Gold Digger: ASX investors are still rewarding solid gold news in 2021

It has been a relatively muted start to 2021 for gold stocks, as prices bounce between the low $US1,800’s — mid $US1900s.

We say relatively, because at these prices the big producers are still making outrageous profits.

Despite these record cashflows most major miners like Evolution Mining (ASX:EVN) -10%, Silver Lake Resources (ASX:SLR) `-12%, Ramelius Resources (ASX:RMS) -12%, and Resolute Mining (ASX:RSG) -13% have lost ground over the past month.

No one know where gold is going next, but one thing is for certain: investors are still rewarding solid gold news stories on the ASX.

Winners & Losers

Here’s how ASX-listed gold stocks performed ovr the past week, month and year:

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CODE	COMPANY	1 WEEK CHANGE %	1 MONTH CHANGE %	6 MONTH CHANGE %	1 YEAR CHANGE %	PRICE	MARKET CAP
HXG	Hexagon Energy	94	100	131	100	0.12	$ 31,626,559.34
HWK	Hawkstone Mining	43	50	-6	88	0.015	$ 19,650,456.05
FNT	Frontier Resources	27	46	73	90	0.019	$ 9,290,000.00
GNM	Great Northern Minerals	15	-12	-21	67	0.015	$ 11,802,954.85
PAK	Pacific American Holdings	13	24	189	-5	0.026	$ 7,550,037.60
E2M	E2 Metals	12	-11	253	216	0.6	$ 89,795,043.60
PNM	Pacific Nickel Mines	12	-3	107	-44	0.056	$ 8,537,151.52
CXU	Cauldron Energy	11	29	133	113	0.049	$ 21,055,977.06
CBY	Canterbury Resources	10	0	-19	-50	0.11	$ 9,681,649.45
FFX	Firefinch	10	57	63	165	0.22	$ 172,019,595.22
MAU	Magnetic Resources	9	9	-9	158	1.29	$ 276,699,362.56
DRE	Dreadnought Resources	9	14	85	243	0.024	$ 49,760,643.70
GMR	Golden Rim Resources	9	20	-14	20	0.012	$ 24,248,274.57
MKG	Mako Gold	9	-8	4	74	0.12	$ 30,868,992.24
REZ	Resources & Energy Group	8	10	179	194	0.053	$ 24,605,804.97
ARN	Aldoro Resources	8	38	108	8	0.2	$ 13,276,160.60
RDS	Redstone Resources	7	36	50	67	0.015	$ 7,941,235.95
TSO	Tesoro Resources	7	11	253	638	0.3	$ 153,850,064.76
MBK	Metal Bank	7	25	57	74	0.015	$ 17,770,000.00
ARL	Ardea Resources	7	14	50	-16	0.48	$ 62,558,585.18
LEX	Lefroy Exploration	5	8	-2	14	0.21	$ 25,202,030.07
EMU	EMU NL	5	13	125	10	0.045	$ 16,038,244.62
AUT	Auteco Minerals	5	16	-34	1178	0.115	$ 180,225,577.64
BRV	Big River Gold	4	-4	50	182	0.048	$ 69,686,171.88
CEL	Challenger Exploration	4	14	9	92	0.25	$ 132,582,522.96
PNR	Pantoro	4	9	16	79	0.25	$ 359,141,548.14
MGV	Musgrave Minerals	4	4	-25	348	0.385	$ 190,543,406.45
NXM	Nexus Minerals	4	0	94	183	0.13	$ 31,739,717.23
BNR	Bulletin Resources	4	1	11	282	0.084	$ 14,164,152.85
MHC	Manhattan Corp	4	0	12	367	0.028	$ 37,135,803.40
AWV	Anova Metals	4	7	0	230	0.029	$ 41,559,731.80
