In Case You Missed It: Rare earths, EBITDA growth and dash of gold

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, that made announcements today.

ICYMI Leader Board

Code	Company	Price	% Today	Market Cap
VMM	Viridismining	2.07	64%	$56,778,158
NYR	Nyrada Inc.	0.026	30%	$3,120,174
KLI	Killiresources	0.071	27%	$3,336,203
SSH	Sshgroupltd	0.165	18%	$9,225,979
MTL	Mantle Minerals Ltd	0.0035	17%	$18,442,338
AL3	Aml3D	0.091	15%	$18,608,743
AHI	Advanced Health	0.115	15%	$22,945,397
PGO	Pacgold	0.21	14%	$15,493,880
HLX	Helix Resources	0.0045	13%	$9,292,583
LSR	Lodestar Minerals	0.0045	13%	$8,093,589
AKN	Auking Mining Ltd	0.055	12%	$11,287,332
LVH	Livehire Limited	0.057	12%	$18,673,304
GLL	Galilee Energy Ltd	0.072	11%	$22,004,937
FG1	Flynngold	0.079	10%	$9,819,546
DRO	Droneshield Limited	0.345	10%	$192,592,137
HAR	Harangaresources	0.185	9%	$11,188,383
4DX	4Dmedical Limited	0.71	8%	$226,935,682
NVA	Nova Minerals Ltd	0.26	8%	$50,613,591
1MC	Morella Corporation	0.0065	8%	$36,981,556
MLM	Metallica Minerals	0.026	8%	$23,038,174

Viridis Mining and Minerals (ASX:VMM) has reported 46m at 3,285 ppm Total Rare Earth Oxide (TREO) from surface from its newly acquired Colossus rare earths (REE) project in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

The diverse SSH Group (ASX:SSH) – which has a safety, people, and equipment division covering the construction, civil and mining sectors – has reported that strong 40% margins have generated a tidy 169% EBITDA growth over 12 months to $4.7m.

Mantle Minerals (ASX:MTL) has signed access agreements for De Grey Mining (ASX:DEG) to drill 100 aircore holes at its Roberts Hill gold project.

AML3D (ASX:AL3) has received A$2.2m order for the largest custom built ARCEMY metal 3D printing system to date by US value-added reseller Phillips Corp. on behalf of Austal USA.

And Pacgold (ASX:PGO) has identified multiple new regional structures, including surface rock chips up to 47.4g/t gold which defined a >2km strike length structure, at its Alice river project in QLD.

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Future Battery Minerals (ASX:FBM) has appointed former Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG) boss Neville Power as non-executive director to drive the company’s lithium development plans in WA and Nevada, USA.

Golden State Mining (ASX:GSM) has returned up to 0.9% lithium from rock chip sampling at Paynes Find in WA.

Koonenberry Gold (ASX:KNB) is about to commence deeper AC drilling at the Bellagio prospect in NSW after hitting up to 4.47g/t gold.

Rock chip assays have returned up to 6.85% Li2O at Fin Resources (ASX:FIN) White Bear prospect at Cancet West in Canada.

Tambourah Metals (ASX:TMB) has recorded the strongest mineralised intercept ever at its namesake gold and lithium project in the Pilbara of 28g/t.

Marmota (ASX:MEU) has identified four high priority uranium drill targets at the Junction Dam deposit immediately adjacent to the Boss Honeymoon tenement.

Charger Metals (ASX:CHR) has entered into a binding farm-in agreement with Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) subsidiary Rio Tinto Exploration (RTX) including a potential $42.5m investment for RTX to earn a 75% stake in Lake Johnson project.

First Lithium (ASX:FL1) has expanded its drilling program with the second rig now on site at the Faraba lithium prospect in Mali, Africa.

Botala Energy (ASX:BTE) has completed the third pilot well at its Pitse project, Serowe-3.5, which is the central well of the five-well system and should become project’s first production well.

Torque Metals (ASX:TOR) has found spodumene in RC drill chips at its New Dawn lithium project in WA.

OD6 Metals (ASX:OD6) has received its R&D tax offset of A$962,697 for FY23.

Ionic Rare Earths (ASX:IXR) has received firm commitments to raise $5.9m via a placement at $0.021 complete the Makuutu demonstration plant and ramp up its magnet recycling demonstration plant to 24/7 continuous operation from early January 2024.

And Golden Mile Resources (ASX:G88) says Gateway Mining (ASX:GML) has earned a 51% interest in its tenements at the Montague gold project in WA.

At Stockhead we tell it like it is. While Future Battery Minerals, Golden State Mining, Tambourah Metals, Marmota, Charger Metals, First Lithium, Botala Energy, Fin Resources, Koonenberry Gold, Torque Metals, OD6 Metals, Ionic Rare Earths and Golden Mile Resources are Stockhead advertisers, they did not sponsor this article.