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Right Resources posted a A$5.16 million loss for FY2026 and warned of material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern, despite A$3.24 million in cash at year-end and a subsequent A$2.94 million capital raise. The explorer is betting that new drilling at Blue and a revised geological model at Pilot can improve the investment case.

KGL Resources says its Jervois copper project is funded through construction and ramp-up after a US$300 million Wheaton agreement and a post-year-end A$300 million equity raising. The company is now targeting a final investment decision in the second half of 2026 and first copper concentrate in 2028, while its annual report highlights the execution risks still attached to that timetable.

Yugo Metals finished 2026 with A$6.29 million in cash after raising A$8.6 million, giving its Bosnia and Herzegovina exploration program more financial room. The trade-off was a net loss of A$3.93 million, more than double the previous year, alongside substantial equity issuance and ongoing funding risk.

Australian Gold and Copper expanded its exploration footprint and advanced major targets during FY2026, but the campaign came with a larger loss and a sharp reduction in cash. The company now has a 38.5Moz silver-equivalent Achilles resource, a newly acquired Junee gold portfolio and further funding demands ahead.

Eclipse Metals has enlarged its flagship Grønnedal rare-earth resource to 208 million tonnes and added a maiden Ivigtût critical-minerals inventory. The gains came alongside a higher annual loss, a material going-concern uncertainty and an unresolved legal claim.

Octava Minerals is pursuing a staged acquisition of a 400km2 fluorspar project in Argentina’s historic Sierra Grande district, backed by an approximately A$1.8 million placement. The opportunity comes with substantial verification risk: the reported grades are historical, non-JORC compliant and have not been independently validated.

American West Metals expanded its Storm copper resource and reported a major indium-zinc-gold intersection at West Desert during FY2026. But the ASX-listed explorer remains reliant on further funding, with the auditor flagging material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.

Elementos has materially strengthened its balance sheet while moving its Spanish Oropesa tin project closer to permitting, financing and a final investment decision. The annual report also highlights a doubling of Cleveland’s inferred tungsten resource, but both projects still require substantial capital and further approvals.

American West Metals has reported thick visual copper, zinc and molybdenum mineralisation in three new holes at its West Desert Project in Utah. The strongest result came from WD26-07, but laboratory assays are still needed to establish grades and economic significance.

Caspin Resources has identified an 800-metre tungsten soil anomaly at Taylors Hill, where historical drilling returned high-grade tin and tungsten intersections. The results broaden the Bygoo Project beyond its established tin focus, although the strongest evidence remains untested historical data.

Javelin Minerals has launched a significant diamond drilling campaign targeting two major deep gold-copper anomalies at its Coogee Project in WA, supported by WA Government funding.

Lightning Minerals has identified two distinct gold target corridors within the Western Zone of its Mt Turner Project, highlighting a 1km-long intrusion-related gold anomaly and multiple epithermal-style trends. Follow-up sampling and trenching are planned to refine these targets ahead of drilling.