Gold Digger: Here are the 5 best performing ASX gold stocks over the past month

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DoubleLine chief executive Jeffrey Gundlach certainly believes so, as does UK research firm Capital Economics.

The precious metal slipped below the $US1,690 ($2,181.68) mark before rebounding to $US1,730.10 an ounce yesterday after US bond yields retreated and the US Government passed its $US1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

Either way, sentiment is solid — investors are still rewarding explorers with exciting stories to tell.

Winners & Losers

Here’s how ASX-listed gold & silver stocks are performing:

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CODE	COMPANY	1 WEEK CHANGE %	1 MONTH CHANGE %	6 MONTH CHANGE %	1 YEAR CHANGE %	PRICE	MARKET CAP
A1G	African Gold .	13	11	98	297	0.26	$ 22,764,461.00
AAJ	Aruma Resources	2	-37	-61	31	0.059	$ 6,251,694.69
AAR	Anglo Australian	-7	-23	-53	-20	0.092	$ 54,188,771.33
AAU	Antilles Gold	13	29	156	307	0.11	$ 20,489,873.15
ADN	Andromeda Metals	16	14	407	900	0.36	$ 787,388,156.86
ADT	Adriatic Metals	4	-10	-6	76	2.16	$ 397,191,571.92
ADV	Ardiden	19	-10	-24	533	0.019	$ 38,597,726.41
AGC	AGC	0	-5			0.175	$ 11,852,274.70
AGG	AngloGold Ashanti	12	-5	-27	-2	5.82	$ 515,620,881.70
AGS	Alliance Resources	3	-19	-23	80	0.175	$ 36,402,998.45
AL8	Alderan Resource	-10	-26	-38	290	0.078	$ 25,324,992.82
ALK	Alkane Resources	6	-10	-37	1	0.72	$ 425,702,992.00
ALY	Alchemy Resource	-7	-35	-24	33	0.013	$ 8,066,921.44
AME	Alto Metals Limited	4	0	-12	36	0.075	$ 33,769,480.13
AMG	Ausmex Mining Gp	-10	-20	6	18	0.052	$ 27,493,010.30
AMI	Aurelia Metals	-1	-8	-25	23	0.37	$ 444,357,549.00
ANL	Amani Gold	0	50	-25	0	0.0015	$ 16,180,495.12
ANX	Anax Metals	3	-1	178	920	0.068	$ 23,430,263.54
AOP	Apollo Consolidated	0	0	8	75	0.35	$ 99,574,103.55
AQI	Alicanto Min	0	5	-18	98	0.115	$ 35,960,920.71
AQX	Alice Queen	8	-23	-29	50	0.027	$ 29,607,216.36
ARL	Ardea Resources	-1	-8	5	57	0.51	$ 65,111,996.82
ARN	Aldoro Resources	-7	-40	90	58	0.19	$ 13,616,160.60
ARV	Artemis Resources	11	-10	11	204	0.082	$ 85,257,323.78
ASO	Aston Minerals	129	144	100	609	0.078	$ 50,560,000.00
AUC	Ausgold Limited	9	-14	29	277	0.049	$ 63,717,127.51
AUT	Auteco Minerals	2	-25	-40	221	0.09	$ 141,046,104.24
AVW	Avira Resources	40	40	-13	250	0.007	$ 8,250,240.00
AWV	Anova Metals	-5	-27	-39	140	0.019	$ 28,661,884.00
AXE	Archer Materials	9	27	68	390	1.01	$ 210,120,987.78
AYM	Australia United Min	20	9	200	500	0.012	$ 16,583,197.37
AZS	Azure Minerals	13	-30	41	288	0.31	$ 95,506,573.51
BAR	Barra Resources	0	-17	-9	33	0.02	$ 13,552,162.02
