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Cryosite delivered record first-quarter results, with revenue up 17% to $4.6 million and EBITDA rising 31% to $1.3 million. The more consequential test now sits with the TGA, which has audited the company’s Auburn facility as part of a potential licence expansion.

Zoono Group has advanced retailer, packaging and shipping-container programs across several markets, but ended the September quarter with just NZ$77,000 in cash. The company estimates funding for 0.67 quarters and says further funding lines or an equity raise may be required if customer receipts do not accelerate.

MONEYME opened FY27 with stronger growth, record-low net credit losses and its third consecutive quarter of positive Normalised NPAT. The unaudited result supports the lender’s reaffirmed FY27 target of breakeven to $7 million, while its expanding unsecured portfolio remains an important test.

Metcash has exercised its first right to acquire Queensland’s Peries Group in a debt-funded deal valued at an estimated $80 million to $85 million. The transaction would add 15 IGA supermarkets and around $264 million in annual retail sales, subject to ACCC approval and other conditions.

AdAlta expects an additional R&D Tax Incentive refund of more than A$1 million after securing approval for specified overseas work on its EW-001 CAR-T therapy. The cash benefit arrives as the company prepares for a US FDA pre-IND meeting in November.

QMines has intersected further high-grade copper-gold mineralisation beneath the flooded Mt Chalmers pit, led by 26.2 metres at 2.0% copper equivalent including 2.4 metres at 9.1% CuEq. The results strengthen the geological model and leave mineralisation open, but continuity, true widths and the eventual resource impact remain unconfirmed.

Amplitude Energy has opened FY27 with record quarterly production and revenue, while a successful Juliet gas discovery and East Coast Supply Project investment decision push its growth plan forward. The trade-off is higher spending, with FY27 capital expenditure guidance rising to A$320 million to A$390 million.

Medallion Metals is moving towards first gold production, with Cosmic Boy processing scheduled to begin this month and initial sales expected in November. At Kundip, the first box-cut blast is complete and underground development remains targeted for December.

Orion Minerals has made Glencore’s US$40 million Tranche A financing unconditional, clearing the way for development of the Uppers Mine at its Prieska copper-zinc project in South Africa. The larger US$210 million package for the Deeps remains conditional, leaving the project’s full build-out dependent on further funding.

Jade Gas has begun drilling Mongolia’s first multilateral coal bed methane well at Red Lake, testing a five-branch design intended to improve future production. The milestone arrives as negotiations for a proposed US$762.5 million Phase 1 development advance, but binding agreements are now targeted for November.

Pro Medicus has signed a seven-year, A$24 million contract with Billings Clinic - Logan Health for a cloud-based deployment of its Visage 7 imaging platform. The transaction-based structure offers potential additional upside, although the announcement does not quantify future volumes or revenue timing.

Hazer Group has expanded its commercial pipeline through a paid Japanese utility study assessing hydrogen facilities of up to 300,000 tonnes per year, while its KBR alliance advances a standardised commercial-scale design. The company ended September with A$8.3 million in cash and reported A$12.9 million in pro-forma funding, but remains pre-revenue in the quarter.

South32 has maintained FY27 production guidance across every operation, while Sierra Gorda delivered stronger copper output and Hermosa cleared a major permitting hurdle. The quarter also exposed a sharp Cannington setback, with zinc-equivalent production falling 27% as paste backfill constraints disrupted mining.

FleetPartners has agreed to a $1.131 billion cash takeover by SG Fleet after a competitive auction lifted the offer to $5.30 per share. The deal still requires shareholder, court and regulatory approval, with completion targeted for March 2027.

New Hope has agreed to acquire the Malabar shares it does not already own in an all-scrip deal valuing Malabar at about A$1.8 billion. The transaction would give New Hope full control of the ramping Maxwell underground mine and create a coal group targeting roughly 19Mtpa of saleable production.

Ampol's third-quarter trading strengthened as Lytton refinery margins more than doubled and Convenience Retail sales surged, but extra maintenance will reduce expected fourth-quarter higher-value product output by about 150 million litres. The Ultra Low Sulfur Fuels project has also slipped into the first quarter of 2027, while the proposed Evie Networks acquisition awaits regulatory clearance.

Arena REIT has raised its FY2027 distribution guidance to 19.0-20.2 cents per security as rent collection and replacement operator arrangements improve across its troubled Edge portfolio. The upgrade remains partly dependent on transactions, lease assignments and approvals being completed.

Nordic Resources has agreed to acquire its fourth gold project in Finland’s Middle Ostrobothnia Gold Belt, where historical rock-chip samples returned up to 43.7g/t gold. The early-stage Jukulainen project has attractive surface results, but no drilling has yet tested the mineralisation’s depth, thickness or continuity.

Advanced Braking Technology increased Q1 FY27 product sales by 8.3% and ended September with $7.3 million in bank cash. The mining safety company also moved BRAKEiQ closer to CAS Level 9 certification, although the quarter produced a small loss before tax.

WA1 Resources has reported broad, high-grade niobium intersections from infill drilling at the eastern zone of its Luni Project, with 41 further assays still pending. The results are intended to support a Q1 CY2027 resource update targeting an initial Measured Resource, while the Pre-Feasibility Study remains on track for completion this quarter.

Mitchell Services delivered a sharp earnings acceleration in FY27’s opening quarter, helped by stronger rig utilisation, higher revenue per shift and a $3.4 million insurance benefit. Ten additional underground rig contracts provide a potential route to 80 operating rigs, although higher capital spending and softer cash conversion temper the picture.

Reliance Worldwide Corporation’s go-shop period has ended without an alternative proposal, leaving Brookfield’s US$3.38-per-share takeover as the only deal before shareholders. The board has reaffirmed its unanimous recommendation, but the scheme still requires shareholder, Court, regulatory and expert approval.

S2 Resources has secured heritage and drilling approvals for two Jillewarra gold targets, while diamond drilling is now underway at Warraweena’s T37 prospect. The explorer ended September with A$17.35 million in cash and a further A$5.24 million Valkea Resources stake.

Hot Chili has confirmed a second porphyry centre south of its La Verde copper-gold discovery in Chile, with RC drilling returning a broad, shallow copper intersection. A deeper diamond hole shows extensive sulphide mineralisation visually, but laboratory assays are still required before the scale can be properly assessed.