WCN	White Cliff Minerals	4	-3	142	480	0.029	$ 14,479,775.77
SI6	SI6 Metals	3	36	386	1033	0.034	$ 46,540,907.00
DTM	Dart Mining	3	6	12	146	0.19	$ 18,489,913.06
VAN	Vango Mining	3	3	-40	-54	0.076	$ 78,352,569.36
SKY	SKY Metals	3	8	-9	95	0.195	$ 48,096,716.46
TIE	Tietto Minerals	2	-3	-36	60	0.415	$ 185,857,286.96
GWR	GWR Group	2	37	514	438	0.43	$ 126,719,238.24
NAG	Nagambie Resources	2	7	-13	28	0.046	$ 22,996,887.92
OKR	Okapi Resources	2	17	32	147	0.245	$ 10,792,818.00
AXE	Archer Materials	2	7	31	255	0.55	$ 126,076,465.76
AMG	Ausmex Mining	2	28	97	-14	0.059	$ 31,211,393.67
GTR	GTI Resources	2	27	22	205	0.0305	$ 18,046,503.94
GIB	Gibb River Diamonds	1	-54	86	64	0.082	$ 17,555,283.94
NSM	North Stawell Mines	1	-5	0	0	0.435	$ 17,400,000.00
BC8	Black Cat Syndicate	1	14	-15	140	0.755	$ 79,994,808.58
DDD	3D Resources	0	13	13	350	0.0045	$ 14,461,488.37
AQI	Alicanto Minerals	0	4	97	167	0.12	$ 39,230,095.32
ANX	Anax Metals	0	-8	106	332	0.048	$ 12,329,082.74
ADV	Ardiden	0	24	17	425	0.021	$ 47,147,361.45
AAJ	Aruma Resources	0	0	75	133	0.007	$ 9,536,483.42
AYM	Australia United	0	-11	167	100	0.008	$ 14,740,619.88
BCN	Beacon Minerals	0	-5	-3	6	0.037	$ 106,080,432.90
CDT	Castle Minerals	0	11	-23	11	0.01	$ 6,592,507.36
CTO	Citigold	0	8	180	211	0.014	$ 38,089,424.93
CGN	Crater Gold	0	-3	111	58	0.019	$ 23,322,421.47
CY5	Cygnus Gold	0	0	-5	227	0.18	$ 19,452,617.64
DAU	Dampier Gold	0	-7	73	167	0.052	$ 16,418,028.72
GML	Gateway Mining	0	10	83	106	0.033	$ 62,905,954.19
GMN	Gold Mountain	0	0	-25	-39	0.043	$ 31,981,784.23
GED	Golden Deeps	0	-14	33	-52	0.012	$ 9,295,360.14
HAW	Hawthorn Resources	0	21	4	84	0.11	$ 36,686,717.43
KAU	Kaiser Reef	0	0	15	0	0.41	$ 10,957,250.41
KGM	Kalnorth Gold	0	0	30	160	0.013	$ 11,625,120.78
LNY	Laneway Resources	0	0	-13	0	0.007	$ 26,425,461.53
MSR	Manas Resources	0	17	17	180	0.007	$ 17,941,778.39
MCT	Metalicity	0	0	-14	419	0.018	$ 31,358,125.91
MLS	Metals Australia	0	0	0	100	0.002	$ 8,381,807.15
MOH	Moho Resources	0	-3	-31	100	0.09	$ 8,431,485.21
NPM	Newpeak Metals	0	17	75	17	0.0035	$ 14,004,487.53
NUS	Nusantara Resources	0	-5	-7	-16	0.28	$ 64,196,441.96
PUA	Peak Minerals	0	-13	27	135	0.028	$ 15,982,210.30
PUR	Pursuit Minerals	0	55	508	630	0.034	$ 22,067,208.69
SBR	Sabre Resources	0	22	267	450	0.011	$ 18,513,700.14
SPQ	Superior Resources	0	-13	100	149	0.014	$ 16,524,882.70
TLM	Talisman Mining	0	8	-25	5	0.105	$ 19,595,980.43
TMX	Terrain Minerals	0	-15	22	175	0.011	$ 8,093,371.10
THR	Thor Mining	0	0	183	113	0.017	$ 7,370,808.66
TTM	Titan Minerals	0	-4	0	-32	0.115	$ 131,037,029.91
TRM	Truscott Mining	0	0	-5	125	0.018	$ 2,302,947.79
