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QEM LIMITED

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364.6M shares on issueASX (delayed) · snapshot 28 Oct 2026470.7M fully diluted+29.1% if every option and right converts$0.012price · delayed$4.4MMarket capAt the previous close. On a day the price moves, shares × today’s price will differ. Prices delayed.

Today’s holders own 77.5% of what they think they own, once every option and right converts.

Moderate
Dilution risk

Share count grew 91% in 24 months; 3 cash raises in 24 months; runway 4–8 quarters

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Absolute levels — not a ranking against other companies.
Cash runway7.1 quarters of funding
Share-count growth (24m)90.6%measured to the latest Appendix 2A, not to the share count above
Raise cadence (24m)3 cash raises
Options & rights overhang29.1% of shares
In-the-money supply0.0% of shares
Pending proposed issuesnone

QEM LIMITED's latest share count is 365M as disclosed in September 2026. Because the filed share-issuance series ends earlier, a growth figure over the period is not stated. The company raised capital three times in the past 24 months for total proceeds of A$6.1M, most recently a A$2.6M placement in April 2026. Options and rights on issue could convert into 106M new shares, equal to 29.1% of the current share count, none of which are in the money; the nearest expiry is July 2028. The company has more than 4 quarters of funding at the recent spend rate. No proposed securities issues are currently pending.

AI-generated summary of this page's cited filings · updated 17 Oct 2026
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When did QEM last raise capital?

The last capital raise in QEM's filings is Placement of $2.6M announced 15 Apr 2026, one of 3 cash raises in 24 months.

How much placement capacity does QEM have left?

About 59% of the 15% placement capacity left, about 41% used in 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 QEM have?

In its quarterly cash report for the quarter ended 30 Sept 2026, QEM reported $4.0M of cash and estimated 14.2 quarters of funding available at its current rate of spending. That is the company's own estimate.

When do QEM's options expire?

Unexercised options and rights equal 29.1% of QEM's shares on issue; the nearest expiry is July 2028.

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29.1%
Options & rights overhang
0.0%
In the moneyAn option whose exercise price is below the last closing share price, so converting it pays. These are the options most likely to become new shares soon. supply
2
Raises · last 12 months
7.1 qtrs
Cash cover · over 4 quarters

Shares on issue — last 2 years

Ordinary shares on issue
Weekly counts from ASX records. Dots mark cash capital raises. Latest count 364.6M per ASX (delayed) (snapshot 28 Oct 2026).
200M250M300M350MDec 24Nov 25Oct 26Cash raise · 15 Apr 2026Cash raise · 18 Feb 2026Cash raise · 29 May 2025364.6M

Cash runway

7.1 qtrs OURS
More than four quarters of funding at the recent spend rate.
Funds operations to about July 2028 at the reported spend rate.
$3.8M cash after burn.
FILED 14.2 qtrs · $4.0M cash · quarter ended 30 Sept 2026
OURS our estimate, carried to todayOURSOur estimate for today. We take the cash in the company’s latest cash report, deduct spending since at its reported rate, and, for quarterly filers, add raises announced after it. It moves daily; announced money may not all be received yet.$4.0M cash at 30 Sep 2026 − $0.2M spent ($536k a quarter × 28 days) = $3.8M left → 7.1 qtrsFILED as the company reportedFILEDAs the company stated it in its latest cash report. Dated to the end of that period, it does not change until the next report.
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12 cash reports on record — Cash runway history
Cash, net spend and cover trend from every Appendix 4C/5B and 4D/4E on record up to 30 Sept 2026.
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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)

DateFormSecurityOn issue, per this filingSource
23 Sept 20262A · quoted issueQEM : ORDINARY FULLY PAID363.6MAppendix 2A
23 Sept 20262A · quoted issueQEM : ORDINARY FULLY PAID363.4MAppendix 2A
23 Sept 20263G · unquotedQEM : ORDINARY FULLY PAID362.4MAppendix 3G
26 Aug 20263H · cancellationQEM : ORDINARY FULLY PAID362.4MAppendix 3H
21 Aug 20263G · unquotedQEM : ORDINARY FULLY PAID362.1MAppendix 3G

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 (363.6M) need not equal the current count above (364.6M).

