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Company snapshot — Vault Minerals Ltd

VAU.AU in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Vault Minerals explores for gold and develops and runs gold mines across Australia and Canada. It operates through the Leonora, Mount Monger, Deflector and Sugar Zone segments, and it sells gold together with a gold-copper concentrate. The company traded as Red 5 Limited until it adopted its present name in 2024, and it is based in South Perth.
Where it sits in the stack
Vault Minerals carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it sits within Closelook's Basic Materials coverage, in the gold sector, outside the AI-linked sleeves the diary tracks most closely.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not placed Vault Minerals in one of its defined peer groups; the market names it alongside other Australian gold producers such as Northern Star Resources.
Why Closelook tracks it
Vault Minerals holds no seat in any Closelook index and carries no Closelook score yet, and it has not appeared in an edition or a quote so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches how the renamed company runs the former Red 5 assets at Leonora alongside the Deflector and Sugar Zone operations, and whether all four segments keep producing together.

Vault Minerals Ltd (VAU.AU) trades on the AU exchange in Australia, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelook company score reads 75/100 composite (momentum 84, quality 64, valuation 72) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for VAU.AU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Gold · Australia · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Gold · Australia

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against VAU.AU on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.10%, annual · buybacks 54 m AUD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

What VAU.AU pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.0700 AUD per share · a 1.10% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-18
  • Last distribution 0.0700 AUD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-03-10
  • By calendar year 2026: 0.0700 AUD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2026-03-10
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 73 m AUD 27% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2026 54 m AUD 0.8% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.1% in FY2026
  • Capital returned 127 m AUD · 23% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Materials in Asia-Pacific developed: +1.6% week · −2.9% month · −11.6% quarter · +2.6% year (approximated)The Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from 1620.TSE+1623.TSE+1619.TSE; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Vault Minerals Ltd (VAU.AU)?

Vault Minerals Ltd trades as VAU.AU on the AU exchange (Australia) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is VAU.AU in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Vault Minerals Ltd is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Vault Minerals Ltd's Closelook composite score?

75 out of 100, with momentum 84, quality 64 and valuation 72 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

What does Vault Minerals Ltd do?

Vault Minerals explores for gold and develops and runs gold mines across Australia and Canada. It operates through the Leonora, Mount Monger, Deflector and Sugar Zone segments, and it sells gold together with a gold-copper concentrate. The company traded as Red 5 Limited until it adopted its present name in 2024, and it is based in South Perth. Closelook has not placed Vault Minerals in one of its defined peer groups; the market names it alongside other Australian gold producers such as Northern Star Resources.

Where does Vault Minerals Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

Vault Minerals carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it sits within Closelook's Basic Materials coverage, in the gold sector, outside the AI-linked sleeves the diary tracks most closely. Vault Minerals holds no seat in any Closelook index and carries no Closelook score yet, and it has not appeared in an edition or a quote so far.

Does Vault Minerals Ltd pay a dividend?

Vault Minerals Ltd has paid 0.0700 AUD per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 1.10% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.0700 AUD on 2026-03-10. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 73 m AUD in dividends and bought back 54 m AUD of its own shares, 23% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.1% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for VAU.AU, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Gold, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.