In Case You Missed It: Medicare milestone and provisional ports approval

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
BIT	Biotron Limited	0.069	35%	$45,999,190
PIQ	Proteomics Int Lab	1.17	30%	$110,101,249
CZR	CZR Resources Ltd	0.14	27%	$25,930,811
ARE	Argonaut Resources	0.075	25%	$4,389,510
CXO	Core Lithium	0.4075	20%	$726,558,085
JAT	Jatcorp Limited	0.3	20%	$20,816,604
T92	Terrauraniumlimited	0.15	20%	$6,450,645
BCB	Bowen Coal Limited	0.155	19%	$277,678,164
XST	Xstate Resources	0.014	17%	$3,858,230
PEN	Peninsula Energy Ltd	0.145	16%	$157,224,773
GLA	Gladiator Resources	0.022	16%	$11,225,140
LV1	Live Verdure Ltd	0.34	15%	$33,086,922
PPY	Papyrus Australia	0.025	14%	$10,836,487
RGS	Regeneus Ltd	0.008	14%	$2,145,058
ALM	Alma Metals Ltd	0.01	11%	$10,026,007
LPM	Lithium Plus	0.46	11%	$27,385,103
QPM	Queensland Pacific	0.068	10%	$123,065,000
SNS	Sensen Networks Ltd	0.056	10%	$34,742,433
CHR	Charger Metals	0.12	9%	$6,832,580
GTH	Gathid Ltd	0.025	9%	$6,058,612

Proteomics International Laboratories (ASX:PIQ) announced a major milestone in the commercialisation of its predictive test for diabetic kidney disease, PromarkerD, with the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) setting a national reimbursement price for the test in the US of US$390.75.

CZR Resources (ASX:CZR) has nabbed conditional support from the Pilbara Ports Authority for its Port of Ashburton Consortium JV to develop a multi-user bulk mineral export facility with an export capacity of 5Mtpa – which the company said paves the way for completion of its definitive feasibility study next month.

Core Lithium (ASX:CXO) has delivered a maiden profit for FY23 in its annual report today on shipments of just 5423dmt of spodumene concentrate and 14,774dmt of direct shipped lithium ore, with revenue of $50.6m, EBITDA of $14m, and Net Profit After Tax of $10.8m.

Bowen Coking Coal (ASX:BCB) senior and subordinated lenders, Taurus Mining Finance and coal producer New Hope (ASX:NHC) have given it a stay on its debt repayment, deferring principal returns for 12 months.

And Xstate Resources (ASX:XST) has wraped up the sale for its 35% working interest in its Alberta Plains assets to Blue Sky Resources for C$1,575,000 (~A$1,750,000).