Part 3 tests Brightstar's disclosure record against what it delivered, looks at the board and its incentives, sets the company against its peers, sets out the risks specific to it, and closes with Samso's concluding comments.

Part 2 reads the 4.46 million ounce Mineral Resource and the 351,000 ounce Ore Reserve, the 2026 drilling at Sandstone, the Laverton mill build and the balance sheet behind a June 2027 quarter target for first gold.

Wiluna Mining (ASX: WMC) seeks A$180 million to relist on the ASX. Samso reviews the Wiluna gold mine, its ASX history, the offer, the funding and the risks.

Brightstar Resources is building a 1.5 million tonne a year gold plant at Laverton, funded to first gold by a US$120 million bond and A$193 million of equity. Part 1 covers how the company was assembled, the three hubs, and what the updated feasibility study actually says.

Aureka Limited (ASX: AKA) is a serious greenfield explorer chasing million-ounce potential in the Stawell Corridor, and a fast-to-market, minimal-footprint gold producer at a previously mined pit two kilometres north of the township of St Arnaud.

The gold price has fallen roughly 28% from its January 2026 record high, and the share prices of small gold companies have fallen even harder. This Insight walks through twelve ASX-listed gold small-caps, one by one, in plain language. For each company we ask two simple questions. Does the project stack up as a real, money-making mine? And does the company look like the kind of business a bigger gold miner would want to buy?