FIRST AU LIMITED
ASX:FAUMaterialsToday’s holders own 84.4% of what they think they own, once every option and right converts.
Runway under 2 quarters; share count grew 108% in 24 months; 4 cash raises in 24 months
FIRST AU LIMITED's ordinary share count increased 107.7% between August 2024 and July 2026, its latest share-count filing, to 188M shares (adjusted for a 1‑for‑20 share consolidation in September 2026). In the past 24 months the company completed four capital raises totalling A$9.0M, most recently a A$5.6M placement in February 2026. Options and rights could convert into 35M new shares, representing an 18.5% overhang; none are in the money, and the nearest expiry is May 2027. The company has under 2 quarters of funding at the recent spend rate. Three proposed securities issues (Appendix 3B) are pending, the nearest expected in November 2026.
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Is FAU raising capital?
First Au has 3 proposed issues of securities pending under Appendix 3B as at 28 Oct 2026; the most recent raise announced is Placement of $5.6M on 2 Feb 2026.
How much cash does FAU have?
In its quarterly cash report for the quarter ended 30 Sept 2026, First Au reported $1.4M of cash and estimated 1.6 quarters of funding available at its current rate of spending. That is the company's own estimate.
When do FAU's options expire?
Unexercised options and rights equal 18.5% of First Au's shares on issue; the nearest expiry is May 2027.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2026 | 2A · quoted issue | FAU : ORDINARY FULLY PAID | 3.76B | Appendix 2A |
| 24 July 2026 | 3G · unquoted | FAU : ORDINARY FULLY PAID | 3.64B | Appendix 3G |
| 1 July 2026 | 3G · unquoted | FAU : ORDINARY FULLY PAID | 3.64B | Appendix 3G |
| 29 June 2026 | 3G · unquoted | FAU : ORDINARY FULLY PAID | 3.43B | Appendix 3G |
| 26 June 2026 | 2A · quoted issue | FAU : ORDINARY FULLY PAID | 3.58B | 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 (3.76B) need not equal the current count above (188.2M).
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
4 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 · Assay results availability (results due)
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
consolidation-adjusted Figures rebased for the share consolidation on record.
- Price-triggered17.0M · 9.0% of sharesOptions and warrants — they convert when the share price clears their exercise price.
- Condition-triggered17.9M · 9.5% 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: 17.0M priced (of which 1.0M in the money), 17.9M 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 $0.17 today, 1.0M securities are in the money (0.5% of shares on issue) — a floor, because an exercise price is on record for only 48.7% of this supply. At double today’s price it is 2.0M (1.1% of shares).
- 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.
- 17.9M (51.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAUAO | Options | Price-triggered | $0.30 | 6 May 2027 | 1.0M | Filing |
| FAUAV | Options | Price-triggered | $0.091 | 10 Oct 2027 | 1.0M | Filing |
| FAUAX | Options | Price-triggered | $0.40 | 29 June 2028 | 1.5M | Filing |
| FAUAY | Options | Price-triggered | $0.40 | 1 July 2028 | 13.5M | Filing |
| — | Performance rights | Condition-triggered | — | — | 17.9M | 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.
Director dealings
| Date | Director | Type | Shares | Options | Other | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 June 2026 | Daniel Raihani | Buy placement | 35.0M | 17.5M | — | $350k | 3Y notice |
| 26 June 2026 | Piers Lewis | Buy placement | 10.0M | 5.0M | — | $100k | 3Y notice |
| 20 Mar 2026 | Daniel Raihani | Other incentive | 45.0M | — | — | — | 3Y notice |
| 20 Mar 2026 | Lei Shi | Other incentive | 36.0M | — | — | — | 3Y notice |
Ownership
Latest announcements
Headlines link to the source PDFs on the ASX announcements platform. Data as of 28 Oct 2026.