On Stockhead today, hold on to your hats, because the general feeling in Camp Whelan this week is that with the US market ripping along and volatility at a low, ‘we’re in for a blow off top before a pull back.’

Also it’s a big day for the RBA. Bigger perhaps than all the other 11 consecutive big decisions before it.

Reubs has the skinny on Canadian resources this week, and Bevis is there for HPA – the very essential ingredient in EV batteries you’ve never cared about. Until now.

But first, the day ahead.

 

TRADING HALTS

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

Forbidden Foods (ASX:FFF) – Capital raise

Pacific Edge (ASX:PEB) – Taken directly from the firm’s notice: “The company has become aware that Novitas, the Medicare Administrative Contractor with jurisdiction for the company’s US laboratory, finalised the proposed Local Coverage Determination (LCD) (L39365) covering reimbursement of Cxbladder by Medicare.”

Arovella Therapeutics (ASX:ALA) – Capital raise

Midas Minerals (ASX:MM1) – Capital raise

Nuheara (ASX:NUH) – Capital raise

Global Oil and Gas (ASX:GLV) – Pending the outcome of an offshore petroleum application

Adavale Resources (ASX:ADD) – Pending an announcement in relation to nickel sulphide drilling at Kabanga Jirani Nickel Project

Sacgasco (ASX:SGC) – Pending an announcement regarding a material transaction in the Philippines

PharmAust (ASX:PAA) – Pending interim analysis results from Motor Neurone Disease Phase 1/2 clinical trial

HeraMED (ASX:HMD) – Pending clarity around June 1 announcement of “Strategic partnership signed – US employee rewards program”

Alvo Minerals (ASX:ALV) – Pending announcement regarding a material acquisition

M3 Mining (ASX:M3M) – Regarding exploration results

 

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 YESTERDAY?

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MONDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks on Monday:

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Code Company Price % Volume Market Cap
REZ Resourc & En Grp Ltd 0.034 183% 136,961,399 $5,997,669
AOA Ausmon Resorces 0.005 67% 2,206,195 $2,907,868
MRD Mount Ridley Mines 0.003 50% 2,325,660 $15,569,766
SLM Solismineralsltd 0.6 41% 3,674,992 $19,785,862
SIX Sprintex Ltd 0.038 36% 793,457 $7,121,921
TD1 Tali Digital Limited 0.002 33% 315,992 $4,942,733
RR1 Reach Resources Ltd 0.0105 31% 67,410,714 $22,040,405
FTL Firetail Resources 0.115 28% 51,506 $6,930,000
WA1 Wa1Resourcesltd 5.99 28% 2,799,332 $183,963,843
ODE Odessa Minerals Ltd 0.014 27% 10,308,717 $8,266,056
AVE Avecho Biotech Ltd 0.005 25% 570,898 $8,648,637
ERL Empire Resources 0.005 25% 1,094,373 $4,451,740
ICN Icon Energy Limited 0.005 25% 3,094,000 $3,072,055
LNU Linius Tech Limited 0.005 25% 22,948,860 $14,356,099
GCX GCX Metals Limited 0.031 24% 75,350 $4,644,467
SRJ SRJ Technologies 0.11 24% 98,151 $8,438,629
DDB Dynamic Group 0.32 23% 2,532 $34,983,768
M3M M3Mininglimited 0.135 23% 154,499 $4,510,157
BOT Botanix Pharma Ltd 0.11 22% 5,638,633 $118,015,616
M2R Miramar 0.055 22% 248,252 $3,617,178
NMR Native Mineral Res 0.033 22% 189,016 $3,243,746
VTI Vision Tech Inc 0.285 21% 40,735 $7,453,546
PGO Pacgold 0.4 21% 150,904 $18,137,399
IMB Intelligent Monitor 0.12 20% 6,996 $13,070,030
SGQ St George Min Ltd 0.051 19% 3,068,449 $36,141,954
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The story of Monday in small cap land was very clearly Resources & Energy Group’s nickel-based moon-landing, as well as WA1’s eye-catching niobium win.

Resources and Energy Group (ASX:REZ): up +183% on news the firm’s opening drills at Springfield confirmed “large and shallow open pittable nickel sulphide” at East Menzies in WA.

WA1 Resources (ASX:WA1): +26% on  good news at West Arunti, including… “shallow, high-grade niobium mineralisation is now evident over a 1km extent,” reports the firm.

Reuben Ranger Adams has much more here.

Ausmon Resources (ASX:AOA): found +67% on no fresh news. Robert ‘The’ Badman reports AOA did register some promising soil-sampling results a few days ago in Broken Hill.

Solis Minerals (ASX:SLM): stacked on another +41% on nothing fresh… But, goodness me, here’s what we know, regarding SLM’s continued good form:

“SLM is now up some +270% since announcing the purchase of the Jaguar lithium project in Brazil last week. At Jaguar – located in Bahia state — the company says there are rock chips grading up to 4.95% Li2O along a 1km long, 50m wide spodumene-rich pegmatite body.”

Reuben ‘The Rock’ Adams also happens to be all over anything SLM does.

 

MONDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LOSERS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code Company Price % Volume Market Cap
IDT IDT Australia Ltd 0.068 -29% 1,921,788 $23,400,453
WWG Wisewaygroupltd 0.052 -28% 37,352 $12,045,159
AYM Australia United Min 0.003 -25% 5,000 $7,370,310
DXN DXN Limited 0.0015 -25% 1,220,000 $3,442,630
EMU EMU NL 0.002 -20% 1,372,857 $3,625,053
RML Resolution Minerals 0.004 -20% 934,000 $6,286,459
CF1 Complii Fintech Ltd 0.03 -19% 118,796 $20,331,225
1ST 1St Group Ltd 0.005 -17% 1,868,768 $8,501,947
GNM Great Northern 0.0025 -17% 2,000,000 $6,408,941
THR Thor Energy PLC 0.005 -17% 174,195 $8,841,677
LCT Living Cell Tech. 0.011 -15% 1,148,929 $20,281,884
NHE Nobleheliumlimited 0.205 -15% 2,339,002 $29,611,068
SKS SKS Tech Group Ltd 0.15 -14% 11,960 $19,141,877
BAT Battery Minerals Ltd 0.003 -14% 1,396,533 $12,455,055
CPT Cipherpoint Limited 0.006 -14% 777,848 $8,114,692
VBS Vectus Biosystems 0.43 -14% 45,000 $26,594,760
CCA Change Financial Ltd 0.044 -14% 49,929 $32,010,731
OXT Orexploretechnologie 0.052 -13% 98,772 $6,219,852
LYK Lykosmetalslimited 0.048 -13% 40,000 $3,432,000
AUK Aumake Limited 0.0035 -13% 100,000 $5,949,038
GMN Gold Mountain Ltd 0.0035 -13% 7,050,000 $7,879,730
INP Incentiapay Ltd 0.014 -13% 1,086,417 $20,241,018
PVS Pivotal Systems 0.007 -13% 1,300,587 $4,276,950
TMX Terrain Minerals 0.007 -13% 3,014,375 $8,665,594
WFL Wellfully Limited 0.007 -13% 10,000 $3,943,553
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