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Lunchtime ASX small cap wrap: who’s going for gold
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Here are the key ASX small cap winners and losers at lunch Tue Oct 23:
The ASX Small Ords index was down 0.7 per cent or 18 points to 2668 by 12.40pm AEST.
GOING UP
Cannabis stock eSense-Lab (ASX:ESE) surged almost 50 per cent to 8.9c in early Tuesday trade after signing a “commercial supply agreement for the supply of terpenes to UK-based E-Quits Group”.
eSense uses synthetic “terpenes” — a kind of organic, fragrant oil — to develop plant-based products with applications such as medicines, ointments, food, drinks and cosmetics. eSense is working with terpenes that mimic the distinctive aroma of cannabis.
E-Quits Group will buy eSense’s “Super Lemon Haze Mix” for use in products such as “e-liquid” which is smoked in in electronic cigarettes.
“The supply agreement culminates a long successful testing period and expands the opportunities for use of our terpenes in a variety of industry sectors,” said eSense’s CEO Haim Cohen.
Resonance Health (ASX:RHT) has doubled in price over the past two weeks on no news.
This morning the stock jumped 38 per cent to 4.1 per cent before going into a trading halt. More than $700,000 worth of shares traded this morning.
“Trading in the securities of the entity will be temporarily paused pending a further announcement,” the company told inveastors at 11.30am AEST.
Semen separator Memphasys (ASX:MEM) continued swimming ahead this morning, gaining another 25 per cent to 6.4c.
The stock has now more than tripled in the past week — attracting an ASX query along the way.
Memphasys is developing a membrane codenamed Felix that separates quick swimmers from flabby floaters to improve IVF procedures.
On Monday Memphasys told investors it had “entered a pivotal stage in the commercial development” of Felix, signing “the first of a number of leading international andrology and IVF clinics as partners to conduct invitro [or test tube] assessments”.
Memphasys is hoping for European regulatory approval in late 2019 which would allow for human trials.
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Pegasus Metals (ASX:PUN) moved ahead 36 per cent to 1.9c after reporting positive drilling results at its “Dablo” palladium, platinum, gold, nickel and copper project in Burkina Faso, Africa.
Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks at 12.15pm Tue Oct 23:
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| ASX code | Company | Price change today (12.15pm) | Price (12.15pm) | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHT | Resonance Health | 41% | 4.1c | 18,493,046 |
| ESE | eSense | 37% | 8.6c | 9,303,036 |
| PUN | Pegasus Metals | 36% | 1.9c | 250,000 |
| GGX | Gas2grid | 25% | 0.5c | 574,720 |
| PDI | Predictive Discovery | 23% | 1.6c | 155,973 |
| ELT | Elementos | 20% | 0.6c | 2,084,862 |
| POH | Phosphagenics | 20% | 2.4c | 1,810,021 |
| ENX | Enegex | 20% | 1.8c | 25,000 |
| JDR | Jadar Lithium | 20% | 1.2c | 900,000 |
| MEM | Memphasys | 20% | 6.1c | 16,066 |
GOING DOWN
Zinc explorer Inca Minerals (ASX:ICG) sank 25 per cent today after telling investors it’s changing tack and looking at other commodities including vanadium, cobalt, nickel and phosphate.
The shares dropped to 0.3c. Inca has traded between 1c and 0.3c over the past year.
The company is in the process of bringing in partners for its base metals projects to free it up to consider other project buys.
“The board has been particularly interested in commodities with an attractive supply-demand equation, and global regions with acceptable sovereign risk,” Inca said.
“As a consequence, and being mindful of the global appetite for resources, the board has recently refined its strategy to consider new and additional projects with commodities such as vanadium, cobalt, nickel and phosphate.”
Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks at 12.15pm Tue Oct 23:
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| ASX code | Company | Price change today (12.15pm) | Price (12.15pm) | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDI | Blina Minerals | -50% | 0.1c | 250,000 |
| PCH | Property Connect | -50% | 0.1c | 450,000 |
| WPP | WPP | -34% | 52.5c | 3,094,041 |
| WGL | Wangle | -33% | 0.2c | 200,000 |
| ICG | Inca | -25% | 0.3c | 2,131,395 |
| MNC | Metminco | -25% | 0.3c | 337,500 |
| UBN | Urbanise | -23% | 2.3c | 71,453 |
| WML | Woomera | -22% | 8.6c | 23,100 |
| BKP | Baraka | -20% | 0.4c | 22,819,015 |
| LML | Lincoln | -20% | 0.8c | 648,750 |
