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📊 21 Aug 2026 (Fri) — Daily Brief

Generated 2026-08-21 09:41 AEST by asx-monitor.

🔥 Price-sensitive announcements (today)

Sources: asxdotcom · 13 watchlist match(es) · 9 price-sensitive

  • MQR — WEST SPARGOVILLE PROGRAM REFINES SPODUMENE PEGMATITE TARGETS · MQR · link
    • 💰 Rock-chip samples collected: 49 · Previous peak Li2O grade: 3.01% · Target area size: 1.5 km × 1.5 km · Pegmatite strike orientation: Northeast-southwest (confidence: medium)
  • AON — Couflens Update · AON · link
    • 💰 Couflens project: Tungsten deposit, France · Administrative Court ruling: NGO application rejected; interim suspension voided · Appeal window: 15 days for Group to appeal · Cash position: $7.7m (confidence: high)
  • NPM — Trading Halt · NPM · link
    • 💰 Market cap: $6m · Free float: 29% · 5d pre-halt move: +15% · Project: Las Opeñas Gold Project, Argentina (confidence: low)
  • PNN — Trading Halt · PNN · link
    • 💰 Project: Morro do Ferro REE, Brazil · Announcement_type: Material assay results pending · Cash_on_hand: $7.5m · Market_cap: $74m (confidence: medium)
  • ILA — Island boosts Galidesivir supply as Ebola surges · ILA · link
    • 💰 Galidesivir inventory target: 700–800 treatment courses by Q4 2026 · Bundibugyo outbreak severity: 5,208 confirmed cases, 2,476 deaths, 47.5% CFR as of 18 Aug 2026 · Outbreak spread rate: 5× faster than historical pace at equivalent stage · Manufacturing partner: PI Health Sciences (PIHS) (confidence: high)
  • AT4 — Del Sol Hydromet Refinery Operational Update · AT4 · link
    • 💰 DoE funding shortlist: up to US$18m (of US$162m initiative) · Wet table trials: commenced on scheelite-bearing tungsten · Antimony feed: ~3 tonnes hauled from White Spar to Del Sol · Engineering timeline: preferred firm engagement targeted within 2 weeks (confidence: medium)
  • SQX — Entitlement Offer Booklet · SQX · link
    • 💰 Raise amount: $2.468m (before costs) · Issue price: $0.04 per share · New shares: 61.7m · Entitlement ratio: 2 for 3 (confidence: high)
  • SQX — Fully Underwritten $2.47M Non-Renounceable Entitlement Offer · SQX · link
    • 💰 Raise amount: $2.47M · Offer price: $0.04/share · Discount to last close: 31.0% · Discount to 10d VWAP: 19.3% (confidence: high)
  • TMX — 7 New Priority IP Gold Drill Targets Defined at Smokebush · TMX · link
    • 💰 Priority 1 targets: 7 defined · Priority 2 targets: 5 defined · Strongest anomaly amplitude: >4x background · Historic intercept nearby: 5 g/t Au (confidence: medium)

⏭️ Non-sensitive announcements (watchlist)

4 announcement(s) across 2 ticker(s): NC6, SQX