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

On Stockhead today, Emma says nickel output needs to be x 3 what it is right now. There’s but a handful of ASX names which can be a part of that.

She discusses them here.

But first, the day ahead.

TRADING HALTS

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

Zenith Minerals (ASX:ZNC) and Rumble Resources (ASX:RTR) – Pending announcement in respect of a maiden mineral resources estimate at the Earaheedy Joint Venture Project.

Hannans Ltd (ASX:HNR) – Pending announcement of entry into a market development agreement for a proposed lithium-ion battery recycling operation in the UK.

Fiji Kava (ASX:FIJ) – Pending a capital raise announcement.

Kaiser Reef (ASX:KAU) – Also pending a capital raise announcement.

Latin Resources (ASX:LRS) – And yet another pending capital raise announcement.

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1997.03 (-0.31%)

Silver: $US25.06 (-1.26%)

Nickel (3mth): $US24,025/t (+2.02%)

Copper (3mth): $US9002.50/t (+0.27%)

Oil (WTI): $US81.56 (-1.81%)

Oil (Brent): $US84.63 (-1.79%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US120.00/t (0.00%)

AUD/USD: 0.6700 (-0.10%)

Bitcoin: $US29,059 (-2.71%)

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… and Ionic, where the earths are rare:

Ionic Rare Earths has started commissioning of its magnet recycling demonstration plant in Belfast, UK, and is on track for first production of separated and refined high purity magnet rare earth oxides in late June 2023. https://t.co/7AmN73uAfW #ad #ASX $IXR @IONIC_RE

— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) April 17, 2023

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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.

ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks:
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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume	Market Cap
POL	Polymetals Resources	0.295	64%	2,802,417	$8,132,885
BMG	BMG Resources Ltd	0.019	58%	11,081,996	$4,631,900
SFG	Seafarms Group Ltd	0.007	40%	7,426,970	$24,182,996
EFE	Eastern Resources	0.015	36%	11,754,580	$13,661,411
ARE	Argonaut Resources	0.002	33%	69,409,041	$9,542,807
AR3	Austrare	0.805	30%	5,724,825	$59,024,962
TMB	Tambourah Metals	0.12	29%	258,983	$3,830,912
LM1	Leeuwin Metals Ltd	0.39	28%	1,873,026	$12,288,448
FYI	FYI Resources Ltd	0.105	27%	3,275,611	$30,404,360
MCT	Metalicity Limited	0.0025	25%	200,000	$7,009,079
ID8	Identitii Limited	0.035	21%	569,911	$6,159,708
AGR	Aguia Res Ltd	0.036	20%	487,730	$13,015,628
IEC	Intra Energy Corp	0.006	20%	550,000	$3,528,908
SI6	SI6 Metals Limited	0.006	20%	2,311,222	$7,476,973
A11	Atlantic Lithium	0.64	19%	1,455,414	$328,990,496
XAM	Xanadu Mines Ltd	0.054	17%	9,400,323	$75,339,913
LKE	Lake Resources	0.54	17%	37,425,615	$654,324,565
MLX	Metals X Limited	0.345	17%	7,563,942	$267,643,490
GES	Genesis Resources	0.007	17%	200,000	$4,697,048
GNM	Great Northern	0.0035	17%	170,000	$5,127,153
LAU	Lindsay Australia	1.225	17%	3,025,430	$318,575,130
TPD	Talon Energy Ltd	0.185	16%	5,070,070	$100,281,522
FBM	Future Battery	0.105	15%	6,761,863	$38,933,907
CCZ	Castillo Copper Ltd	0.015	15%	450,884	$16,893,570
LRL	Labyrinth Resources	0.015	15%	1,486,210	$12,473,335

Polymetal Resources (ASX:POL) announced thick high grade drill hits at its newly acquired Endeavour polymetallic mine in NSW.

Highlights from the first six holes of a 21-hole program include 81m @ 19.5% ZnEq from 77m to end of hole.

POL says all six holes hit the good stuff, with near surface mineralisation grading up to 13.9g/t gold, 2,020g/t silver, 12% zinc and 17% lead. Stockhead’s Reuben Adams has provided a more thorough rundown of POL’s results.

Among the ASX micro caps, Seafarms Group (ASX:SFG) found 40% and SI6 Metals (ASX:SI6) closed 20% higher.

ASX SMALL CAP LOSERS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume	Market Cap
BTC	BTC Health Ltd	0.016	-36%	386,000	$7,046,159
AMA	AMA Group Limited	0.165	-33%	12,865,993	$262,902,203
HCD	Hydrocarbon Dynamic	0.012	-29%	2,374,331	$9,980,029
LME	Limeade Inc.	0.15	-27%	153,042	$52,622,116
ADR	Adherium Ltd	0.003	-25%	885,205	$19,985,753
LNU	Linius Tech Limited	0.003	-25%	41,975	$12,918,985
MRD	Mount Ridley Mines	0.003	-25%	997,579	$31,139,531
PHL	Propell Holdings Ltd	0.03	-25%	389,830	$4,814,221
TIG	Tigers Realm Coal	0.01	-20%	7,796,058	$163,333,780
ADS	Adslot Ltd.	0.004	-20%	2,852,867	$11,021,742
AYT	Austin Metals Ltd	0.004	-20%	552,600	$5,079,373
CT1	Constellation Tech	0.004	-20%	47,740	$7,356,002
ROG	Red Sky Energy.	0.004	-20%	16,473,238	$26,511,136
PRS	Prospech Limited	0.033	-20%	1,321,200	$4,163,279
EG1	Evergreen Lithium	0.465	-19%	5,820,031	$32,332,250
NET	Netlinkz Limited	0.009	-18%	7,832,688	$38,411,090
PLG	Pearl Gull Iron	0.033	-18%	66,559	$6,256,650
CTO	Citigold Corp Ltd	0.005	-17%	1,166,481	$17,241,955
ERL	Empire Resources	0.005	-17%	2,080,430	$6,677,610
NES	Nelson Resources	0.005	-17%	1,100,000	$3,531,566
WCN	White Cliff Min Ltd	0.0085	-15%	4,200,051	$7,840,544
SRL	Sunrise	1.39	-15%	651,826	$146,794,343
GTG	Genetic Technologies	0.003	-14%	1,001,500	$40,395,804
B4P	Beforepay Group	0.43	-14%	7,870	$17,423,409