TSC	Twenty Seven Co.	0	0	20	-25	0.006	$ 12,717,925.28
VKA	Viking Mines	0	42	408	291	0.044	$ 18,885,814.91
VRC	Volt Resources	0	0	-40	0	0.012	$ 23,791,109.11
CDV	Cardinal Resources	0	-1	81	210	1.07	$ 593,155,151.63
OBM	Ora Banda Mining	-1	18	18	80	0.33	$ 273,722,136.03
AOP	Apollo Consolidated	-2	7	-11	23	0.32	$ 86,110,588.80
HRN	Horizon Gold	-2	9	-1	159	0.51	$ 44,777,360.97
AME	Alto Metals	-2	11	31	151	0.098	$ 39,033,887.46
DGO	DGO Gold	-2	-2	-2	218	2.89	$ 213,300,069.20
STK	Strickland Metals	-2	-22	54	187	0.043	$ 18,530,666.92
CYL	Catalyst Metals	-2	-16	-21	-26	2.14	$ 195,898,498.38
KRM	Kingsrose Mining	-2	20	-7	35	0.042	$ 30,660,308.78
FML	Focus Minerals	-3	18	39	47	0.39	$ 70,358,197.53
S2R	S2 Resources	-3	37	32	48	0.185	$ 58,254,868.12
KWR	Kingwest Resources	-3	13	32	9	0.18	$ 27,664,894.44
SMI	Santana Minerals	-3	-3	25	-38	0.175	$ 19,955,711.30
WMX	Wiluna Mining	-3	-11	5	24	1.36	$ 162,388,108.82
TBR	Tribune Resources	-3	1	-14	11	6.03	$ 316,382,504.31
ONX	Orminex	-3	29	-14	-61	0.031	$ 17,251,269.38
TRY	Troy Resources	-3	2	-2	-6	0.091	$ 69,695,866.66
AQX	Alice Queen	-3	11	-3	20	0.03	$ 32,746,907.07
FFR	Firefly Resources	-3	-6	134	234	0.15	$ 41,970,534.48
RDN	Raiden Resources	-3	-3	329	329	0.03	$ 25,619,795.43
BDC	Bardoc Gold	-3	19	-12	2	0.088	$ 150,610,691.71
AAR	Anglo Australian	-3	7	12	46	0.145	$ 85,406,215.68
ADN	Andromeda Metals	-3	6	520	579	0.285	$ 624,291,069.83
RGL	Riversgold	-4	34	-18	511	0.055	$ 20,578,877.33
A1G	African Gold	-4	20	86	70	0.27	$ 11,326,362.08
RRL	Regis Resources	-4	-1	-32	-15	3.71	$ 1,904,740,733.88
TAR	Taruga Minerals	-4	24	42	264	0.051	$ 22,860,075.30
NCM	Newcrest Mining	-4	-1	-18	-13	26.53	$ 21,785,728,327.12
GSM	Golden State Mining	-4	4	-40	218	0.1875	$ 10,477,697.00
KSN	Kingston Resources	-4	-9	19	47	0.25	$ 71,113,814.42
STN	Saturn Metals	-4	-5	-8	56	0.615	$ 68,332,641.30
AL8	Alderan Resources	-4	25	14	400	0.12	$ 35,752,931.04
CWX	Carawine Resources	-4	-4	33	9	0.24	$ 25,589,126.97
TMZ	Thomson Resources	-4	14	300	386	0.12	$ 37,798,595.28
AUC	Ausgold	-4	5	18	229	0.046	$ 61,116,428.43
OAU	Ora Gold	-4	0	44	15	0.023	$ 18,498,594.88
SVY	Stavely Minerals	-4	-9	15	-11	0.79	$ 204,854,739.82
CAZ	Cazaly Resources	-4	-15	22	100	0.044	$ 15,870,503.75
CHZ	Chesser Resources	-4	10	120	193	0.22	$ 96,656,653.88
NWM	Norwest Minerals	-4	-9	-45	-48	0.086	$ 9,360,255.39
RED	Red 5 Limited	-4	9	19	-20	0.27	$ 541,999,798.18
BAT	Battery Minerals	-5	5	110	200	0.021	$ 44,908,017.90
HRZ	Horizon	-5	0	-19	9	0.105	$ 59,637,396.00
PRS	Prospech Limited	-5	-7	0	0	0.205	$ 13,329,220.75
MAT	Matsa Resources	-5	-17	-33	-23	0.1	$ 27,114,670.90
