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TRADING HALTS

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

TMK Energy (ASX:TMK) – Pending a capital raising announcement.

The Environmental Group (ASX:EGL) – Also pending a capital raising announcement.

Unico Silver (ASX:USL) – Pending a capital raise announcement as well.

Linius Technologies (ASX:LNU) – Pending finalising a capital raising.

Great Southern Mining (ASX:GSN) – Another pending capital raising announcement.

International Graphite (ASX:IG6) – Pending announcement of results from a scoping study for proposed Collie Graphite Battery Anode Material Facility.

Vital Metals (ASX:VML) – Pending release of announcement on strategic review of the Saskatoon Plant.

Echo IQ (ASX:EIQ) – Pending results in relation to the Australian Clinical Study Results.

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US2004.03 (+0.51%)

Silver: $US25.11 (+0.26%)

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

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

Oil (WTI): $US81.11 (-1.73%)

Oil (Brent): $US84.53 (-0.01%)

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

AUD/USD: 0.6700 (-0.10%)

Bitcoin: $US31,086 (+2.51%)

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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
LRV	Larvotto Resources	0.245	81%	11,048,589	$9,079,387
DAF	Discovery Alaska Ltd	0.049	63%	2,603,782	$6,727,041
OD6	OD6 Metals	0.465	58%	10,781,174	$16,229,571
VPR	Volt Power Group	0.0015	50%	3,022,445	$10,716,208
HPR	High Peak Royalties	0.065	33%	146,177	$10,238,864
MTM	Mt Monger Resources	0.145	32%	2,649,546	$7,783,627
ADS	Adslot Ltd	0.005	25%	12,716,456	$8,817,394
MOH	Moho Resources	0.02	25%	730,555	$3,322,595
RDS	Redstone Resources	0.01	25%	3,436,750	$5,894,659
WOA	Wide Open Agriculture	0.21	20%	319,295	$22,624,310
CTO	Citigold Corp Ltd	0.006	20%	1,100,000	$14,368,295
ERL	Empire Resources	0.006	20%	3,253,498	$5,564,675
MBX	My Foodie Box	0.019	19%	88,678	$590,692
AVW	Avira Resources Ltd	0.0035	17%	296,263	$6,401,370
MRQ	Mrg Metals Limited	0.0035	17%	571,406	$5,957,756
PIL	Peppermint Inv Ltd	0.007	17%	3,052,925	$12,227,141
B4P	Beforepay Group	0.495	15%	20,098	$14,984,132
PWN	Parkway Corp Ltd	0.0115	15%	15,268,940	$22,268,188
CZN	Corazon Ltd	0.016	14%	1,100,000	$8,544,628
DOU	Douugh Limited	0.008	14%	1,361,500	$6,887,289
TAS	Tasman Resources Ltd	0.008	14%	900,100	$4,988,685
TYM	Tymlez Group	0.008	14%	794,500	$7,645,367
3DP	Pointerra Limited	0.12	14%	1,224,452	$71,169,651
FBM	Future Battery	0.12	14%	5,239,671	$44,923,739

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Larvotto Resources (ASX:LRV) announced some super high-grade clay rare earths up to 1.26% (12,611ppm) at the Merivale South prospect, part of the Eyre lithium-nickel-REE project in WA.

That 1m intercept was within a larger 12m at 2326ppm TREO.

LRV said the mineralisation may be hosted within ionic clays, making it suitable for simple, cost-effective extraction.

OD6 Metals (ASX:OD6), also announced positive second phase drilling results of 83 holes at its Splinter Rock project.

Assays included up to 6,605ppm TREO and clay thicknesses of up to 80m with 74 of the 83 holes returning significant grades and thickness. Results included 69m at 1,483 parts per million (ppm) total rare earth oxides (TREO) from 24m and 66m at 1,516ppm TREO

OD6 said a new 188-hole, 10,000m drill program focused on the Centre and Prop targets is scheduled to begin in the current quarter.

ASX SMALL CAP LOSERS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume	Market Cap
CLE	Cyclone Metals	0.0015	-25%	22,100,680	$13,483,474
PRM	Prominence Energy	0.0015	-25%	551,000	$4,849,218
AR3	Austrare	0.635	-22%	3,880,194	$77,113,257
KAL	Kalgoorlie Gold Mining	0.04	-20%	274,431	$3,876,051
BEX	Bikeexchange Ltd	0.008	-20%	900,000	$9,318,432
JTL	Jayex Technology Ltd	0.008	-20%	593,469	$2,812,785
RDN	Raiden Resources Ltd	0.004	-20%	2,756,082	$9,272,912
TZN	Terramin Australia	0.018	-18%	1,395	$46,564,380
GBZ	GBM Rsources Ltd	0.027	-18%	2,979,558	$18,584,299
EGY	Energy Tech Ltd	0.05	-18%	75,000	$20,597,250
HHI	Health House Int Ltd	0.005	-17%	965,006	$847,978
RBR	RBR Group Ltd	0.0025	-17%	2,000,000	$4,795,214
WEL	Winchester Energy	0.005	-17%	1,396,010	$6,122,531
CXU	Cauldron Energy Ltd	0.006	-14%	1,266,625	$6,520,981
HLF	Halo Food Co. Ltd	0.012	-14%	6,439,998	$5,610,776
RMX	Red Mount Min Ltd	0.003	-14%	900,800	$7,951,479
SRR	Sarama Resources	0.12	-14%	83,071	$7,146,202
MAU	Magnetic Resources	0.585	-14%	150,170	$156,068,419
LDX	Lumos Diagnostics	0.019	-14%	1,570,293	$6,015,242
FND	Findi Limited	0.51	-14%	67,913	$21,510,581
BUR	Burleyminerals	0.26	-13%	146,215	$18,424,306
EFE	Eastern Resources	0.013	-13%	6,100,173	$18,629,197
BNO	Bionomics Limited	0.02	-13%	1,079,094	$33,780,915
NNG	Nexion Group	0.02	-13%	100,000	$3,503,081
EQN	Equinox Resources	0.135	-13%	287,436	$6,975,000