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Yowie Group has doubled its half-year profit to US$0.9 million amid a 16% revenue decline, driven by a US customer range cut and elevated cocoa costs impacting Australia. The confectionery maker advances its turnaround with new product launches and legal wins, while navigating ongoing funding and legacy loan challenges.

The Star Entertainment Group reported a significant improvement in quarterly EBITDA loss alongside stable revenue, completing key joint venture exit and refinancing milestones that boosted liquidity to $267 million.

European Lithium (ASX: EUR) has obtained a crucial ASX waiver allowing it to cancel unlisted options and performance rights without shareholder approval, smoothing the path for its acquisition by NASDAQ-listed Critical Metals Corp (NASDAQ: CRML).

PRL Global has secured a decade-long rail haulage contract, marking a pivotal shift from container to bulk logistics at its Ardmore Phosphate Mine. This move aims to cut transport costs and ramp up shipments starting August 2026.

Energy Action Limited's unaudited FY26 results show a sharp profit decline to $0.45 million on stable revenue of $12.2 million, weighed down by lower R&D incentives and higher costs.

ClearView Wealth’s board has approved a fully franked $0.05 special dividend, contingent on the successful completion of Zurich’s $415 million acquisition scheme. The dividend reduces the takeover price but, with franking credits, could enhance total shareholder value.

Pure Resources has agreed to sell its non-core Mt Monger gold exploration licence for $20,000 cash plus a 20% uplift fee on future monetisation within 18 months, shedding holding costs while retaining upside.

Brazilian Critical Minerals delivers a robust Bankable Feasibility Study for its Ema rare earth project, showcasing strong economics, a major resource upgrade, and advancing permitting milestones.

Wilson Asset Management's active portfolio surged 75.5% in FY2026, vastly outperforming benchmarks and underpinning a generous fully franked dividend. The fund's pivot to AI, critical minerals, and small resources sectors underpins a cautiously optimistic outlook amid market volatility.

Xingye Gold has intensified its push for Far East Gold shareholders to accept its unconditional takeover offer by 29 July 2026, highlighting unresolved project uncertainties and disputing Far East Gold’s own strategic disclosures.

Hastings Technology Metals has accelerated its downstream rare earths strategy by progressing a 49% stake in a Thai hydrometallurgical plant, securing feedstock and doubling planned capacity. An updated Yangibana DFS reveals robust economics, underpinning near-term production and cash flow.

BOA Resources has secured full ownership of Core Value Australia NL, adding the Thaduna and Green Dragon copper deposits to its Neds Creek portfolio and gearing up for a 15,000m maiden drilling campaign.

Critical Resources identified 14 pegmatite bodies at Mavis Lake’s Corona Field and confirmed high-grade tungsten and gold systems in New Zealand, while progressing its solid-state lithium-ion battery technology to full-format pouch cells.

Great Bear Exploration (ASX:GBL) has secured $6.5 million to back its acquisition of the Great Bear Project in Canada, gearing up for a two-year exploration campaign starting August 2026. The company also reshapes its focus by restructuring HCD Technologies rights.

Invictus Energy has cemented its position in Zimbabwe's Cabora Bassa Basin with a landmark Petroleum Production Sharing Agreement and is progressing well towards drilling the high-impact Musuma-1 exploration well, backed by a fresh A$10 million capital raise.

Green360 Technologies has secured its first binding commercial supply agreement with Holcim Australia for up to 4,800 tonnes of its proprietary MKX-CC low-carbon cement replacement, marking a significant step from development to commercial sales amid tightening supplementary cementitious material supplies.

Aldoro Resources has solidified its position in critical minerals with a major resource update at Kameelburg, revealing the world’s largest Strontium deposit alongside high-grade rare earth and niobium mineralisation, backed by robust Phase II drilling and metallurgical advances.

Key Petroleum Limited continued its push for Potential Commercial Area approvals for ATP 920 and ATP 924 while completing two share placements that bolstered its working capital. The company remains focused on securing tenure certainty and expanding its asset portfolio amid measured financial management.

Iris Cairns Property Trust has cleared key regulatory hurdles and removed the minimum acceptance condition from its takeover bid for Reef Casino Trust, holding nearly 80% of units and urging unitholders to accept before the 14 August deadline.

Supply Network Limited has reported a strong preliminary FY2026 with $403.1 million in sales and a 44-cent fully franked final dividend, reflecting solid profit growth despite Middle East disruptions. The company is advancing major branch expansions and IT upgrades to fuel future growth.

Australian Gold and Copper Ltd (ASX: AGC) pushed mineralisation at Achilles beyond 540m, kicked off maiden resource drilling at Browns-Evergreen, and secured the drill-ready Junee Gold Project, supported by a $5 million placement and a near $1 million R&D refund.

Orbital Corporation's 150HFE propulsion system has powered its inaugural flight on AATI's AiRanger UAV, triggering follow-on orders worth over US$750,000 and signalling growth in UAV propulsion sales and service revenue.

BrainChip Holdings has wrapped up its capital management arrangement with LDA Capital, settling a $1 million failure fee through collateral share sales and preparing for orderly liquidation of remaining shares.

Integrated Research (ASX: IRI) reported a 13-17% decline in pro forma revenue for FY26, weighed down by a softer renewals book and weaker new business in H2. Despite this, cash reserves rose 27%, underpinning ongoing investment in the company’s product-led growth strategy.