MEG	Megado	-5	-2	0	0	0.2	$ 8,004,469.80
FAU	First Au	-5	6	12	90	0.019	$ 9,147,438.81
SIH	Sihayo Gold	-5	-14	-30	51	0.019	$ 70,023,766.85
ODY	Odyssey Gold	-5	-5	-5	-5	0.074	$ 22,600,000.00
ERM	Emmerson Resources	-5	-1	-26	-36	0.074	$ 36,214,040.55
MEI	Meteoric Resources	-5	17	106	106	0.074	$ 93,279,199.27
SAR	Saracen	-5	5	-23	34	4.74	$ 5,338,852,346.30
RND	Rand Mining	-5	-5	-14	-23	1.8	$ 108,267,255.00
KZR	Kalamazoo Resources	-5	17	-10	80	0.62	$ 79,219,567.57
NST	Northern Star	-5	3	-13	9	12.6	$ 9,513,954,301.32
KTA	Krakatoa Resources	-5	-1	-21	94	0.07	$ 19,526,500.00
WWI	West Wits Mining	-5	27	218	536	0.07	$ 86,758,902.20
ALY	Alchemy Resources	-6	0	-17	58	0.017	$ 11,428,138.70
BRB	Breaker Resources	-6	9	-17	-30	0.2075	$ 65,168,185.80
ENR	Encounter Resources	-6	-8	10	27	0.165	$ 50,490,192.48
EMR	Emerald Resources	-6	21	41	95	0.82	$ 435,510,639.92
NVA	Nova Minerals	-6	-3	181	240	0.16	$ 267,191,463.52
SVL	Silver Mines	-6	14	118	142	0.24	$ 238,805,394.06
CAI	Calidus Resources	-6	-10	-17	83	0.475	$ 156,319,084.88
GRL	Godolphin Resources	-6	-8	21	12	0.235	$ 18,919,395.23
PDI	Predictive Discovery	-6	5	-28	565	0.059	$ 57,970,247.27
SFM	Santa Fe Minerals	-6	-6	26	26	0.088	$ 6,408,053.43
MML	Medusa Mining	-7	-3	7	-12	0.75	$ 158,962,640.27
BYH	Bryah Resources	-7	4	31	45	0.071	$ 11,054,916.58
BBX	BBX Minerals	-7	-7	60	107	0.28	$ 120,249,040.52
GBZ	GBM Rsources	-7	4	73	371	0.14	$ 57,457,438.16
ARV	Artemis Resources	-7	0	69	400	0.135	$ 153,463,182.80
AGG	AngloGold Ashanti	-7	1	-32	-1	5.87	$ 528,109,968.80
MTC	Metalstech	-7	-7	34	400	0.195	$ 28,580,689.41
NAE	New Age Exploration	-7	8	63	333	0.013	$ 15,431,395.33
RML	Resolution Minerals	-7	3	-51	-22	0.038	$ 10,996,925.86
AZS	Azure Minerals	-7	-34	300	257	0.5	$ 155,583,289.11
DCN	Dacian Gold	-8	41	52	-44	0.485	$ 261,559,020.38
DEG	De Grey Mining	-8	-4	39	1895	1	$ 1,284,807,136.31
HMX	Hammer Metals	-8	-3	-14	64	0.036	$ 26,967,124.51
LCL	Los Cerros	-8	20	150	114	0.12	$ 56,253,542.64
MVL	Marvel Gold	-8	-8	98	-55	0.048	$ 24,923,558.84
CHN	Chalice Mining	-8	6	261	1520	4.13	$ 1,469,535,039.45
MEU	Marmota	-8	4	-22	68	0.047	$ 48,426,684.50
CMM	Capricorn Metals	-8	1	-9	35	1.66	$ 570,998,179.62
RVR	Red River Resources	-8	12	213	90	0.285	$ 147,565,694.60
KAI	Kairos Minerals	-8	-8	10	305	0.034	$ 56,972,620.78
MKR	Manuka Resources	-8	-10	49	0	0.38	$ 35,135,705.16
SBM	St Barbara	-9	-10	-37	-18	2.23	$ 1,580,002,175.36
YRL	Yandal Resources	-9	-1	65	78	0.42	$ 39,942,932.63
KCN	Kingsgate Consolidated	-9	15	116	111	0.94	$ 212,652,383.60
EVN	Evolution Mining	-9	-4	-23	27	4.61	$ 7,962,388,616.10
OKU	Oklo Resources	-9	-11	-35	21	0.205	$ 103,326,111.46
