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Neutral 45 (OpenAI - 5.2)
Rating:45Neutral
Price Target:
AU$0.01
â–˛(10.00% Upside)
Action:DowngradedDate:01/28/26
The score is driven primarily by weak fundamentals—ongoing losses, negative margins, and sustained cash burn—partly offset by a relatively clean balance sheet with minimal debt. Technical indicators are mostly neutral with a negative MACD, and valuation is constrained by a negative P/E and no dividend support.
Positive Factors
Low leverage / minimal debt
Minimal-to-no debt reduces refinancing and interest burden, preserving financial flexibility across exploration cycles. For a capital‑intensive explorer, low leverage lowers solvency risk, enables JV or farm‑out options, and extends operational runway without immediate debt financing.
Material increase in shareholders' equity
A meaningful rise in equity enlarges the asset base and provides a buffer against ongoing losses. Stronger equity improves balance‑sheet credibility with partners and financiers, supporting the company’s ability to fund drilling and development activity without relying solely on high‑cost borrowings.
FY2025 revenue rebound
A sharp top‑line rebound reflects renewed project activity and early commercial traction. If sustained, rising revenue can begin absorbing fixed costs, support incremental margin improvement, and validate exploration progress, reducing absolute dependence on external funding.
Negative Factors
Structural unprofitability
Negative gross profit and an approximate A$2.0M net loss indicate the business is not currently generating operating profits. Persistent losses erode equity, limit reinvestment into projects, and create a multi‑period hurdle to achieving self‑sustaining operations without material change.
Persistent cash burn
Substantial negative OCF and FCF signal ongoing cash consumption from operations and investing. For a small explorer this curtails strategic optionality, increases near‑term funding urgency, and raises the likelihood of dilutive equity raises or asset disposals to sustain programs.
Negative returns on equity and dilution risk
Consistently negative ROE shows capital deployed has not produced positive returns. That inefficiency increases the probability of further equity issuance to cover deficits, which would dilute existing shareholders and complicate long‑term value creation for investors.

3D Resources Limited (ADG) vs. iShares MSCI Australia ETF (EWA)

3D Resources Limited Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company DescriptionAdelong Gold Limited engages in the exploration of mineral properties. It explores for gold, copper, lead, zinc, and nickel properties. The company holds interests in projects located in the Proterozoic of the East Kimberley; and the Archaean Cosmo Newbery area in the Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia. The company was formerly known as 3D Resources Limited and changed its name to Adelong Gold Limited in October 2022. Adelong Gold Limited was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.
How the Company Makes Money3D Resources Limited generates revenue primarily through the exploration and development of mineral resources, with a significant focus on gold deposits. The company earns money by selling the extracted minerals from its mining operations to various buyers, including refineries, commodity traders, and industrial clients. Additionally, 3D Resources Limited may engage in joint ventures and partnerships with other mining companies to share exploration costs and revenues, thereby enhancing its financial returns. The company's earnings are influenced by factors such as mineral prices, exploration success, operational efficiency, and strategic partnerships that help expand its resource base and market presence.

3D Resources Limited Financial Statement Overview

Summary
Despite a sharp FY2025 revenue rebound, the company remains structurally unprofitable with negative gross profit, a large net loss (~2.0M), and persistent operating/free cash flow burn (FY2025 OCF ~-1.16M; FCF ~-2.56M). The balance sheet is a relative strength with minimal debt and higher equity, but ongoing losses and cash burn imply continued funding dependence.
Income Statement
18
Very Negative
Revenue rebounded sharply in FY2025 (to ~378k from ~29k in FY2024), showing improved activity, but the business remains structurally unprofitable. Gross profit is still negative and losses are large (FY2025 net loss ~2.0M) with deeply negative net margins, indicating the current revenue base is far too small to absorb operating costs. Overall: improving top-line trajectory, but profitability and margin profile remain very weak.
Balance Sheet
62
Positive
The balance sheet is a relative strength: debt is minimal-to-none (FY2025 total debt reported at 0; FY2024–FY2023 at ~250k), keeping leverage low. Equity increased meaningfully by FY2025 (~9.7M vs ~6.1M FY2024), supporting a larger asset base. The key weakness is consistently negative returns on equity, reflecting ongoing losses and value dilution risk if funding needs continue.
Cash Flow
22
Negative
Cash generation remains weak with persistent negative operating cash flow (FY2025 ~-1.16M) and negative free cash flow (FY2025 ~-2.56M), implying continued funding dependence. While free cash flow relative to net loss appears better than the accounting loss in some years, cash burn is still substantial and free cash flow worsened versus FY2024 in absolute terms. Overall: ongoing cash outflows limit financial flexibility despite some year-to-year variability.
BreakdownJun 2025Jun 2024Jun 2023Jun 2022Jun 2021
Income Statement
Total Revenue378.27K29.03K7.03K1.37K109.66K
Gross Profit-44.04K-2.51K-61.40K-67.07K170.68K
EBITDA-1.92M-1.18M-700.41K-658.44K-624.21K
Net Income-2.02M-2.26M-777.50K-726.88K-692.64K
Balance Sheet
Total Assets11.16M6.49M6.41M5.20M5.16M
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments3.90M1.15M770.12K501.86K1.86M
Total Debt0.00250.00K250.00K0.000.00
Total Liabilities702.45K420.68K425.90K292.86K388.28K
Stockholders Equity9.74M6.07M5.99M4.90M4.77M
Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow-2.56M-1.50M-1.65M-1.76M-1.49M
Operating Cash Flow-1.16M-961.96K-938.08K-683.84K-818.18K
Investing Cash Flow-963.85K-542.13K-708.06K-1.07M-423.23K
Financing Cash Flow4.06M1.89M1.91M399.91K2.69M

