On Stockhead today — MinRes remains bullish on lithium, and it could take a host of WA explorers along for the ride.

But first, the day ahead.

 

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: US$2,160.61/oz (+0.24%)

Silver: US$25.17/oz (+0.44%)

Nickel (3mth): US$18,074/t (-0.02%)

Copper (3mth): US$9,072.00/t (+2.08%)

Oil (WTI): US$81.58 (-0.61%)

Oil (Brent): US$85.86 (+0.67%)

Iron 62pc Fe: US$102.50/t (-2.84%)

AUD/USD: 0.6572 (+0.18%)

Bitcoin: US$68,265 (+0.58%)

 

TRADING HALTS

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

OncoSil Medical Ltd (ASX:OSL) – capital raise

Sovereign Cloud Holdings Limited (ASX:SOV) – accelerated renounceable entitlement offer

Lion Energy Limited (ASX:LIO) – Development approval at the company’s Hydrogen Hub at the Port of Brisbane

Toys’R’Us ANZ Limited (ASX:TOY) – capital raise

Universal Biosensors, Inc. (ASX:UBI) – Results of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) review of its Xprecia Prime Coagulation System

Lord Resources Limited (ASX:LRD) – proposed lithium exploration partnership at the Horse Rocks lithium project

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

It’s looking more and more like a lithium bottom.

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YESTERDAY’S SMALL CAP LEADERS

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ADX Energy (ASX:ADX) bagged after its Welchau-1 exploration well intersected 115m of condensate rich gas shows in the primary target formation.

Human movement analytics stock dorsaVi (ASX:DVL) will integrate real-time facial tracking into its AI-powered video tracking capabilities in the ViMove+ platform.

A beta version of the video capture module is being evaluated by 15 US customers before a commercial release in Q4 FY24.

 

YESTERDAY’S SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

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Kidney disease fighter Proteomics (ASX:PIQ) says the launch of PromarkerD diagnostic test in the USA — previously planned for Q2 2024 — is now likely to be delayed.

“… the complexities involved in bringing a new test into broad clinical use have meant the process is taking longer than expected,” it says.

Uranium hopeful Aura Energy (ASX:AEE) raised $16.2m via placement at 18c/sh – a 18.2% discount to the last closing price, but on par with the $11m raise it completed May last year.