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Rise and Shine: What you need to know before the ASX opens
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On Stockhead today, Guy Le Page thinks about uranium, strokes beard; James Whelan thinks about bottom picking, and GS says battery metals are so 2021.
But first … the day ahead.
TRADING HALTS
The following companies went into trading halts today and are expected out in the next few days:
Australian Rare Earths (ASX:AR3) – trading halt pending an announcement in connection with a capital raising
Metrics Master Income Trust (ASX:MXT) – trading halt pending an announcement in connection with a capital raising
Navarre Minerals (ASX:NML) – trading halt pending an announcement in connection with a capital raising
OzAurum Resources (ASX:OZM) – trading halt pending – you guessed it – an announcement in connection with a capital raising
HSC Technology Group (ASX:HSC) – another one pending an announcement around a capital raising
MARKETS
Gold: $US1,855.50 (+0.15%)
Silver: $US22.08 (-0.09%)
Nickel (3mth): $US28,235/t (+3.98%)
Copper (3mth): $US9,534.50/t (+0.47%)
Lithium Carbonate, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, May 4): $US68,450/t (0.0% weekly)
Lithium Hydroxide, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, May 4): $US70,000/t (-0.1% weekly)
Oil (WTI): $115.85 (+0.68%)
Oil (Brent): $US120.17 (+0.61%)
Iron 62pc Fe: $US133.50 (+2.69%)
AUD/USD: $US0.71802 +0.29%)
Bitcoin: $US30,614.90(+5.00%)
WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?
Bubs Australia (ASX:BUB) got a direct Twitter shoutout from POTUS himself, Joe Biden:
I’ve got more good news: 27.5 million bottles of safe infant formula manufactured by Bubs Australia are coming to the United States.
We’re doing everything in our power to get more formula on shelves as soon as possible.
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 27, 2022
And shares in the company jumped.
This analyst reckons @BubsAustralia will be the one kissing US Presidents after our good mate Joe Biden’s potently public @POTUS backing. @PAC_Partners co-founder, Paul Jensz told us he’s expecting the $BUB share price to jump by almost a full third.https://t.co/IdSKjMzwgz
— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) May 30, 2022
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YESTERDAY’s BIGGEST SMALL CAP WINNERS
(Stocks highlighted in yellow rose after making announcements during the trading day).
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| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAV | Javelin Minerals Ltd | 0.002 | 100% | 750,000 | $9,354,153 |
| ARO | Astro Resources NL | 0.0045 | 50% | 42,327,637 | $14,115,724 |
| MHI | Merchant House | 0.075 | 39% | 19,779 | $5,090,391 |
| RBR | RBR Group Ltd | 0.004 | 33% | 200,000 | $3,862,861 |
| CLG | Close Loop | 0.47 | 27% | 1,815,503 | $123,007,047 |
| HXL | Hexima | 0.35 | 25% | 121,440 | $44,726,850 |
| ATR | Astron Corp Ltd | 0.665 | 21% | 49,867 | $67,362,393 |
| DVL | Dorsavi Ltd | 0.018 | 20% | 545,400 | $5,308,219 |
| AUA | Audeara | 0.09 | 20% | 180,261 | $4,814,949 |
| HCT | Holista CollTech Ltd | 0.03 | 20% | 191,121 | $6,883,727 |
| VAN | Vango Mining Ltd | 0.055 | 17% | 1,685,016 | $59,217,069 |
| RCW | Rightcrowd | 0.09 | 17% | 73,644 | $20,126,667 |
| ARE | Argonaut Resources | 0.0035 | 17% | 15,910,942 | $10,818,614 |
| EMUCA | EMU NL - 3C Pd, 3C Unpd | 0.007 | 17% | 18,386 | $242,910 |
| MTH | Mithril Resources | 0.007 | 17% | 95,700 | $17,521,398 |
| NNL | Nordicnickellimited | 0.29 | 16% | 4,413,491 | $14,585,001 |
| WMG | Western Mines | 0.22 | 16% | 372,675 | $6,960,175 |
| DUN | Dundasminerals | 0.15 | 15% | 3,367 | $4,845,870 |
| 1ST | 1St Group Ltd | 0.008 | 14% | 125,627 | $3,879,077 |
| AUK | Aumake Limited | 0.008 | 14% | 1,603,000 | $5,400,128 |
| OEX | Oilex Ltd | 0.004 | 14% | 409,340 | $25,087,267 |
| GFN | Gefen Int | 0.16 | 14% | 30,000 | $8,552,721 |
| CCZ | Castillo Copper Ltd | 0.017 | 13% | 8,907,932 | $19,492,580 |
| IAM | Income Asset | 0.225 | 13% | 74,581 | $55,244,164 |
| HMI | Hiremii | 0.064 | 12% | 549,838 | $6,034,428 |
Explorer Southern Cross Gold (ASX:SXG) made a spectacular 119m intercept at 3.9g/t gold equivalent from 106m depth at the ‘Sunday Creek’ project in Victoria.
