On Stockhead today, Welcome back. It’s Monday June 19th, 2023. Personally, that comes as a bit of a shock.

Today we’ve the skinny on stocks that have snapped up prime hunting ground in WA’s new critical minerals region, why T. Rowe Price is okay with lithium, and all the exciting things happening this week in… data.

But first, the day ahead.

 

TRADING HALTS

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

Classic Minerals (ASX:CLZ) –  Pending a resource upgrade Kat Gap announcement

Golden Mile Resources (ASX:G88) – Capital raise

Latin Resources Limited (ASX:LRS) – Pending announcement on its JORC mineral resources upgrade

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1957.15 (+0.75%)

Silver: $US23.87 (-0.2%)

Nickel (3mth): $US24,025/t (+2.02%)

Copper (3mth): $US9002.50/t (+0.27%)

Oil (WTI): $US70.66 (+3.5%)

Oil (Brent): $US75.53 (+3.2%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US114.50/t (+0.44%)

AUD/USD: 0.6887  (+1.36%)

Bitcoin: $US25,380 (-1.53%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING?

Blackrock and BTC.

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FRIDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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The highlight victory of late last week undoubtedly goes to –  NGX (ASX:NGX), which is up 40% after listing on the ASX on Friday.

NGX is the Sovereign Metals’ (ASX:SVM) spin-out of its Malawi graphite assets, which SVM said would enable it to focus on its Kasiya rutile project – “the largest natural rutile deposit in the world”.

Under the spinoff deal, SVM shareholders were entitled to one NGX share for every 11 shares they hold, with the IPO allowing them to participate in purchasing one new NGX share for each NGX share held.

Upon listing, NGX holders take full ownership of the advanced Malingunde project, which already boasts a measured, indicated and inferred resource of 65Mt at 7.2% total graphitic carbon for 4.68Mt of contained graphite, more than half of that in the higher measured and indicated categories.

 

FRIDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LOSERS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks:

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