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Barys Resources is seeking up to A$2.64 million through a 1-for-1 entitlement offer priced at a 41% discount, with most proceeds earmarked for Kazakhstan gold exploration. But only A$800,000 is underwritten, leaving the final funding outcome and potential dilution dependent on shareholder participation.

Regal Asian Investments delivered a 3.2% net portfolio return in August, lifting its 12-month performance to 36.4% despite continued volatility across Asian equities. The listed investment company’s shares ended the month at a 14.3% discount to post-tax NTA, while its buy-back and fully franked dividend continued.

JPMorgan US 100Q Equity Premium Income ETF lifted operating profit to A$15.678 million as net assets grew to A$106.991 million. The fund is now preparing to move its underlying investment from a Nasdaq-listed ETF to a London-listed UCITS vehicle, with total management fees and costs unchanged at 0.40% a year.

JPMorgan Global Select Equity Fund (ASX:JHL) reported an operating profit of A$39.058 million for the year ended 30 June 2026, while net assets attributable to unitholders rose 37% to A$578.268 million. Distributions increased sharply, although the fund remains almost entirely exposed to one underlying global equity ETF and significant currency movements.

JPMorgan Global Select Equity Fund reported A$39.1 million in operating profit for the year ended 30 June 2026, with net assets rising to A$578.3 million. The result includes fair value gains and comes with a concentrated portfolio, with 100% of fair value investments tied to the underlying JPMorgan Global Select Equity ETF.

EV Resources has completed its A$1.52 million rights issue as crushing and screening gets underway at the Tecomatlán antimony plant in Mexico. The company now has Vinatas ore and a 200-tonne Chinantla stockpile available for a production-capable proof-of-concept campaign, although first concentrate and binding offtake agreements remain ahead.

Environmental Clean Technologies says its proposed Xenica acquisition has gained a defence-market sublicence for MXenes, adding a potential route to customers for its Flash Joule Heating platform. The agreement is not a customer contract, and revenue still depends on acquisition completion, repeatable production and qualification.

Western Gold Resources is pursuing multiple processing alternatives for Gold Duke after Wiluna Mining deferred third-party tolling, while revising the project’s study around a larger resource. The company is also considering corporate opportunities, but no processing agreement, transaction or expanded mine plan has been secured.

Midas Minerals has returned a high-grade 10.9-metre copper intercept at its Deblin deposit in Namibia, including 5.7 metres at 8.85% copper. The results strengthen the case for continued resource drilling, although Deblin has yet to receive a mineral resource estimate.

TechGen Metals has outlined a funded exploration campaign spanning gold, copper and silver targets, with about A$3 million in pro forma cash and several assays due through late 2026. The strongest potential catalyst is John Bull, where step-out drilling could support a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate if results are positive.

Cullen Resources has confirmed shallow gold, silver and copper anomalies at its Lila and Cleanthes prospects in Western Australia, including a 1m result grading 2.42 g/t gold with 2,610 ppm copper. The reconnaissance results support deeper follow-up drilling, but stop well short of defining a mineral resource or economic discovery.

ADX Energy has secured a potential funding partner for its next Austrian gas well, with Empyrean Energy offering EUR 555,400 for a 10% economic interest in the GOLD Cluster Area. The arrangement remains conditional on a final investment agreement before drilling is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026.