BAT	Battery Minerals	8	-21	93	440	0.027	$ 53,073,112.07
BBX	BBX Minerals	-4	4	-21	108	0.27	$ 115,026,127.64
BC8	Black Cat Syndicate	9	-1	-8	135	0.705	$ 76,150,240.23
BCN	Beacon Minerals	3	14	11	24	0.041	$ 133,321,947.16
BDC	Bardoc Gold	4	-8	-8	35	0.074	$ 126,666,488.45
BGL	Bellevue Gold	8	-24	-24	73	0.78	$ 655,422,054.21
BNR	Bulletin Res	3	-10	1	200	0.072	$ 12,550,515.18
BNZ	Benzmining	-7	-38			0.76	$ 22,804,036.36
BRB	Breaker Res NL	5	0	-15	-11	0.205	$ 66,797,390.45
BRV	Big River Gold	7	-2	-15	108	0.4	$ 89,922,456.65
BYH	Bryah Resources	-3	-13	12	37	0.056	$ 8,905,349.46
CAI	Calidus Resources	11	-3	-16	54	0.44	$ 147,214,952.22
CAZ	Cazaly Resources	2	2	5	95	0.043	$ 14,447,730.68
CBY	Canterbury Resources	0	-16	-13	0	0.105	$ 11,745,845.69
CDT	Castle Minerals	0	-11	-38	60	0.008	$ 5,860,006.54
CEL	Challenger Exp	-5	-22	30	78	0.285	$ 154,679,610.12
CGN	Crater Gold Min	16	-4	100	144	0.022	$ 25,777,413.21
CHN	Chalice Mining	0	-5	201	1967	4.34	$ 1,480,098,348.67
CHZ	Chesser Resources	-3	-15	-6	146	0.17	$ 76,642,906.25
CLA	Celsius Resource	7	-8	100	475	0.046	$ 38,729,595.56
CMM	Capricorn Metals	4	-13	-28	27	1.51	$ 510,802,588.40
CST	Castile Resources	12	3	-39	37	0.185	$ 35,947,821.78
CTO	Citigold Corp	8	0	8	225	0.013	$ 38,089,424.93
CWX	Carawine Resources	-4	52	46	60	0.335	$ 35,389,218.15
CXU	Cauldron Energy	-6	-14	-14	113	0.032	$ 14,463,984.38
CY5	Cygnus Gold Limited	7	-6	-16	290	0.16	$ 17,291,215.68
CYL	Catalyst Metals	4	2	-13	-13	2.08	$ 200,523,274.92
DCN	Dacian Gold	17	-13	26	-52	0.41	$ 225,385,964.37
DCX	Discovex Res	0	-26	0	75	0.007	$ 17,105,648.53
DDD	3D Resources Limited	0	0	-38	150	0.005	$ 21,722,232.55
DEG	De Grey Mining	3	3	-36	336	0.915	$ 1,160,254,854.90
DEX	Duke Exploration	-3	3			0.32	$ 18,101,103.30
DGO	DGO Gold Limited	-1	9	-25	52	2.73	$ 203,002,824.48
DRE	Drednought Resources	0	0	-6	300	0.016	$ 36,189,559.06
DTM	Dart Mining NL	11	18	3	303	0.195	$ 20,488,822.58
DTR	Dateline Resources	0	20	0	50	0.003	$ 24,630,234.23
E2M	E2 Metals	-7	-23	79	172	0.34	$ 51,053,858.04
EMR	Emerald Res NL	5	2	26	110	0.8	$ 402,009,821.46
EMU	EMU NL	3	20	103	110	0.061	$ 26,019,440.52
ENR	Encounter Resources	-3	23	14	33	0.16	$ 48,912,373.97
ERM	Emmerson Resources	-8	-19	-34	-25	0.06	$ 28,005,524.69
EVN	Evolution Mining	2	-16	-29	-2	3.98	$ 6,885,928,352.55
FAU	First Au	-6	-20	0	100	0.016	$ 9,814,060.06
FFR	Firefly Resources	-17	-11	-48	391	0.12	$ 34,619,546.18
FFX	Firefinch	16	-15	38	244	0.22	$ 164,218,568.85
FML	Focus Minerals	-5	-15	-23	77	0.31	$ 59,393,283.63
G88	Golden Mile Res	8	27	-13	40	0.056	$ 6,396,953.06
GBR	Greatbould Resources	0	-3	-19	33	0.038	$ 8,932,839.09
GBZ	GBM Rsources	10	-12	-24	85	0.11	$ 45,466,896.30
