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The Takeovers Panel has declined to examine a challenge to Zenith Minerals’ handling of Aurenne’s proposed $5 million funding, removing one regulatory obstacle to Forrestania Resources’ recommended takeover. The Panel said there was no reasonable prospect of declaring unacceptable circumstances, but detailed reasons are still to come.

Peet delivered record FY26 earnings as its proposed sale to Ingenia moves through the approval process. Profit rose 77% to $103.4 million, while contracts on hand climbed to $850.7 million and the fully franked dividend increased to 13 cents per share.

Energy Resources of Australia has pushed back its critical Pit 3 capping schedule by about 14 months and flagged a potential A$25 million to A$95 million increase in Ranger rehabilitation costs. The warning comes as ERA burns A$62.3 million in quarterly operating cash and awaits a November appeal hearing over Rio Tinto’s compulsory acquisition.

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises has lodged an appeal against the Federal Court judgment and orders in the Gall class action, keeping the company’s potential financial exposure unresolved. Cost orders have been stayed while the appeal proceeds, but no hearing date has been set.

Starpharma has submitted its European trial application for DEP HER2-Lu and completed manufacture of clinical material, bringing its lead radiopharmaceutical closer to first patient dosing. The biotech also took control of Petalion, collected a Radiopharm option fee and finished the quarter with AUD $34.4 million in cash.

MEC Resources ended the September quarter with $1.275 million in cash and reported an estimated 11.9 quarters of funding at its current operating cash burn. But its key Advent Energy investment faces a live Federal Court appeal over PEP11, while an onshore subsidiary holding the Weaber Gas Field remains in voluntary administration.

PARKD has completed an A$800,000 placement to strategic investors, issuing 22.86 million new shares at 3.5 cents each. The capital raise is now settled, but existing shareholders face dilution as the company funds its next phase of expansion.

Sarytogan Graphite’s upstream DFS supports a 50,000-tonne-a-year Kazakhstan graphite operation with a pre-tax NPV8 of US$132.7 million, but the company remains unfunded and without binding offtake. Trading in its shares has also been suspended while it seeks Western Australian court orders over an inadvertently unlodged options prospectus.

Findi says it has not secured financing or restructuring terms acceptable to the relevant parties, while its cash runway remains short and its ASX suspension continues. The company cannot provide a date for lodging its FY2026 audited accounts or Annual Report.

Minbos Resources has lodged a prospectus for 461.1 million listed options linked to its A$6 million placement, without raising fresh cash through the offer itself. The options could provide A$18.44 million if fully exercised, but the filing also flags going-concern uncertainty and further funding needs for the Cabinda phosphate project.

ACDC Metals has moved Mount Jackson from target generation towards field execution, with BLM approval now in hand for a 15-hole program and up to 2,500 metres of RC drilling. The company ended September with $2.744 million in cash after raising $976,000 from an entitlement offer shortfall.

TMK Energy has secured Mongolian regulatory acceptance for a formal gas discovery at its Gurvantes XXXV Pilot Well Project, opening the next stage toward appraisal, reserves and a potential production licence. The milestone starts a 90-day window for an appraisal program, but no reserves or commercial production figures have yet been established.