposed acquisition of LE Minerals’ Queensland graphite assets into a more concrete phase. The transaction still requires LE Minerals shareholder approval and successful ASX admission.

Mount Ridley has lodged a second provisional patent application for an adapted Selectro chemistry targeting industrial metal feedstocks, following first-pass bauxite recoveries of 92% aluminium and 97% iron. Gallium results are still pending, and the process has not yet been optimised for bauxite.

RAS Technology has agreed to a $49.8 million all-cash takeover by The Press Association, giving shareholders a 93% premium to the last traded price. The deal has board and founder support, but still requires an independent expert’s endorsement, shareholder approval and Federal Court sanction.

Latrobe Magnesium says its Phase 1B demonstration plant is 95% installed and 35% commissioned, keeping first magnesium metal crowns above 98% purity on track for the end of 2026. The operational advance comes alongside a tight funding position, an extended A$3.4 million entitlement offer and an ambitious South Carolina expansion plan.

Vysarn delivered another year of rapid earnings growth, with revenue rising 31% and net profit after tax climbing 41% to $15.11 million. The bigger test now is whether its $65.3 million capital raise and Welltech acquisition can turn a growing collection of water businesses into a genuinely national platform.

Arrow Minerals is seeking to expand its Pilbara iron ore footprint to more than 1,600 square kilometres through the Turee Creek acquisition and 12 new exploration applications. The land grab comes with historical high-grade results, but all relevant tenure remains pending and no resource has been defined.

Cygnus Metals’ takeover by Central Asia Metals has become effective after the Supreme Court of Western Australia approved the scheme and the court orders were lodged with ASIC. Trading in Cygnus shares is being suspended ahead of implementation scheduled for 27 October.

Kingsrose Mining has secured the key Finnish approvals needed to advance drilling at Area 6 of its Penikat project, with a January 2027 start still targeted. Appeals remain possible until 20 November, but a separate enforcement order could allow restricted drilling while any challenge is heard.

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has approved Central Asia Metals’ scheme to acquire 100% of Cygnus Metals, moving the transaction into its final procedural phase. Cygnus expects the scheme to become effective on 15 October, with implementation scheduled for 27 October.

Euroz Hartleys says several conditions for its A$145 million sale of the Capital Markets business to BMO have now been satisfied, leaving shareholder approval and Canadian Bank Act approval among the key remaining gates. Completion remains on track for the December quarter.

ReNerve has received supportive FDA feedback on the preclinical and testing pathway for its NervAlign Nerve Guide Matrix. The guidance sharpens the route towards a US submission, but does not amount to clearance and leaves the submission timetable open.