On Stockhead today, nickel juniors primed for M&A, Christmas retail stocks ready to make merry, and the rise of the new breed of BNPLs.

But first, the day ahead.

 

WHO’S SCHEDULED TO LIST?

Nightingale Intelligent Systems (ASX:NGL)

Listing: 12pm AEDT

IPO: $6m at $0.22

US-based NGL develops and sells commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) aka drones for security applications.

Called ‘Blackbird’, this drone can run regular patrol and manual surveillance missions, day and night.

When an alarm is triggered, the system automatically dispatches Blackbird to the alarm location which streams live video to the security team.

 

TRADING HALTS

The following companies went into trading halts yesterday and are expected out in the next few days:

Desert Metals (ASX:DM1) – Capital raise

Synergia Energy (ASX:SYN) – Application to be removed from the official list of the ASX

Kin Mining (ASX:KIN) – Exploration update

 

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1,766.73 (-0.39%)

Silver: $US21.29 (-0.86%)

Nickel (3mth): $US27,532/t (-9.00%)

Copper (3mth): $US8,293.5/t (-0.99%)

Lithium Carbonate, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, NOV 9): $US76,025/t (+1.7% weekly, +125.8% year-to-date)

Lithium Hydroxide, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, NOV 9): $US75,275/t (+1.9% weekly, +169.2% year-to-date)

Oil (WTI): $US84.787 (-0.83%)

Oil (Brent): $US92.12 (-0.77%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US99.00 (+2.06%)

AUD/USD: 0.6725 (-0.19%)

Bitcoin: $US16,546.00 (+0.10%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

Battery expert Simon Moores gives his take on the latest lithium price drama.

And will 2023 be gold’s year? Famed speculator Rick Rule thinks so.

 

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Also, be sure to check in preopen each day for ‘Market highlights and 5 ASX small caps to watch’, and 10.30am for our daily ‘10 at 10’ column — a live summary of winners & losers at the opening bell.

 

YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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CODE COMPANY PRICE % TODAY VOLUME MARKET CAP
CAQ CAQ Holdings Ltd 0.028 75% 156 $11,484,580
WR1 Winsome Resources 1.17 34% 7,494,636 $118,224,745
CCE Carnegie Cln Energy 0.002 33% 238,333 $23,463,861
GTG Genetic Technologies 0.004 33% 142,158 $27,701,895
BUR Burleyminerals 0.31 29% 4,884,994 $8,237,532
EMU EMU NL 0.007 27% 26,386,110 $3,779,975
RCL Readcloud 0.145 26% 201,622 $13,988,591
DW8 DW8 Limited 0.0025 25% 12,409,000 $6,203,045
FHS Freehill Mining Ltd. 0.01 25% 200,697 $14,685,191
KFE Kogi Iron Ltd 0.005 25% 490,166 $6,528,311
RMX Red Mount Min Ltd 0.005 25% 1,040,000 $6,569,455
PSC Prospect Res Ltd 0.135 23% 4,558,067 $50,848,541
WMG Western Mines 0.14 22% 61,561 $4,212,738
AL3 Aml3D 0.086 21% 383,792 $13,352,503
CMD Cassius Mining Ltd 0.03 20% 50,070 $10,093,523
MTM Mtmongerresources 0.12 20% 8,635,188 $3,751,003
POL Polymetals Resources 0.24 20% 53,891 $8,236,538
AQX Alice Queen Ltd 0.003 20% 940,395 $5,500,625
FTC Fintech Chain Ltd 0.024 20% 12,317 $13,015,392
1VG Victory Goldfields 0.255 19% 3,999,647 $10,691,982
AN1 Anagenics Limited 0.032 19% 20,000 $5,967,575
RNT Rent.Com.Au Limited 0.045 18% 326,390 $16,746,296
FAU First Au Ltd 0.007 17% 3,819,091 $5,711,960
SI6 SI6 Metals Limited 0.007 17% 2,608,052 $8,972,368
BCA Black Canyon Limited 0.255 16% 6,444 $9,865,344
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Drilling at Mt Monger Resources’ (ASX:MTM) East Laverton project has confirmed the presence of shallow, clay-hosted rare earths “potentially extend[ing] over a very large area, most of which is still untested by drilling”.

Burley Minerals (ASX:BUR) is buying the Chubb lithium project in Quebec, Canada, and the Mt James and Dragon lithium projects in the central Gascoyne Region of WA.

EMU NL (ASX:EMU) is applying for some rare earths exploration ground near OD6 Metals (ASX:OD6) Splinter Rock discovery in WA.

And Victory Goldfields (ASX:1VG) is embarking on follow-up drilling at a  so-called alkaline igneous intrusion – referred by industry experts as “engine rooms for rare earth elements and critical metals”.

 

YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the least performing ASX small cap stocks:

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CODE COMPANY PRICE % TODAY VOLUME MARKET CAP
KEY KEY Petroleum 0.001 -50% 19,000 $3,935,856
HIQR Hitiq Limited - Rights 25-Nov-22 0.003 -40% 68,000 $1,059,352
ANL Amani Gold Ltd 0.001 -33% 5,461,621 $35,540,162
AFW Applyflow Limited 0.0015 -25% 1,934,218 $5,915,216
ARE Argonaut Resources 0.0015 -25% 2,494,696 $12,723,743
RBR RBR Group Ltd 0.003 -25% 134,923 $5,174,011
E25 Element 25 Ltd 1.145 -20% 1,623,365 $219,569,880
DXN DXN Limited 0.004 -20% 300,000 $8,606,574
GLV Global Oil & Gas 0.002 -20% 22,986,177 $4,683,387
ROO Roots Sustainable 0.002 -20% 659,099 $2,288,582
SIH Sihayo Gold Limited 0.002 -20% 2,000,000 $15,255,320
ABE Ausbondexchange 0.25 -19% 15,626 $12,013,462
WC1 Westcobarmetals 0.19 -17% 449,005 $16,042,517
BBX BBX Minerals Ltd 0.072 -17% 320,000 $42,344,768
BPP Babylon Pump & Power 0.005 -17% 57,900 $14,746,628
TKL Traka Resources 0.005 -17% 30,000 $4,132,647
AHN Athena Resources 0.011 -15% 41,973,592 $11,316,078
AUR Auris Minerals Ltd 0.017 -15% 28,344 $9,532,519
GLH Global Health Ltd 0.255 -15% 79,976 $17,401,014
NZS New Zealand Coastal 0.003 -14% 65,917 $3,944,518
OAU Ora Gold Limited 0.006 -14% 1,768,917 $6,889,619
SIS Simble Solutions 0.012 -14% 112,000 $5,982,659
PPT Perpetual Limited 27.08 -14% 1,383,527 $1,809,790,840
RCR Rincon 0.125 -14% 488,889 $8,305,389
TGN Tungsten Min NL 0.077 -13% 9,226 $69,990,870
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