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

On Stockhead today: The state that’s small on etiquette but big on the Queen landed a barrage of massive battery metal deals. So here are some of the stocks who could right royally ride the funding wave.

Mining legend Steve Coughlan unleashes the fury during a speech Stockhead managed to infiltrate, whereupon there was widespread audience delight at the breadth of Coughlan’s various political and industry targets – and the idea that we should stop just putting our metals on a boat.

But first, the day ahead.

 

TRADING HALTS

The following list of stocks went into trading halts on Friday and are expected out in the coming days:

Sayona Mining (ASX:SYA) – Capital raising.
Hammer Metals (ASX:HMX) – Capital raising.
Optiscan (ASX:OIL) – Capital raising.
Tivan (ASX:TVN) – Announcement regarding the establishment of an Advisory Group.

 

 

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1972.23 (-0.19%)

Silver: $US23.650 (-0.72%)

Nickel (3mth): $US24,025/t (+2.02%)

Copper (3mth): $US9002.50/t (+0.27%)

Oil (WTI): $US72.01(-0.41%)

Oil (Brent): $US79.81 (+0.49%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US106.50/t (+3.9%)

AUD/USD: 0.6650 (-0.0%)

Bitcoin: $US26,854 (+0.01%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING?

Canadian niobium…

 

 

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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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In small caps on Friday Blaze Minerals (ASX:BLZ) jumped after entering into a Heads of Agreement with Exiro Minerals to acquire the North Spirit lithium project in Ontario, Canada.

North Spirit is made up of 1,698 claims over roughly 340km2, located 30km along strike to the southeast from Frontier Lithium’s world class PAK and Spark lithium project, which is why everyone’s all excited about it.

WA1 Resources (ASX:WA1), also on the winners list on no fresh news.

Friday’s latest rally puts WA1 up more than 2600% over the past 12 months.

 

TODAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LOSERS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks:

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