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Vertex Minerals’ Reward Gold Mine produced 679 ounces in its first production year, but the transition came with a A$16.4 million loss, negative operating cash flow and a formal going-concern warning. The company now faces a narrow window to prove its mechanised mining plan can lift production before debt repayments and further funding decisions bite.

Metrics Income Opportunities Trust has released its audited FY2026 accounts, correcting the classification of valuation reductions while reporting an $18.2 million loss and a lower NTA. KPMG issued an unqualified opinion, but ASX has yet to determine when MOT units will resume trading and underlying funds remain closed to applications and redemptions.

Metrics Real Estate Multi-Strategy Fund has released audited FY26 accounts with an unqualified KPMG opinion, reporting $28.2 million in profit after tax and 10.48 cents per unit in distributions. The accounts also expose a $10 million interest-free related-party loan and a temporary halt to applications and redemptions in underlying funds.

Metrics Master Income Trust has lodged its audited FY2026 accounts with an unqualified KPMG opinion, but the report confirms a temporary liquidity restriction at the underlying funds. Profit and net assets both fell year on year, while the Fund remains exposed to valuation movements in a largely Level 3 portfolio.

Heavy Minerals reported a sharply wider FY2026 loss and a $3.15 million net working capital deficit, with its auditor flagging material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The balance sheet pressure sits alongside stronger project milestones, including a post-year-end Port Gregory study and the push to fund Kanmantoo.

oOh!media has sent shareholders the scheme booklet and voting materials for I Squared Capital’s proposed acquisition, moving the transaction into its decisive shareholder approval phase. The vote is scheduled for 2 November, with the board continuing to recommend the deal subject to key conditions.

EcoGraf has replaced its earlier Epanko announcement after ASX correspondence, setting out the assumptions behind a potential increase in Stage 1 production to 87,600 tonnes per annum. The higher-throughput case lowers estimated unit costs, but remains preliminary and is not yet the basis for project financing or a final investment decision.

Being AI is preparing to transfer 57% of its issued shares to existing shareholders while moving a 14.4% stake to Excalibur Capital Partners. The transactions are due to complete on 12 October, when the company will also receive a new chair and board.

Locality Planning Energy has signed three utility infrastructure agreements that will add approximately 750 electricity and water service points across Victoria and Queensland. The expansion requires about $1.28 million of LPE-funded investment, but revenue will build only as homes, connections and retail tenancies come online.

Alkane Resources has reported a transformational FY2026, with the Mandalay merger helping lift revenue to A$935.8 million and profit after tax to A$228.7 million. The enlarged gold and antimony producer has also declared its first dividend and approved a buy-back, while setting broadly stable production guidance for FY2027.

FirstWave Cloud Technology has secured an approximately A$1.06 million placement to fund sales conversion and the launch of Open-AudIT 7 and an AI fault-diagnosis product. The raise follows a sharp reduction in losses, positive operating cash flow and a lower cost base, but adds about 151.3 million shares to the register.

ASX has immediately suspended quotation of Antilles Gold’s AAUOD securities pending compliance with Listing Rule 2.5. The notice does not disclose the underlying compliance issue or indicate when quotation may resume.