Jessica Rudd helps eCargo to the top of last week's ASX small cap winners

ASX Small Cap Winners Jan 19-25

Jessica Rudd is the winner of the (short) trading week after selling 45 per cent of her online retailer Jessica’s Suitcase to China-based e-tailer eCargo (ASX:ECG).

eCargo shares surged more than 230 per cent on Monday after the former PM’s daughter made the announcement.

The store is run through Alibaba’s massive online mall Tmall. Ms Rudd will join the eCargo board.

eCargo shares shot to a 52-week high of 33c on Monday. They fell back quickly — closing Thursday at 19c — but still logged a 126 per cent gain for the short week (Friday Jan 19 to Thursday Jan 25).

The lawyer, author and ‘mummy blogger’ previously lived in Beijing for five years, and now represents product ranges from Aussie brands the likes of Penfolds, Wolf Blass, skincare brand Sukin and fellow ASX-listed goat milk formula maker Bubs (ASX:BUB).

eCargo shareholders went for a wild ride this week.

Graphite producers are in a sweet spot at the moment, with higher prices amid growing demand from battery makers and reports of tightening supply.

Graphite producer Battery Minerals (ASX:BAT) had a great week, with three straight gains following from a new sales agreement and board restructure.

On Monday the company announced it had pre-sold 80 per cent of forecast production from a Mozambique graphite project after signing a fourth off-take (future sales) deal.

Battery Minerals said it was now “moving rapidly towards development and production at its Montepuez graphite project in Mozambique”.

Under the latest, binding deal, Chinese battery anode producer Qingdao Keshuo New Materials Technology will take 10,000 tonnes a year of graphite concentrate.

Ahead of production, Battery appointed two new directors — geologist Ivy Chen and finance expert Jeff Dowling (a former director of NRW, S2 Resources and Sirius Resources among others).

The stock ended the trading week up 31 per cent at 9.2c.

Another graphite play, Renascor Resources, gained 17.5 per cent for the week after early testing produced high-quality spherical graphite from a deposit in South Australia.

Graphite flakes are rated by size as small, medium, large or jumbo. Bigger flakes tend to be higher in purity and attract higher prices. Battery grade is the most expensive at 99.9 per cent purity.

Renascor’s shares — which have doubled in the past six months — ended Thursday at 4.7c, up from 4c the previous Friday.

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Silver City Minerals (ASX:SCI) made a healthy 20 per cent gain for the week after announcing it has already hit strong copper sulphide mineralisation — just two holes into a follow-up drilling program at its Broken Hill Copper Blow project.

The shares jumped from 3.9c last Friday to 4.7c at Thurday’s close.

Strong copper sulphide mineralisation was identified in numerous massive magnetite-sulphide veins in both holes, Silver City reported on Monday.

The veins are characteristic of iron oxide copper-gold deposits such as those which occur in Queensland (Ernest Henry and Selwyn) and in South Australia (Olympic Dam and Prominent Hill).

Copper Blow is located 20km south of Broken Hill, which is traditionally known for silver, lead and zinc – but investigations by Silver City show this western NSW mining district also contains an abundance of copper and gold.

Suda Pharmaceuticals (ASX:SUD) — which makes oral spray drug delivery systems — put on 21 per cent after finalising the global rights to anagrelide, “an anti-thrombotic agent that has recently shown promise as a novel anti-cancer agent”.

Stockhead columnist Tim Boreham labelled the biotech “undervalued” earlier this week.

SUDA plans to formulate a spray version of anagrelide using its “OroMist” technology, which it says could potentially avoid side-effects when taken as an oral capsule.

Suda shares climbed from 1.4c to 1.7c for the week.

Mobile game maker Anomica Brands (ASX:AB1) — which more than doubled last week on strong sales of its latest battle game — moved ahead again after signing a deal to publish cryptocurrency game CryptoKitties in China.

The stock is a 10-bagger for those who bought last year around 1c and sold at highs above 11c on Thursday. The shares climbed 22 per cent this week to finish at 8.6c.

