On Stockhead today,

Newcrest is in play after Newmont lobbed a ~$24bn all scrip bid for Australia’s largest gold miner yesterday.

And the Melbourne hydrogen start-up, Cavendish Renewable Technology (CRT), believes it has a lucrative solution to lowering green hydrogen costs.

The brokers appear bullish in February. Morgans and Morgan Stanley share their small cap picks and some of the Aussie retailers they’ve been bingeing on.

 

But first, the day ahead…

 

TRADING HALTS

Fiji Kava (ASX:FIJ) – Halt requested pending an announcement by Fiji Kava in relation to an update on the status of the acquisition of Leilo Inc.

Revasum (ASX:RVS) – Halt requested while Revasum sorts out its finances, after announcing it’s been in breach of its liquidity covenant with SQN Venture Partners.

Tennant Minerals (ASX:TMS) – Halt requested pending the release of significant drilling results.

AIC Mines (ASX:A1M) – Halt requested in connection with the launch of an institutional placement.

 

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1867.54 (+0.10%)

Silver: $US22.23 (-0.55%)

Nickel (3mth): $US27,651/t (+4.40%)

Copper (3mth): $US9.342/t (+0.25%)

Oil (WTI): $US74.50 (+1.51%)

Oil (Brent): $US81.04 (+1.38%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US124.50 (+0.00%)

AUD/USD: 0.6880 (-0.55%)

Bitcoin: $US23,001 (+0.44%)

 

WHAT GRABBED YOUR EYEBALLS?

 

For all you crypto lovers Stockhead’s Coinhead Facebook group is the place to share your views, insights, tips and ideas.

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.

 

ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code Company Price % Volume Market Cap
EMD Emyria Limited 0.315 66% 16,947,572 $55,261,370
CCE Carnegie Cln Energy 0.0015 50% 1,226,408 $15,642,574
HHI Health House Int Ltd 0.012 50% 711,906 $1,130,637
NVU Nanoveu Limited 0.017 42% 2,402,926 $4,071,243
LGP Little Green Pharma 0.26 41% 5,436,458 $49,100,530
AUK Aumake Limited 0.004 33% 16,927,974 $2,623,341
MGG Mogul Games Grp Ltd 0.002 33% 21,199,761 $4,895,162
LDR Lode Resources 0.445 33% 24,921,195 $17,275,697
IBX Imagion Biosys Ltd 0.028 27% 28,784,721 $24,669,008
TRM Truscott Mining Corp 0.125 25% 848,361 $16,715,706
MTL Mantle Minerals Ltd 0.0025 25% 35,369,655 $10,691,210
RR1 Reach Resources Ltd 0.005 25% 2,951,382 $7,640,203
BUX Buxton Resources Ltd 0.18 24% 1,604,118 $22,561,067
ODE Odessa Minerals Ltd 0.016 23% 6,423,755 $9,190,416
GO2 Thego2People 0.011 22% 145,081 $3,768,531
ECG Ecargo Hldg 0.018 20% 3,610 $9,228,750
WOO Wooboard Tech Ltd 0.006 20% 150,188 $1,149,774
XTC Xantippe Res Ltd 0.006 20% 5,873,421 $51,460,174
HVY Heavy Minerals 0.155 19% 672,786 $5,016,083
HOR Horseshoe Metals Ltd 0.032 19% 545,001 $14,902,458
ECT Env Clean Tech Ltd. 0.013 18% 5,734,900 $18,878,768
SGC Sacgasco Ltd 0.013 18% 500,756 $6,747,976
AYA Artryalimited 0.56 17% 14,288 $30,140,891
EYE Nova EYE Medical Ltd 0.28 17% 42,523 $35,012,028
FLX Felix Group 0.14 17% 359,026 $18,806,366
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Emyria (ASX:EMD) says it is well-placed to capitalise on the announcement by the TGA, having identified “numerous suppliers of GMP-MDMA  which is ‘patient-ready’, and developed a comprehensive Phase 2B clinical trial protocol for MDMA-assisted therapy.”

The company has secured the rights to a University of Western Australia (UWA)’s library of more than 100 novel MDMA analogues, and have together launched an MDMA-inspired drug discovery program.

It’s up over 55%

Little Green Pharma (ASX:LGP) is also swinging higher on the down-scheduling news, announcing that it is also well-placed to make a serious play in that particular pharmaceutical space through its psychedelics focused subsidiary Reset Mind Sciences.

“The announcement by the TGA is truly ground-breaking in the field of psychedelics and I welcome their decision,” Reset Mind Sciences CEO Shaun Duffy said.

Imagion Biosystems (ASX: IBX), gained around 37.5% on  news from an independent blinded review by a panel of expert breast cancer radiologists which has corroborated previously reported positive findings for the company’s MagSense diagnostic tech.

The company says that the radiologists confirmed that the “MagSense HER2 imaging agent produces a change in image contrast and that the contrast in nodes highly suspicious for tumour is distinctly different from the MR image contrast seen in non-involved nodes”.

Lode Resources (ASX:LDR) up again some 31% on news that it has received firm commitments for $4,440,000 in a share placement to existing and new institutional and sophisticated investors.

That climb follows a massive jump in the company’s price last week, after the company drilled into some massive silver intercepts at the Webbs Consol Silver project’s Tangoa West Lode.

 

ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the least best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code Company Price % Volume Market Cap
WBE Whitebark Energy 0.001 -33% 17,752,699 $9,697,329
MRI My Rewards International 0.023 -28% 548,672 $6,494,358
MHC Manhattan Corp Ltd 0.0065 -28% 24,306,574 $13,736,508
RGS Regeneus Ltd 0.014 -26% 1,367,995 $5,822,301
GTG Genetic Technologies 0.0055 -21% 70,428,750 $64,637,756
AN1 Anagenics Limited 0.023 -21% 152,388 $6,416,726
4DS 4Ds Memory Limited 0.033 -20% 33,304,032 $60,670,383
SUH Southern Hem Min 0.017 -19% 3,347,665 $9,920,506
BGE Bridge SaaS 0.053 -18% 574,911 $1,887,341
JPR Jupiter Energy 0.028 -18% 120,000 $41,814,904
ASW Advanced Share Ltd 0.165 -18% 77,106 $38,681,555
CMG Critical Mineral Group 0.19 -17% 236,977 $7,023,182
RBX Resource B 0.1 -17% 121,300 $6,848,380
ZMM Zimi Ltd 0.05 -17% 82,915 $5,344,952
INP Incentia Pay Ltd 0.005 -17% 267,337 $7,590,382
KNM Kneomedia Limited 0.01 -17% 2,496,106 $16,245,424
MCT Metalicity Limited 0.0025 -17% 9,103,217 $10,476,118
CYM Cyprium Metals Ltd 0.115 -15% 12,941,479 $98,576,771
CVV Caravel Minerals Ltd 0.26 -15% 1,524,662 $145,998,734
AUH Austchina Holdings 0.006 -14% 5,374,000 $14,545,185
DLT Delta Drone Intl Ltd 0.006 -14% 482,320 $3,581,235
PET Phoslock Env Tec Ltd 0.055 -14% 1,016,330 $39,960,993
BCC Beam Communications 0.215 -14% 388,776 $21,605,480
TZL TZ Limited 0.056 -14% 379,856 $14,476,027
GSN Great Southern 0.026 -13% 460,361 $17,752,709
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