Latest Production Targets News

Orion Minerals has set out a clearer route towards first production at its Prieska copper-zinc project, but its audited FY2026 accounts warn that further funding remains essential. The company reported a A$12.69 million loss and A$14.46 million in cash while targeting first production in Q3 2027.

Chariot Resources has secured A$1.1 million from institutional and sophisticated investors to advance its proposed Nigerian lithium acquisition, exploration and partner-funded development program. The raising also brings potential option dilution and only partially addresses the company’s secured debt.

Western Gold Resources has sharply expanded the proposed Gold Duke mine, lifting its production target by 62% and forecasting A$72.9 million in operating surplus. The preliminary study is stronger on paper, but still depends on funding and the restart of toll treatment at Wiluna.

New Zealand King Salmon has raised its FY26 pro-forma EBITDA guidance to $36 million-$39 million, citing better fish performance and lower-than-expected mortality. Harvest volumes are unchanged, while higher feed and wellboat costs are expected to emerge in FY27.

Latrobe Magnesium has detailed the capital, feedstock and valuation assumptions behind its proposed 50 ktpa magnesium plant in South Carolina. The project retains strong headline economics, but funding, feasibility work and a final investment decision remain ahead.

Global Lithium’s Manna-Nova integration study nearly doubles the project’s post-tax NPV to A$945.7 million while cutting funded pre-production capital by 59%. The plan targets first direct shipping ore in May 2027 and spodumene concentrate production by mid-2027, but still depends on funding, approvals and a final investment decision.

Element 25 has started early site works at its Butcherbird Expansion Project in Western Australia, preparing the ground for a planned 1.1Mtpa manganese operation. The milestone shifts the project from planning towards physical construction, although the main construction package is yet to be awarded.

Latrobe Magnesium is shifting its growth priority to a proposed 50 ktpa magnesium plant in South Carolina, backed by 32 ktpa of non-binding customer interest and a 20-year feedstock agreement. The project carries substantial indicative economics, but still needs funding, site acquisition, feasibility work, permits and binding offtake contracts.

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.

Imagion Biosystems has signed nanoComposix to resume GMP-aligned manufacturing of the MagSense nanoparticle core, a move designed to support its FDA-cleared HER2 breast cancer programme without the fixed cost of an in-house facility. The agreement improves manufacturing readiness, but its value, duration and production commitments remain undisclosed.

49 Metals has elevated CEO Phil Carter to Managing Director while shifting Executive Director Oliver Kreuzer into a non-executive and consulting role. The restructure comes with A$265,000 in base pay for Carter and 5 million options exercisable at 25¢ and 30¢.

Wide Open Agriculture has signed three additional non-binding framework agreements with prospective contract manufacturers in Vietnam, India and Indonesia, bringing its shortlist to four. The agreements protect WOA’s lupin intellectual property while technical and commercial feasibility work begins, but stop well short of securing production or revenue.