On Stockhead today, Nearology is a term used in the resource space when an explorer holds ground near a huge, “company-making mineral discovery.”
Vitalogy is Pearl Jam’s 3rd studio album.
It literally means “the study of life“, and came from an early 20th-century medical book that Eddie Vedder found at a garage sale.
Both are relevant when Emma Davies begins her 2-part autumnal Near-a-tological series on Tesla’s four heaving EV factories in the United States and the 14 companies fumbling about nearby with lithium projects all in various states of festering potential.
But first, hope the bunny was kind, and let’s take a look at the day ahead.
TRADING HALTS
The following stocks went into trading halts Thursday and are expected out in the coming days:
Site Group International (ASX:SIT) – Pending outcome of the Federal Court appeal against decision of the trial judge that its subsidiary Productivity Partners Pty Ltd engaged in conduct in breach of Australian Consumer Law in proceedings started by ASIC.
Norwest Energy NL (ASX:NWE) – Pending announcement about drilling results of the Lockyer 2 conventional gas appraisal well.
Lion One Metals (ASX:LLO) – Pending announcement of exploration results.
Arafura Rare Earths (ASX:ARU) – Pending announcement regarding execution of a binding offtake agreement.
COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES
Gold: $US2,021.17 (+0.11%)
Silver: $US24.97 (-0.12%)
Nickel (3mth): $US23,199/t (-2.29%)
Copper (3mth): $US9001.00/t (-0.02%)
Oil (WTI): $US80.50 (-31.%)
Oil (Brent): $US84.09 (-0.16%)
Iron 62pc Fe: $US121.50/t (-1.62%)
AUD/USD: 0.6715 (-0.33%)
Bitcoin: $US28,003 (-0.89%)
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ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS
Here are Thursday’s best performing ASX small cap stocks:
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| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | Mantle Minerals Ltd | 0.003 | 50% | 7,618,599 | $10,691,210 |
| VPR | Volt Power Group | 0.0015 | 50% | 2,000,045 | $10,716,208 |
| IS3 | I Synergy Group Ltd | 0.022 | 47% | 373,805 | $4,336,206 |
| LER | Leaf Res Ltd | 0.022 | 47% | 4,173,252 | $27,150,583 |
| COO | Corum Group Limited | 0.048 | 41% | 358,380 | $20,310,981 |
| G88 | Golden Mile Res Ltd | 0.019 | 36% | 9,496,807 | $3,688,051 |
| SHG | Singular Health | 0.09 | 30% | 351,034 | $7,827,817 |
| ANR | Anatara Ls Ltd | 0.039 | 30% | 44,807 | $3,597,720 |
| SHN | Sunshine Gold Ltd | 0.018 | 29% | 1,602,532 | $10,776,118 |
| ERA | Energy Resources | 0.06 | 26% | 4,016,359 | $175,370,233 |
| CPM | Cooper Metals | 0.345 | 25% | 468,391 | $11,301,125 |
| OZM | Ozaurum Resources | 0.061 | 24% | 486,949 | $6,223,000 |
| GLA | Gladiator Resources | 0.021 | 24% | 1,372,518 | $9,284,888 |
| PLG | Pearlgullironlimited | 0.037 | 23% | 45,000 | $4,692,487 |
| ECT | Env Clean Tech Ltd | 0.011 | 22% | 3,730,795 | $22,289,495 |
| WMG | Western Mines | 0.385 | 22% | 10,476,790 | $12,925,238 |
| HOR | Horseshoe Metals Ltd | 0.029 | 21% | 3,850,427 | $15,166,629 |
| AQC | Auspa Coal | 0.175 | 21% | 466,662 | $50,360,088 |
| PHO | Phosco Ltd | 0.084 | 20% | 72,708 | $19,208,935 |
| INP | Incentiapay Ltd | 0.006 | 20% | 228,725 | $6,325,318 |
| MTB | Mount Burgess Mining | 0.003 | 20% | 4,302,143 | $2,207,928 |
| OAU | Ora Gold Limited | 0.003 | 20% | 5,600,000 | $9,842,313 |
| KLL | Kalium Lakes Ltd | 0.031 | 19% | 6,015,573 | $52,824,518 |
| ARC | ARC Funds Limited | 0.25 | 19% | 10,000 | $6,316,034 |
| GCY | Gascoyne Res Ltd | 0.125 | 19% | 3,255,848 | $72,832,001 |
Sunshine Gold (ASX:SHN) announced returns of further high-grade gold, silver and critical minerals at the Wilbur’s Hill and Cardigan Dam targets, Ravenswood West Project.
