Deals
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71 of 71 deals
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| Oct 2026 | Tesoro Gold | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Announced | 40.0 | Gold and silver | Morgans (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager) | Tesoro Gold placement |
| Oct 2026 | Brightstar Resources | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager | Completed | 82.0 | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager) | Brightstar Resources placement |
| Oct 2026 | Wiluna Mining Corporation | – | – | IPO | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Listed | 180.0 | Gold and silver | Corrs Chambers Westgarth (lead manager)Barrenjoey (lead manager) | Wiluna Mining Corporation IPO |
| Oct 2026 | Ballard | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 45.0 | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)CommSec (lead manager)Thomsons (issuer) | Ballard placement |
| Sep 2026 | Materra Metals | Dragon Field International | AIC Mines | Acquisition | Financial adviser to Materra Metals (target) | Completed | 120.0 | Copper and base metals | Allens (buy-side)Thomsons (sell-side) | AIC Mines acquisition of Materra Metals |
| Sep 2026 | Royalty Interest over the Bowdens Silver Project (EL5920) | Fitzroy River Corporation | Bowdens Silver | Asset sale | Financial adviser to Fitzroy River Corporation (seller) | Announced | 17.5 | Gold and silver | Gadens (sell-side) | Bowdens Silver acquisition of Royalty Interest over the Bowdens Silver Project (EL5920) |
| Sep 2026 | Wildcat Resources | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 60.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager) | Wildcat Resources placement |
| Sep 2026 | Minerals 260 | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 280.0 | Gold and silver | Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager)Allens (issuer) | Minerals 260 placement |
| Aug 2026 | Sierra Nevada Gold | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 12.9 | Gold and silver | Foster Stockbroking (lead manager) | Sierra Nevada Gold placement |
| Aug 2026 | FireFly Metals | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 180.0 | Copper and base metals | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)BMO Capital Markets (lead manager)RBC Capital Markets (lead manager)CIBC Capital Markets (lead manager)Hamilton Locke (issuer)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (issuer) | FireFly Metals placement |
| Aug 2026 | GR Engineering Services | – | – | Placement | Lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 100.0 | Engineering and construction | CommSec (lead manager)Thomsons (issuer) | GR Engineering Services placement |
| Aug 2026 | Hamelin Gold | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 8.0 | Gold and silver | Chieftain Securities (lead manager) | Hamelin Gold placement |
| Aug 2026 | Wia Gold | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner; Global Coordinator to the lead managers | Completed | 125.0 | Gold and silver | Tamesis Partners (lead manager)Stifel Canada (lead manager) | Wia Gold placement |
| Jul 2026 | Arika Resources | – | – | Placement | Lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 6.6 | Gold and silver | Arika Resources placement | |
| Jul 2026 | Hammer Metals | – | Austral Resources Australia | Scheme | Financial adviser to Hammer Metals (target) | Announced | 80.7 | Copper and base metals | Euroz Hartleys (buy-side)Shaw and Partners (buy-side)GLG Legal (buy-side)BDO (sell-side)MinVal (sell-side)Thomsons (sell-side) | Austral Resources Australia acquisition of Hammer Metals |
| Jun 2026 | KGL Resources | – | – | Entitlement offer | Underwriter and joint lead manager and bookrunner; Global Coordinator to the lead managers | Completed | 300.0 | Copper and base metals | Bell Potter (lead manager)Allens (issuer)CommSec (lead manager) | KGL Resources entitlement offer |
| Jun 2026 | Killi Resources | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager | Completed | 15.0 | Iron ore and steel | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Hamilton Locke (issuer) | Killi Resources placement |
| Jun 2026 | Kingston Resources | – | – | Entitlement offer | Underwriter and lead manager | Completed | 12.9 | Gold and silver | HopgoodGanim Lawyers (issuer) | Kingston Resources entitlement offer |
| Jun 2026 | Alicanto Minerals | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 30.0 | Copper and base metals | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager) | Alicanto Minerals placement |
| Jun 2026 | Zenith Minerals | – | Forrestania Resources | Takeover | Financial adviser to Zenith Minerals (target) | Announced | 93.5 | Gold and silver | Hamilton Locke (sell-side)Bell Potter (buy-side)Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side)PKF (buy-side) | Forrestania Resources acquisition of Zenith Minerals |
| May 2026 | Ordell Minerals | – | – | Placement | Lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 7.0 | Gold and silver | Ordell Minerals placement | |
| May 2026 | Asara Resources | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 60.0 | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Tamesis Partners (lead manager) | Asara Resources placement |
| May 2026 | Great Boulder | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 40.0 | Gold and silver | Bell Potter (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Salient Corporate (issuer)Blackwall Legal (issuer)Mining + Heritage Legal (issuer)CommSec (lead manager) | Great Boulder placement |
| Apr 2026 | Altair Minerals | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager | Completed | 28.2 | Gold and silver | Sixty Two Capital (lead manager)Steinepreis Paganin (issuer)Baker McKenzie | Altair Minerals placement |
