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

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On Stockhead today, Guy Le Page finds a cheap – and large – copper-zinc explorer, which commodities won and lost in May, and lots of reasons to short Facebook. All of them starting with “Sheryl”.
But first, the day ahead.
The RBA Board meets today to decide interest rate settings.
A rate hike of at least 25 basis points (a quarter of a per cent) is tipped by Commonwealth Bank (CBA) group economists, reflecting rising wage and price pressures.
WHO’S LISTING?
Raised: $6m at 20c
Listing: 11am AEST
The uranium-vanadium explorer has ground in Utah called ‘East Canyon’.
The project is smack bang in the Colorado Plateau region, which has been an important source of uranium and vanadium in the US for more than 100 years.
Underground mapping and sampling programs by previous owner Red Dirt Metals (ASX:RDT) identified extensive historical workings at the ‘None Such’ and ‘Bonanza’ prospects.
TRADING HALTS
The following companies entered trading halts and should be out in the next few days.
Blackstone Minerals (ASX:BSX) – further details in relation to discussions with Vingroup
Way2Vat (ASX:W2V) – material equity capital raise
Cannon Resources (ASX:CNR) – exploration results
Asaplus Resources (ASX:AJY) – response to an ASX price query
Caeneus Minerals (ASX:CAD) – assay results
Alterra (ASX: 1AG) – pending the announcement of a capital raising
MARKETS
Gold: $US1,852.59 (+0.14%)
Silver: $US22.271 (-1.65%)
Nickel (3mth): $US29,035/t (+3.26%)
Copper (3mth): $US9,742.50/t (+2.33%)
Lithium Carbonate, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, June 1): $US69,450/t (0.1% weekly)
Lithium Hydroxide, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, June 1): $US70,875/t (0.0% weekly)
Oil (WTI): $US119.500 (+0.55%)
Oil (Brent): $US120.35 (+0.56%)
Iron 62pc Fe: $US143.00 (+2.20%)
AUD/USD: $US0.72147 (+0.12%)
Bitcoin: $US31,425.10 (+6.05%)
WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?
Yesterday, it was all about copper.
• Culpeo Minerals up +120% after hitting 173m grading 1.05% copper
• Encounter Resources is on Garimpeiro’s list of ‘junior copper stocks to watch’
• Drilling updates from First AU’s Dogwood porphyry project are pending#ASX $CPO $FAU $FTL $ENR $IND
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YESTERDAY’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP WINNERS
(Stocks highlighted rose after making announcements during the trading day).
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Code | Company | Price | % | Volume |
---|---|---|---|---|
AHN | Athena Resources | 0.02 | 186% | 45,932,692 |
CPO | Culpeominerals | 0.425 | 166% | 33,021,213 |
CCE | Carnegie Cln Energy | 0.002 | 100% | 1,511,570 |
RD1 | Registry Direct | 0.018 | 64% | 4,489,823 |
ICG | Inca Minerals Ltd | 0.125 | 62% | 6,570,217 |
EVE | EVE Health Group Ltd | 0.0015 | 50% | 750,000 |
ENR | Encounter Resources | 0.175 | 30% | 3,135,709 |
WRK | Wrkr Ltd | 0.019 | 27% | 279,010 |
PLG | Pearlgullironlimited | 0.034 | 26% | 685,547 |
FAU | First Au Ltd | 0.015 | 25% | 12,900,101 |
ALO | Alloggio Group | 0.15 | 25% | 3,919,351 |
MDI | Middle Island Res | 0.17 | 21% | 3,787,769 |
IND | Industrialminerals | 0.385 | 20% | 335,442 |
FTL | Firetail Resources | 0.36 | 20% | 935,687 |
ZMMDE | Deferred Settlement | 0.09 | 20% | 114,480 |
PAK | Pacific American Hld | 0.013 | 18% | 2,357,615 |
CT1 | Constellation Tech | 0.007 | 17% | 898,360 |
LCT | Living Cell Tech. | 0.007 | 17% | 7,815,777 |
ICL | Iceni Gold | 0.145 | 16% | 162,142 |
TTB | Total Brain Ltd | 0.087 | 16% | 23,455 |
PVE | Po Valley Energy Ltd | 0.044 | 16% | 1,319,979 |
HHR | Hartshead Resources | 0.023 | 15% | 1,303,453 |
HAV | Havilah Resources | 0.31 | 15% | 1,323,352 |
AU1 | The Agency Group Aus | 0.047 | 15% | 1,686,742 |
AD1 | AD1 Holdings Limited | 0.016 | 14% | 312,125 |
Explorer Culpeo Minerals (ASX:CPO) was up +162% after hitting 173m grading 1.05% copper from 313m depth in drilling at the ‘Lana Corina’ project in Chile.
