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Beacon Minerals has reported a sharp FY2026 recovery, underpinned by higher gold revenue, Lady Ida production and a substantial increase in the Iguana Ore Reserve. The headline profit includes a sizeable asset-sale gain, leaving the next test focused on recurring mine performance.

Iltani Resources has paired a substantial Orient silver-indium resource with $8 million in QIC backing, giving the explorer a stronger platform for its next phase of drilling and technical studies. The company remains loss-making and pre-revenue, but ended FY26 with $7.5 million in cash.

Hot Chili’s La Verde copper-gold discovery has expanded rapidly enough to become a cornerstone of the Costa Fuego project, while new funding gives the company room to pursue the next studies and permits. The key test now is whether drilling can translate into a maiden resource and a credible development case.

Juno Minerals has completed the sale of its Mount Mason project for A$6 million plus a 2% production royalty, but the buyer has pushed development into 2027. The company is now concentrating on finding a partner for its large, capital-intensive Mount Ida magnetite project.

Riedel Resources has completed the equity-funded acquisition of the Cosmo and Mt Venn gold projects, expanding its exploration portfolio beyond Arizona. But the annual report carries a material going-concern uncertainty, leaving future drilling dependent on further capital and execution.

Oceana Metals has begun a 20,000-metre diamond drilling campaign at its Serra Negra rare earths project in Brazil, backed by high-grade historic assays and fresh capital. But the company’s $11.5 million FY2026 loss and an auditor-highlighted material uncertainty over going concern add a harder edge to the exploration story.

Ballymore Resources enters FY2027 with Dittmer moving towards underground resource drilling, bulk sampling and trial mining, while Torpy’s has emerged as a second high-grade polymetallic opportunity. The progress came alongside a $3.10 million loss, a $10.92 million royalty liability and a disclosed material uncertainty over ongoing funding.

High Peak Royalties reported a A$1.59 million FY26 profit after completing its Northstar transaction, which generated a A$1.90 million accounting gain. The underlying royalty business was softer, with royalty revenue and operating cash flow both declining year on year.

Empire Resources has expanded its Yuinmery exploration story with new copper, gold and PGE zones, but its FY2026 annual report carries a material uncertainty over whether the company can continue as a going concern. A $4.825 million capital raising lifted cash, yet losses and director-related debt also increased.

Neuren says its partner Acadia has received a US Notice of Allowance for a trofinetide patent that could protect weight-banded dosing through 28 March 2041. The patent has not yet formally issued, but the allowance could extend US protection by almost five years beyond the existing method-of-use patent.

Silver Mines has completed the $26 million buyback and extinguishment of two private royalties over its Bowdens Silver Project, paying $18 million in cash and issuing $8 million in shares. The move removes the royalty interests over EL5920 as the project enters its next approvals phase.

Pantera Minerals is seeking a low-cost foothold in Western Australia’s Albany Fraser Orogen through the proposed acquisition of the 470km² Corona Gold Project. The tenure carries an 8km historical gold anomaly and untested auger targets, but the evidence remains reconnaissance-stage and the transaction terms contain a share-count discrepancy that investors will want clarified.