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

On Stockhead today, the big news in lithium is that South America’s footprint just got a Brazlian times bigger, after the Warren Buffett-backed Chinese carmaker BYD revealed plans to build a plant in Brazil with capacity to produce 150,000 electric vehicles per year.

Which is, clearly, quite a lot of cars.

Reubs and/or Cam (it’s hard to tell where one stops and the other starts, some days) got all the goss on that late yesterday here, in case you missed it.

Also, that was on Stockhead yesterday. Today Reubs is at it again, bringing you Rick Rule’s rules for finding that 10-bagger resources stock, Eddy “The President” Sunarto showcases a stellar return to life for ASX biotechs, and Nads McGrath has the skinny on travel stocks making travel easier.

But first, to the day ahead.

TRADING HALTS

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

Johns Lyng Group (ASX:JLG) – Capital raising.

Sacgasco (ASX:SGC) – Capital raising.

GreenTech Metals (ASX:GRE) – Pending the release of an announcement related to further exploration results from the company’s Ruth Well project. GreenTech just wants to make sure the market’s well informed… it’s good like that.

NickelX (ASX:NKL) – This one’s pending additional information regarding an advanced nickel and lithium project acquisition option.

Titan Minerals (ASX:TTM) – Pending the release of an announcement in relation to a resource estimate at the Dynasty Gold Project in Ecuador.

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1915.15 (-0.52%)

Silver: $US23.12 (+0.77%)

Nickel (3mth): $US21,190/t (+3.33%)

Copper (3mth): $US8322.50/t (-0.44%)

Oil (WTI): $US71.73 (+0.82%)

Oil (Brent): $US76.52 (+0.36%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US111.84/t (+0.87%)

AUD/USD: 0.6656  (+0.01%)

Bitcoin: $US30,446 (-1.13%)

YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

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Invion (ASX:IVX): +78% > Invion is a clinical-stage life-sciences company leading global clinical development of the Photosoft technology for the treatment of cancers, atherosclerosis, and infectious diseases. The company announced an Aussie patent for the Photosoft tech, building on previously granted patents and extending the tech’s IP for around another two decades. It’s planning to commence clinical trials regarding a lead compound INV043 before the end of this year.

Krakatoa Resources (ASX:KTA): +74% > It was the “lithium boom heard round the world,” wrote Gregor in yesterday’s ASX Small Caps Lunch Wrap. The explorer hit peak assays of 4.3% Li2O, 1.7% Rb2O, and 0.5% Cs2O at its post-pivot King Tamba project, 80 klicks NW of Magnet Mountain in WA.

Carnavale Resources (ASX:CAV): +67% > Bumper grades in RC drilling at the Kookynie gold project in WA gave CAV shares a lift yesterday. “Spectacular results” and “RC drilling defines a significant new high-grade plunging gold zone at McTavish East.”

YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

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