On Stockhead today, Abandoned mines: Bad for kids, great as insane sci-fi storage vaults powering sub-surface battery farms…
Up about 25% last week, I suppose someone should ask – is crypto back (baby)?
Breaking News: These money managers love big (and small) Aussie banks.
Confessions of a Day Trader: It’s. One. Huge Fistfight.
And heaps, heaps more…
But first, the day ahead.
TRADING HALTS
These companies went into a trading halt on Monday:
Kingsrose Mining (ASX:KRM) – Halt called pending discussions regarding a material acquisition.
Nordic Nickel (ASX:NNL) – Halt requested pending a material announcement.
COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES
Gold: $US1920.29 (+1.24%)
Silver: $US24.26 (-2.04%)
Nickel (3mth): $US21,900/t (-0.85%)
Copper (3mth): $US7,850/t (+2.98%)
Lithium Carbonate, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, DEC 28): $US82,075/t (+114.4% year-to-date)
Lithium Hydroxide, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, DEC 28): $US80,650/t (+164.4% year-to-date)
Oil (WTI): $US79.86 (+1.9%)
Oil (Brent): $US85.28 (+1.5%)
Iron 62pc Fe: $US127.00 (+2.42%)
AUD/USD: 0.6976 (+0.06%)
Bitcoin: $US20,863 (+5.31%)
WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?
BTC is up ~24% in a week. Is Crypto back?
Solana, Aptos, Decentraland and The Sandbox have been pumping. Here’s why. $SOL $APT $MANA $SAND #crypto
Stockhead > https://t.co/26DxwKPCjt pic.twitter.com/sxCvXfDulY
— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) January 16, 2023
And here’s a great thread on ways to win the game of junior mining stock speculation.
How to get an edge speculating in junior mining stonks.
A running :thread:/
— Ben Kramer-Miller (@TheWealthMiner) January 15, 2023
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ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS
Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks:
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| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALT | Analytica Limited | 0.002 | 100% | 800,888 | $4,613,801 |
| KEY | KEY Petroleum | 0.0015 | 50% | 30,000 | $1,967,928 |
| OIL | Optiscan Imaging | 0.14 | 40% | 413,508 | $62,620,560 |
| VPR | Volt Power Group | 0.002 | 33% | 50,000 | $16,074,312 |
| XST | Xstate Resources | 0.002 | 33% | 2,000,000 | $4,822,772 |
| IBG | Ironbark Zinc Ltd | 0.014 | 27% | 3,101,537 | $16,134,627 |
| WCN | White Cliff Min Ltd | 0.016 | 23% | 15,132,368 | $9,792,707 |
| WWI | West Wits Mining Ltd | 0.022 | 22% | 12,213,343 | $36,810,678 |
| SPT | Splitit | 0.22 | 22% | 4,363,703 | $95,894,529 |
| INR | Ioneer Ltd | 0.55 | 21% | 39,415,562 | $954,743,911 |
| RDN | Raiden Resources Ltd | 0.006 | 20% | 10,000 | $8,272,912 |
| TD1 | Tali Digital Limited | 0.003 | 20% | 11,332,828 | $6,937,889 |
| BC8 | Black Cat Syndicate | 0.455 | 20% | 2,461,036 | $82,674,387 |
| SRI | Sipa Resources Ltd | 0.043 | 19% | 11,204 | $8,171,493 |
| EMT | Emetals Limited | 0.013 | 18% | 43,543,009 | $9,350,000 |
| AMS | Atomos | 0.079 | 18% | 1,666,406 | $26,922,012 |
| NFL | Norfolk Metals | 0.165 | 18% | 2,043,595 | $4,175,499 |
| NRX | Noronex Limited | 0.04 | 18% | 3,243,825 | $8,122,702 |
| AAU | Antilles Gold Ltd | 0.041 | 17% | 3,270,319 | $17,055,872 |
| BWX | BWX Limited | 0.275 | 17% | 3,156,943 | $46,997,063 |
| RVS | Revasum | 0.14 | 17% | 162,693 | $12,709,998 |
| SNX | Sierra Nevada Gold | 0.21 | 17% | 1,070 | $7,493,016 |
| TMZ | Thomson Res Ltd | 0.021 | 17% | 3,840,373 | $14,909,119 |
| 1CG | One Click Group Ltd | 0.014 | 17% | 946,323 | $7,368,851 |
| AAJ | Aruma Resources Ltd | 0.081 | 16% | 4,993,214 | $10,987,305 |
Norfolk Metals (ASX:NFL) revealed that it has drilled into more visual copper at Roger River, with its third drillhole (22RRD-003) “presenting discrete zones of native copper from 102.00m to 137.80m, 159.20m to 182.00m and 212.40m to 263.05m downhole depth in silica + carbonated veins, fine-grained basalt and fracture surfaces”.