GED	Golden Deeps	0	-17	-41	-9	0.01	$ 7,748,514.40
GIB	Gibb River Diamonds	0	0	56	105	0.078	$ 14,805,661.15
GML	Gateway Mining	11	-9	43	100	0.03	$ 57,109,068.00
GMN	Gold Mountain	-9	-7	0	-34	0.04	$ 29,750,496.96
GMR	Golden Rim Resources	-11	-38	-50	0	0.008	$ 20,234,353.08
GNM	Great Northern	-9	-23	-55	67	0.01	$ 9,079,196.04
GOR	Gold Road Res	6	-6	-27	-2	1.16	$ 1,011,913,460.20
GRL	Godolphin Resources	5	-15	5	25	0.2	$ 16,822,084.40
GSM	Golden State Mining	-7	-3	-43	44	0.14	$ 9,911,335.00
GSN	Great Southern	-19	-33	-49	23	0.054	$ 27,301,225.20
GTR	Gti Resources	17	-16	-16	320	0.021	$ 12,890,359.96
GUL	Gullewa Limited	0	3	6	131	0.09	$ 16,413,579.00
GWR	GWR Group	-2	-16	26	391	0.27	$ 75,696,610.75
HAW	Hawthorn Resources	-4	-20	-30	8	0.072	$ 24,013,124.14
HMX	Hammer Metals	-15	11	145	447	0.093	$ 78,759,113.16
HRN	Horizon Gold	8	-12	-10	128	0.45	$ 39,509,436.15
HRZ	Horizon	0	-13	-26	36	0.1	$ 56,797,520.00
HWK	Hawkstone Mng	-5	-14	106	825	0.037	$ 60,251,198.60
HXG	Hexagon Energy	17	15	88	159	0.105	$ 31,626,559.34
IVR	Investigator Res	1	-3	59	562	0.086	$ 117,831,248.02
KAI	Kairos Minerals	4	-19	-57	248	0.026	$ 43,587,464.02
KAU	Kaiser Reef	-5	-14	4	71	0.36	$ 34,366,965.67
KCN	Kingsgate Consolid.	-2	-3	-2	115	0.88	$ 200,209,956.90
KGM	Kalnorth Gold	0	0	0	225	0.013	$ 11,625,120.78
KRM	Kingsrose Mining	4	2	28	72	0.05	$ 35,040,352.90
KSN	Kingston Resources	13	-8	-10	69	0.22	$ 65,219,247.58
KTA	Krakatoa Resources	0	-6	-21	50	0.063	$ 17,852,800.00
KWR	Kingwest Resources	-13	-22	-24	3	0.14	$ 21,517,140.12
KZR	Kalamazoo Resources	-10	-10	-39	10	0.43	$ 53,031,280.77
LCL	Los Cerros Limited	-4	-19	-14	291	0.125	$ 56,521,143.96
LCY	Legacy Iron Ore	-7	-52	250	833	0.014	$ 89,666,339.24
LEX	Lefroy Exploration	3	202	188	313	0.62	$ 75,006,041.88
LNY	Laneway Res	0	-17	-38	0	0.005	$ 18,875,329.67
M2R	Miramar	2	-16			0.21	$ 9,078,916.80
MAT	Matsa Resources	3	-11	-34	-15	0.089	$ 23,318,616.97
MAU	Magnetic Resources	-1	9	15	204	1.55	$ 335,065,634.35
MCT	Metalicity Limited	33	-16	-33	515	0.016	$ 28,273,988.08
MDI	Middle Island Res	8	0	-32	44	0.265	$ 30,584,055.00
MEG	Megado	-3	-6			0.17	$ 6,935,795.66
MEI	Meteoric Resources	-9	-10	53	369	0.061	$ 81,517,075.42
MEU	Marmota Limited	2	-2	-10	45	0.045	$ 43,584,016.05
MGV	Musgrave Minerals	10	-7	-47	261	0.325	$ 178,629,687.92
MHC	Manhattan Corp	6	-39	-65	240	0.017	$ 22,546,737.78
MKG	Mako Gold	0	-9	-20	56	0.1	$ 24,952,435.39
MKR	Manuka Resources.	-3	-22	-31		0.375	$ 33,123,936.72
MLS	Metals Australia	0	25	-17	150	0.0025	$ 10,477,258.94
MML	Medusa Mining	3	6	5	56	0.91	$ 191,243,436.92
MOH	Moho Resources	5	5	-16	18	0.084	$ 8,656,842.77
