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

On Stockhead today, why the Chalice story is far from over, what should your super balance be now, and why scaffolding’s a great place to be in right now.

But first … the day ahead.

WHO’S LISTING?

Osmond Resources (ASX:OSM) will list at 12.30pm AEST.

The early stage explorer which raised $5 million to join the bourse is looking for some hot commodities – namely gold, nickel, copper, and rare earth elements within the highly prospective Fowler Domain and Nuyts Domain in South Australia as well as the Sandford project 350km west of Melbourne.

TRADING HALTS

The following companies will be exiting a trading halt in the next few days.

Zinc of Ireland (ASX:ZNI) — Response to price query
Labyrinth Resources (ASX:LRL) — Assay results
OAR Resources (ASX:OAR) — Graphite project announcement
Woomera Resources (ASX:WML) — Mt Venn drilling announcement
Essential Metals (ASX:ESS) — Potential control transaction for the company
Sacgasco (ASX:SGC) — Capital raising
Elmore Ltd (ASX:ELE) — Capital raising
Renascor Resources (ASX:RNU) — Capital raising

MARKETS (updated at 8am AEDT)

Gold: $US1,945.54 (-0.59%)

Silver: $US24.93 (-0.97%)

Nickel (3mth): $US33,505/t (-0.8%)

Copper (3mth): $US10,223/t (-0.8%)

Oil (WTI): $US103.22 (+0.46%)

Oil (Brent): $US107.91 (+0.63%)

Aust Coking Coal (steelmaking): $516.7/t (+1.3%)

Newcastle Coal (thermal): $321/t (+0.0%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US154.41 (-0.11%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7443 -+0.09%)

Bitcoin: $US41,859.90 (+1.17%)

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

This video resurfaced of the world’s biggest mining blast from BHP’s Jimblebar mine in 2017.

You loved it.

Too good not to repost: The world’s biggest open pit blast. Iron Ore. Australia. 11 million tonnes 6,410 blast holes, each with its own detonator, 51 Hectares. A couple of blown out shots in the middle that will make things difficult for the diggers. pic.twitter.com/HeuTwxgpyz

— Neil Ringdahl (@NeilRingdahl) April 20, 2022

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YESTERDAY’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP WINNERS

(Stocks highlighted in yellow rose after making announcements during the trading day).

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So much is in a name, and –  Zinc of Ireland (ASX:ZMI) – tells a story involving both Ireland and zinc… and while zinc isn’t quite as sexy as lithium, prices certainly have been running hot.

ZMI rocketed on no discernable news other than what it says is “arguably one of the most prospective exploration land packages for high-grade, large tonnage, zinc-lead deposits in the world”.

Still in the digging for stuff space, Iceni Gold (ASX:ICL) hit solid gold at Everleigh inside its 14 Mile Well project at Laverton in WA, telling the market of a broad zone of structural disruption with gold observed at a depth of 224.6 metres.

Assay results are due at the end of the second quarter, with shares up well over 21% in late arvo trade.

Hard working Ozaurum Resources (ASX:OZM)has told the ASX in one of the better, less ambivalent ASX announcements of 2022 – “Gold discovery!”

And a good one – 1.31g/t over 56m (including 18m @ 2.07g/t) at the ‘Mulgabbie North’ project, next door to Northern Star’s (ASX:NST) tier 1 Carosue Dam operations in WA.

The results, which include significant hits from three holes spaced 100m apart, come from a recently launched 7,500m reverse circulation (RC) drilling campaign. It’s early days, but this virgin discovery at the so-called ‘Demag Zone’ remains ‘open’ all over the joint, OZM says.

TODAY’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP LOSERS

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