Lunch Wrap: Goldies march, silver smashes US$40 for first time since 2011
Gold and silver stocks have rallied on Tuesday. Picture via Getty Images
- ASX drifts as gold and silver shine
- Collins rallies, Wesfarmers and Woolies sink
- PolyNovo rockets, Platinum takes a hit
The ASX mostly traded sideways on Tuesday, before settling at around 0.2% lower at lunchtime in the east.
Discretionary and real estate were the big drags this morning.
But gold miners were walking tall.
Stocks such as Perseus Mining (ASX:PRU) and Newmont Corporation (ASX:NEM) edged higher, all riding the yellow metal’s charge toward US$3,500.
But silver stole the spotlight, blasting through US$40 overnight for the first time since 2011.
Then came the bruisers.
Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) and Woolworths (ASX:WOW) both shed 2% after going ex-dividend.
This reminds investors that most of the time, you can’t get your dividend cheque and expect the share price to look pretty on the same day.
Meanwhile, Australian consumer confidence edged up 2 points to 88, but with the index still stuck below 90 it’s hardly the stuff of champagne corks.
Elsewhere in the large caps space, Collins Foods (ASX:CKF) actually bucked the gloom, jumping 8% after reporting a 6.7% lift in sales across its KFC empire.
But let’s be honest, guidance in the “low-to-mid teens” growth range is more finger-lickin’ cautious than good.
Platinum Asset Management (ASX:PTM) fell off the perch by 6% after news a client is yanking $580 million from its funds. Just what you want before a merger with L1 Capital.
Wound-care biotech, PolyNovo (ASX:PNV), which is now capped above $1 billion, rocketed as much as 20% out of a trading halt after flagging it could benefit from changes to US Medicare reimbursements.
Sure, the numbers look juicy, but the optimism rests on bureaucrats in Washington not moving the goalposts again.
And while the index muddled along, Westpac (ASX:WBC) told the market it had grown its business lending 15% year-on-year. But it’s at tighter margins.
ASX LEADERS
Today’s best performing stocks (including small caps) intraday:
| Security | Description | Last | % | Volume | MktCap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDI | Middle Island Res | 0.035 | 75% | 30,188,729 | $5,864,679 |
| FBM | Future Battery | 0.037 | 54% | 22,709,288 | $16,191,865 |
| MTL | Mantle Minerals Ltd | 0.002 | 50% | 13,233,333 | $6,447,446 |
| COD | Coda Minerals Ltd | 0.160 | 45% | 2,031,681 | $27,495,045 |
| TEM | Tempest Minerals | 0.007 | 40% | 1,931,809 | $5,508,975 |
| MEM | Memphasys Ltd | 0.004 | 33% | 890,000 | $5,950,794 |
| EV1 | Evolutionenergy | 0.015 | 25% | 894,090 | $4,351,806 |
| AQX | Alice Queen Ltd | 0.005 | 25% | 200,000 | $5,538,785 |
| ERA | Energy Resources | 0.003 | 25% | 255,907 | $810,792,482 |
| FRX | Flexiroam Limited | 0.010 | 25% | 5,142,714 | $12,139,189 |
| SIS | Simble Solutions | 0.005 | 25% | 373,733 | $4,329,321 |
| NIM | Nimyresourceslimited | 0.081 | 24% | 2,902,880 | $15,631,251 |
| HMX | Hammer Metals Ltd | 0.032 | 23% | 1,701,043 | $23,081,726 |
| HMG | Hamelingoldlimited | 0.089 | 22% | 348,061 | $14,476,161 |
| VRX | VRX Silica Ltd | 0.140 | 22% | 4,682,501 | $85,939,878 |
| DUG | DUG Tech | 1.905 | 21% | 1,565,414 | $212,759,010 |
| AIS | Aeris Resources Ltd | 0.265 | 20% | 8,779,087 | $213,712,877 |
| T92 | Terrauraniumlimited | 0.065 | 20% | 4,926,709 | $7,041,743 |
| ALM | Alma Metals Ltd | 0.006 | 20% | 2,299,050 | $9,253,686 |
| OSX | Osteopore Limited | 0.012 | 20% | 1,161,365 | $2,372,600 |
| PLG | Pearlgullironlimited | 0.012 | 20% | 50,000 | $2,045,418 |
| GL1 | Globallith | 0.280 | 19% | 947,855 | $61,507,049 |
Middle Island Resources (ASX:MDI) is making a big swing into Europe, snapping up Konstantin Resources and its 620km² copper-gold portfolio in Serbia’s Western Tethyan Belt, one of the world’s richest mining provinces. The deal hands Middle Island three main projects – Bobija, Priboj and Timok – with Bobija already boasting some serious historical drill hits including 45m at 1.71g/t gold and chunky silver, lead and zinc grades. To help fund the push, Middle Island has locked in a $3.4m placement at 1.7c a share, with Cygnet Capital running the raise.
