Latest Production Testing News

Yancoal’s September quarter brought stronger realised coal prices and a A$340 million rise in cash before its Kestrel acquisition and interim dividend. The US$1.85 billion deal now starts contributing earnings, although the mine’s first quarter will include a planned longwall relocation and additional debt funding.

TMK Energy has secured Mongolian regulatory acceptance for a formal gas discovery at its Gurvantes XXXV Pilot Well Project, opening the next stage toward appraisal, reserves and a potential production licence. The milestone starts a 90-day window for an appraisal program, but no reserves or commercial production figures have yet been established.

Beetaloo Energy is approaching a pivotal Q4 milestone, with its Carpentaria Gas Plant moving into final instrumentation and electrical works after Carpentaria-5H sustained an average 6.9 TJ/day flow. The company also ended September with $113.2 million in liquidity and unveiled a longer-term gas-to-power and data centre opportunity near Darwin.

InFocus Group has signed its first Codexa ROW customer, with a conditional agreement that could deliver at least USD 2.4 million over 24 months. The company must first build and validate a prediction markets module, secure regulatory readiness and complete the customer's licensing and SPV arrangements.

Cleo Diagnostics has moved its pre-surgical ovarian cancer test into formal Analytical Validation, a key regulatory step before its planned FDA 510(k) submission in the first half of 2027. The three-batch program is expected to take about three months, but no validation results have yet been reported.

Peninsula Energy’s low-pH uranium restart delivered stronger grades but failed to move enough solution through its Lance wellfields, forcing a guidance withdrawal and a US$50.1 million impairment. The company has fresh funding, but its auditor has warned of material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.

InFocus is extending its Codexa platform from US sweepstakes gaming into licensed real-money online gambling markets, initially targeting Curaçao and crypto-native operators. Commercial availability is expected in early 2027, but the expansion still depends on product testing, regulatory registration and customer uptake.

D3 Energy has re-established gas flow at its NGT245 E well in South Africa and confirmed a 5.2% helium composition in a new sample. Further remediation is still required before production testing, while the methane result is being retested.

Elixir Energy has begun the second phase of flow testing at Lorelle-3H after a 60-day reservoir soak, moving the Queensland appraisal well closer to a potential maiden Reserves booking. Success could position the well as a foundation producer for the proposed Warkon Pilot.

FortifAI has emerged from its first year as an AI infrastructure company with $20.4 million in cash, but a $29 million statutory loss and sharply lower gaming revenue. The company now needs to turn NOL8’s early testing and partnerships into commercial adoption before its cash-backed growth strategy faces a harder test.

Lakes Blue Energy reported a $19.67 million FY26 loss, ended the year with just $433,804 in cash and disclosed a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. Its key Wombat-5 well found gas-bearing zones but failed to establish commercial deliverability, leaving the company dependent on further remediation, flow testing and capital.

Pure Resources finished 2026 with $3.67 million in cash and no debt after raising $4.7 million, but its annual loss widened as it shifted from explorer to a Garnet Hills-led advanced materials platform. The company is now pursuing garnet abrasives, jumbo flake graphite and heavy rare earth recovery through US research and defence partnerships.