Directors’ Trades: Resources has been off the boil, but these directors just took a punt on their companies

Director Trades Nick Sundich
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These ASX oil and gas directors bought shares in the last fortnight (Image via Getty)

It’s been a rough few weeks for the much of the resources sector, particularly oil and iron ore, but that didn’t stop a handful of directors buying shares in their companies.

Code Company Director Change Date Volume $ What
RHI Red Hill Iron Joshua Pitt Buy 6 August 275,977 $1,126,647 On market
TEG Triangle Energy Robert Towner Buy 9 August 4,545,450 $100,000 Placement
ARX Aroa Biosurgery Philip McCaw Buy 6 August 2,864,879 $3,298,622 Off market
EZL Euroz Ian Parker Buy 6 August 118,869 $193,756 Dividend Reinvestment Plan
CHN Chalice Mining Stephen Quin Sell 4-9 August 28,000 $225,373 On market
SO4 Salt Lake Potash Ian Middlemas Buy 10 August 2,500,000 $875,000 Placement
OGC OceanaGold Catherine Gignac Buy 5 August 100,000 CA$237,000 On market
PBH PointsBet Samuel Swanell Sell 11 August 899,840 $8,998,400 Off market
PBH PointsBet Brett Paton Buy 11 August 2,245,268 $20,862,144 Rights Issue
LOT Lotus Resources Grant Davey Buy 6 August 1,400,000 $112,000 Plcement
SYA Sayona Mining Allan Buckler Sell 5 August 31,500,000 $2,906,339 On market
CNJ Conico Guy Le Page Buy 12 Aug 1,850,000 $100,544 On market
FZO Family Zone Cyber Safety Paul Pawlowitsch Buy 13 August 1,636,364 $900,000 Rights Issue
BRK Brookside Energy Michael Fry Sell 13 August 5,000,000 $162,821 On market
WGO Warrego Energy Gregory Columbus Buy 17 August 1,136,365 $250,000 Placement
CLB Candy Club James Baillieu Buy 13 August 7,785,865 $1,712,890 Placement
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Resources directors’ trades

The fortnight kicked off on a high with Joshua Pitt from Red Hill Iron (ASX:RHI) buying nearly $1.13 million on market.

This company has been listed for several years but has been on a hot run recently since it announced it would sell its 40% interest in the 820 million tonne Red Hill Iron Ore Joint Venture (RHIOJV) to Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN) for a whopping $400 million in cash.

In potash, Ian Middlemas from Salt Lake Potash (ASX:SO4) – a company that’s no stranger to this column – bought $875,000 in a placement. His company is one of several in the race to be the first company to begin potash production.

Turning to oil and gas, one trade came from WA focused company Triangle Energy (ASX:TEG). Robert Towner bought $100,000 in a placement while his colleagues Timothy Monckton and Malcolm King bought $10,000 each.

Meanwhile Brookside Energy’s (ASX:BRK) Michael Fry acquired 11.25 million shares after exercising options but also sold 5 million on market for $162,820.70.

Stephen Quin, from Chalice Mining (ASX:CHN) – arguably the most prominent success story in the resources sector since COVID-19 – parted with over $200,000 in shares on market.

 

Other sector trades

One of the few listed brokers on the ASX is Euroz (ASX:EZL) which is based in WA. The company ran a Dividend Reinvestment Plan and two directors Ian Parker and Robert Black took up over $100,000 as part of that.

Paul Pawlowitsch from Family Zone Cyber Safety (ASX:FZO) bought $900,000 in a rights issue. His company hasn’t looked back since announcing a major deal that would deliver it long term windfall.

Specifically, it raised just over $110 million to acquire Smoothwall, the UK’s leading provider of K-12 digital safety solutions which services more than 12,400 schools and 6 million students — around 38% of the market.

Most other trades were in the millions with two trades from PointsBet (ASX:PBH) trumping all others – Brett Paton bought just over $20 million in the latest rights issue while Samuel Swanell sold nearly $9 million in an off market trade.

New Zealand venture capitalist Philip McCaw, known for being an early investor in New Zealand’s largest online classified site Trade Me, bought $3.3 million of Aroa Biosurgery (ASX:ARX) which he sits on the board of.

And Melbourne businessman James Baillieu took up Candy Club (ASX:CLB) shares again, buying $1.7 million in a rights issue.

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