Complii FinTech Solutions (ASX:CF1) will acquire Registry Direct (ASX:RD1), which has clients including Facebook, Adobe, Sequoia and XTB.
Under the off-market takeover offer, Complii will offer holders of Registry Direct shares one fully paid ordinary share in Complii for every 4.5 Registry Direct shares held.
Inca Minerals (ASX:ICG) hit a wide, +500m-long interval of IOCG alteration in its first drill hole at ‘Mount Lamb North-East’.
Iron oxide copper gold ore deposits (IOCG) — like BHP’s Olympic Dam mine or more recent Oak Dam discovery — can be tremendously large, and simple-to-process concentrations of copper, gold and other economic minerals.
And short term rental stock Alloggio Group (ASX:ALO) announced an upwards revision of FY22 guidance to both revenue and EBITDA which reflects “strong demand for travel since travel restrictions were lifted in the latter half of CY21”.
YESTERDAY’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP LOSERS
(Stocks highlighted fell after making announcements during the trading day).
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Code | Company | Last | % | Volume |
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GLV | Global Oil & Gas | 0.005 | -76% | 304,910,057 |
PRM | Prominence Energy | 0.002 | -75% | 210,737,836 |
DTI | DTI Group Ltd | 0.014 | -30% | 39,448 |
ARE | Argonaut Resources | 0.003 | -25% | 1,021,147 |
BAT | Battery Minerals Ltd | 0.006 | -25% | 50,107,562 |
IMR | Imricor Med Sys | 0.24 | -20% | 329,391 |
RR1 | Reach Resources Ltd | 0.004 | -20% | 6,850,000 |
IPT | Impact Minerals | 0.009 | -18% | 36,689,939 |
DBO | Diabloresources | 0.055 | -18% | 378,615 |
CG1 | Carbonxt Group | 0.2 | -18% | 74,766 |
CIO | Connected Io Ltd | 0.033 | -18% | 40,000 |
IVZ | Invictus Energy Ltd | 0.175 | -17% | 12,049,341 |
CFO | Cfoam Limited | 0.005 | -17% | 1,230,000 |
HSC | HSC Technology Group | 0.01 | -17% | 3,392,815 |
KEY | KEY Petroleum | 0.0025 | -17% | 126,534 |
B4P | Beforepay Group | 0.405 | -16% | 116,686 |
ROC | Rocketboots | 0.082 | -15% | 155,798 |
BME | Blackmountainenergy | 0.11 | -15% | 1,275,828 |
KFE | Kogi Iron Ltd | 0.0055 | -15% | 994,804 |
DAF | Discovery Alaska Ltd | 0.051 | -15% | 885,587 |
LPM | Lithium Plus | 0.405 | -15% | 364,762 |
AMA | AMA Group Limited | 0.15 | -14% | 3,589,052 |
AJQ | Armour Energy Ltd | 0.006 | -14% | 3,451,943 |
OAR | OAR Resources Ltd | 0.006 | -14% | 2,464,733 |
TTT | Titomic Limited | 0.19 | -14% | 351,974 |
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