3D Resources Limited Peers Comparison

Overall Rating
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Sector (61)
Financial Indicators
Name
Overall Rating
Market Cap
P/E Ratio
ROE
Dividend Yield
Revenue Growth
EPS Growth
61
Neutral
$10.43B7.12-0.05%2.87%2.86%-36.73%
54
Neutral
AU$36.15M-3.95-32.20%――-860.00%
52
Neutral
AU$51.95M-4.42-7.66%――-17.27%
46
Neutral
AU$19.23M-18.62-20.13%――46.67%
45
Neutral
AU$18.67M-2.63-26.08%――50.00%
43
Neutral
AU$9.02M-1.29-373.61%――19.94%
* Basic Materials Sector Average
Performance Comparison
Ticker
Company Name
Price
Change
% Change
AU:ADG
3D Resources Limited
0.01
0.00
0.00%
AU:TRM
Truscott Mining Corporation Ltd
0.09
0.02
28.57%
AU:ZAG
Zuleika Gold Limited
0.04
0.03
225.00%
AU:PGO
Pacgold Limited
0.12
0.05
76.47%
AU:CDT
Castle Minerals Limited
0.05
>-0.01
-13.33%

3D Resources Limited Corporate Events

Adelong Gold to Dispute $1.17m Tax Indemnity Claim Linked to Challenger Mines
Mar 17, 2026

Adelong Gold Limited has received a demand from Great Divide Mining for approximately $1.17 million under tax indemnity provisions linked to Challenger Mines, following an Australian Taxation Office review of GST reporting between July 2021 and June 2025. Adelong attributes the issue to alleged fraudulent activities by former accountants, predating the current board and management, and intends to dispute the claim while committing to update the market on any material developments.

The dispute introduces a potential financial liability and distraction for Adelong as it advances its Victorian gold and Brazilian lithium exploration assets, though the company is seeking to distance current leadership from legacy accounting issues. Stakeholders will be watching the outcome of the indemnity claim closely, as it may affect cash resources, but the company continues to position itself as a growth-focused explorer with a diversified portfolio across gold, antimony and lithium.

The most recent analyst rating on (AU:ADG) stock is a Hold with a A$0.01 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on 3D Resources Limited stock, see the AU:ADG Stock Forecast page.

Adelong Gold Issues Half-Year Financial Report for December 2025
Mar 16, 2026

Adelong Gold Limited has released its financial report for the half-year ended 31 December 2025, covering the consolidated results of the company and its controlled entities. The report package includes the directors’ report, auditor’s independence declaration, reviewed financial statements, accompanying notes, and the independent auditor’s review, providing stakeholders with a formal update on the group’s financial health and governance for the period.

While detailed figures are not disclosed in the announcement excerpt, the release of the half-year financial report marks a key compliance and transparency milestone for the company. It allows investors, regulators, and other stakeholders to assess Adelong Gold’s operational performance, capital position, and risk profile at the halfway point of its financial year, informing decisions and expectations for the remainder of the year.

The most recent analyst rating on (AU:ADG) stock is a Hold with a A$0.01 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on 3D Resources Limited stock, see the AU:ADG Stock Forecast page.

