Latest Operational Milestones News

Metallium has completed a 12-hour campaign using three Flash Joule Heating reactors to process platinum-group-metal-bearing catalytic converter material under reactive chlorination conditions. The milestone advances the company’s scale-up program, but recovery results, product economics and feedstock grades remain unverified.

Cooper Metals finished FY2026 with a $611,935 loss and $1.81 million in cash, while its post-year-end Pyramid Gold acquisition reshaped the exploration portfolio. The deal brought AIC Mines in as the company’s largest shareholder, but a larger pool of options and performance rights also raises the importance of future funding and exploration results.

Blackstone Minerals has reported a larger FY2026 loss and warned of material uncertainty around its ability to continue as a going concern, despite ending the year with $13.7 million in cash. The company is directing its remaining financial capacity towards the Mankayan copper-gold project while seeking to reduce exposure to its Vietnam nickel assets.

Peak Processing delivered its first positive Group EBITDA quarter in FY2026, but the turnaround remains financially fragile. The ASX-listed THC beverage manufacturer reported a $7.8 million statutory loss, negative operating cash flow and an explicit material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.

Aguia Resources has begun commercial Pampafós phosphate production in Brazil and improved Santa Barbara gold recoveries, but its annual report carries a material going-concern warning. A Brazilian court has also declared the Três Estradas environmental licensing process null, leaving the company’s flagship new operation exposed to an unresolved legal fight.

Taruga Minerals has transformed its exploration strategy around two Papua New Guinea projects, but the next phase comes with a clear funding constraint. The ASX-listed explorer ended FY2026 with A$1.84 million in cash, a A$3.77 million loss and an auditor-highlighted material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.

Redcastle Resources reached its biggest operational milestone in FY2026 by starting mining at Redcastle Reef, but the project was temporarily suspended after Wiluna Mining halted relevant processing activities. The annual report also flags a material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Estrella Resources has delivered a 27,371-tonne manganese stockpile and a maiden 621-million-tonne limestone resource in Timor-Leste, but the operational progress came alongside a $23.98 million FY2026 loss and a $21.13 million impairment of Western Australian assets. The next test is whether the manganese stockpile can become cash and whether Werumata can move beyond an Inferred resource.

Vection Technologies delivered its first positive full-year operating cash flow and a sharp rise in adjusted EBITDA in FY26. Yet the audited report warns that continued operations depend on stronger sales, margin gains, cost reductions and potential access to further capital.

Imagion Biosystems has secured central ethics approval for its US Phase 1b/2 trial of the MagSense HER2 imaging agent, removing a key requirement before recruitment can begin. Site activation is now underway, but no patient has yet been enrolled and the announcement provides no clinical data.

NuEnergy Gas is moving its Tanjung Enim coal bed methane project towards targeted first gas sales in early 2027, backed by a US$88 million field service contract. But the ASX-listed developer ended FY2026 with only A$552,509 in cash, substantial liabilities and a material uncertainty around its ability to continue as a going concern.

Audalia Resources has outlined a 24.2 million tonne Medcalf resource, a maiden 11.77 million tonne probable ore reserve and study economics of up to $227 million in NPV. But the ASX-listed developer also reported a $1.31 million loss, only $720,861 in cash and an auditor warning over its ability to continue as a going concern.