| Apr 2026 | Solstice Minerals | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 32.6 | Copper and base metals | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager)Taylor Collison (lead manager)Chieftain Securities (lead manager) | Solstice Minerals placement |
| Mar 2026 | Core Lithium | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner; Joint global coordinators to the lead managers | Completed | 120.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Morgan Stanley (lead manager)Thomsons (issuer)Allens (lead manager) | Core Lithium placement |
| Mar 2026 | Emperor Energy | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 17.5 | Oil and gas | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager) | Emperor Energy placement |
| Mar 2026 | Valiant Gold | – | – | IPO | Lead manager | Listed | 65.0 | Gold and silver | Thomsons (issuer)Deloitte (issuer)Palaris (issuer) | Valiant Gold IPO |
| Feb 2026 | PMET Resources | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 150.6 | Lithium and battery metals | Raymond James (lead manager)BMO Capital Markets (lead manager)National Bank Financial (lead manager)ATB Cormark Capital Markets (lead manager)Desjardins Capital Markets (lead manager)PearTree Securities (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)RBC Capital Markets (lead manager)Norton Rose Fulbright (issuer)Allens (issuer)Rimon Law (issuer)Dentons Canada (lead manager) | PMET Resources placement |
| Feb 2026 | PhosCo | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager | Completed | 5.0 | Other mining and exploration | Cumulus Wealth (lead manager) | PhosCo placement |
| Feb 2026 | Prospect Resources | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 45.0 | Copper and base metals | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)CommSec (lead manager) | Prospect Resources placement |
| Feb 2026 | Kali Metals | – | – | Placement | Lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 7.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Kali Metals placement | |
| Feb 2026 | Lotus Resources | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 76.0 | Uranium | Macquarie Capital (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Barrenjoey (lead manager)Jett Capital Advisors (lead manager)Allens (issuer) | Lotus Resources placement |
| Feb 2026 | Bellavista Resources | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 35.0 | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)Gilbert + Tobin (issuer) | Bellavista Resources placement |
| Jan 2026 | Odyssey Gold | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 9.0 | Gold and silver | Foster Stockbroking (lead manager) | Odyssey Gold placement |
| Dec 2025 | Alicanto Minerals | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 28.0 | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager) | Alicanto Minerals placement |
| Dec 2025 | DevEx Resources | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 35.0 | Uranium | Bell Potter (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager) | DevEx Resources placement |
| Dec 2025 | FireFly Metals | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 139.0 | Copper and base metals | BMO Capital Markets (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Euroz Hartleys (lead manager)RBC Capital Markets (lead manager)Hamilton Locke (issuer)Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (issuer) | FireFly Metals placement |
| Dec 2025 | PTR Minerals | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 12.0 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Taylor Collison (lead manager) | PTR Minerals placement |
| Nov 2025 | Santa Fe Minerals | – | – | Placement | Lead manager and bookrunner | Announced | 6.0 | Gold and silver | Santa Fe Minerals placement | |
| Nov 2025 | Skylark Minerals | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 10.0 | Gold and silver | Taylor Collison (lead manager) | Skylark Minerals placement |
| Nov 2025 | Altair Minerals | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 13.0 | Gold and silver | Sixty Two Capital (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager) | Altair Minerals placement |
| Oct 2025 | Encounter Resources | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager | Completed | 25.0 | Copper and base metals | Chieftain Securities (lead manager) | Encounter Resources placement |
| Oct 2025 | Ballard | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 20.6 | Gold and silver | Bell Potter (lead manager)Thomsons (issuer) | Ballard placement |
| Oct 2025 | Northern Minerals | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 60.5 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Petra Capital (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Allens (issuer) | Northern Minerals placement |
| Oct 2025 | GBM Resources | – | – | Placement | Lead manager | Completed | 39.9 | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager) | GBM Resources placement |
| Oct 2025 | Tolu Minerals | – | – | Placement | Lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 60.5 | Gold and silver | Ord Minnett (lead manager) | Tolu Minerals placement |
| Oct 2025 | St Barbara | – | – | Placement | Lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 58.0 | Gold and silver | Mallesons (issuer)Gilbert + Tobin (issuer) | St Barbara placement |
| Oct 2025 | Brazilian Critical Minerals | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager | Completed | 6.0 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Wallabi Group (lead manager) | Brazilian Critical Minerals placement |
| Sep 2025 | Lotus Resources | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 65.0 | Uranium | Barrenjoey (lead manager)Jett Capital Advisors (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Petra Capital (lead manager)Steinepreis Paganin (issuer) | Lotus Resources placement |
| Aug 2025 | Core Lithium | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 50.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Mills Oakley (issuer) | Core Lithium placement |