SNG	Siren Gold	-9	-18	0	0	0.66	$ 40,890,859.23
SSR	SSR Mining	-9	-4	0	0	23.35	$ 416,139,815.40
TAM	Tanami Gold	-9	17	38	120	0.088	$ 103,408,540.05
BGL	Bellevue Gold	-9	-24	-3	106	1.02	$ 880,989,384.56
MDI	Middle Island Resources	-9	26	-33	270	0.34	$ 42,431,798.15
WGX	Westgold Resources	-9	-13	12	7	2.41	$ 1,029,968,306.10
AMI	Aurelia Metals	-9	6	-16	2	0.43	$ 530,760,405.75
TNR	Torian Resources	-10	-3	56	265	0.028	$ 21,598,911.80
CLA	Celsius Resources	-10	20	139	244	0.055	$ 43,692,212.54
GBR	Great Boulder Resources	-10	-6	14	23	0.045	$ 8,650,749.42
BAR	Barra Resources	-10	4	37	24	0.026	$ 17,617,810.63
MZZ	Matador Mining	-10	19	-15	50	0.345	$ 57,925,378.06
M2R	Miramar	-10	-12	0	0	0.3	$ 12,879,393.60
AGS	Alliance Resources	-11	3	1	74	0.17	$ 30,311,013.60
BNZ	Benz Mining	-11	0	0	0	1.43	$ 21,800,108.40
RMS	Ramelius Resources	-11	-6	-19	27	1.57	$ 1,274,202,193.95
PRU	Perseus Mining	-11	3	-14	14	1.19	$ 1,471,748,244.00
AAU	Antilles Gold	-11	34	71	141	0.082	$ 15,416,190.27
AVW	Avira Resources	-11	0	60	300	0.008	$ 9,625,280.00
PKO	Peako	-11	0	157	35	0.024	$ 4,609,300.25
GOR	Gold Road Resources	-11	1	-30	-6	1.24	$ 1,104,305,558.74
SLR	Silver Lake Resources	-11	-7	-25	26	1.7	$ 1,511,901,665.23
ZNC	Zenith Minerals	-12	-12	15	85	0.115	$ 33,851,403.45
GSN	Great Southern Mining	-12	25	-44	33	0.084	$ 38,672,485.70
GUL	Gullewa Limited	-12	-20	4	203	0.088	$ 16,048,832.80
SRN	Surefire Resources	-12	-43	538	920	0.0255	$ 24,225,269.85
LCY	Legacy Iron Ore	-12	125	800	1700	0.036	$ 224,900,586.61
DCX	Discovex Resources	-13	17	-13	17	0.007	$ 8,373,148.53
WAF	West African Resources	-13	-1	-5	136	0.955	$ 843,775,340.16
RSG	Resolute Mining	-13	0	-37	-38	0.73	$ 844,477,920.09
ALK	Alkane Resources	-13	-13	-28	39	0.82	$ 485,241,872.00
NES	Nelson Resources	-14	2	87	103	0.086	$ 10,102,588.50
NML	Navarre Minerals	-15	-4	35	62	0.18	$ 103,577,008.69
SAU	Southern Gold	-15	5	-15	-44	0.11	$ 23,466,163.16
SLZ	Sultan Resources	-16	-22	15	211	0.19	$ 13,211,533.91
G88	Golden Mile	-17	-4	-21	-7	0.05	$ 6,273,934.73
PRX	Prodigy Gold	-17	2	-33	-33	0.045	$ 26,708,869.88
VMC	Venus Metals	-17	-2	-23	11	0.2	$ 26,438,769.53
MRZ	Mont Royal Resources	-17	-14	14	-6	0.24	$ 7,970,608.80
DTR	Dateline Resources	-20	0	0	0	0.002	$ 16,420,156.15
MTH	Mithril Resources	-20	18	-20	67	0.02	$ 43,828,578.07
XTC	Xantippe Resources	-20	0	0	-33	0.002	$ 10,186,411.01
RXL	Rox Resources	-22	-22	-44	56	0.039	$ 88,142,623.91
ANL	Amani Gold	-25	50	50	-25	0.0015	$ 9,386,996.75
CST	Castile Resources	-26	-15	31	0	0.23	$ 43,936,226.62
RMX	Red Mountain Mining	-28	0	117	160	0.013	$ 14,707,192.36

