Weekly ASX small cap wrap: Who pulled something valuable out of the bottom drawer this week?

In 1964, a humble antiques dealer spent £5 on a crusty old chess piece, put it a drawer and promptly forgot about it.

It turns out this battered warrior is part of a famous medieval chess set that had been missing for almost 200 years. This £5 purchase has just a sold at auction for £735,000, or $1.3m.

The piece is part of a set known as the Lewis Chessmen that was made from walrus ivory in the late 12th or early 13th century.

But after looking after it for more than 50 years (or rather didn’t know it existed) the antiques dealer’s family were “quite amazed” by its value.

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And speaking of surprise valuables:

ASX small cap winners: July 1-5

NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals (ASX:NSB) was up 124 per cent for the week after claiming an Alzheimer’s breakthrough.

The company’s EmtinB drug demonstrated the “largest ever improvement in neurite growth and increased number of active connections between nerve cells”, it says.

NSB shares went on a massive tear, up as much as 186 per cent to 40c on the news. However, trials are only at the pre-clinical stage, with in-human trials “to be initiated this quarter”.

In May, (very) diverse micro-cap explorer Greenpower Energy (ASX:GPP) entered an agreement to potentially buy the historic gold mines of Camel Creek, Golden Cup and Big Rush in Northern Queensland

On Thursday, it announced a very handy near-surface exploration target of 32,154oz-112,540oz of gold at the Camel Creek mine – which sent the stock up 111 per cent.

Medtech play Medibio (ASX:MEB) climbed over 110 per cent after signing on British food service conglomerate Compass Group to the pilot program for its corporate mental health app, ilumen.

Kyckr (ASX:KYK) also scored a commercial partnership with the Singapore division of global insurer AXA Insurance, sending the regtech stock up 97 per cent for the week.

And shares in internet-of-things company Connected IO (ASX:CIO) got a boost after it announced a new personal best for quarterly cash receipts.

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks for July 1-5:

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Ticker	Name	Price last Friday	Price this Friday	% Return	Market Cap
NSB	NEUROSCIENTIFIC BIOPHARMACEUTICALS	0.145	0.350	124	$23,913,692.00
SIV	SILVER CHEF	0.310	0.670	119	$26,702,182.00
MEB	MEDIBIO	0.009	0.019	111	$4,727,228.50
GPP	GREENPOWER ENERGY	0.001	0.002	100	$3,886,414.25
EER	EAST ENERGY RESOURCES	0.002	0.004	100	$12,803,948.00
KYK	KYCKR	0.033	0.060	97	$9,812,718.00
NXE	NEW ENERGY MINERALS	0.014	0.025	86	$3,923,281.50
CY5	CYGNUS GOLD	0.025	0.045	72	$2,609,383.75
CAE	CANNINDAH RESOURCES	0.009	0.015	67	$2,717,789.25
CIO	CONNECTED IO	0.003	0.005	67	$9,065,425.00
CZL	CONSOLIDATED ZINC	0.008	0.012	62	$15,303,418.00
TAS	TASMAN RESOURCES	0.036	0.058	58	$30,085,008.00
VKA	VIKING MINES	0.009	0.014	56	$4,392,050.00
MDI	MIDDLE ISLAND RESOURCES	0.005	0.007	56	$7,327,965.00
HCT	HOLISTA COLLTECH	0.042	0.063	50	$14,744,462.00
RAG	RAGNAR METALS	0.004	0.060	50	$1,880,544.38
UTR	ULTRACHARGE	0.002	0.003	50	$3,220,141.75
TMX	TERRAIN MINERALS	0.002	0.003	50	$1,931,196.00
SYT	SYNTONIC	0.002	0.003	50	$9,864,863.00
CLZ	CLASSIC MINERALS	0.001	0.002	50	$4,508,580.00
OEX	OILEX	0.002	0.003	50	$7,761,954.00
FRX	FLEXIROAM	0.012	0.018	50	$4,357,502.00
UUV	UUV AQUABOTIX	0.006	0.009	50	$2,924,438.25

ASX small cap losers: July 1-5

SpeedCast International (ASX:SDA) took another massive hit following an earnings cut.

It blamed a raft of reasons from NBN delays, customer churn in one industry, technical problems with a big contract, and social unrest in Mozambique.

At $1.80 a share, it has lost 73 per cent since late August 2018 (when it was $6.65). Ouch.

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks for July 1-5:

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Ticker	Name	Price Last Friday	Price This Friday	Return %	Market Cap
CGS	COGSTATE	0.194	0.155	-21	$18,475,410.00
FDM	FREEDOM OIL AND GAS	0.028	0.023	-21	$24,771,518.00
MGU	MAGNUM MINING AND EXPLORATION	0.082	0.065	-21	$17,893,044.00
SIH	SIHAYO GOLD	0.014	0.011	-21	$25,496,110.00
OBM	ORA BANDA MINING	0.16	0.13	-22	$60,714,996.00
BCB	BOWEN COKING COAL	0.05	0.039	-22	$27,562,636.00
IVO	INVIGOR GROUP	0.0045	0.004	-22	$10,001,031.00
MAG	MAGMATIC RESOURCES	0.018	0.014	-22	$1,641,396.00
REZ	RESOURCES & ENERGY	0.065	0.05	-23	$15,111,103.00
SGC	SACGASCO	0.017	0.014	-24	$3,448,652.25
TPC	TPC CONSOLIDATED	0.4	0.3	-25	$3,370,684.00
OKU	OKLO RESOURCES	0.15	0.115	-25	$39,921,180.00
AIS	AERIS RESOURCES	0.066	0.05	-27	$21,874,158.00
FTC	FINTECH CHAIN	0.14	0.11	-28	$68,330,808.00
ADA	ADACEL TECHNOLOGIES	0.595	0.43	-28	$32,787,218.00
OAR	OAKDALE RESOURCES	0.014	0.01	-29	$2,083,553.63
SUR	SUN RESOURCES	0.0015	0.001	-33	$881,057.56
TSC	TWENTY SEVEN CO	0.003	0.002	-33	$1,962,122.63
LRS	LATIN RESOURCES	0.0015	0.001	-33	$3,892,466.50
IAM	INTIGER GROUP	0.0015	0.001	-33	$1,677,895.88
QGL	QUANTUM GRAPHITE	0.003	0.002	-33	$15,321,162.00
CEL	CHALLENGER EXPLORATION	0.055	0.032	-42	$14,897,924.00
SDA	SPEEDCAST INTERNATIONAL	3.48	1.8	-46	$453,110,976.00
AJC	ACACIA COAL	0.002	0.001	-50	$4,067,651.75
MLS	METALS AUSTRALIA	0.002	0.002	-50	$2,927,197.75
PCL	PANCONTINENTAL OIL & GAS	0.002	0.001	-50	$5,406,715.50
MCX	MARINER CORP	0.047	0.02	-57	$274,761.63