Adelong Gold amends investor presentation to meet ASX disclosure rules
Feb 22, 2026

Adelong Gold has issued an amended version of its RIU Explorers Conference investor presentation following correspondence from the ASX. The company has updated the document to add explicit cross‑references to prior ASX announcements for all exploration results and to ensure that only Adelong Gold’s own drilling data are presented.

The revised presentation removes several legacy third‑party drill holes and expands disclosure around visible gold photographs to meet ASX compliance requirements, including drill hole identification and confirmation that assays are pending. The company emphasised that investors should not rely on the removed historical data and that no new exploration results are included in this amended release, underscoring the compliance‑driven nature of the update rather than a change in project fundamentals.

The most recent analyst rating on (AU:ADG) stock is a Hold with a A$0.01 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on 3D Resources Limited stock, see the AU:ADG Stock Forecast page.

Adelong Gold Finalises Sale of Challenger Mines Stake While Retaining Royalty Upside
Feb 2, 2026

Adelong Gold Limited has completed the sale of its remaining 49% interest in Challenger Mines Pty Ltd to Great Divide Mining Limited, receiving 10 million fully paid ordinary GDM shares as consideration and bringing the Challenger joint venture to an end following shareholder approval and satisfaction of all regulatory and third-party conditions. Alongside termination, settlement and escrow arrangements, Adelong retains a 1% net smelter return royalty on future gold production from the Challenger Gold Project, capped at 125,000 ounces, allowing the company to streamline its asset portfolio, focus capital on its Victorian gold and Brazilian lithium projects, while preserving upside exposure to Challenger’s potential production for shareholders.

The most recent analyst rating on (AU:ADG) stock is a Hold with a A$0.01 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on 3D Resources Limited stock, see the AU:ADG Stock Forecast page.

Adelong Gold Refocuses on Victorian Gold–Antimony Assets After Challenger Divestment
Jan 27, 2026

Adelong Gold’s December 2025 quarter saw active drilling across its Victorian assets, with six diamond holes completed at the Lauriston Gold Project intersecting quartz-sulphide mineralisation characteristic of an epizonal gold–antimony system and visible gold noted in the Comet Shear, while drilling continued north along strike at the Yankee-Trojan prospect. At the Apollo Gold and Antimony Project, maiden drilling confirmed a coherent gold–antimony system beneath historic workings and the continuity of mineralisation, supported by regional soil and auger geochemistry that extends anomalies and generates new targets for infill sampling and future drilling. In parallel, the company agreed to sell its 49% stake in the Challenger Gold Project in New South Wales to Great Divide Mining, a move aimed at strengthening its balance sheet, eliminating funding commitments, and sharpening operational focus on its Victorian projects, as it navigates board changes without expecting an impact on key strategic relationships.

The most recent analyst rating on (AU:ADG) stock is a Hold with a A$0.01 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on 3D Resources Limited stock, see the AU:ADG Stock Forecast page.

Adelong Gold Director Louie Simens Steps Down, Final Interests Disclosed
Jan 27, 2026

Adelong Gold Limited has announced that director Louie Simens ceased to be a director on 27 January 2026, triggering the lodgment of a Final Director’s Interest Notice with the ASX. The notice records that Simens holds no securities in his own name but has an indirect interest in 78 million performance rights through Kikceto Pty Ltd as trustee of the Benjamin Discretionary Trust, signalling a change in the company’s board composition while clarifying the outgoing director’s remaining exposure to company-related securities for investors and regulators.

The most recent analyst rating on (AU:ADG) stock is a Hold with a A$0.01 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on 3D Resources Limited stock, see the AU:ADG Stock Forecast page.

Adelong Gold Director Louie Simens Resigns, Strategic Ties with Nova to Continue
Jan 27, 2026

Adelong Gold Limited has announced the resignation of Non-Executive Director Louie Simens, effective 27 January 2026, citing personal reasons; his departure follows his earlier resignation as Executive Director of Nova Minerals and comes only months after he joined the Adelong board following Nova’s $1 million strategic investment. The company does not expect the board change to affect its strategic relationship with Nova Minerals, signalling continuity in its broader corporate and funding arrangements despite the governance shift.

The most recent analyst rating on (AU:ADG) stock is a Hold with a A$0.01 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on 3D Resources Limited stock, see the AU:ADG Stock Forecast page.