| Aug 2025 | Wia Gold | – | – | Placement | Lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 30.0 | Gold and silver | Tamesis Partners (lead manager)SCP Resource Finance (lead manager) | Wia Gold placement |
| Aug 2025 | Magnetic Resources | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner; Global Coordinator to the lead managers | Completed | 35.0 | Gold and silver | Shaw and Partners (lead manager) | Magnetic Resources placement |
| Aug 2025 | WA1 Resources | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 100.0 | Rare earths, mineral sands and critical minerals | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager) | WA1 Resources placement |
| Aug 2025 | Centaurus Metals | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner; Global Coordinator to the lead managers | Completed | 23.0 | Lithium and battery metals | SCP Resource Finance (lead manager)Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)MPH Lawyers (issuer) | Centaurus Metals placement |
| Aug 2025 | Liontown Resources | – | – | Placement | Bookrunner and joint lead manager and underwriter | Completed | 316.0 | Lithium and battery metals | Allens (issuer)Greenhill (issuer)UBS (lead manager)Bell Potter (lead manager) | Liontown Resources placement |
| Aug 2025 | Firetail Resources | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 5.0 | Gold and silver | Euroz Hartleys (lead manager) | Firetail Resources placement |
| Jul 2025 | Asara Resources | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 25.0 | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Tamesis Partners (lead manager) | Asara Resources placement |
| Jul 2025 | Ballard Mining | – | – | IPO | Joint lead manager; Financial adviser to the issuer | Announced | 25.0 | Gold and silver | Bell Potter (lead manager)Thomsons (issuer)BDO (issuer)SRK Consulting (issuer) | Ballard Mining IPO |
| Jun 2025 | Develop Global | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 180.0 | Copper and base metals | Aitken Mount Capital Partners (lead manager) | Develop Global placement |
| Jun 2025 | New Murchison Gold | – | – | Placement | Co-manager | Completed | 15.0 | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Tamesis Partners (lead manager) | New Murchison Gold placement |
| Jun 2025 | AIC Mines | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 55.0 | Copper and base metals | Jett Capital Advisors (lead manager)Shaw and Partners (lead manager)Tamesis Partners (lead manager)Allens (issuer) | AIC Mines placement |
| Jun 2025 | Turaco Gold | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 60.0 | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)SCP Resource Finance (lead manager)Morgans (lead manager) | Turaco Gold placement |
| May 2025 | Catalyst Metals | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 150.0 | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Taylor Collison (lead manager)Lavan (issuer) | Catalyst Metals placement |
| May 2025 | Misima Gold Project | Kingston Resources | Ok Tedi Mining | Asset sale | Financial adviser to Kingston Resources (seller) | Announced | 95.0 | Gold and silver | Ashurst Perkins Coie (sell-side)Treadstone Resource Partners (buy-side)Allens (buy-side)PwC (buy-side)AMC Consultants (buy-side) | Ok Tedi Mining acquisition of Misima Gold Project |
| Apr 2025 | Bellevue Gold | – | – | Placement | Underwriter and joint lead manager | Completed | 156.5 | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)UBS (lead manager) | Bellevue Gold placement |
| Apr 2025 | Buxton Resources | – | – | Placement | Lead manager | Completed | 3.0 | Copper and base metals | Evolution Capital (lead manager) | Buxton Resources placement |
| Apr 2025 | Minerals 260 | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager | Completed | 220.0 | Gold and silver | Bell Potter (lead manager) | Minerals 260 placement |
| Mar 2025 | Henty Gold Mine and associated Tasmanian exploration tenements | Catalyst Metals | Kaiser Reef | Asset sale | Financial adviser to Kaiser Reef (acquirer) | Announced | 31.6 | Gold and silver | Steinepreis Paganin (buy-side) | Kaiser Reef acquisition of Henty Gold Mine and associated Tasmanian exploration tenements |
| Mar 2025 | Kaiser Reef | – | – | Placement | Joint lead manager and bookrunner | Completed | 30.0 | Gold and silver | Canaccord Genuity (lead manager)Taurus Capital (lead manager) | Kaiser Reef placement |
| Jan 2025 | Minerals 260 | – | – | IPO | Joint lead manager | Listed | 220.0 | Gold and silver | Bell Potter (lead manager) | Minerals 260 IPO |
Activity
By announcement date; raisings and IPOs by their own date.
Headline tables where the firm reached the top ten, ranked as each table opens.
Sector of the business bought or funded.
Disclosed value in Australian dollars.
Most often across the table
- Allens
2 dealsCompare - Bell Potter
1 dealCompare - Steinepreis Paganin1 dealCompare
- PKF
1 dealCompare - Euroz Hartleys1 dealCompare
- Shaw and Partners
1 dealCompare - GLG Legal
1 dealCompare - Treadstone Resource Partners1 dealCompare
Firms advising the other side of the same deals.
Repeat clients
- Minerals 2603 deals
- Alicanto Minerals2 deals
- Altair Minerals2 deals
- Asara Resources2 deals
- Ballard2 deals
- Core Lithium2 deals
- FireFly Metals2 deals
- Kaiser Reef2 deals
League table positions
| Table | 2026 YTD | CY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| IPO lead managers | #4 (2) | – |
Rank as each table opens (by deal value, independent experts by number of reports), with the deal count in brackets. Top ten places shown.
Offices and contact
Contact
- Website
- argonaut.com ↗
- Enquiries
- Contact page ↗
- Company page ↗
From the firm's own website.
Offices
- Perth Level 16, 9 The Esplanade, WA 6000 Office page ↗
- Sydney Aurora Place, Suite 12.04, Level 12, 88 Phillip Street, NSW 2000 Office page ↗