Future Battery Minerals (ASX:FBM) has struck thick, high-grade gold at the Forrest prospect within its Miriam project near Coolgardie, with the first ten holes of a 21-hole program exceeding expectations. Best hits included 33m at 1.57g/t gold from 35m, with multiple high-grade intervals extending known lodes westward and uncovering fresh rock gold zones still open along strike.
The company is well funded with $6.4m in cash and no debt, and assays from the remaining 11 holes at the nearby Canyon prospect are due within weeks.
Hammer Metals (ASX:HMX) has hit visible gold just 40 metres south of Northern Star’s Bronzewing mine lease, a tantalising find given the 3Moz history next door. The gold showed up in a 6.8m zone of quartz veining from 416m downhole at Bronzewing South, with assays due mid-September to confirm the grade. RC drilling also pulled up encouraging numbers in the boundary zone, and diamond drilling is ongoing with follow-ups already in the works.
ASX LAGGARDS
Today’s worst performing stocks (including small caps) intraday:
| Code | Name | Price | % Change | Volume | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DY6 | Dy6Metalsltd | 0.220 | -27% | 2,860,085 | $27,414,806 |
| AYM | Australia United Min | 0.003 | -25% | 8,443 | $7,370,310 |
| BUY | Bounty Oil & Gas NL | 0.003 | -25% | 327,478 | $6,245,887 |
| HLX | Helix Resources | 0.002 | -25% | 1,000,000 | $6,728,387 |
| BKT | Black Rock Mining | 0.022 | -22% | 8,651,643 | $40,690,422 |
| ADG | Adelong Gold Limited | 0.004 | -20% | 32,472 | $11,584,182 |
| TMX | Terrain Minerals | 0.002 | -20% | 33,434,075 | $6,454,536 |
| RWL | Rubicon Water | 0.150 | -17% | 86,264 | $43,325,118 |
| 1CG | One Click Group Ltd | 0.010 | -17% | 5,050,000 | $14,187,434 |
| M2R | Miramar | 0.003 | -17% | 17,378,607 | $3,029,566 |
| MGU | Magnum Mining & Exp | 0.010 | -17% | 27,882,944 | $27,816,446 |
| NTM | Nt Minerals Limited | 0.003 | -17% | 133,272 | $3,632,709 |
| PRX | Prodigy Gold NL | 0.003 | -17% | 5,070,000 | $20,225,588 |
| IFG | Infocusgroup Hldltd | 0.026 | -16% | 4,447,115 | $9,050,115 |
| ITM | Itech Minerals Ltd | 0.054 | -16% | 2,579,719 | $10,933,465 |
| OIL | Optiscan Imaging | 0.090 | -14% | 586,776 | $87,710,784 |
| BIT | Biotron Limited | 0.003 | -14% | 50,000 | $4,645,360 |
| BNL | Blue Star Helium Ltd | 0.006 | -14% | 1,044,159 | $23,575,197 |
| CR1 | Constellation Res | 0.120 | -14% | 6,666 | $11,255,223 |
| ECS | ECS Botanics Holding | 0.007 | -13% | 2,527,594 | $10,368,397 |
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
West Coast Silver (ASX:WCE) has moved quickly to restart exploration at Elizabeth Hill after initial drilling returned bonanza silver grades.
Under a letter of intent, Pure Hydrogen Corporation (ASX:PH2) will supply GTS Group with an HFC-powered Class 8 tractor in Q4 2025.
US-based white hydrogen explorer HyTerra (ASX:HYT) has appointed former Department of Energy senior adviser Dan Milstein to its team.
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