On Stockhead today, PLS doubles its spod auction record, Guy Le Page and Rick Rule agree on uranium, farmers are positive, and other miracles.

But first … the day ahead.

 

WHO’S LISTING?

Scheduled to list at 1pm AEST today is explorer Copper Search (ASX:CUS), which raised ~$12m to hunt for big copper-gold deposits in South Australia’s Gawler Craton.

CUS is led by a bunch of former Extract Resources crew, including Peter McIntyre (CEO), Rance Dorrington (CFO), and Martin Spivey.

Extract discovered the world-class ‘Husab’ uranium deposit in Namibia which was ultimately acquired via a takeover for ~$2 billion.

 

TRADING HALTS

The following companies are in trading halts and are expected out in the next two trading days:

Wednesday

Conico (ASX:CNJ) – capital raising
Resolution Minerals (ASX:RML) – capital raising
Golden Rim Resources (ASX:GMR) – capital raising
Cullen Resources (ASX:CUL) – exploration update
GBM Resources (ASX:GBZ) – capital raising
Corazon Mining (ASX:CZN) – capital raising
HomeCo Daily Needs REIT (ASX:HDN) – capital raising
Hotel Property Investments (ASX:HPI) – capital rising
Uniti (ASX:UWL) – response to media

Thursday

Vulcan (ASX:VUL) – capital raising
A-Cap Energy (ASX:ACB) – capital raising
Jadar Resources (ASX:JDR) – acquisition

 

MARKETS

Gold: $US1,804.43 ($2,464.38) (+0.61%)

Silver: $US23.86 ($32.59) (+0.58%)

Oil (WTI): $US70.76 (+0.44%)

Oil (Brent): $US73.86 (+0.48%)

Coal: $US177.50 (-0.06%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US128.11 (-1.20%)

AUD/USD: $US0.7318 (-0.68%)

Bitcoin: $US46,703.69 (+3.53%)

 

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

On July 30, the inaugural Battery Material Exchange auction for spodumene from Pilbara Mineral’s (ASX:PLS) Pilgangoora operation settled at a record-high $US1,250/tonne for a 10,000/t cargo.

That’s well above prevailing market price, and streets ahead of the ~$US380/t spod producers were accepting last year.vIt set the broader market alight.

Guess what just happened?

Insane numbers. How will lithium stocks react today?

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Also, be sure to check in at 10.20am each day for our daily ‘10 at 10’ column — a live summary of winners & losers at the opening bell.

 

YESTERDAY’S BIGGEST WINNERS

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Code Company Price % Volume
MHK Metalhawk. 0.675 265 52051459
HNR Hannans Ltd 0.02 54 136641324
ACB A-Cap Energy Ltd 0.135 44 5300450
ERW Errawarra Resources 0.3 36 2057708
CDR Codrus Minerals Ltd 0.2 29 4433208
CAU Cronos Australia 0.135 29 877288
CXO Core Lithium 0.445 27 56807466
3DP Pointerra Limited 0.46 26 4683095
TOE Toro Energy Limited 0.039 26 87381511
PTX Prescient Ltd 0.27 26 5939348
NXM Nexus Minerals Ltd 0.37 25 9451966
LNY Laneway Res Ltd 0.005 25 1600000
MM1 Midasmineralsltd 0.205 24 673504
Z2U Zoom2Utechnologies 0.43 23 2979800
PH2 Pure Hydrogen Corp 0.25 22 4533157
M8S M8 Sustainable 0.032 21 6273796
ENR Encounter Resources 0.295 20 1547331
YPB YPB Group Ltd 0.003 20 2123658
AIR Astivita Ltd 0.75 17 26815
AMD Arrow Minerals 0.007 17 2867392
IPT Impact Minerals 0.014 16 8144238
NME Nex Metals Explorat 0.043 16 1892543
FNT Frontier Resources 0.022 16 28696853
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Metalhawk (ASX:MHK) rocketed by 265% off the back of a nickel sulphide discovery.

Pot stock Cronos Australia (ASX:CAU) rose after announcing it was merging with CDA Health – a private medical cannabis company based in Queensland.

Recently listed explorer Midas Minerals (ASX:MM1) announced a drilling campaign will get underway soon.

And Nex Metals (ASX:NME) rose after joint venture partner Metalicity (ASX:MCT) unveiled a proposal to combine the two companies.  Nex told its shareholders to take no action at this stage.

 

YESTERDAY’S BIGGEST LOSERS

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Code Company Price % Volume
ANL Amani Gold Ltd 0.002 -33 152658591
CGB Cann Global Limited 0.003 -25 2162292
MRD Mount Ridley Mines 0.004 -20 9465621
RXH Rewardle Holding Ltd 0.013 -19 1064591
SVS Sunvest Corporation 0.5 -16 1000
AEF Australian Ethical 9.59 -13 895519
CXU Cauldron Energy Ltd 0.041 -13 15174372
AOA Ausmon Resorces 0.007 -13 2655292
CVS Cervantes Corp Ltd 0.007 -13 6224200
PO3 Purifloh Ltd 1.35 -12 2500
MMG Monger Gold Ltd 0.25 -12 323533
GGE Grand Gulf Energy 0.029 -12 4323899
DTM Dart Mining NL 0.11 -12 627363
BCA Black Canyon Limited 0.265 -12 230620
MEI Meteoric Resources 0.031 -11 11681584
ARO Astro Resources NL 0.004 -11 310000
RIM Rimfire Pacific 0.008 -11 474187
TZN Terramin Australia 0.033 -11 100000
TTA TTA Holdings Ltd 0.042 -11 245224
VMY Vimy Resources Ltd 0.21 -11 15865765
GTI Gratifii 0.026 -10 512120
BRB Breaker Res NL 0.27 -10 2771520
HE8 Helios Energy Ltd 0.135 -10 668203
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Rewardle (ASX:RXH) fell after a company update.