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Anson Resources has secured approval for an estimated US$212 million post-performance tax credit tied to its Green River Lithium Project in Utah. The benefit could materially improve the project’s projected economics, but it will only be realised if the project proceeds, generates tax revenue and meets the scheme’s conditions.

Kuniko-funded drilling has extended the interpreted Silica Hill sulphide system beyond Impact Minerals’ existing resource model, with assays due within four to six weeks. The results could feed a December resource update, but the latest intersections remain visual observations rather than confirmed gold or silver grades.

The Australian Taxation Office has confirmed the tax treatment of Brazilian Rare Earths’ Alurion Resources demerger, including roll-over relief and the split of shareholders’ cost bases. The ruling gives eligible BRE investors a clearer framework for handling the distribution in their tax records.

Immutep has narrowed eftilagimod alfa’s potential registration pathway to PD-L1-negative head and neck cancer and neoadjuvant soft tissue sarcoma after identifying product differences between manufacturing scales used in earlier studies and TACTI-004. A new 200 L manufacturing run is planned, but replacement trials are not targeted to start until the second half of 2027 and remain subject to regulatory, funding and partnering decisions.

Voltaic Strategic Resources has identified malachite-rich copper mineralisation across an approximately 100-metre area at its El Dinero prospect in Western Australia. Preliminary pXRF readings reached an average 8.31% copper in one selected sample, although laboratory assays are needed before the results can be treated as representative.

WhiteRock Lithium has sharply reduced a prospectus accounting adjustment after determining 11.8 million unexercised warrants should not have been remeasured. The correction comes as the newly ASX-listed explorer reports a C$3.19 million after-tax loss and more than C$33 million raised in 2026.

Invictus Energy has awarded SLB a key well services contract for the Musuma-1 exploration well in Zimbabwe, adding another operational piece ahead of a planned November 2026 spud. Wellpad construction is progressing and Exalo has begun readiness work on Rig 202.

Dubber AI has agreed to acquire selected Daisee assets, including customer contracts and conversation intelligence technology, for up to A$1.25 million. The deal brings Daisee's nearly A$1.7 million of annual recurring revenue into a contact centre AI platform focused on insurance and financial services.

JB Hi-Fi delivered record FY2026 sales of $11.06 billion and lifted its fully franked ordinary dividend by 22.5% to 337 cents per share. The early FY2027 trading update was less assured, with Australian sales and The Good Guys declining in July as shoppers waited for promotions and technology supply remained constrained.

Tivan has secured the regulatory and cultural heritage clearances needed to advance an 8,000-metre drilling campaign at its Molyhil tungsten project in the Northern Territory. The company will also issue 3.84 million shares as part-payment for the project acquisition, while its feasibility and proposed funding plans remain unfinished.

Jupiter Mines will replace Managing Director Brad Rogers with mining veteran Matthew Jarvis on an interim basis, while Rogers remains through November to oversee key strategic outcomes. The transition gives the company continuity, but leaves the timing of a permanent appointment unresolved.

Alkane Resources has lifted group Ore Reserves to 1.374 million ounces after exploration and resource conversion replaced depletion across its operating portfolio. The FY26 update also puts Björkdal’s open-pit restart and Costerfield’s extended mine life into sharper focus.

Maritana Minerals has increased the Burbanks Gold Project’s Mineral Resource by 62% to 755,000 ounces, pushing group resources above 2 million ounces. The growth is concentrated at Burbanks North, but the inventory remains predominantly Inferred and has yet to support an Ore Reserve.

BPM Minerals has secured the final approvals for a maiden approximately 10,000-metre RC drilling campaign at its untested Bonnie and Clyde prospect in Western Australia. Drilling is expected to begin within 5-10 days, putting a more than 6-kilometre gold-in-soil anomaly to its first meaningful test.

Vulcan Energy has secured a second lithium production licence for its Lionheart project in Germany, removing another regulatory milestone on the path to targeted production in 2028. The Ilka licence is initially valid for six years, leaving a future consolidation and extension process still to complete.

Duketon Mining will begin searching for a new executive after Managing Director and CEO Stuart Fogarty transitions to a Non-Executive Director role on 30 October 2026. The company says exploration will continue without material disruption, while Fogarty remains involved at Board level.

Blackpearl Group more than doubled annual recurring revenue to NZ$26.8 million in FY26, but the growth came alongside an NZ$17.8 million loss and a formal material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company says cost reductions, faster cash conversion and its refinanced BNZ facility can support the next phase.

Marlin Global delivered a 3.0% gross performance return in August, beating its benchmark as software holdings rebounded sharply. The Fisher Funds-managed portfolio is also preparing to exit some investments and add businesses in three sectors.

Barramundi’s portfolio surged in August, delivering a 6.7% adjusted NAV return against a 1.9% benchmark gain. The recovery leaves the NZX-listed investment company trading at a 13.2% discount to its underlying portfolio value.

Kingfish’s adjusted NAV rose 1.2% in August, broadly matching the NZX benchmark as Vista, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Delegat delivered the strongest portfolio gains. The fund still trades at a 7.5% discount to NAV, while its one-year shareholder return remains negative.

WasteCo is asking eligible New Zealand shareholders for up to NZ$750,000 in fresh equity as it tackles NZ$40.1 million of debt, a FY2026 loss and an aggressive operational reset. The non-underwritten plan follows a separate placement and is priced at NZ$0.007 per share.