Adelong Gold Retracts Historical Soil Data from Apollo Project Update
Jan 23, 2026

Adelong Gold Limited has retracted historical soil sampling data previously referenced in an announcement on its Apollo Gold-Antimony Project, after ASX advised the information could not be disclosed under the ASX Listing Rules and the JORC Code. The company has issued a revised version of the announcement with the non-compliant historical soil geochemistry removed and stressed that the retracted information should not be relied upon, while confirming that no new exploration results are being reported in this correction, which primarily affects the transparency and regulatory compliance of its project disclosures rather than its underlying exploration activities.

The most recent analyst rating on (AU:ADG) stock is a Hold with a A$0.01 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on 3D Resources Limited stock, see the AU:ADG Stock Forecast page.

Adelong Gold Extends Soil Anomalies at Apollo Project, Flags Further Exploration
Jan 21, 2026

Adelong Gold has completed a broad-spaced auger soil sampling program over roughly 11km along the Strathbogie Granite contact at its Apollo Gold-Antimony Project, collecting 218 samples to test for extensions of historical surface geochemical anomalies near the Meade’s and Woolf’s/Falk’s open cuts. The new assay results confirm and extend historical gold-in-soil anomalism by about 200 metres to the south, including a peak soil result of 259 ppb gold south of the Woolfe’s/Falk prospect, reinforcing the interpretation of a larger, largely untested mineralised system and prompting plans for infill soil and rock-chip sampling and a potential follow-up drilling campaign that could materially influence future exploration strategy and project scale.

The most recent analyst rating on (AU:ADG) stock is a Hold with a A$0.01 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on 3D Resources Limited stock, see the AU:ADG Stock Forecast page.

Adelong Gold Updates Lauriston Disclosure as Drilling Extends to Yankee-Trojan
Jan 21, 2026

Adelong Gold Limited has amended a recent announcement on drilling at its Lauriston Gold-Antimony Project to provide additional technical disclosure on visual mineralisation observed in drillhole AC2502, including descriptions of mineral occurrence, identified minerals, visual abundance estimates, and updated JORC 2012 reporting for sections relevant to that hole while assays are pending. The company confirmed that six diamond drillholes totalling 1,481.6 metres have been completed at the Comet prospect, all intersecting the Comet Shear with arsenic halos typical of upper levels of Victorian Au-As-Sb epizonal systems, that diamond drilling has now commenced at the nearby Yankee-Trojan prospect along strike, and that assay results for the Comet holes are expected in Q1 2026 amid laboratory delays, maintaining momentum in what management views as systematic progress toward a potential discovery.

The most recent analyst rating on (AU:ADG) stock is a Hold with a A$0.01 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on 3D Resources Limited stock, see the AU:ADG Stock Forecast page.

Adelong Gold Advances Lauriston Drilling as Comet Results Awaited
Jan 20, 2026

Adelong Gold has completed six diamond drillholes totaling 1,481.6 metres at the Comet prospect within its Lauriston Gold-Antimony Project, intersecting the Comet Shear in every hole and observing arsenic-rich halos and quartz-sulphide veining consistent with Victorian epizonal gold-arsenic-antimony systems. With assays pending, the company has now commenced diamond drilling at the nearby Yankee-Trojan prospect and signalled it is ready to expand the fully funded program with deeper and step-out drilling, as well as additional mapping and geochemical work, underscoring its strategic push to confirm a larger-scale gold system and potentially strengthen its exploration footprint in a highly prospective Victorian gold belt.

The most recent analyst rating on (AU:ADG) stock is a Hold with a A$0.01 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on 3D Resources Limited stock, see the AU:ADG Stock Forecast page.

Adelong Gold Options Lapse, Trimming Potential Future Dilution
Dec 23, 2025

Adelong Gold Limited has announced the cessation of 20 million ADGAH options, which were due to expire on 22 December 2025 with an exercise price of $0.02, after the conditional rights attached to these securities lapsed because the required conditions were not met. The lapse of these options reduces the company’s potential future share dilution and slightly simplifies its capital structure, though it does not involve an immediate cash impact or change in current issued shares for existing investors.

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This AI Analyst Stock Report is automatically generated by our AI systems using advanced algorithms and publicly available financial, technical, and market data. While the information provided aims to be accurate and insightful, it is intended for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Any content created by an AI (Artificial Intelligence) system may contain inaccuracies and/or contain errors. Investing in stocks carries inherent risks, and past performance is not indicative of future results. This report does not account for your personal financial circumstances, objectives, or risk tolerance. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions. The analysis and recommendations provided are based on historical and current data and may not fully reflect future market conditions or unexpected developments. Neither the creators of this report nor its affiliated entities guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information presented. Use this report at your own discretion and risk.Date of analysis: Jan 28, 2026