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Ark Mines has reported a FY2026 profit after receiving Queensland-backed funding, while its Sandy Mitchell rare earths resource expanded to 379.4 million tonnes after year end. The project now has development approvals and commercial-grade testwork behind it, but no Ore Reserve or mining decision yet.

New Murchison Gold has reported high-grade drilling across three Lydia deposits near its Crown Prince operation, led by a 1m interval at 47.20g/t gold. The results define shallow mineralised zones, but remain outside the current Lydia resource and still require further drilling and modelling.

Gullewa’s full-year profit fell sharply despite a $2.98 million royalty stream from the Deflector Project. The company is expanding its property and gold exposure while maintaining a fully franked dividend of 0.7 cents per share.

Green Technology Metals has cleared the environmental assessment for its Seymour lithium project, while a A$15.9 million capital raising leaves the company better placed to complete its definitive feasibility study. The next test is whether permitting, financing and Indigenous agreements can convert that progress into a Final Investment Decision in FY27.

Tempest Minerals has reported a $4.62 million FY2026 loss after impairing $3.28 million of exploration assets, while cash fell to $969,693. The company retains exposure to Range gold drilling, the Remorse iron deposit and a $3.08 million Capricorn Metals shareholding, but says further funding will be needed to sustain exploration.

New Frontier Minerals advanced its copper and rare earths portfolio during FY2026, but the annual report highlights a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company ended the year with $1.23 million in cash after a $2.25 million placement and ongoing exploration spending.

Revolver Resources has taken its Dianne Copper Mine Project from study towards construction readiness, with a larger resource, secured approvals and a forecast $125.7 million pre-tax cash flow. But the restart still depends on project-level funding before a Final Investment Decision can be made.

Alice Queen has outlined a potentially lucrative Horn Island development case, but the numbers remain preliminary and depend on further drilling, approvals and funding. The gold explorer ended FY2026 with a A$3.55 million loss and A$3.6 million in cash.

Carnavale Resources has started more than 7,000 metres of aircore drilling at Kookynie while lodging environmental and mine development applications for its proposed Swiftsure and Tiptoe pits. The company says its bankable feasibility study is essentially complete, with an updated financial model and ASX release expected in October.

Astral Resources has agreed to pay WIN Metals $9.05 million plus GST for tenure and mineral rights critical to its Mandilla Gold Project. The deal is designed to simplify permitting and financing, but completion and the transfer of one key mining lease remain outstanding.

WIN Metals will receive $9.05 million excluding GST from Astral Resources under a tenure and mineral-rights swap at the Mt Edwards Nickel Project. The deal reshapes ownership around Astral’s Mandilla gold plans while leaving WIN with 12.33 million tonnes of reported nickel resources.

Peregrine Gold has reported a $3.47 million FY2026 loss and $3.56 million operating cash outflow, with its auditor highlighting material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Against that financial pressure, the ASX-listed explorer is preparing RC drilling across two high-grade channel iron prospects and advancing several gold targets in the Pilbara.