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APA Group will invest approximately $1.015 billion for an 80% stake in a new 400MW gas peaking plant in Queensland, backed by a 25-year inflation-linked hedge with CS Energy. The Brigalow project is targeted for completion in early 2029 and expands APA’s contracted power generation portfolio.

Iperion reported a lower loss for the year ended 31 March 2026, but its cash reserves and net assets fell sharply, leaving the NZX-listed materials company reliant on related-party funding and director support. Its Pathoglaze manufacturing operation is also being moved from Malaysia to Singapore while customer trials continue.

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.

Vectus Biosystems has secured a pre-IND Type B meeting with the FDA for its lead IPF drug candidate VB0004. The regulator’s written feedback, expected by mid-November, should clarify the next US development steps but does not yet authorise clinical trials.

PDI Gold’s first full annual report after its Robex merger shows a transformed West African gold business with US$193.7 million in cash and two producing mines. The statutory result remains a US$63.7 million loss, while Bankan’s next phase still depends on an exploitation permit from Guinea.

Liontown has approved a $389 million expansion of Kathleen Valley, targeting average spodumene concentrate production of about 780,000 dry metric tonnes a year from FY30. The project is expected to lower unit costs, but its economics rely on lithium price assumptions, execution and a production inventory containing 21.5% inferred resources.

Albright Metals has reported a sharply wider FY2026 loss and an auditor-highlighted material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company’s Canadian Golden Pike project has advanced to a 54,200-ounce JORC resource, but further development depends on funding.

Cauldron Energy has expanded its defined Yanrey uranium resource to 55.6 million pounds of U3O8 after a successful exploration year, while warning that further funding will be needed to continue operations. The project remains dependent on a change to Western Australia’s uranium mining policy.

PLC Resources has repositioned around Western Australian gold and copper exploration, securing a maiden 13,000-ounce Inferred Resource at Wadgingarra and full ownership of Yalgoo. But the FY2026 annual report also carries a material uncertainty related to going concern, leaving future exploration dependent on additional funding and exploration success.

Canterbury Resources enters FY2027 with just $220,503 in cash, net current liabilities and an auditor-highlighted material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The explorer is targeting at least $2 million in additional funding while advancing the Monto and Briggs copper projects.

Iltani Resources has paired a substantial Orient silver-indium resource with $8 million in QIC backing, giving the explorer a stronger platform for its next phase of drilling and technical studies. The company remains loss-making and pre-revenue, but ended FY26 with $7.5 million in cash.

PTR Minerals has posted a 463 million tonne maiden resource for its Rosewood titanium project, backed by strong early processing results and fresh funding. The next test is whether the large geological inventory can become an economically viable mine.