Coming up on Stockhead today, it’s time to name and shame companies that don’t have women on their boards, the small caps that would get a gig in Bill Shorten’s battery factory, and directors who spent up big on their own businesses last week.

But first, here’s what you need to know right now:

 

The week ahead in data

This week won’t be as data heavy, with the budget having now passed, but there’s still enough to keep us interested.

On Monday ANZ releases job advertisement data.

That’s followed by home loan data on Tuesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Westpac’s monthly consumer confidence figures.

Wednesday will see a speech by Guy Debelle, assistant governor of financial markets at the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Thursday has investment lending data for February from the ABS and consumer inflation expectations for April from the Melbourne Institute.

And then finally, on Friday, the RBA will release its all-important Financial Stability Review, which provides its assessment of the current condition of the financial system and potential risks to financial stability. It’s released twice a year.

 

Company news

There are a wealth of companies with shares coming out of escrow this week. Read Stockhead‘s two latest recaps for the who’s who in the world of escrow, and we’ll have you covered for the rest of the month.

And there are 13 companies that are due to come out of a trading halt in the next 48 hours:

Monday:

  • King Island Scheelite (ASX:KIS) – execution of an offtake arrangement
  • Linius Technologies (ASX:LNU) – capital raising
  • Sky and Space Global (ASX:SAS) – supplier agreement
  • Lake Resources (ASX:LKE) – competent person statement in support of exploration target

 

Tuesday:

  • 5G Networks (ASX:5GN) – capital raising
  • Auctus Alternative Investments (ASX:AVC) – capital raising
  • Beacon Minerals (ASX:BCN) – capital raising
  • Hastings Technology (ASX:HAS) – capital raising
  • Pacific Bauxite (ASX:PBX) – update on court proceedings
  • Prairie Mining (ASX:PDZ) – legal proceedings
  • Galan Lithium (ASX:GLN) – announcement (didn’t specify)
  • Orminex (ASX:ONX) – toll milling arrangement
  • Murray Cod Australia (ASX:MCA) – capital raising

 

Commodities

Gold: $US1,291.30 ($1,817.45) -0.06%

Silver: $US15.08 -0.43%

Oil (Brent): $US70.34 +1.35%

Oil (WTI): $US63.08 +1.58%

Coal: $US80.80 +2.38%

Iron ore 62% fe: $US91.81 -0.78%

AUD/USD: $US0.7105

 

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What got you talking last week

Check out our Kick Back column, which highlights the 10 biggest stories we wrote during this past week that you might have missed.

On the Stockhead Facebook chat forum, it’s all about dairy formula and mining. Member Maxwell Percy had the following to say about Australian Dairy Nutritionals (ASX:AHF) buying an infant formula production plant:

“My only concerns are how many companies from NZ & Australia are entering the Chinese dry powder milk infant formula market. Also Chinese companies buying into such companies. My other concerns are Chinese regulations appear capable of changing on a whim.”

Fellow member Ricky Jackson referred to an article by The Australian on disputes between mining companies and the Tjiwarl people.

“Good luck to junior mining companies and explorers getting financial funding for the next few years,” he wrote.

And a brand new column also lit up some readers’ excitement: Stockhead has employed the services of The Secret Broker, a stockbroker with 35 years’ experience in the industry, to reveal some secrets. Read his first offering on what a trip to Venezuela in the 1980s taught him about Bitcoin.

These were the five most-discussed stocks on trading gossip forum HotCopper at close on Friday:

 

 

Last week’s winners

Mining minnow Dreadnought Resources (ASX: DRE) gained 100 per cent to 0.4 cents this week after announcing it has completed the cash and scrip acquisition of IronRinger Resources.

Dreadnought now plans to commence exploration at its Yampi project in WA “as soon as exploration approvals are received”.

GetSwift (ASX:GSW) shares moved 68 per cent to 29c this week, though it had little in the way of major news out.

The company announced on Tuesday that it had appointed seasoned tech executive Marc Naidoo to its board.

Fellow tech company KneoMedia (ASX:KNM) was up 61 per cent to 2.6c, thanks to news that Florida’s Department of Education had approved its KneoWorld as a partner product.

KNeoMedia chief James Kellett told investors this access to funding had previously roadblocked the company from significant expansion.