Sampling of a shear zone immediately adjacent to the Wilbur’s Hill breccia gold target has returned high-grade gold (Au) and silver (Ag) results including highly anomalous critical minerals bismuth (Bi) and indium (In).
Cooper Metals (ASX:CPM), Ora Gold (ASX:OAU), Ozaurum Resources (ASX:OZM), and failed miner Gascoyne Resources (ASX:GCY), were the the other major gold gainers in the previous session.
Singular Health (ASX:SHG) also had a solid Easter Thursday after providing a positive operational update on its wholly-owned subsidiary Singular 3DP.
Highlights included:
- Receipt of ISO9001 Certification, multiple TGA Class I Approvals for Orthotics and Prosthetics and initial sales orders in medical sector
- Investment in post-processing plant and equipment with commissioning imminent
- Appointment as authorised resellers of non-metal 3D printers for 3D Systems, a global 3D printer manufacturer, and DyeMansion GmbH for post-processing hardware
- Recent purchase orders of ~A$510,000 with strong multi-million-dollar pipeline of industrial 3D printing services and hardware sales
- R&D Funding Facility with Radium Capital advances $420,000 R&D Tax Incentive.
ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS
Here are Thursday’s least best performing ASX small cap stocks:
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| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLZ | Classic Min Ltd | 0.001 | -50% | 121,695,868 | $4,874,879 |
| NOX | Noxopharm Limited | 0.066 | -40% | 6,223,059 | $32,146,175 |
| AQX | Alice Queen Ltd | 0.001 | -33% | 10,650,000 | $3,795,431 |
| HHI | Health House Int Ltd | 0.006 | -25% | 311,875 | $1,130,637 |
| DME | Dome Gold Mines Ltd | 0.15 | -23% | 77,992 | $68,876,757 |
| DCL | Domacom Limited | 0.04 | -22% | 704,172 | $22,210,590 |
| GFN | Gefen Int | 0.025 | -19% | 45,000 | $2,111,104 |
| CTO | Citigold Corp Ltd | 0.005 | -17% | 500,000 | $17,241,955 |
| EDE | Eden Inv Ltd | 0.005 | -17% | 2,788,816 | $17,588,666 |
| RIE | Riedel Resources Ltd | 0.005 | -17% | 190,530 | $8,230,242 |
| SCL | Schrole Group Ltd | 0.295 | -16% | 6,016 | $12,396,785 |
| ASO | Aston Minerals Ltd | 0.11 | -15% | 2,976,763 | $144,915,021 |
| DM1 | Desert Metals | 0.11 | -15% | 156,161 | $9,430,340 |
| PXX | Polarx Limited | 0.011 | -15% | 2,085,580 | $17,588,310 |
| EX1 | Exopharm Limited | 0.012 | -14% | 321,850 | $2,200,961 |
| PIL | Peppermint Inv Ltd | 0.006 | -14% | 170,313 | $14,264,998 |
| SFG | Seafarms Group Ltd | 0.006 | -14% | 9,023,615 | $33,856,194 |
| WEL | Winchester Energy | 0.006 | -14% | 591,071 | $7,142,953 |
| AXI | Axiom Properties | 0.055 | -14% | 71,200 | $27,693,674 |
| GTE | Great Western Exp. | 0.039 | -13% | 525,000 | $8,165,165 |
| CYP | Cynata Therapeutics | 0.23 | -13% | 228,273 | $37,968,297 |
| XF1 | Xref Limited | 0.2 | -13% | 27,406 | $42,820,546 |
| GWR | GWR Group Ltd | 0.076 | -13% | 788,637 | $27,945,849 |
| KNM | Kneomedia Limited | 0.007 | -13% | 500,000 | $12,038,283 |