Latest Processing News

Scorpion Minerals has outlined a materially larger open-pit opportunity at Old Prospect, with an optimisation identifying 16,159 ounces of gold from two pits. The result is an early development signal, but it depends on a A$6,000 per ounce gold assumption and is not yet a feasibility study or ore reserve.

CD Private Equity Fund II’s underlying investment vehicle has agreed to sell four mature private equity fund interests for approximately US$6.1 million. The sale is priced at 64% of reported NAV but could lead to a future distribution to CD2 unitholders.

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.

BSA has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of Eonetics, bringing tethered-drone communications technology into its national infrastructure services business. The transaction remains conditional on due diligence, regulatory clearance and shareholder approval.

MA Financial delivered strong third-quarter growth across lending, asset management and advisory, while warning that residential property credit conditions have forced a temporary redemption suspension. The group still expects underlying FY26 EPS to be materially higher than FY25.

Kantra Copper delivered a fifth consecutive quarter of higher copper production, with net group cash flow rising 72% to $14.2 million and cash reaching $44.1 million. The ASX-listed miner also began Emily Star development and moved its Coburn project closer to a pre-feasibility study.

Star Minerals has completed mining to 445mRL at Tumblegum South, with mineralised material stockpiled and awaiting transport to the mill. The next test is whether drilling, processing and a cash balance covering an estimated 2.09 quarters can carry the project into production.

Woodside delivered a stronger third quarter as production rose 12% and operating revenue reached US$4.281 billion. Scarborough is now 99% complete and remains on track for its first LNG cargo in Q4, while the company moves to reduce its Beaumont New Ammonia investment.

Cleo Diagnostics’ prototype ovarian cancer screening test met or exceeded every predefined performance target in a 247-person proof-of-concept study, including among 62 Stage I cases. The result moves the program into larger bridging and expanded studies, but it remains retrospective evidence rather than a validated screening test.

Trek Metals has confirmed a shallow, high-grade manganese discovery at Kuro in Western Australia, with 38 of 72 Phase 1 holes returning significant intercepts. Follow-up drilling is complete, while the company has also secured an option over a second manganese project in Arizona.

Perpetual's Corporate Trust division reached a record A$1.4 trillion in funds under administration, but that progress was outweighed by A$9.6 billion in first-quarter Asset Management outflows. Wealth Management remained stable as the proposed Bain Capital sale moved towards a targeted late-2026 completion.

Sigma Healthcare has entered FY27 with double-digit Chemist Warehouse sales growth, stronger earnings and a merger integration program targeting $100 million in annual synergies by FY29. The next test is whether store expansion and technology consolidation can convert momentum into durable cash returns.