MRZ	Mont Royal Resources	4	-3	10	65	0.28	$ 8,302,717.50
MSR	Manas Res	0	20	-25	200	0.006	$ 16,561,641.59
MTC	Metalstech	17	0	-15	247	0.17	$ 24,916,498.46
MTH	Mithril Resources	18	-9	-57	100	0.02	$ 44,654,427.78
MVL	Marvel Gold Limited	-6	0	-12	17	0.045	$ 22,888,982.61
MZZ	Matador Mining	0	-17	-29	100	0.3	$ 51,715,142.70
NAE	New Age Exploration	0	-15	22	450	0.011	$ 13,414,972.01
NAG	Nagambie Resources	-5	-11	6	50	0.054	$ 25,496,549.65
NCM	Newcrest Mining	4	-7	-22	-9	24.3	$ 19,940,310,560.28
NES	Nelson Resources.	5	8	50	397	0.105	$ 14,445,780.80
NML	Navarre Minerals	-6	-12	15	81	0.15	$ 79,108,445.18
NPM	Newpeak Metals	0	-29	-38	25	0.0025	$ 14,185,403.25
NSM	Northstaw	2	-3			0.445	$ 18,200,000.00
NST	Northern Star	-1	-23	-28	-27	9.53	$ 11,355,198,985.44
NUS	Nusantara Resources	2	-4	-11	15	0.27	$ 61,903,711.89
NVA	Nova Minerals	7	0	82	278	0.155	$ 250,491,997.05
NWM	Norwest Minerals	5	0	-37	-47	0.085	$ 9,251,415.22
NXM	Nexus Minerals	4	-7	38	151	0.098	$ 23,926,863.76
OAU	Ora Gold Limited	0	-8	-8	16	0.022	$ 18,498,594.88
OBM	Ora Banda Mining	-2	-14	-31	80	0.25	$ 210,555,489.25
OKR	Okapi Resources	-3	-10	-12	173	0.18	$ 8,094,613.50
OKU	Oklo Resources	3	-5	-33	-10	0.175	$ 85,685,068.04
ONX	Orminex	-3	-27	-6	-29	0.032	$ 17,308,309.60
PAK	Pacific American Hld	9	9	20	38	0.024	$ 7,646,037.60
PDI	Predictive Disc	10	-6	-12	981	0.064	$ 67,123,444.21
PF1	Pathfinder Resources	23	-21			0.24	$ 11,187,942.75
PKO	Peako Limited	13	-10	-47	153	0.026	$ 5,569,571.13
PNM	Pacific Nickel Mines	0	0	43	-72	0.057	$ 8,537,151.52
PNR	Pantoro Limited	2	0	-2	159	0.22	$ 309,847,610.16
PNX	PNX Metals Limited	0	-13	-42	40	0.007	$ 25,565,354.58
PRS	Prospech Limited	-4	-18	0		0.135	$ 8,777,779.52
PRU	Perseus Mining	4	-6	-14	27	1.18	$ 1,447,219,106.60
PRX	Prodigy Gold NL	0	-5	-32	-11	0.041	$ 24,386,359.45
PUA	Peak Minerals	-8	-14	-27	116	0.024	$ 14,752,863.65
PUR	Pursuit Minerals	12	87	171	938	0.058	$ 40,456,549.27
RDN	Raiden Resources	-4	-8	44	360	0.023	$ 26,670,669.98
RDS	Redstone Resources	8	-7	-38	117	0.013	$ 8,627,988.76
RED	Red 5 Limited	-5	-19	-44	-36	0.175	$ 335,054,420.69
REZ	Resourc & En Grp	-13	-19	70	162	0.034	$ 14,677,146.83
RGL	Riversgold	0	14	-12	456	0.05	$ 20,376,652.00
RML	Resolution Minerals	0	-32	-54	-59	0.025	$ 10,167,453.62
RMS	Ramelius Resources	9	6	-34	36	1.52	$ 1,245,446,416.98
RMX	Red Mount Min	10	-15	22	175	0.011	$ 13,764,547.38
RND	Rand Mining	9	3	-15	-8	1.75	$ 105,259,831.25
RRL	Regis Resources	1	-14	-42	-16	3.05	$ 1,602,644,757.27
RSG	Resolute Mining	1	-11	-36	-20	0.62	$ 689,932,941.25
RVR	Red River Resources	0	2	81	305	0.235	$ 119,088,104.41
RXL	Rox Resources	12	-5	-40	76	0.037	$ 75,843,653.13