A REE hit at Hines Hill saw White Cliff Minerals (ASX:WCN) trading well over 20% higher.
WCN says its maiden aircore drilling program of 49 drill holes has intersected zones up to 1,602ppm TREO (from 8m in drillhole HHAC38), with mineralisation open in all directions.
Remember Splitit Payments (ASX:SPT)? AliPay does – SPT is up 22.22% to $0.22 a pop on news that it’s formed a partnership with the Alibaba-connected fintech offering the ‘Pay After Delivery’ option for shoppers on AliExpress, another global eCommerce marketplace related to by the Alibaba Group.
ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS
Here are the least best performing ASX small cap stocks:
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| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANL | Amani Gold Ltd | 0.001 | -33% | 500,000 | $37,040,162 |
| MEB | Medibio Limited | 0.001 | -33% | 2,005,000 | $4,980,891 |
| T3D | 333D Limited | 0.001 | -33% | 16,080 | $4,783,976 |
| ARE | Argonaut Resources | 0.0015 | -25% | 3,209,493 | $12,723,743 |
| CCE | Carnegie Cln Energy | 0.0015 | -25% | 360,528 | $31,285,147 |
| GLV | Global Oil & Gas | 0.0015 | -25% | 2,688,932 | $6,857,595 |
| JTL | Jayex Technology Ltd | 0.01 | -23% | 48,816 | $3,239,971 |
| N1H | N1 Holdings Ltd | 0.165 | -18% | 24,147 | $17,611,115 |
| GTG | Genetic Technologies | 0.0025 | -17% | 1,449,916 | $27,701,895 |
| LRD | Lordresourceslimited | 0.19 | -16% | 87,455 | $7,489,040 |
| KZA | Kazia Therapeutics | 0.115 | -15% | 845,422 | $22,060,212 |
| SOV | Sovereign Cloud Hldg | 0.145 | -15% | 19,387 | $28,908,615 |
| KLI | Killi Resources | 0.12 | -14% | 7,632 | $4,700,500 |
| MTH | Mithril Resources | 0.003 | -14% | 342,200 | $11,420,816 |
| DES | Desoto Resources | 0.16 | -14% | 15,000 | $10,175,278 |
| SCT | Scout Security Ltd | 0.026 | -13% | 2,949 | $6,911,839 |
| LYK | Lykos Metals | 0.1 | -13% | 10,078 | $7,176,000 |
| TEE | Topend Energy | 0.2 | -13% | 79,454 | $10,243,625 |
| BBN | Baby Bunting Grp Ltd | 2.65 | -13% | 2,409,706 | $408,766,662 |
| AYT | Austin Metals Ltd | 0.007 | -13% | 16,186 | $8,126,997 |
| TSL | Titanium Sands Ltd | 0.014 | -13% | 1,173,611 | $22,502,366 |
| MM1 | Midas Minerals | 0.175 | -13% | 51,524 | $11,426,353 |
| SIX | Sprintex Ltd | 0.035 | -13% | 401,526 | $10,174,173 |
| CR9 | Corellares | 0.021 | -13% | 29,190 | $7,586,181 |
| NNG | Nexion Group | 0.042 | -13% | 4,002 | $4,917,713 |