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Magnetite Mines is seeking up to A$1.5 million through a discounted share purchase plan and potential top-up placement to advance the Razorback green iron project. The raise offers free options, but also highlights the company’s continuing reliance on external funding and future strategic partners.

Tetragon Energy has reported a $470,635 comprehensive loss in its first annual report, while highlighting a Philippine exploration portfolio carrying 3.214 Tcf of net mid-case prospective gas resources. The newly listed explorer ended the period with $715,713 in cash, before raising $4 million through its July ASX listing.

Ardea Resources enters FY2027 with its flagship Goongarrie Hub still short of a completed definitive feasibility study, even as Japanese partners and governments deepen their support. The company reported a A$24.6 million consolidated loss, while future funding arrangements beyond the current DFS program remain unresolved.

Synlait’s operational recovery gathered pace in the second half, but the NZX-listed dairy processor still reported a NZ$75.4 million FY26 loss and negative operating cash flow. KPMG flagged a material uncertainty over going concern as the company prepares to refinance facilities due in 2027.

Prairie Lithium has moved its Saskatchewan project closer to commissioning, with Pad #1 construction advancing and Hydro Lithium agreeing to buy all Phase 1 output. The progress came alongside a A$3.46 million FY2026 loss, further equity issuance and a year-end cash balance of A$5.85 million.

Tamboran Resources has delivered first gas from the Beetaloo Basin into the Northern Territory network, while completing its Sturt Plateau compression facility about US$9 million below forecast. The commercial milestone remains an early-stage start: volumes are demand-limited and commissioning is still underway.

Nimy Resources has paired a maiden gallium resource and encouraging metallurgical recoveries with a sharp warning about funding pressure and an unresolved Lind legal dispute. The explorer ended FY2026 with $3.92 million in cash, but a $4.76 million Lind liability and an auditor-flagged going-concern uncertainty remain central risks.

Prospect Resources has taken its flagship Mumbezhi Copper Project to 208.1 million tonnes, while lifting ownership to 90% and securing A$45 million for the next phase of work. The project remains pre-production, leaving the upcoming Scoping Study and further drilling to convert geological scale into an economic case.

Australian Agricultural Projects reported a lower FY2026 profit as it shifted 285 hectares from leasing to direct farming, but the new model generated a $2.36 million net benefit and stronger operating cash flow. Debt fell, equipment improved and management is budgeting for an 800,000 to 870,000 litre harvest next season.

Lachlan Star’s 2026 annual report puts its 90%-owned New Waverley project at the centre of the company’s exploration strategy after drilling outlined shallow, high-grade gold mineralisation across roughly 400 metres. The company ended the year with $6.52 million in cash, but remains loss-making and without a mineral resource or ore reserve.

Ballymore Resources has extended high-grade silver-lead-zinc-indium mineralisation closer to surface at its Torpy’s discovery in North Queensland. The latest drilling supports a multiple-shoot interpretation, but the project remains at an early exploration stage with assays pending and no Mineral Resource defined.

Brightstar Resources says laboratory testwork across deposits representing about 80% of its Sandstone resource supports a conventional gravity and carbon-in-leach processing route, with average recoveries around 94%. The results provide the processing basis for the project’s pre-feasibility study, although Bull Oak and further variability testing remain outstanding.