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Centuria Office REIT delivered a $55.2 million statutory profit in FY26 and near-record leasing, but its FY27 distribution guidance falls below this year’s payout. The balance sheet is stronger after a $1 billion refinancing, leaving occupancy and rental growth as the key tests ahead.

Centuria Industrial REIT delivered 4% growth in funds from operations for FY26 and expects another lift in FY27, supported by leasing momentum and embedded rental reversion. The opportunity comes with a more exposed interest-rate profile and a development pipeline that still depends on power, planning and execution.

Helloworld Travel’s acquisition of Crown Currency Exchange can proceed without shareholder approval after ASX confirmed its major transaction rules do not apply. The announcement improves certainty around the deal, but provides no new financial terms or completion details.

Katana Capital Limited (ASX:KAT) delivered a 17.98% gross investment return in FY2026, beating the All Ordinaries by 15.55 percentage points as its portfolio benefited from defence, infrastructure, resources and technology exposures. Net profit rose to $3.808 million, while the listed investment company entered FY2027 with elevated cash and a deliberately cautious stance on banks.

Image Resources has secured a A$5 million cash advance from LB Group while negotiating a broader deal that could bring further funding and mineral sands processing equipment into its Durack and Yandanooka projects. The advance comes without issuing new shares, but the larger transaction remains unresolved.

Advanced Engineered Materials is forecasting a sharp lift in second-half sales as its Quebec high-purity alumina operation moves from qualification work towards commercial production. The larger prize is a possible 6,000-tonne-per-year expansion, but that plan still depends on feasibility, financing and final investment approval.

Reward Minerals has begun the first-ever drilling at its Mountain Pond project in Newfoundland, testing whether a surface quartz vein and shear zone continues underground. New soil results have also outlined copper targets at Ante Up and Wildcard, but the project remains firmly in the discovery phase.

BCAL Diagnostics has begun introducing ClearNote Health’s Avantect Multi-Cancer blood test in Australia, starting with Sydney and Melbourne. The test reported 56.2% sensitivity and 98.4% specificity in a case-control validation study, but the company says a negative result does not rule out cancer.

PTR Minerals has identified water-bearing aquifers at all three paleochannel targets tested at its Rosewood Titanium Project, addressing a key requirement for its proposed gravity-based processing operation. The company has also cleared access for infill drilling and broader exploration in South Australia.

Australian Gold and Copper has reported repeated broad zinc-gold-lead intersections at northern Evergreen, including a peak interval of 26.4% zinc. A 21-hole, 2,593-metre RC program has also finished testing extensions to the prospect’s recent high-grade gold-silver discovery, with assays due from late October to early November.

Prescient Therapeutics has raised approximately $6 million through its Share Purchase Plan and a shortfall placement, giving PTX-100 additional funding beyond a key clinical review in December. The next test is whether early results support a move into Phase 2b development.

AIC Mines is paying $120 million for the Mt Cuthbert copper project in northwest Queensland, funded partly by a $70 million placement to Hawke’s Point. The deal would add 246,000 tonnes of contained copper to the group’s resources, but comes before Mt Cuthbert has a single Ore Reserve.

VBX has secured $4.5 million in firm placement commitments and agreed to convert a further $2.5 million of loan notes, giving the Wuudagu bauxite project funding through its delayed feasibility study. The company has also abandoned a proposed $10 million offtake-linked facility while it tests alternative development funding options.

Firebird Metals has prepared the first manganese feedstock for its Australian Demonstration Plant, marking a practical step towards testing its integrated pathway from Western Australian ore to battery materials. Equipment remains scheduled to arrive in October, with commissioning targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026.

PTR Minerals has confirmed water-bearing aquifers at all three palaeochannel targets tested near its Rosewood Titanium Project, supporting the proposed gravity-based processing route. The result improves the project’s water supply outlook, but yield, quality and long-term sustainability still require testing.

PainChek grew recurring revenue, implemented licences and customer sites in FY2026, but its $8.94 million loss and $9.24 million operating cash outflow prompted an explicit going-concern warning from its auditor. The company is now betting that US deployments and a sharper commercial focus can convert market access into cash-generating growth.

Sultan Resources has secured firm commitments for a $1.316 million placement to fund its move into Namibia, including initial work at the 171.2 square kilometre Kaalkop project. The deal also carries a substantial option package, with key securities still requiring shareholder approval.

TrivarX has moved Stabl-Im closer to human testing, with pre-clinical studies underway, investigational product preparation progressing and clinical site selection now open. The indicative plan targets first participant enrolment in Q1 2027, but key technical and ethics steps remain outstanding.

Mount Ridley Mines has reported broad, shallow scandium intersections extending up to 8km beyond the Grass Patch Project’s current Block 1 and Block 2 resource boundaries. The results could support a larger JORC resource, but the company has yet to convert the exploration footprint into an updated estimate.

Strategic Energy Resources (ASX:SER) narrowed its FY26 loss and lifted cash to $1.84 million while advancing four Queensland copper-gold projects with Fortescue and Sumitomo. But auditors flagged a material uncertainty over the explorer’s ability to continue as a going concern, leaving future funding central to the investment case.

Orbit Resources enters FY2027 with a 17.52Mt Lewis Ponds resource, a preliminary study pointing to a A$481 million pre-tax NPV and a new polymetallic sulphide discovery outside the existing resource. The gains come with familiar junior-miner constraints: a A$3.49 million annual loss, A$3.69 million in cash and further funding still required.

Fitzroy River says conditions for its A$17.5 million Bowdens Silver royalty sale have been satisfied, with completion and receipt of funds expected within the coming week. The company plans to return most net proceeds to shareholders, although the amount, structure and timing remain undecided.

HITIQ has secured a $1.5 million R&D tax incentive loan facility and drawn half the available funding, providing immediate liquidity while adding interest-bearing debt. The arrangement with a related party also puts shareholder approval of proposed security in focus.

Jameson Resources has pushed back the results of its retail entitlement offer by two business days after receiving strong acceptances, including Top-Up Facility applications. The delay affects allocation and settlement timing, not the offer’s closing date, which was 18 September.