On Stockhead today, how to spot high quality gold stocks, more inflation-busters from the experts, and what surprises are on the economic calendar this week?

But first, the day ahead.

 

TRADING HALTS

The following companies are in trading halts and are expected out in the coming days.

Future Metals NL (ASX:FME) – Mineral resource estimate announcement

Elixir Energy Limited (ASX:EXR) – Signing of a joint Memorandum of Understanding

Bowen Coking Coal (ASX:BCB) – Significant funding facility in relation to the acquisition of the Burton Lenton Project

Mayur Resources (ASX:MRL) – Proposed transaction relating to its Mayur Renewables business.

Indiana Resources (ASX:IDA) –  capital raise

Orion Minerals (ASX:ORN) – capital raising

Medibio (ASX:MEB) – capital raising

Tombola Gold (ASX:TBA) – potential material acquisition

 

MARKETS

Gold: $US1839.35 (-0.93%)

Silver: $US21.65 (-1.25%)

Nickel (3mth): $US25,400/t (0.00%)

Copper (3mth): $US9,097/t (0.00%)

Lithium Carbonate, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, June 17): $US69,750/t (0.4% weekly)

Lithium Hydroxide, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, June 17): $US70,875/t (0.0% weekly)

Oil (WTI): $US109.56 (-6.83%)

Oil (Brent): $US113.12 (-5.58%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US125 (-4.94%)

AUD/USD: 0.69333 (-1.58%)

Bitcoin: $US18,910 (-0.79%)

 

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LAST WEEK’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP WINNERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks for June 14 – June 17:

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Explorer Greentech Metals (ASX:GRE) has a bunch of new drill hits to ponder – like 32m @ 2.43% copper – which increases the potential for a far bigger resource at the 3.6Mt ‘Whundo’ copper-zinc project in the Pilbara region of WA.

Global pharmaceutical giant Pfizer supercharged its original takeover offer for 100% of  little smartphone-based respiratory diagnostic maker  ResApp Health (ASX:RAP) by as much as $78m, with the proviso that RAP can reproduce the promise of its COVID-19 screening cough results.

And infant formula stock  Bubs Australia (ASX:BUB) announced a material upgrade to the company’s FY22 revenue and earnings expectations.

Following recent contract wins in the US, the company now expects FY22 gross revenue to exceed $100m, and to achieve at least 100% increase on 1H22 underlying EBITDA of $1.2m.

 

LAST WEEK’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP LOSERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks for June 14 – June 17:

Code Description Last % Week Market Cap
KWR Kingwest Resources 0.066 -47% $22,353,518
IMR Imricor Med Sys 0.11 -45% $21,494,091
AYA Artryalimited 0.425 -45% $35,076,787
AMD Arrow Minerals 0.002 -43% $5,471,795
HUM Humm Group Limited 0.44 -42% $284,779,283
BMH Baumart Holdings Ltd 0.105 -42% $26,054,056
DCN Dacian Gold Ltd 0.105 -42% $184,463,101
GFN Gefen Int 0.08 -41% $5,375,996
CBL Control Bionics 0.13 -37% $6,291,363
C29 C29Metalslimited 0.11 -35% $2,994,750
ILA Island Pharma 0.12 -35% $5,189,559
OLL Openlearning 0.03 -35% $7,074,685
OKR Okapi Resources 0.19 -34% $24,013,530
AUQ Alara Resources Ltd 0.041 -34% $33,860,603
3MF 3D Metalforge 0.012 -33% $2,311,006
A8G Australasian Metals 0.2 -33% $8,645,804
AYM Australia United Min 0.004 -33% $7,370,310
AYT Austin Metals Ltd 0.008 -33% $9,142,872
DVL Dorsavi Ltd 0.01 -33% $3,538,813
GO2 Thego2People 0.012 -33% $4,879,659
MGG Mogul Games Grp Ltd 0.002 -33% $6,523,320
NAE New Age Exploration 0.006 -33% $10,051,292
OMX Orangeminerals 0.08 -33% $3,898,714
RCW Rightcrowd 0.04 -33% $11,762,338
KKO Kinetiko Energy Ltd 0.05 -33% $35,974,068
BKG Booktopia Group 0.235 -33% $32,966,232
EPN Epsilon Healthcare 0.0225 -33% $5,528,142
SZL Sezzle Inc. 0.29 -33% $58,234,393
ABV Adv Braking Tech Ltd 0.021 -32% $7,962,124
WMC Wiluna Mining Corp 0.33 -32% $101,961,574
WR1 Winsome Resources 0.22 -31% $29,725,079
DEL Delorean Corporation 0.093 -31% $21,356,371
SLZ Sultan Resources Ltd 0.1 -31% $8,744,861
KCC Kincora Copper 0.065 -31% $5,127,158
FGL Frugl Group Limited 0.009 -31% $1,813,950
VEE Veem Ltd 0.42 -31% $59,037,962
GCR Golden Cross 0.063 -30% $6,583,537
GLV Global Oil & Gas 0.0035 -30% $7,493,419
M24 Mamba Exploration 0.07 -30% $3,374,000
ACB A-Cap Energy Ltd 0.063 -30% $86,270,456
EM2 Eagle Mountain 0.28 -30% $79,092,469
SHP South Harz Potash 0.098 -30% $55,863,542
PNR Pantoro Limited 0.21 -30% $322,879,456
TGM Theta Gold Mines Ltd 0.061 -30% $39,066,141
CPO Culpeominerals 0.2 -30% $9,019,413
GLA Gladiator Resources 0.019 -30% $10,343,398
ELT Elementos Limited 0.42 -29% $79,708,033
RVS Revasum 0.265 -29% $30,715,830
KP2 Kore Potash PLC 0.017 -29% $12,991,744

Humm (ASX:HUM), Booktopia (ASX:BKG) and Sezzle (ASX:SZL) all fell by about a full third this week. That last one’s going to feel pretty galling to Zip (ASX:Z1P), who’s paid about half a billion dollarbucks for that fizzler.