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks for Jan 19-25:

ASX code	Name	Change Jan 19-25	Price Jan 25	Price Jan 19	52wk High	52wk Low	Market Cap
ECG	ECARGO HOLDINGS	1.26	0.19	0.084	0.33	0.04	119973744
JVG	JV GLOBAL	1	0.002	0.001	0.002	0.0009	4386280
JHL	JAYEX HEALTHCARE	0.69	0.022	0.013	0.052	0.012	2765211.5
SDL	SUNDANCE RESOURCES	0.6	0.008	0.005	0.012	0.003	62189636
EXO	ENNOX GROUP	0.5	0.003	0.002	0.005	0.002	1326381.125
NME	NEX METALS EXPLORATION	0.5	0.015	0.01	0.032	0.003	2290754.25
AB1	ANIMOCA BRANDS	0.22	0.086	0.07	0.12	0.008	30386916
GRV	GREENVALE ENERGY	0.38	0.047	0.034	0.056	0.02	4387701.5
HHM	HAMPTON HILL MINING	0.36	0.03	0.022	0.04	0.0094	7370134.5
ANP	ANTISENSE THERAPEUTICS	0.37	0.048	0.035	0.055	0.022	8562648
BAT	BATTERY MINERALS	0.31	0.092	0.07	0.115	0.056	76353232
BOT	BOTANIX PHARMACEUTICALS	0.34	0.13	0.097	0.13	0.039	70604472
ARO	ASTRO RESOURCES	0.33	0.004	0.003	0.004	0.002	3531709.25
BDI	BLINA MINERALS	0.33	0.002	0.0015	0.003	0.001	6327783.5
SUR	SUN RESOURCES	0.33	0.004	0.003	0.011	0.0027	3025730.5
WHK	WHITEHAWK	0.2	0.24	0.2	0.28	0.22	18418160
ANW	AUS TIN MINING	0.31	0.025	0.019	0.03	0.006	48205340
WEC	WHITE ENERGY CO	0.55	0.085	0.055	0.072	0.025	23642962
SMG	SOON MINING	0.3	0.34	0.26	0.35	0.12	53795760
CYP	CYNATA THERAPEUTICS	0.41	0.83	0.59	0.785	0.37	65741792
IPB	IPB PETROLEUM	0.3	0.013	0.01	0.026	0.009	2084358.375
PKA	PLUKKA	0.6	0.016	0.01	0.033	0.004	2405104.5
GGL	GRUDEN GROUP/THE	0.28	0.018	0.014	0.026	0.01	12704694
PEX	PEEL MINING	0.37	0.765	0.56	0.78	0.155	120412552
LSH	LIFESPOT HEALTH	0.24	0.18	0.145	0.375	0.11	13114530
NXM	NEXUS MINERALS	0.23	0.135	0.11	0.145	0.065	9994029
WLC	WOLLONGONG COAL	0.27	0.014	0.011	0.014	0.004	131137680
NSE	NEW STANDARD ENERGY	0.25	0.005	0.004	0.01	0.002	3582090
SSN	SAMSON OIL & GAS	0.5	0.003	0.002	0.0055	0.001	6566001
SHK	STONE RESOURCES AUSTRALIA LT	0.25	0.005	0.004	0.006	0.002	4014386
KYK	KYCKR	0.22	0.305	0.25	0.31	0.14	32690798
ASN	ANSON RESOURCES	0.16	0.25	0.215	0.31	0.01	86097656
MTB	MOUNT BURGESS MINING	0.22	0.011	0.009	0.015	0.004	4915632
POZ	POZ MINERALS	0.2	0.060	0.05	0.064	0.02	10227768
ACP	AUDALIA RESOURCES	0.21	0.017	0.014	0.028	0.01	6527276.5
SUD	SUDA PHARMACEUTICALS	0.21	0.017	0.014	0.028	0.014	19542808
SCI	SILVER CITY MINERALS	0.2	0.047	0.039	0.067	0.015	8636383
MSR	MANAS RESOUCES	0.2	0.006	0.005	0.007	0.0025	15858975
KAS	KASBAH RESOURCES	0.2	0.018	0.015	0.025	0.011	16710593
RBR	RBR GROUP	0.2	0.018	0.015	0.02	0.004	10152578
DKM	DUKETON MINING	0.19	0.275	0.23	0.275	0.1	27892124
BEM	BLACKEARTH MINERALS	0.12	0.23	0.205	0.25	0.175	12764955
VRC	VOLT RESOURCES	0.19	0.037	0.031	0.056	0.015	50629072
DM1	DIRECTMONEY	0.19	0.031	0.026	0.075	0.019	13674711
DTS	DRAGONTAIL SYSTEMS	0.21	0.315	0.26	0.35	0.18	59780000
AHQ	ALLEGIANCE COAL	0.19	0.05	0.042	0.051	0.019	19676062
POS	POSEIDON NICKEL	0.17	0.049	0.042	0.063	0.018	49524820
SBR	SABRE RESOURCES	0.18	0.026	0.022	0.028	0.008	7041222.5

ASX Small Cap Losers Jan 19-25

At the other end of the table, investors dumped shares in shell company Zyber Holdings which had been seen as a potential blockchain play.

