
The Mandalay merger and a A$5,664/oz gold price drove a 590% profit surge. Alkane declared its maiden dividend and reiterated FY27 guidance of 163-177 koz at A$2,900-3,200 AISC.
Alkane Resources posted a record A$228.7 million net profit for the year ended June 30, a 590% jump from a year earlier, and declared its first dividend. The result came after the company completed a merger with Mandalay Resources in August 2025 that turned it into a three-mine gold and antimony producer.
The enlarged group's operations – Tomingley in New South Wales, Costerfield in Victoria and Björkdal in Sweden – delivered 168,337 gold equivalent ounces for the full year. An average realized gold price of A$5,664 per ounce, up from A$3,770 in FY25, drove revenue and cash flow records. Alkane ended the year with A$454 million in cash, bullion and listed investments.
The board declared a maiden fully franked dividend of 2.0 cents per share.
Managing Director Nic Earner called the year transformational for the company. “The merger with Mandalay created a three-mine gold and antimony producer of scale, and record production, revenue and profit in our first year as a combined group demonstrate the quality of the business we have built,” he said. “The declaration of Alkane’s maiden dividend is a significant milestone in the Company’s history, and reflects both the strength of our balance sheet and the Board’s confidence in the outlook for the Company.”
Earner pointed to FY27 guidance, released July 21, as further evidence of that confidence. Alkane reiterated group gold equivalent production of 163,000 to 177,000 ounces at an all-in sustaining cost of A$2,900 to A$3,200 per ounce. The guidance covers all three operations on a consolidated basis for the first time.
Gold production for the statutory reporting period, which consolidates Mandalay operations from the Aug. 5 merger date, came to 162,440 gold equivalent ounces. The full-year production number includes output from Costerfield and Björkdal for months before the merger closed.
The merger with Mandalay was structured as a merger of equals. It gave Alkane exposure to antimony, a critical mineral used in flame retardants and defense applications, alongside its established gold operations. The result positions the company as a mid-tier producer with a geographically diversified asset base spanning Australia and Sweden.
Alkane also owns the Boda-Kaiser gold-copper porphyry project in New South Wales, which remains in the scoping study stage. The company said it continues exploration at that site and across the surrounding Northern Molong Porphyry Project.
The record profit and maiden dividend mark a shift for a company that was a single-mine gold producer before the Mandalay deal. In the gold mining sector, the result shows how consolidation can improve financial scale – Alkane's revenue more than doubled on higher output and a stronger gold price. Antimony prices also strengthened, with the average market price for the June quarter at A$30,675 per tonne.
Alkane reiterated FY27 production guidance of 163-177 koz at A$2,900-3,200 per ounce AISC.
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