The Lendlease Group (ASX: LLC)share price is in focus today after the company announced it will sell its 25.1% interest in the Keyton Retirement Living Trust to Aware Super for $525 million, with proceeds going towards reducing group debt. This key deal is part of Lendlease’s ongoing capital recycling initiative, which now totals $3.4 billion in announced and completed transactions.

What did Lendlease report?

• Sale of 25.1% interest in Keyton Retirement Living Trust for $525 million
• Transaction proceeds to be used to pay down group debt
• Deal aligns with HY26 book value
• Brings total announced/completed capital recycling to $3.4 billion from the Capital Release Unit
• Completion subject to regulatory approvals, targeted for 1H FY27

What else do investors need to know?

The sale to Aware Super is expected to complete in the first half of FY27, once conditions precedent—including regulatory approvals—are met. Today’s news follows a series of asset sales under Lendlease’s Capital Release Unit, with more than $3.4 billion in transactions either announced or completed since May 2024.

Management says further key transactions are in the pipeline for FY26 and early FY27, reflecting the company’s focus on recycling capital and strengthening its balance sheet. Outcomes for the rest of the Capital Release Unit portfolio will depend on market conditions and transaction timing.

What’s next for Lendlease?

Lendlease continues to pursue capital recycling as a way to realise value and support future growth. Management remains focused on balancing speed and execution with maximising value from its portfolio.

With several transactions still to be completed and others underway, investors can expect ongoing updates as Lendlease streamlines its business and manages debt levels in a challenging market environment.

Lendlease share price snapshot

Over the past 12 months, Lendlease shares have declined 44%, trailing the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO), which has risen 3% over the same period.

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The All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) has gained 2.3% over the last year, with this ASX All Ords gold stock leaving those gains wanting.

The high-flying miner in question is New Murchison Gold Ltd (ASX: NMG).

New Murchison shares closed yesterday trading 4.4 cents. In early morning trade on Thursday, shares are changing hands for 43.5 cents apiece, down 1.1%.

Despite today’s dip, that sees the New Murchison Gold share price up an impressive 129% over the past 12 months.

Here’s what’s happening today with the ASX All Ords gold stock.

ASX All Ords gold stock expanding its WA footprint

New Murchison shares look to be under pressure today amid broader weakness in the gold sector.

Overnight, the gold price dipped below US$4,000 per ounce for the first time in 2026. The yellow metal has been in a downtrend over the past month amid rising inflation in Australia, the United States, and most nations.

That’s led to increased expectations of central bank interest rate hikes, particularly the highly influential US Federal Reserve. And gold, which pays no yield itself, tends to perform better in low or declining interest rate environments.

Over the past few hours, the gold price has recovered to US$4,011 per ounce (according to data from Bloomberg). But that hasn’t kept the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Gold Index (ASX: XGD) from tumbling 3.9% today.

As for New Murchison Gold, in an announcement this morning that should offer longer-term support for the gold miner’s shares, the miner reported on a material Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) upgrade at its flagship Garden Gully Gold Project, located in Western Australia.

The ASX All Ords gold stock said the new estimates were compiled by independent consultancies, incorporating New Murchison’s updated structural interpretations and latest drilling data at the project.

Management noted, “This global update significantly expands NMG’s production pipeline and underscores the scaling potential of the Garden Gully goldfield.”

Indeed, the project’s MRE reportedly increased by 47%. This expands the total remaining resource to 4.42 million tonnes at 2.5 grams of gold per tonne for 359,000 ounces of contained gold.

The miner highlighted that this represents a 29% increase over the November 2024 MRE estimate. When including full, reconciled production mining up to April 1, 2026, it’s an even more impressive 47% total increase.

“The combined Measured and Indicated categories account for 71% of the global project ounces, ensuring excellent local grade predictability for near-term mine planning,” management said.

Since the 2024 Crown Prince MRE, the ASX All Ords gold stock has followed up on infill and extensional targets and carried out tighter spaced grade control campaigns to increase resource confidence.

The miner noted that the Measured Resource component of 39,000 ounces at 3.83 grams of gold per tonne at the Crown Prince Open Pit deposit, situated within Garden Gully, provides immediate, low-risk mill feed.

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Lotus Resources Ltd (ASX: LOT) shares have been out of action for a few days now.

And any hopes that they would be coming back soon have been dashed after the uranium developer requested an extension to its voluntary suspension.

The ASX uranium stock now expects to remain suspended until at least 16 July.

Why is this ASX uranium stock suspended?

The company has requested the suspension while it works to secure funding and resolve operational issues at its flagship Kayelekera uranium mine in Malawi.

According to the release, production at Kayelekera has been temporarily paused following disruptions to third-party sulphuric acid supplies and delays commissioning its on-site acid plant.

Lotus Resources said the disruption to acid supply has been linked to ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, which have affected the availability and cost of sulphur and sulphuric acid.

Compounding the issue, several refractory bricks in the mine’s sulphur furnace failed during commissioning, requiring repairs before the acid plant can resume normal operations.

As a result, steady-state production is now expected later in calendar year 2026, subject to both acid supply and funding.

Funding now a key focus

The company also acknowledged that additional funding is required.

The ASX uranium stock finished the period with a cash balance of US$26 million but said external funding will be necessary to support operations and complete the restart of Kayelekera.

The good news is that Lotus has signed a non-binding term sheet with global commodities trader Mercuria Energy Trading for a marketing agreement and a proposed US$30 million inventory prepayment facility. Binding documentation is now being negotiated.

In addition, the company is pursuing equity and quasi-equity funding options.

However, Lotus warned there is no guarantee any funding arrangements will ultimately be completed.

Production had been improving

Before the latest setbacks, Kayelekera had been showing encouraging signs of improvement.

Production increased from 47,300 pounds of uranium oxide in April to 73,600 pounds in May following operational optimisation initiatives and maintenance improvements.

The company also continues to make progress on export approvals and logistics, with first shipments now expected no earlier than September 2026, subject to remaining permits being secured.

Why the suspension?

The ASX uranium stock said it believes allowing its shares to trade before the funding process is complete could result in the market trading on an uninformed basis and potentially prejudice its ability to finalise financing.

Accordingly, it has asked the ASX to keep its shares suspended until the earlier of announcing a completed funding solution or the resumption of trading on 16 July.

While management maintains that Kayelekera’s long-term investment case remains intact, investors will no doubt want to see the funding package secured and production restart before confidence is fully restored.

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