In Case You Missed It: Lithium plays led the way followed by rare earths

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
NIS	Nickelsearch	0.061	97%	$2,964,542
JBY	James Bay Minerals	0.285	43%	$6,489,000
IXR	Ionic Rare Earths	0.0315	26%	$98,652,623
EEL	Enrg Elements Ltd	0.006	20%	$5,049,825
CHK	Cohiba Min Ltd	0.0035	17%	$6,639,733
INV	Investsmart Group	0.185	16%	$22,595,072
RCW	Rightcrowd	0.023	15%	$5,268,358
SPR	Spartan Resources	0.36	13%	$280,838,411
PNM	Pacific Nickel Mines	0.09	13%	$32,855,680
OLI	Oliver'S Real Food	0.019	12%	$7,492,443
ASP	Aspermont Limited	0.01	11%	$21,948,873
PEC	Perpetual Res Ltd	0.02	11%	$11,045,984
MXR	Maximus Resources	0.032	10%	$9,287,417
SHV	Select Harvests	4.43	10%	$487,866,416
KKO	Kinetiko Energy Ltd	0.12	9%	$85,861,987
G88	Golden Mile Res Ltd	0.036	9%	$10,869,854
GML	Gateway Mining	0.037	9%	$9,055,340
MQR	Marquee Resource Ltd	0.037	9%	$11,244,055
OSX	Osteopore Limited	0.075	9%	$10,689,385
BUR	Burleyminerals	0.135	8%	$12,662,095

NickelSearch (ASX:NIS) is teaming up with lithium producer Allkem (ASX:AKE) for a technical collaboration to assess the lithium prospectivity of the company’s Carlingup project in WA.

James Bay Minerals (ASX:JBY) has debuted on the ASX today, bringing with it one of the largest exploration portfolios in Canada’s prolific James Bay lithium district, totalling ~224km2.

Ionic Rare Earths (ASX:IXR) has revealed partnership agreements with Ford Technologies Limited (Ford), Less Common Metals Limited (LCM), and British Geological Survey (BGS) to create a UK rare earth supply chain from recycled magnets.

Enrg Elements (ASX:EEL) has renewed three prospecting licences comprising its Ghanzi West copper-silver project for a further two years.

And Cohiba Minerals (ASX:CHK) is set to start field work at its four Canadian lithium and rare earths prospects next week after signing Scope of Work documents with leading North American consultants.

More Top Small Cap Stories: Tuesday

Future Battery Minerals (ASX:FBM) says the intersection of further spodumene-bearing pegmatites has further reinforced the potential of its Kangaroo Hills project to host a lithium deposit of both scale and tonnage.

Patriot Lithium (ASX:PAT) is extending its mapping and sampling program at Black Hills in preparation for maiden drilling after discovering a 200m long surface pegmatite.

Drilling is now testing several targets at the Carawine Resources (ASX:CWX)-Rio Tinto West Paterson JV.

A 50-hole aircore drilling program is underway at Metal Hawk’s (ASX:MHK) Fraser South rare earths project.

Summit Minerals (ASX:SUM) has started field exploration for lithium-bearing pegmatites at its Castor project in the prolific James Bay region of Quebec.

Pure Hydrogen’s (ASX:PH2) 60% owned subsidiary, HDrive International, has secured an order to supply two battery electric (BEV) mini buses in a deal valued at $700,000.

Golden Mile Resources (ASX:G88) is spinning the drill bit across five prospective targets at its Yuinmery gold project in WA’s Murchison region.

A 13,300m drill program has begun at Victory Metals’ (ASX:VTM) North Stanmore project, Australia’s largest ionic/regolith clay-hosted heavy rare earth discovery.

Spartan Resources (ASX:SPR) has launched an aggressive 25,000m drill offensive aimed at adding more high-grade ounces to its inventory at the Dalgaranga project in WA’s Murchison region.

Moho Resources (ASX:MOH) has identified two coincident Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO) soil and radiometric anomalies within a 50km long trend at its Peak Charles project in WA.

Argenica Therapeutics (ASX:AGN) has the green light to undertake a potentially company making Phase 2 ‘proof of concept’ clinical trial of its lead drug ARG-007 for acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) patients.

Burley Minerals (ASX:BUR) has commenced an initial metallurgical test work program on core samples recovered from its Chubb lithium project in Québec, Canada.

And Hastings Technology Metals (ASX:HAS) and thyssenkrupp Materials Trading have agreed to expand the terms of the offtake contract signed in April 2021 to align with Stage 1 development for the Yangibana rare earths project.

At Stockhead we tell it like it is. While NickelSearch, James Bay Minerals, Ionic Rare Earths, Cohiba Minerals, Future Battery Minerals, Patriot Lithium, Carawine Resources, Metal Hawk, Summit Minerals, Pure Hydrogen, Golden Mile Resources, Victory Metals, Spartan Resources, Moho Resources, Argenica Therapeutics, Burley Minerals and Hastings Technology Metals are Stockhead advertisers, they did not sponsor this article.