DESERT MINERALS LTD
ASX:DSMMaterialsToday’s holders own 69.9% of what they think they own, once every option and right converts.
Options/rights overhang 43% of shares; 2 cash raises in 24 months; 4% of shares in the money
DESERT MINERALS LTD's ordinary share count rose 1.9% between June 2026 and July 2026, its latest share-count filing, to 29M shares. It raised capital twice in the past 24 months for total disclosed proceeds of A$6.0M, most recently a A$1.0M placement in June 2026. Options and rights on issue could convert into 13M new shares, equal to 43.0% of the current share count, of which 4% are in the money; the nearest expiry falls in October 2028. The company has more than 4 quarters of funding at the recent spend rate. No proposed securities issues are pending.
Quick answers · 5
When did DSM last raise capital?
The last capital raise in Desert Minerals's filings is Placement of $1.0M announced 2 June 2026, one of 2 cash raises in 24 months.
How much placement capacity does DSM have left?
None of the 15% placement capacity counted as used in the last 12 months (estimate). Under ASX Listing Rule 7.1 a company may place up to 15% of its shares in 12 months without shareholder approval.
How much cash does DSM have?
In its quarterly cash report for the quarter ended 30 June 2026, Desert Minerals reported $4.0M of cash and estimated 24.7 quarters of funding available at its current rate of spending. That is the company's own estimate.
When do DSM's options expire?
Unexercised options and rights equal 43% of Desert Minerals's shares on issue; the nearest expiry is Oct 2028.
How much has DSM's share count grown?
Desert Minerals has 29.4M shares on issue as at 28 Oct 2026, up 1.9% over 24 months according to its Appendix 2A filings.
Shares on issue — last 2 years
Cash runway
Issuance timeline
Latest 5 filings (Appendix 2AThe form a company lodges to have new securities quoted on the ASX. It restates how many of each class are on issue. quoted issues, 3G unquoted, 3H cancellations)
| Date | Form | Security | On issue, per this filing | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Sept 2026 | 3G · unquoted | DSM : ORDINARY FULLY PAID | 28.4M | Appendix 3G |
| 1 Sept 2026 | 3G · unquoted | DSM : ORDINARY FULLY PAID | 28.4M | Appendix 3G |
| 9 July 2026 | 2A · quoted issue | DSM : ORDINARY FULLY PAID | 28.4M | Appendix 2A |
| 19 June 2026 | 2A · quoted issue | DSM : ORDINARY FULLY PAID | 28.0M | Appendix 2A |
| 10 June 2026 | 2A · quoted issue | DSM : ORDINARY FULLY PAID | 27.9M | Appendix 2A |
Each filing states the count for the security it names, as at its own reference date and in the units of that filing — so the newest row (28.4M) need not equal the current count above (29.4M).
Securities on issue over time
Ordinary shares and every option and rights class, month by month over two years. The top edge is the fully diluted count.
Capital raises
2 cash raises in the last 24 months · 1 in the last 12 months
Results due
What the company's own reports say is coming, and when. A month is one the report names; “by end of year” is a deadline such as “Q4”. See every explorer on the results calendar.
- by end 2026 · JORC Exploration Target assessment (planned)
- by end 2026 · JORC Exploration Target defined (planned)
Forward supply
Every dated event on record that could add securities to the register — option expiries to their stated dates and proposed issues over the next 18 months, on one timeline.
Placement capacity
How much stock a company can place without asking holders. Listing Rule 7.1 / 7.1ARule 7.1 lets a company issue up to 15% of its shares in 12 months without a shareholder vote. Rule 7.1A adds 10% for smaller companies whose holders approve it. allows 15% of ordinary securities in any 12 months, and every Appendix 3BNotice that a company proposes to issue new securities, such as a placement. The securities are not on issue until a later filing confirms it. states how much of it an issue uses.
Pending proposed issues
Options & convertible securities
- Price-triggered9.8M · 33.2% of sharesOptions and warrants — they convert when the share price clears their exercise price.At least 8.5M of it states no exercise price — that much cannot be called in or out of the money.
- Condition-triggered2.9M · 9.9% of sharesPerformance and incentive rights — they convert when a hurdle is met, not at a price, and can lapse to nothing.
Exercise price on record: 1.3M priced (of which 1.3M in the money), 11.4M where the filing never states one. A security with no exercise price is never counted in the money — nothing is paid to convert it, so there is no price for it to be above.
Each figure is the filing’s own count of securities, not a share count — a 2A never states what one security converts into.
At $0.68 today, 1.3M securities are in the money (4.3% of shares on issue) — a floor, because an exercise price is on record for only 9.9% of this supply. No price up to ten times today’s switches on any more priced supply.
- Priced supply in the money at the price on the axis — the curve, and the only thing on it. Ten prices, sampled: between two of them the true figure lies between the two.
- 11.4M (90.1% of the supply above) states no exercise price at all. It cannot be called in or out of the money at any price, which is why it is hatched rather than plotted.
| Code | Security | Type | Exercise price | Expiry | On issue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSMAB | Options | Price-triggered, no exercise price stated | — | 21 Oct 2028 | 8.5M | Filing |
| DSMAD | Options | Price-triggered | $0.35 | 1 Sept 2029 | 1.3M | Filing |
| — | Performance rights | Condition-triggered | — | — | 2.9M | Filing Meeting |
“Nil” is a stated nil exercise price: nothing is paid to convert. An em dash means the filing names no exercise price at all. Security is read from the filing’s own class description; an em dash there means the description is not one this table labels. One row is one security class, at the number stated in the most recent quotation application that restated it — linked, and dated, in the last column. For what expires soon across other listed companies, see the options expiry calendar.
A condition-triggered class has no exercise price and usually no expiry: what it vests on is set by a shareholder resolution, not by the register. Where the company lodged a notice of meeting before the class first appears here, it is linked as “Meeting” — that is where terms of this kind are put to shareholders. It is not confirmation that the document sets this class’s conditions, and no link appears where there is no such filing.
- DSMACPrice-triggered600k securities → 09 July 2026 Appendix 2A
Director dealings
| Date | Director | Type | Shares | Options | Other | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sept 2026 | Adam Ritchie | Other incentive | — | 450k | 800k | — | 3Y notice |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Daniel Campbell | Other incentive | — | 450k | 800k | — | 3Y notice |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Peretz Schapiro | Other incentive | — | 600k | 1.0M | — | 3Y notice |
Ownership
Latest announcements
Headlines link to the source PDFs on the ASX announcements platform. Data as of 28 Oct 2026.