Rise and Shine: Everything you need to know before the ASX opens

On Stockhead today, Guy’s got some gold that’s ‘bigger than Texas’, how to protect your shares from a ‘platform’ collapse, and why the ‘tech-led’ recession is actually not.

But first, the day ahead.

 

TRADING HALTS

The following stocks went into trading halts yesterday and are expected out in the coming days:

Jayride Group (ASX:JAY) — capital raising

Mamba Exploration (ASX:M24) — acquisition of a Rare Earth Elements project

Marley Spoon AG (ASX:MMM) — capital raising

Boab Metals (ASX:BML) — capital raising

Peninsula Energy (ASX:PEN) — capital raising

Critical Resources (ASX:CRR) — capital raising

Energy World Corporation (ASX:EWC) — capital raising

Euroz Hartleys Group (ASX:EZL) — in accordance with the agreed timetable announced to ASX regarding the Capital Reduction and Share Cancellation

KneoMedia (ASX:KNM) — a substantial sales deployment

Group 6 Metals (ASX:G6M) — capital raising

GreenHy2 (ASX:H2G) — equity placement

 

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1,754.37 (+0.29%)

Silver: $US21.46 (-0.24%)

Nickel (3mth): $US26,100/t (-0.73%)

Copper (3mth): $US8,023.50/t (+0.23%)

Lithium Carbonate, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, NOV 16): $US80,150/t (+0.1% weekly, +127.6% year-to-date)

Lithium Hydroxide, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, NOV 16): $US79,525/t (+0.1% weekly, +171.4% year-to-date)

Oil (WTI): $US78.02 (+0.11%)

Oil (Brent): $US84.55 (-1%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US91.94 (+0.54%)

AUD/USD: 0.6766 (+0.3%)

Bitcoin: $US16,566 (+0.30%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

Goldman Sachs believes the US and Europe could both end reliance on Chinese EV batteries by 2030, putting project developers like Sayona Mining (ASX:SYA) and Piedmont Lithium (ASX:PLL) in a prime position as they close in on a restart of the North American Lithium (NAL) operation Québec, Canada.

And the New York Times is copping serious heat on Twitter for having failed crypto king SBF speak at an upcoming event.

 

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YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

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Earlier this week, Iceni Gold (ASX:ICL) announced it was  picking up gold nuggs over several kilometres at the Guyer prospect, part of the flagship 14 Mile Well project in WA.

Yesterday, the explorer released a presso containing a bunch more photos, and they look impressive:

Health data stock Beamtree (ASX:BMT) re-affirmed its reported revenue growth target of ~35% in FY23 and said it was “moving towards being operating cash flow positive in FY23”.

Continued strong demand for its core services, particularly cyber security, has allowed Nexion Group (ASX:NNG) to deliver record revenue of $1.1m in October.

The Lodestar Minerals (ASX:LSR) and Auroch Minerals (ASX:AOU) joint venture has drilled into high grade lithium at the Nepean project, including 2m at 3.26% Li2O from 198m.

Numerous large, outcropping pegmatites have been identified at Accelerate Resources’ (ASX:AX8) East Pilbara project, 30km east of Global Lithium Resources’ Archer lithium deposit (10.5 Mt @ 1.0% LiO2).

And Westar Resources (ASX:WSR) will buy the Mindoolah lithium-gold project, and sell its Gidgee South gold project to Aurumin (ASX:AUN) in a separate transaction.

 

YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

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