S2R	S2 Resources	0	-11	-34	132	0.165	$ 50,382,588.64
SAU	Southern Gold	-8	-17	-41	-31	0.083	$ 18,772,930.53
SBM	St Barbara Limited	3	-12	-37	-12	2.02	$ 1,410,716,228.00
SBR	Sabre Resources	-10	-44	-65	125	0.0045	$ 8,415,318.25
SFM	Santa Fe Minerals	-17	-10	19	48	0.095	$ 6,917,784.96
SI6	SI6 Metals Limited	-5	12	36	533	0.019	$ 26,467,242.52
SIH	Sihayo Gold Limited	0	0	-41	35	0.013	$ 44,225,536.96
SKY	SKY Metals	6	-3	40	-13	0.175	$ 43,163,719.90
SLR	Silver Lake Resource	12	1	-29	14	1.61	$ 1,436,967,763.45
SLZ	Sultan Resources	6	-14	-22	171	0.19	$ 13,211,533.91
SMI	Santana Minerals	-7	-13	-59	-54	0.13	$ 14,824,242.68
SNG	Siren Gold	8	-35			0.4	$ 24,217,873.60
SPQ	Superior Resources	18	-13	86	362	0.013	$ 17,901,956.25
SRN	Surefire Rescs NL	13	13	59	1250	0.027	$ 29,623,331.07
SSR	SSR Mining Inc.	10	-12			19.32	$ 349,262,976.48
STK	Strickland Metals	-4	-26	-53	150	0.025	$ 10,528,788.03
STN	Saturn Metals	-3	-22	-50	-13	0.35	$ 39,047,223.60
SVL	Silver Mines Limited	1	-23	-1	183	0.21	$ 242,806,767.07
SVY	Stavely Minerals	-2	12	36	65	0.735	$ 186,587,438.18
TAM	Tanami Gold NL	0	0	22	91	0.082	$ 95,182,860.73
TAR	Taruga Minerals	9	-2	-37	390	0.049	$ 22,402,873.79
TBR	Tribune Res	-1	-15	-38	1	4.94	$ 257,093,577.30
THR	Thor Mining PLC	-7	-20	17	250	0.014	$ 6,329,077.72
TIE	Tietto Minerals	5	-15	-41	76	0.335	$ 147,854,023.20
TLM	Talisman Mining	-4	-2	-17	36	0.091	$ 16,983,183.04
TMX	Terrain Minerals	0	11	-33	150	0.01	$ 7,357,610.09
TMZ	Thomson Res	0	0	180	751	0.14	$ 46,693,941.98
TNR	Torian Resources	0	57	241	763	0.058	$ 45,521,696.43
TRM	Truscott Mining Corp	-13	-22	17	200	0.021	$ 2,814,713.97
TRY	Troy Resources	-4	-19	-34	-7	0.069	$ 50,756,772.46
TSC	Twenty Seven Co.	17	17	-22	40	0.007	$ 13,821,085.72
TSO	Tesoro Resources	0	-15	-11	288	0.195	$ 94,909,562.85
TTM	Titan Minerals	5	-16	-5	24	0.105	$ 119,642,505.57
VAN	Vango Mining	23	3	-30	-29	0.069	$ 70,264,930.47
VKA	Viking Mines	0	0	238	846	0.041	$ 37,316,040.12
VMC	Venus Metals Cor	-5	-16	-25	15	0.19	$ 28,704,949.77
VRC	Volt Resources	-13	-30	-18	100	0.014	$ 33,324,593.41
WAF	West African Res	14	-1	-18	53	0.865	$ 790,104,098.13
WCN	White Cliff Min	-6	-15	42	467	0.017	$ 8,792,338.78
WGX	Westgold Resources.	7	-3	-11	19	2.1	$ 898,573,172.40
WMX	Wiluna Mining Corp	2	-16	-35	35	1.08	$ 125,276,664.97
WRM	White Rock Min	-3	-6	-31	93	0.58	$ 43,621,219.80
WWI	West Wits Mining	26	34	345	880	0.098	$ 134,786,971.29
XTC	Xantippe Res	0	0	-33	0	0.002	$ 8,149,128.80
YRL	Yandal Resources	-1	14	85	174	0.445	$ 41,651,221.70
ZAG	Zuleika Gold	-9	-22	25	48	0.04	$ 18,044,108.41
ZNC	Zenith Minerals	8	13	23	200	0.135	$ 39,738,604.05

