Closing Bell: Today’s biggest small cap movers on the ASX

Closing Bell is Stockhead’s daily recap of the ASX’s biggest movers – the winners and losers alike.

Data is taken at the market close – at 4.10pm AEDT.

Stocks highlighted in yellow rose (or fell) after making announcements during intraday trade.

WINNERS

Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
APG	Austpac Resources NL	0.004	100	241,223,011
BAS	Bass Oil Ltd	0.002	100	4,770,000
ASO	Aston Minerals Ltd	0.058	71	153,732,284
ANL	Amani Gold Ltd	0.0015	50	1,859,052
BRK	Brookside Energy Ltd	0.022	38	214,832,186
VIA	Viagold Rare Earth	0.08	31	50,000
CXM	Centrex Metals	0.066	27	5,212,607
OEX	Oilex Ltd	0.0025	25	1,701,685
HSN	Hansen Technologies	5.21	24	1,908,778
SHE	Stonehorse Energy Lt	0.026	24	40,404,129
HRN	Horizon Gold Ltd	0.48	21	29,944
AVW	Avira Resources Ltd	0.006	20	28,762,147
KNM	Kneomedia Limited	0.012	20	1,695,355
MPR	Mpower Group Limited	0.125	19	2,560,671
JAN	Janison Edu Group	0.7	19	775,904
KIN	KIN Min NL	0.13	18	2,349,243
OKJ	Oakajee Corp Ltd	0.065	18	4,384
OSP	Osprey Med Inc	0.02	18	14,024,060
MAN	Mandrake Res Ltd	0.17	17	6,040,141
LAM	Laramide Res Ltd	0.62	17	10,666
TIG	Tigers Realm Coal	0.007	17	186,875

Nanocap minerals technology company Austpac Resources (ASX:APG) led the pack after ripping higher on no news.

The company answered an ASX price query shortly after 3pm EST, and said it wasn’t aware of any information that would warrant such a move.

Aston Minerals (ASX:ASO) — flagged by resources luminary Tolga Kumova as a “potential life-changer” when he spoke with Stockhead in January — closed around 70pc higher after scoring a nice gold hit at its Edleston project in Ontario, Canada.

And edtech play Janison Education (ASX:JAN) also bounced, after announcing it’s been accredited by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as sole provider of the PISA for Schools assessment in the Australian market.

LOSERS

Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
CHK	Cohiba Min Ltd	0.017	-64	185,407,976
AUH	Austchina Holdings	0.011	-45	34,182,220
ECT	Env Clean Tech Ltd.	0.001	-33	200,000
FPL	Fremont Petroleum	0.004	-20	25,017,435
NPM	Newpeak Metals	0.002	-20	12,795,000
UUV	UUV Aquabotix Ltd	0.002	-20	342,340
TKL	Traka Resources	0.014	-18	3,819,620
AZI	Alta Zinc Ltd	0.005	-17	2,280,000
YPB	YPB Group Ltd	0.0025	-17	36,815,622
ZEU	Zeus Resources Ltd	0.029	-15	964,384
LRS	Latin Resources Ltd	0.053	-15	66,433,413
PEX	Peel Mining Limited	0.265	-15	1,403,390
TPD	Talon Petroleum Ltd	0.006	-14	106,902,794
AOU	Auroch Minerals Ltd	0.19	-14	3,746,231
WSA	Western Areas Ltd	2.03	-13	12,140,583
GEN	Genmin	0.295	-13	8,665,329
VAR	Variscan Mines Ltd	0.027	-13	716,667
RFX	Redflow Limited	0.069	-13	23,073,957
MTB	Mount Burgess Mining	0.007	-13	150,000
TYX	Tyranna Res Ltd	0.007	-13	1,285,624
VAL	Valor Resources Ltd	0.007	-13	1,325,901