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Reward Minerals has completed its maiden drilling program at the Jackpot gold-copper prospect, but the more immediate investor issue is funding: the company held $262,000 in cash at 30 September, equivalent to 0.43 quarters of reported outgoings. Reward says it intends to pursue a placement or entitlement issue while awaiting assay results and continuing Beyondie partnership talks.

Metallium has signed a non-binding MOU with global commodity trader Traxys to explore feedstock, processing, offtake and financing opportunities for U.S. critical metals. The framework could improve the path to commercial scale, but it contains no binding volumes, prices, funding or sales commitments.

InVert Graphite has secured outright ownership of Curtin University’s RapidPulse technology while advancing a 2.56 million tonne contained graphite resource at Kumba. The company ended September with A$3.2 million in cash, giving it an estimated 5.5 quarters of funding at the latest spending rate.

Neometals has cut its annual loss and sharpened its portfolio, but Deloitte has warned of a material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The miner says it may need about A$5 million in additional funding from December while pursuing unpaid placement proceeds from Omaha Value Holdings.

Neometals reported high-grade gold and copper intersections at Barrambie during the September quarter, but its cash position remains tight after drawing a A$2 million secured loan. The company estimated only 1.08 quarters of funding and is still pursuing A$5 million in unpaid placement proceeds.

Wide Open Agriculture has completed a study for a proposed 10,000-tonne-per-year lupin protein facility with indicative annual revenue of A$240 million to A$295 million. The project remains unfunded, unapproved and years from production, leaving contract manufacturing as the immediate test of the company’s strategy.

Codrus Minerals has completed its acquisition of EdgeMet, adding copper and molybdenum exploration projects in Queensland and Peru alongside early-stage technology from Rice University. The transaction was funded with 230 million shares, 60 million performance rights and A$100,000 in upfront cash.

MC Mining has warned of a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern, despite its flagship Makhado project entering hot commissioning. The company ended FY2026 with US$2.904 million in cash, a US$49.746 million net current liability position and continued reliance on shareholder funding.

ACDC Metals enters FY27 with a larger Nevada exploration footprint and a 10-year licence over its Goschen Central rare earths project, but a sharply higher annual loss and ongoing funding needs remain part of the picture. The company plans up to 2,500 metres of reverse-circulation drilling at Mount Jackson in Q4 CY2026.

Cobalt Blue has secured a US$150,000 contract to deliver key technical work for Glomar Minerals’ planned US polymetallic nodule refinery. The work takes Project Infinity into a formal Preliminary Economic Analysis, although the project remains at an early evaluation stage and its cost estimates carry a wide accuracy range.

Cobalt Blue has cleared important technical and regulatory hurdles at its Kwinana refinery, but the pre-revenue developer says further funding is needed and auditors flagged material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company reported an A$8.797 million loss for FY2026 despite ending the year with A$4.265 million in cash.

Globe Metals and Mining has completed a bullish bankable feasibility study for its Kanyika niobium project, but the company still needs substantial funding to reach production. A proposed Sinomine transaction and a September mining-development deadline add urgency to the next phase.