Rise and Shine: Everything you need to know before the ASX opens

On Stockhead today, what’s Gavin Wendt watching in the mining fire sale, why Israel does tech stocks better, and renewables breaks records.

But first, the day ahead.

Local shares are set to open higher today. At 8am AEDT, the ASX 200 August futures is pointing up by 0.15%.

WHO’S SCHEDULED TO LIST?

SUMMIT MINERALS (ASX:SUM)

Listing: 1pm AEST

Raised: $5.5m at 20c per share

This battery metals explorer has four projects in WA and one in NSW.

In WA its assets include the Stallion REE-uranium project, the Philips River lithium project, the Gascoyne REE-lithium projects and the Bridgetown lithium projects (under application).

In NSW, the company has the Windfall antimony project.

Summit Minerals $SUM will be listing on the ASX tomorrow, 5th of August, at 1:00pm AEST.#asxnews #mining #lithium #uranium #antimony #rareeathelements #criticalminerals pic.twitter.com/ry3DY4elxU

— SUMMIT Minerals Ltd (@summit_minerals) August 4, 2022

TRADING HALTS

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

Medical Developments International (ASX:MVP) –capital raise

Proteomics International Laboratories (ASX:PIQ) – licensing of its PromarkerD test in the US market

Recharge Metals (ASX:REC) – Speaking of gossip, there’s something brewing at Brandy Hill South…

Nova Minerals (ASX:NVA) – significant exploration results at RPM

Eden Innovations (ASX:EDE) – capital raise

Mesoblast (ASX:MSB) – private placement

MOQ (ASX: MOQ) – Scheme of Arrangement with Atturra

Atturra (ASX:ATA) – Scheme of Arrangement with MOQ

Tyranna Resources (ASX:TYX) – approval for Angolan Minerals project acquisition

COMMODITY/ FOREX/ CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: $US1,788.68 (+1.48%)

Silver: $US20.21 (+0.66%)

Nickel (3mth): $US22,210/t (-0.55%)

Copper (3mth): $US7,743/t (+0.85%)

Lithium Carbonate, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, Aug 3 $US69,825/t

Lithium Hydroxide, China (Benchmark Minerals Intelligence, Aug 3): $US70,000/t

Oil (WTI): $US87.55 (-3.24%)

Oil (Brent): $US93.42 (-3.47%)

Iron 62pc Fe: $US107.03 (-2.80%)

AUD/USD: 0.6966 (-0.70%)

Bitcoin: $US22,538 (-3.37%)

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING YESTERDAY?

We need 50 more lithium mines, 60 more nickel mines and 17 more cobalt mines by 2030.

Outrageous numbers.

– We need 50 more lithium mines, 60 more nickel mines and 17 more cobalt mines by 2030
– It can take up to 20 years for a mine to begin commercial production
– Novel extraction and processing tech could help bridge the supply-demand gap https://t.co/fS1ZaUsV4B

— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) August 3, 2022

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YESTERDAY’S SMALL CAP WINNERS

(Stocks highlighted in yellow rose after making announcements during the trading day).

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
FXG	Felix Gold Limited	0.18	50%	270,902
GLV	Global Oil & Gas	0.003	50%	1,519,630
NTL	New Talisman Gold	0.0015	50%	2,000,000
OSX	Osteopore Limited	0.185	42%	355,374
IVO	Invigor Group Ltd	0.019	36%	763,996
AO1	Assetowl Limited	0.002	33%	14,002,666
AQX	Alice Queen Ltd	0.004	33%	200,000
T3D	333D Limited	0.002	33%	3,720,140
LNR	Lanthanein Resources	0.0225	29%	22,336,353
TSL	Titanium Sands Ltd	0.015	25%	241,998
AFW	Applyflow Limited	0.0025	25%	1,067,154
CFO	Cfoam Limited	0.005	25%	1,000,000
MBK	Metal Bank Ltd	0.005	25%	1,719,901
PCL	Pancontinental Energ	0.005	25%	3,038,675
XST	Xstate Resources	0.0025	25%	46
MRL	Mayur Resources Ltd	0.078	24%	58,000
LER	Leaf Res Ltd	0.037	23%	4,248,042
LNY	Laneway Res Ltd	0.0055	22%	7,036,860
W2V	Way2Vatltd	0.042	20%	526,937
BAT	Battery Minerals Ltd	0.006	20%	194,464
NYM	Narryermetalslimited	0.13	18%	115,000
TCG	Turaco Gold Limited	0.079	18%	795,099
AN1	Anagenics Limited	0.033	18%	49,945
QXR	Qx Resources Limited	0.033	18%	7,432,750
TYX	Tyranna Res Ltd	0.033	18%	9,747,976

On Wednesday, Osteopore (ASX:OSX) announced it had reached an agreement with US firm MellingMedical, which throws open the doors to the massive North American market.

Meanwhile, Metal Bank (ASX:MBK) is hitting thick gold 60m away from the existing ~30,000oz resource at Kingsley, part of the Livingstone gold project in WA.

YESTERDAY’S SMALL CAP LOSERS

(Stocks highlighted in yellow rose after making announcements during the trading day).

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Code	Company	Price	%	Volume
BMH	Baumart Holdings Ltd	0.1	-50%	194,250
VMG	VDM Group Limited	0.001	-33%	270,141
INP	Incentiapay Ltd	0.012	-25%	2,295,065
SYN	Synergia Energy Ltd	0.003	-25%	388,506
NRX	Noronex Limited	0.034	-24%	56,123
MGA	Metalsgrovemining	0.105	-22%	257,188
PRM	Prominence Energy	0.002	-20%	720,000
VPR	Volt Power Group	0.002	-20%	111,668
WBE	Whitebark Energy	0.002	-20%	377,306
NGY	Nuenergy Gas Ltd	0.022	-19%	241,973
RIM	Rimfire Pacific	0.009	-18%	5,288,815
NUH	Nuheara Limited	0.185	-18%	247,083
HCT	Holista CollTech Ltd	0.035	-17%	196,840
M24	Mamba Exploration	0.1	-17%	26,509
MCT	Metalicity Limited	0.0025	-17%	633,455
KTG	K-Tig Limited	0.195	-16%	1,819,711
IME	Imexhs Limited	0.505	-16%	14,892
NSM	Northstaw	0.14	-15%	10,566
BUY	Bounty Oil & Gas NL	0.006	-14%	1,042,800
DTC	Damstra Holdings	0.215	-14%	788,829
1VG	Victory Goldfields	0.155	-14%	189,211
KSS	Kleos	0.44	-13%	239,842
CPT	Cipherpoint Limited	0.007	-13%	2,153,360
CRB	Carbine Resources	0.014	-13%	168,344
TTI	Traffic Technologies	0.014	-13%	571,400