The true thickness – the width of the vein/orebody/shoot at its narrowest point – is estimated at an impressive 71m–83m.
SXG managing director Michael Hudson is understandably pleased, as this sort of yawning width of high-grade mineralisation is rarely – if ever – seen in the Victorian goldfields.
He says the 119m at 3.9g/t gold strike puts SXG in a “new realm” and is another cracking win in “a remarkably successful drill program”.
Bubs Australia (ASX:BUB) had a pretty good day – up over 60%, after the US President Joe Biden tweeted what legends they all were for prepping to send some that 1.25 million tins (or the equivalent of 27.5 million bottles) of infant formula to teat-starved Americans, where formula has become more precious than babies.
By association A2Milk (ASX:A2M) jumped 10.3%. And if they’re doing well by proxy, then you can be sure the FDA is stamping licences and taking numbers.
YESTERDAY’S BIGGEST SMALL CAP LOSERS
(Stocks highlighted in yellow fell after making announcements during the trading day).
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| Code | Company | Price | % | Volume | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDR | Finder | 0.115 | -38% | 5,628,570 | $13,875,000.00 |
| JAV | Javelin Minerals Ltd | 0.001 | -33% | 8,500,000 | $14,031,229.16 |
| EVE | EVE Health Group Ltd | 0.0015 | -25% | 126,638 | $8,619,617.11 |
| MEB | Medibio Limited | 0.003 | -25% | 20,000 | $9,587,960.49 |
| SIH | Sihayo Gold Limited | 0.003 | -25% | 29,275,224 | $14,741,845.65 |
| APX | Appen Limited | 6.53 | -21% | 4,598,792 | $1,020,385,646.92 |
| LNY | Laneway Res Ltd | 0.004 | -20% | 672,979 | $31,510,082.05 |
| VPR | Volt Power Group | 0.002 | -20% | 100,000 | $23,361,333.90 |
| PRX | Prodigy Gold NL | 0.019 | -17% | 628,801 | $13,400,434.94 |
| AFA | ASF Group Limited | 0.035 | -17% | 50,122 | $33,292,824.14 |
| AO1 | Assetowl Limited | 0.0025 | -17% | 1,000,000 | $4,716,389.28 |
| ARO | Astro Resources NL | 0.0025 | -17% | 6,000,000 | $14,115,723.80 |
| DEX | Duke Exploration | 0.11 | -15% | 183,734 | $11,727,449.76 |
| EZZ | EZZ Life Science | 0.3 | -14% | 71,510 | $4,466,000.00 |
| AJQ | Armour Energy Ltd | 0.006 | -14% | 392 | $14,276,159.29 |
| DDD | 3D Resources Limited | 0.003 | -14% | 100,000 | $14,636,552.32 |
| ROG | Red Sky Energy. | 0.006 | -14% | 416,001 | $37,115,590.38 |
| FTZ | Fertoz Ltd | 0.185 | -14% | 219,503 | $49,161,262.10 |
| ADY | Admiralty Resources. | 0.013 | -13% | 344,311 | $19,553,687.30 |
| TPD | Talon Energy Ltd | 0.007 | -13% | 9,806,378 | $67,180,316.20 |
| ISU | Iselect Ltd | 0.15 | -12% | 419,572 | $40,814,748.01 |
| BPH | BPH Energy Ltd | 0.015 | -12% | 9,696,384 | $11,304,120.27 |
| CLT | Cellnet Group | 0.03 | -12% | 272,776 | $8,282,217.56 |
| GCR | Golden Cross | 0.084 | -12% | 83,974 | $10,423,933.05 |
| DOU | Douugh Limited | 0.023 | -12% | 516,425 | $15,466,211.25 |
Josh Chiat reported that the minor punters at Australia’s third most prolific coal miner – Yancoal’s (ASX:YAL) – used yesterday’s AGM to start a fire about last week’s proposal that could see its Chinese parent take out the $8 billion coal miner at a shocking 16.6% discount to its last traded price.
Yancoal shares were paying $6.08 on Wednesday before entering a trading halt as controlling shareholder Hong Kong-listed Yankuang Energy Group announced plans for a lowball US$3.60 ($5.07) a share bid for the ~38% of the miner it didn’t already own.