Top 5 Performers of the last month

LEFROY EXPLORATION (ASX:LEX) +202%

Market Cap: ~$75m

Lefroy — led by former Newmont senior exploration manager Wade Johnson — has methodically explored its ground around Kalgoorlie for a few years now.

Last month, the game changer arrived.

A 22-hole drilling program, designed to test both length and depth of the ‘Burns’ system, now appears to have hit the motherlode.

The highlight intercept was:

60m at 5.22g/t gold and 0.38 per cent copper from 112m down-hole, including
20m at 12.2g/t gold, 0.87 per cent copper and 1.7g/t silver from 144m.

Gigantic. The hole also ended in mineralisation, which remains ‘open’ on all sides.

ASTON MINERALS (ASX:ASO) +144%

Market Cap: ~$50m

Aston soared earlier this week after hitting visible gold in drilling at the Edleston project in Canada, where +$10.8m had already been spent on drilling and geophysics by previous owners.

These abovementioned explorers hit grades like 5.3m at 81.39g/t gold, 110m from surface, but could never put it all together.

Aston is hoping to find what they missed. The ~$50m market cap stock is now up ~40 per cent over the past three days.

TORIAN RESOURCES (ASX:TNR) +57%

Market Cap: ~$45m

Torian is going big. Really, really big.

The explorer wants to purchase the 424,748 acre Tarmoola Station (yes, you read that right).

Discussions with financiers (including the Big 4 banks) indicates that a majority of the purchase may be debt funded and non-dilutionary for shareholders, it says.

Tarmoola Station is 50% covered by mining or exploration leases, including operating and abandoned mines like Torian’s Mt Stirling project, Red 5’s (ASX:RED) KOTH Operation; Round Oak Minerals’ Jaguar project, and the operating Bentley underground mine.

Torian would even score Carhill Contracting, a mining services business which is cash flow positive, and 700 head of cattle in the deal.

“There are substantial access benefits by holding pastoral leases,” Torian executive director Peretz Schapiro says.

“Owning and controlling the pastoral lease on which the majority of our flagship project lies, in addition to the accommodation facilities and earth moving equipment, gives us enormous flexibility when it comes to our future exploration plans, as we continue to put runs on the board, prove up and expand on multiple targets and deposits to deliver JORC resources in the region.

“Furthermore, we will be able to leverage our positions as owners of the station when it comes to negotiations with our neighbours within the Pastoral Lease, making us a significant player in the region.”

CARAWINE RESOURCES (ASX:CWX) +52%

Market Cap: ~$35m

Carawine announced highest grade gold hits to date at the ‘Hercules’ discovery — “further increasing the potential for [the prospect] to develop into a major new gold deposit”.

Hercules is part of the Tropicana North project in WA, a stone’s throw from the world class Tropicana mine which produced 112,000oz of gold in the December quarter.

Carawine is hitting multiple ‘lodes’ (rich sources of mineralisation) in drilling, with highlights including 18m at 11.3g/t from 136m across two lodes.

That’s impressively thick and high grade.

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Late last month, Amani Gold’s storied exec chairman Klaus Eckoff took on the additional role of managing director.

The minnow recently raised $3m to fund drilling, resource estimates and feasibility studies at the mammoth 4.4Moz Giro gold project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

DRC may not be the safest exploration destination, but how many sub $20m market cap explorers have a 4.4moz gold resource? Hardly any.

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