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Every quoted and unquoted issue and cancellation on record, plus unquoted securities (Appendix 4.2).
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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.

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Securities on issue, by class
How the share count and each option and rights class moved, month by month, with every number in a table.
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Capital raises

3 cash raises in the last 24 months · 2 in the last 12 months

every 5.3 monthsaverage gap between raises
6.4 monthssince the most recent
29 May 2025 – 15 Apr 2026first to most recent in this window
$2.6M
Placement
At 4.5c, 13.5% below the last close
15 Apr 2026 ACTIVE
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4 raises on record — Full raise history
Issue price, shares issued, brokers and stated purpose for every raise on record.
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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.

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6 dated events on record — Forward supply calendar
Option expiries and proposed issues on one forward timeline, with the securities each could add.
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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.

About 59% of the 15% placement capacity left — about 41% used by Appendix 3B filings in the last 12 months, after the issues holders ratified (estimate, as at 2026-10-28). The company has also placed under the additional 10% (Listing Rule 7.1A), which is not counted in this figure. One filing in the window states more under 7.1 than the whole allowance and is not counted, so usage may be higher than this. Holders passed a ratification we could not match to exactly one filing, or whose number of shares the result does not state, and shares issued with holder approval are not added to the base, so the true headroom may be higher.
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Pending proposed issues

No proposed issues (Appendix 3B) currently pending.

Options & convertible securities

29.1%
Options & rights overhang · of current shares
0.0%
In-the-money supply · at current price
106.1M
Potential new shares
July 2028
Nearest expiry
What this supply is, and what converts it
  • Price-triggered103.8M · 28.5% of shares
    Options and warrants — they convert when the share price clears their exercise price.
  • Condition-triggered2.3M · 0.6% of shares
    Performance and incentive rights — they convert when a hurdle is met, not at a price, and can lapse to nothing.

Exercise price on record: 103.8M priced, 2.3M 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.

What a price move would switch on
53.0M106.1M$0.012 now0.25× today ($0.003) — 0 of the priced supply in the money, 0.0% of shares on issue0.5× today ($0.006) — 0 of the priced supply in the money, 0.0% of shares on issue0.75× today ($0.009) — 0 of the priced supply in the money, 0.0% of shares on issue1× today ($0.012) — 0 of the priced supply in the money, 0.0% of shares on issue1.25× today ($0.015) — 0 of the priced supply in the money, 0.0% of shares on issue1.5× today ($0.018) — 0 of the priced supply in the money, 0.0% of shares on issue2× today ($0.024) — 0 of the priced supply in the money, 0.0% of shares on issue3× today ($0.036) — 0 of the priced supply in the money, 0.0% of shares on issue5× today ($0.060) — 47.6M of the priced supply in the money, 13.0% of shares on issue10× today ($0.120) — 103.8M of the priced supply in the money, 28.5% of shares on issue0.25×0.5×0.75×now1.25×1.5×2×3×5×10×

At $0.012 today, 0 securities are in the money (0.0% of shares on issue). No more priced supply until 5× today’s price, which takes it to 47.6M (13.0% 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.
  • 2.3M (2.1% 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.
CodeSecurityTypeExercise priceExpiryOn issueSource
QEMALOptionsPrice-triggered$0.06531 July 202821.7MFiling
QEMAMOptionsPrice-triggered$0.04526 Nov 20285.0MFiling
QEMANOptionsPrice-triggered$0.05027 Mar 20291.5MFiling
QEMAOOptionsPrice-triggered$0.04510 Apr 202936.1MFiling
QEMAPOptionsPrice-triggered$0.04521 Aug 20295.0MFiling
—OptionsPrice-triggered$0.08023 Sept 202934.6MFiling
QEMAGPerformance rightsCondition-triggered——2.3MFiling 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.

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7 option lines on record — In-the-money value & price ladder
What each line is worth in the money today, the price ladder to the next tranche that converts, and the filing description behind every code.
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Director dealings

DateDirectorTypeSharesOptionsOtherValueSource
23 Sept 2026Robert CooperOther incentive1.0M———3Y notice
4 Aug 2026Robert CooperBuy on-market3.5M——$68k3Y notice
4 Aug 2026Timothy WallOther incentive550k———3Y notice
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Ownership

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Latest announcements

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