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Ramelius Resources produced 48,839 ounces in the September quarter and generated A$60.2 million in underlying free cash flow, keeping it on track for FY27 guidance. The gold miner also ended the period with A$768.0 million in cash and gold after progressing its Mt Magnet expansion, Rebecca-Roe approvals and share buyback.

PC Gold will acquire the last third-party mining leases inside its Spring Hill development area, adding a water licence and operating rights for A$6.5 million. The deal could simplify mine planning and approvals, but still requires Northern Territory ministerial approval and does not add a reported resource.

Bounty Oil & Gas NL (ASX:BUY) has issued 174.26 million shares to raise $2.09 million for its proposed Liberia deepwater acquisition and related Block LB-32 work. A second tranche remains dependent on shareholder approval.

West Wits Mining has received a second R236 million senior debt drawdown, taking total funding received for Qala Shallows to R575 million and supporting its claim that the project is funded through steady-state production. Underground development is accelerating, with stoping scheduled to begin in February 2027 and annual recovered gold targeted at 70,000 ounces by early 2029.

Anson Resources has raised Green River’s modelled post-tax NPV8 to approximately US$1.046 billion after incorporating two conditional Utah incentives. The uplift leaves the project’s US$569 million capital estimate and lithium-price assumption unchanged, but the benefits remain tied to construction, performance and financing milestones.

Renascor has produced battery-grade purified spherical graphite at demonstration scale, achieving 99.97% carbon purity through its hydrofluoric acid-free process. The result strengthens the commercialisation case, but Siviour graphite trials, customer qualification and project financing are still ahead.

Kingsgate Consolidated has converted a full year of Chatree mining into record financial results, with revenue up 77% and net profit reaching A$277.9 million. The balance sheet is stronger, dividends have returned and Nueva Esperanza is moving towards a feasibility decision, but higher waste movement and project execution now replace the turnaround story.

PhosCo has paired a non-binding development partnership with a proposed $1.4 million investment from Tunisia’s STUDI International, giving the Gasaat project a local engineering partner as feasibility work approaches. The funding and collaboration remain subject to formal documentation, leaving execution as the next test.

Ordell Minerals says new assays confirm wide, shallow gold mineralisation across about 400 metres at McNabs East, with the mineralised zone remaining open. The results are intended to support a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate targeted for the December 2026 quarter, although the resource and any mining decision remain outstanding.

Barton Gold has completed its 38,760-metre Phase 2 drilling program at Tunkillia with a series of broad, high-grade gold intersections across planned starter pits. The results now feed into an updated gold Resource, followed by a silver update and pre-feasibility study targeted for the first quarter of 2027.

Sigma Lithium says a Federal Court of Appeals decision has restored the environmental licences supporting its Grota do Cirilo operation, allowing mining and processing to resume. The company has also reaffirmed its target of reaching 330,000 tonnes of annualised lithium oxide concentrate production by year-end 2027.

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.