The shares closed down 48 per cent for the week after Peter Wall, a partner at Perth law firm Steinepreis Paganin, stepped down to be replaced by mining executive Bernard Crawford.

Zyber shares (ASX:ZYB) began to rocket in December from 1.2c to a year-high of 4.6c on the back of speculation it was going to be a reverse takeover vehicle for a blockchain business.

The shares close Thursday at 2.3c.

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks for Jan 19-25:

ASX code	Name	Change Jan 19-25	Price Jan 25	Price Jan 19	52wk High	52wk Low	Market Cap
PPY	PAPYRUS AUSTRALIA	-0.17	0.015	0.018	0.05	0.004	3287242.75
PM1	PURE MINERALS	-0.17	0.02	0.024	0.031	0.018	5412581
USA	URANIUMSA	-0.17	0.01	0.012	0.014	0.006	3966174
HE8	HELIOS ENERGY	-0.17	0.055	0.066	0.075	0.014	77861808
CT1	CCP TECHNOLOGIES	-0.18	0.029	0.035	0.047	0.0136	10840031
BYH	BRYAH RESOURCES	-0.18	0.12	0.145	0.25	0.12	7889017
SFH	SPECIALTY FASHION GROUP	-0.19	0.18	0.22	0.655	0.1	38447224
ZIP	ZIPTEL	-0.19	0.036	0.044	0.086	0.014	5390420
CDT	CASTLE MINERALS	-0.19	0.022	0.027	0.085	0.01	5101307.5
ICT	ICOLLEGE	-0.19	0.07	0.086	0.0945	0.007	14553734
IDA	INDIANA RESOURCES	-0.19	0.061	0.075	0.145	0.0483	3501727.25
HEG	HILL END GOLD	-0.22	0.145	0.185	0.23	0.025	22814594
AVW	AVIRA RESOURCES	-0.2	0.017	0.021	0.14	0.0028	6431667
SUH	SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE MINING	-0.2	0.105	0.13	0.22	0.03	11067697
DGO	DGO GOLD	-0.2	0.705	0.88	2.45	0.21	7445768.5
ADV	ARDIDEN	-0.2	0.024	0.03	0.037	0.011	25115934
CUL	CULLEN RESOURCES	-0.2	0.002	0.0025	0.004	0.001	6496400
KTE	K2 ENERGY	-0.2	0.008	0.01	0.02	0.007	1936884.625
MRQ	MRG METALS	-0.2	0.008	0.01	0.0163	0.0036	4408577
ROG	RED SKY ENERGY	-0.2	0.004	0.005	0.05	0.0035	2434911.75
SPB	SOUTH PACIFIC RESOURCES	-0.2	0.016	0.02	0.04	0.009	2648245
CZR	COZIRON RESOURCES	-0.2	0.02	0.025	0.037	0.01	39282128
KRS	KRESTA HOLDINGS	-0.21	0.039	0.049	0.16	0.039	5860082
OKR	OKAPI RESOURCES	-0.23	0.63	0.82	0.875	0.27	26404008
PVE	PO VALLEY ENERGY	-0.24	0.048	0.063	0.11	0.022	24916926
SPQ	SUPERIOR RESOURCES	-0.33	0.014	0.021	0.025	0.005	8806961
EUC	EUROPEAN COBALT	-0.22	0.105	0.135	0.295	0.014	91403680
JDR	JADAR LITHIUM	-0.25	0.022	0.029	0.34	0.022	8959202
EMP	EMPEROR ENERGY	-0.25	0.003	0.004	0.0054	0.002	2597573.25
MED	MERLIN DIAMONDS	-0.25	0.006	0.008	0.0225	0.004	20330796
WCN	WHITE CLIFF MINERALS	-0.25	0.003	0.004	0.0089	0.002	8697650
NVA	NOVA MINERALS	-0.26	0.041	0.055	0.064	0.005	30611348
LSR	LODESTAR MINERALS	-0.27	0.025	0.034	0.037	0.007	16530497
VIP	VOLTAGE IP	-0.27	0.044	0.06	0.12	0.04	16016550
HDY	HARDEY RESOURCES	-0.32	0.011	0.016	0.052	0.007	9990250
ADX	ADX ENERGY	-0.34	0.012	0.018	0.019	0.011	13279577
MEM	MEMPHASYS	0.33	0.002	0.0015	0.004	0.0007	4449642.5
AAJ	ARUMA RESOURCES	-0.34	0.022	0.033	0.043	0.006	9610047
FYI	FYI RESOURCES	-0.36	0.09	0.14	0.15	0.02	14028117
ZYB	ZYBER HOLDINGS	-0.48	0.023	0.044	0.046	0.004	14905808