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

It’s Friday on Stockhead:

And after digging like a madman in the ASX dirt all week, Stockhead’s Danish Bad Boy of No Fixed Address and Deputy Editor of Everyone, including this Rampant Publication for the Wise, (Mr Reuben Adams), has plucked one ASX stock each of Gold, Silver, Lithium and Nickel to keep in the pool room.

Four names which also have a team of crack brokers convinced of impending glory…

But hey, first the day ahead.

TRADING HALTS

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

Mesoblast (ASX:MSB) – Pending announcement of a proposed private placement to targeted investors.

Nexion Group (ASX:NNG) – Pending announcement of a capital raise.

Pacific Nickel Mines (ASX:PNM) – Also pending a capital raise announcement.

Wide Open Agriculture (ASX:WOA) – Pending release of a clarification to yesterday’s announcement.

Grand Gulf Energy (ASX:GGE) – Pending announcement regarding the Jesse-2 well.

Dart Mining (ASX:DTM) – Pending release of a placement announcement.

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US2004.03 (+0.60%)

Silver: $US25.11 (+0.26%)

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

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

Oil (WTI): $US78.11 (-2.73%)

Oil (Brent): $US81.53 (-2.41%)

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

AUD/USD: 0.6700 (-0.10%)

Bitcoin: $US29,086 (-2.51%)

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

Well. Peter Strachan. He certainly has me talking, thinking and looking very closely at the person I am, and the man I want to become.

He also makes great telly.

In this episode, @Peter_Strachan takes a look at the booming copper market and chats to a copper explorer, a project developer and a copper producer.https://t.co/KVnA6VjVIp pic.twitter.com/N7BUQlSjAI

— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) April 20, 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
MOH	Moho Resources	0.027	50%	84,550,391	$3,737,920
CCE	Carnegie Cln Energy	0.0015	50%	1,020,000	$15,642,574
MEB	Medibio Limited	0.0015	50%	605,426	$4,150,594
SIT	Site Group Int Ltd	0.004	33%	13,326,920	$3,903,735
NYM	Narryer Metals	0.1175	31%	289,696	$2,743,875
HRE	Heavy Rare Earths	0.145	26%	351,703	$6,841,112
AJQ	Armour Energy Ltd	0.005	25%	4,900,633	$15,050,431
BDG	Black Dragon Gold	0.045	25%	231,385	$7,224,122
EMU	EMU NL	0.0025	25%	27,141	$2,900,043
PUA	Peak Minerals Ltd	0.005	25%	274,220	$4,165,506
TYM	Tymlez Group	0.01	25%	6,413,786	$8,737,562
SLA	Silk Laser Australia	3	24%	1,038,603	$128,553,248
TSK	Task Group Holdings	0.37	23%	467,778	$106,448,678
NAG	Nagambie Resources	0.048	20%	244,986	$21,427,752
WMG	Western Mines	0.46	19%	2,622,372	$15,797,513
APS	Allup Silica Ltd	0.062	19%	46,346	$2,000,809
1AG	Alterra Limited	0.013	18%	5,000	$7,662,078
KOR	Korab Resources	0.026	18%	2,116,546	$8,075,100
DCG	Decmil Group Limited	0.23	18%	284,261	$30,332,682
WSR	Westar Resources	0.033	18%	69,178	$2,584,085
KLI	Killiresources	0.068	17%	492,494	$1,947,350
W2V	Way2Vat	0.014	17%	236,642	$2,641,691
SFG	Seafarms Group Ltd	0.007	17%	2,443,303	$29,019,595
EMC	Everest Metals Corp	0.085	16%	660,130	$9,448,617
POL	Polymetals Resources	0.335	16%	371,338	$13,102,981

Moho Resources (ASX:MOH) jumped after announcing clay-hosted REE grades up to 1890ppm Total Rare Earth Oxides (TREO) in maiden drilling at the Peak Charles project, in the clay REE hub of southern WA.

Follow-up drilling is in the post, with this maiden 81-hole (av depth: 22m) campaign restricted to road reserves and existing tracks due to limited land access.

The Peak Charles is next to ground held by OD6 Metals (ASX:OD6) , which announced bonanza grades up to 6605ppm “with extensive clay thickness of between 20 and 80m”.

Stockhead’s aforementioned Reuben Adams is all over this as well. Check out his mildly re-readable Resources Top 5!

ASX SMALL CAP LOSERS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume	Market Cap
G1A	Galena Mining	0.1525	-34%	7,860,079	$142,424,131
AQX	Alice Queen Ltd	0.001	-33%	250,000	$3,795,431
PRM	Prominence Energy	0.0015	-25%	1,017,461	$4,849,218
CHK	Cohiba Min Ltd	0.004	-20%	6,424,742	$8,866,221
VAL	Valor Resources Ltd	0.004	-20%	19,236	$18,865,174
VBC	Verbrec Limited	0.105	-19%	134,000	$28,791,902
WEC	White Energy Company	0.085	-19%	2,536	$4,259,776
FTC	Fintech Chain Ltd	0.015	-17%	46,361	$11,713,853
LRV	Larvottoresources	0.175	-17%	1,921,269	$14,123,492
CTO	Citigold Corp Ltd	0.005	-17%	57,000	$17,241,955
IEC	Intra Energy Corp	0.005	-17%	50,000	$4,234,690
TMB	Tambourahmetals	0.115	-15%	5,955	$5,561,001
MXO	Motio Ltd	0.035	-15%	100,000	$10,718,821
BUS	Bubalusresources	0.15	-14%	36,893	$4,982,456
ADG	Adelong Gold Limited	0.012	-14%	1,447,561	$7,473,512
EDE	Eden Inv Ltd	0.006	-14%	6,275,747	$20,520,111
GNM	Great Northern	0.003	-14%	312,500	$5,981,678
PLG	Pearlgullironlimited	0.03	-14%	39,509	$5,474,568
FG1	Flynngold	0.073	-14%	768,321	$8,744,251
USL	Unico Silver Limited	0.1475	-13%	386,241	$42,390,719
FBM	Future Battery	0.1	-13%	7,234,865	$49,202,190
AVW	Avira Resources Ltd	0.0035	-13%	1,549,249	$8,535,160
LNU	Linius Tech Limited	0.0035	-13%	1,906,809	$12,918,985
XTC	Xantippe Res Ltd	0.0035	-13%	10,248,010	$42,320,399