Monthly small cap standouts:

VOLT RESOURCES (ASX:VRC) +138%

This tiny graphite turned gold explorer spiked hard before going into a trading halt, and then suspension, pending “release of an announcement regarding a potential acquisition”.

In an ideal world stocks jump after an acquisition is publicly announced, not before. But anyway.

The deal should be announced by Wednesday next week.

LOS CERROS (ASX:LCL) +86%

On January 21, The Colombian explorer hit a 320m long “porphyry-style” intersection at the Tesorito South target grading 1.5g/t gold from surface.

That includes a 102m long higher grade section grading 2.11g/t gold from 28m.

Porphyries are the holy grail for explorers: multigenerational monstrosities responsible for ~60 per cent of the world’s copper, most of its molybdenum, and significant amounts of gold and silver.

ORMINEX (ASX:ONX) +79%

Orminex was one of only ~6 gold stocks which struggled last year.

Its small, slightly crap Comet Vale mining operation was mothballed in September. Since then, it’s been all upside.

In December, Orminex sold 50 per cent of its undeveloped Penny’s Find gold mine for $1.5m to a subsidiary of Horizon Minerals (ASX:HRZ), which will shell out an another $1m to fund early development.

The project has a current resource estimate of 248,000t at 7.04g/t gold.

In January, it appointed new chief operating officer Matt Nixon, who most recently worked as mining manager for Australia’s #2 gold miner Northern Star Resources (ASX:NST).

ANTILLES GOLD (ASX:AAU) +53%

In May last year, Antilles – formerly PanTerra — finalised a joint venture to develop the La Demajagua gold-silver deposit in Cuba.

PanTerra wants to produce ~60,000 tonnes a year of concentrate grading around 47 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 380g/t silver for at least six years.

A 25,000m drilling program kicked off this month to establish JORC resources. Feasibility studies for the stage one open pit mine should be completed by Q3 2022, Antilles says.

On top of that – it could also score a cool $20m from arbitration proceedings against the Dominican Government.