Ticker Name Market cap Price last Friday Price this Friday % change
DRE DREADNOUGHT RESOURCES LTD $4,323,260 0.002 0.004 100
IAM INTIGER GROUP LTD $15,101,062 0.005 0.009 80
GSW GETSWIFT LTD $60,327,780 0.190 0.290 68
DCC DIGITALX LTD $37,287,624 0.045 0.069 62
KNM KNEOMEDIA LTD $18,982,662 0.018 0.026 61
LI3 LITHIUM CONSOLIDATED LTD $9,990,433 0.071 0.091 55
AIR ASTIVITA LTD $7,537,184 0.093 0.140 51
AJC ACACIA COAL LTD $6,101,478 0.001 0.0015 50
OGX ORINOCO GOLD LTD $6,977,005 0.002 0.003 50
CGM COUGAR METALS NL $1,598,208 0.001 0.0015 50
CLZ CLASSIC MINERALS LTD $4,508,580 0.001 0.0015 50
FGF FIRST GROWTH FUNDS LTD $14,003,634 0.006 0.009 50
GCR GOLDEN CROSS RESOURCES LTD $4,064,889 0.027 0.040 48
FTZ FERTOZ LTD $29,455,900 0.160 0.230 44
IVX INVION LTD $93,510,304 0.012 0.017 42
GLN GALAN LITHIUM LTD $36,756,640 0.230 0.325 41
TKM TREK METALS LTD $2,186,125 0.005 0.007 40
CUX CROSSLAND STRATEGIC METALS L $7,081,525 0.005 0.006 40
CLI CROPLOGIC LTD $10,381,096 0.025 0.034 40
EHX EHR RESOURCES LTD $5,066,720 0.028 0.037 39
LNY LANEWAY RESOURCES LTD $40,480,724 0.008 0.011 37
AGR AGUIA RESOURCES LTD $20,531,894 0.091 0.130 37
MZZ MATADOR MINING LIMITED $14,009,667 0.190 0.260 37
IEC INTRA ENERGY CORP LTD $8,917,653 0.017 0.023 35
HNR HANNANS LTD $23,855,454 0.009 0.01 33
BUY BOUNTY OIL & GAS NL $3,813,604 0.003 0.004 33
AZI ALTA ZINC LTD $5,475,863 0.003 0.004 33
CZN CORAZON MINING LTD $5,061,134 0.003 0.004 33
AJJ ASIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL GROUP $40,530,332 0.090 0.120 33
ECX ECLIPX GROUP LTD $265,298,448 0.640 0.822 30
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Last week’s losers

Shares in Neurotech (ASX:NTI) fell 25 per cent to 1.2c this week as the fallout continued from a revelation last week its former strategic adviser had lied about his qualifications.

Dr Adrian Attard Trevisan was terminated from his role after an investigation by a Maltese newspaper found he did not have a PhD in neuroscience from University College London.

The company said he came clean, upon which he was summarily deposed.

There was not a great deal of negative movement amongst small caps based on news this week. $53 million Big River Industries (ASX:BRI) dropped 24 per cent to $1.01.

Ticker Name Market cap Price last Friday Price this Friday % change
JXT JAXSTA LTD $ 65,432,072.00 0.375 0.3 -20
RHI RED HILL IRON LTD $ 10,916,587.00 0.25 0.2 -20
FRX FLEXIROAM LTD $ 8,908,580.00 0.05 0.039 -20
IOD IODM LTD $ 13,482,939.00 0.034 0.027 -21
8CO 8COMMON LTD $ 7,287,482.00 0.063 0.05 -21
QEM QEM LTD $ 10,000,000.00 0.12 0.095 -21
O ORA GOLD LTD $ 4,522,671.00 0.009 0.008 -22
RMI RESOURCE MINING CORP LTD $ 2,073,871.38 0.009 0.007 -22
IBN IBUYNEW GROUP LTD $ 1,525,545.38 0.09 0.07 -22
AFR AFRICAN ENERGY RESOURCES-CDI $ 8,146,957.50 0.017 0.013 -24
BRI BIG RIVER INDUSTRIES LTD $ 53,574,388.00 1.35 1.01 -24
PKO PEAKO LTD $ 1,391,192.88 0.025 0.019 -24
CYQ CYCLIQ GROUP LTD $ 2,860,537.25 0.004 0.002 -25
ANL AMANI GOLD LTD $ 5,535,341.00 0.002 0.002 -25
TSC TWENTY SEVEN CO LTD $ 2,676,183.75 0.004 0.003 -25
XST XSTATE RESOURCES LTD $ 3,421,472.75 0.004 0.003 -25
NTI NEUROTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD $ 1,628,926.38 0.016 0.012 -25
KP2 KORE POTASH PLC - CDI $ 30,073,206.00 0.049 0.036 -29
CI1 CREDIT INTELLIGENCE LTD $ 9,845,126.00 0.017 0.012 -29
UUV UUV AQUABOTIX LTD $ 2,274,563.25 0.02 0.014 -30
AHK ARK MINES LTD $ 613,554.13 0.018 0.012 -33
VMG VDM GROUP LTD $ 12,555,322.00 0.003 0.002 -33
PNN PEPINNINI LITHIUM LTD $ 1,637,348.88 0.003 0.002 -33
THD THRED LTD $ 3,578,781.75 0.003 0.002 -33
VAR VARISCAN MINES LTD $ 1,271,073.63 0.0015 0.001 -33
DDD 3D RESOURCES LTD $ 2,214,442.25 0.003 0.002 -33
LCY LEGACY IRON ORE LTD $ 2,936,528.25 0.003 0.002 -33
SHK STONE RESOURCES AUSTRALIA LT $ 1,623,292.25 0.003 0.002 -33
AQS AQUIS ENTERTAINMENT LTD $ 5,924,513.50 0.05 0.032 -36
HHM HAMPTON HILL MINING NL $ 4,422,080.50 0.025 0.015 -40
GCY GASCOYNE RESOURCES LTD $ 27,311,714.00 0.097 0.051 -47
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That’s all you need to know. Go go go!

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