In Case You Missed It: Drilling deals, niobium and a Peruvian project

Stockhead’s In-Case-You-Missed-It highlights today’s most interesting small cap stories that might have slipped beneath your radar.

Below is a wrap of the top 20 performing stocks, by percentage, who made announcements today.

ICYMI Leader Board

Code	Company	Price	% Today	Market Cap
BLY	Boart Longyear	2.75	57%	$517,860,725
ARN	Aldoro Resources	0.125	52%	$11,039,147
EVR	Ev Resources Ltd	0.012	33%	$9,896,295
OPT	Opthea Limited	0.6	32%	$301,577,928
NET	Netlinkz Limited	0.008	23%	$24,000,854
JLL	Jindalee Lithium Ltd	1	19%	$50,811,698
IDA	Indiana Resources	0.075	17%	$39,375,172
AJX	Alexium Int Group	0.015	15%	$8,595,740
AIS	Aeris Resources Ltd	0.13	13%	$111,265,437
BMO	Bastion Minerals	0.018	13%	$3,346,484
EXT	Excite Technology	0.009	13%	$10,633,934
SZL	Sezzle Inc.	26.89	12%	$50,715,816
ORR	Orecorp Ltd	0.57	12%	$239,398,535
AWJ	Auric Mining	0.11	10%	$13,085,959
GRV	Greenvale Energy Ltd	0.088	10%	$35,216,829
NRZ	Neurizer Ltd	0.0175	9%	$21,940,465
SPQ	Superior Resources	0.014	8%	$23,849,199
EXP	Experience Co Ltd	0.185	6%	$132,555,043
WBT	Weebit Nano Ltd	4.41	5%	$789,787,169
SYR	Syrah Resources	0.64	5%	$412,297,615

130 year-old drilling company Boart Longyear (ASX:BLY) will be taken private by a US company via court approved plan of arrangement with a cash deal that values each share at US$1.9554 – a 96% premium to the 30-day volume-weighted average price.

Aldoro Resources (ASX:ARN) says it has picked up rock chips grading up to 9% niobium at the Kameelburg project.

EV Resources (ASX:EVR) has the green light to drill its high grade Parag copper-molybdenum project (EVR: 70%) in Peru.

Retinal diseases focused biotech, Opthea (ASX:OPT), says it will receive the remaining US$35m funding under the Development Funding Agreement (DFA) with global investment firm Carlyle and its life science franchise, Abingworth – plus a further US$50m financing under an Amended DFA to include a new co-investor.

And Indiana Resources (ASX:IDA) has welcomed the Tanzanian Government’s confirmation they will pay US$118m compensation (which doesn’t include interest which continues to accrue at the rate of US$1 million per month) within 45 days of final decision on annulment for Nkata nickel project.

More Top Small Cap Stories: Wednesday

Power Minerals (ASX:PNN) has executed a binding terms sheet for the Incahuasi salar JV – within its Salta lithium project in Argentina – with direct lithium extraction partner Summit Nanotech.

Greenvale Energy (ASX:GRV) says the ongoing liquefaction test program for its Alpha torbanite project in QLD has provided an initial indication of bituminous product potential from the bulk samples. The test program is expected to be completed in early 2024.

St George Mining (ASX:SGQ) says assays are pending for soil and rock chip sampling at its Mt Alexander lithium project with results to inform 2024 drilling, plus the company is gearing up for drilling at its Destiny REE and lithium project in January.

And Antilles Gold (ASX:AAU) has wrapped up drilling at its Nueva Sabana gold-copper mine in Cubra with a resource estimate expected to be released by the end of January – followed by a scoping study.

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