Good morning everyone, and welcome to 29 May, 2024 – an important day in the history of trying to make life better for those suffering from physical and mental illness.
That’s because it was on this day in 1861 that a young woman by the name of Dorothea Dix ushered US medicine along some of its first, feeble steps towards modernisation, through her organisational work with wartime hospitals for Union soldiers in the Civil War.
Dix was well known to US lawmakers already, having spearheaded an almost-successful campaign to have asylums constructed to house the mentally ill, many of whom at the time were simply locked up “for their own good”, or dumped in the streets and left to fend for themselves.
Dix’s opening statement to the Massachusetts legislature garnered significant interest in her project, although I suspect it might have been for all the wrong reasons.
“I proceed, Gentlemen, briefly to call your attention to the present state of Insane Persons confined within this Commonwealth, in cages, stalls, pens! Chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience,” Dix’s speech read, which no doubt had more than a coupe of Massachusetts lawmakers wondering how exactly one might be able to find themselves in a similar, sexy predicament.
Dix’s campaign was incredibly successful, with her signature initiative known as the Bill for the Benefit of the Indigent Insane passing both houses of US congress, only to have then-president Franklin Pierce veto it, because he was a prick.
Luckily for you, however, you don’t need to be a prick – or even insane – to get the benefits of Stockhead’s own initiative for helping people who suffer from ASX Madness… it’s okay, buddy – we’re here to help.
For starters, you should read Christian’s efforts of gazing deeply into his crystal balls to divine what’s going to happen when Americans go to the polls in November, and as always, I’ve pulled together all the bits and bobs and data and digits below, so you can look super-duper-smart in front of your mates when the market opens this morning.
COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES
Gold: US$2,351.30 (+0.04%)
Silver: US$31.74 (+0.13%)
Nickel (3mth): US$20,250/t (+0.83%)
Copper (3mth): US$10,657/t (+0.27%)
Zinc: US$3,109.10/t (+1.70%)
Oil (WTI): US$78.85 (+1.35%)
Oil (Brent): US$83.24 (+0.24%)
Iron 62pc Fe: US$117.66/t (+0.01%)
AUD/USD: 0.6665 (+0.15%)
Bitcoin: US$67,882.00 (-2.14%)
WHAT GOT YOU TALKING
Did you miss Forrestania’s rocket ride yesterday? You might not have if you’d read this… but just so we’re all on the same page, here it is again.
#ASX #resources #stocks winners in early trade, Monday May 27.
@ForrestaniaRes ( $FRS )
@FalconMetalsLtd ( $FAL )
@ASX_MQR ( $MQR )
@AusQuest_Ltd ( $AQD )
@KincoraCopper ( $KCC )https://t.co/QNAK4Uzp6d
— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) May 28, 2024
YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS
Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks:
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Code Name Price % Change Volume Market Cap FRS Forrestania Resources 0.050 163% 73,404,356 $3,073,929 CAQ CAQ Holdings Ltd 0.070 133% 301,157 $21,533,588 KCC Kincora Copper 0.054 50% 551,470 $7,378,901 1MC Morella Corporation 0.003 50% 4,132,464 $12,357,599 VPR Volt Power Group 0.002 50% 601,419 $10,716,208 PPY Papyrus Australia 0.016 45% 2,667,824 $5,419,619 FAL Falconmetalsltd 0.230 44% 2,515,451 $28,320,000 VN8 Vonex Limited. 0.022 38% 5,042,069 $5,789,258 NAE New Age Exploration 0.004 33% 10,000 $5,381,697 SIS Simble Solutions 0.004 33% 2,499,417 $2,097,117 AQD Ausquest Limited 0.017 31% 4,421,673 $10,726,940 BGE Bridgesaaslimited 0.026 30% 34,139 $2,387,941 HFY Hubify Ltd 0.013 30% 5,002,549 $4,961,363 CR1 Constellation Res 0.210 27% 134,195 $9,781,270 RBX Resource B 0.038 27% 96,790 $2,480,535 PNT Panthermetalsltd 0.060 25% 111,229 $4,183,976 88E 88 Energy Ltd 0.003 25% 5,873,842 $57,785,344 ADG Adelong Gold Limited 0.005 25% 136,592 $4,471,956 EDE Eden Inv Ltd 0.003 25% 16,901,652 $7,356,542 IVX Invion Ltd 0.005 25% 100,000 $25,698,129 NRZ Neurizer Ltd 0.003 25% 947,232 $3,804,841 TAS Tasman Resources Ltd 0.005 25% 648,654 $2,850,677 BCC Beam Communications 0.155 24% 247,532 $10,802,740 MQR Marquee Resource Ltd 0.016 23% 6,221,597 $5,373,997 GBZ GBM Rsources Ltd 0.011 22% 2,140,187 $10,410,200
Gold, lithium and nickel hunter, Forrestania Resources (ASX:FRS), surged today on news related to iron ore, in the Yilgarn region, sending it triple-bagging upwards, about 200%.
The company has announced it’s entered into an option agreement with shareholders of Netley Minerals to acquire 100% of issued shares in Netley, which is the holder of highly prospective iron ore tenements right next to Mineral Resources’ (ASX:MIN) Koolyanobbing operations.
It’s potentially big for FRS, that, which enters into a three-month option period, in which the company will drill test several iron ore targets identified by Netley and its advisors. The potential is there, with surveys and rock chip sampling correlating with the geophysical trends, indicating mineralisation potential. All else, including infrastructure – road, rail, port and service centres – lines up well.
Falcon Metals (ASX:FAL) soared after receiving high-grade results for its 91-hole aircore (AC) drilling program at its Farrelly mineral sands prospect in Victoria, which is a follow-up on high-grade reconnaissance drilling results announced in early March.
The new results confirm Farrelly as a high-grade mineral sands discovery with a thick zone of mineralisation (Main Zone) now defined covering an area of about 1,200 metres by 600 metres and remaining open in several directions.
Papyrus Australia (ASX:PPY), which makes fibre, fertiliser and food packaging out of banana waste, made tidy gains on news that it has signed two contracts worth US$1.7m with the Egyptian Government’s National Authority for Military Production (MP).
Kincora Copper (ASX:KCC) has signed itself a $50m earn-in and joint venture agreement with a unit of the NYSE-listed AngloGold Ashanti for KCC’s Northern Junee-Narromine Belt (NJNB) copper and gold project in New South Wales. This is located in the near-unexplored undercover extension of a porphyry-related, rich gold and copper mineralised zone known as the Macquarie Arc. The company notes that a “wide range of virgin, large intrusive-related copper-gold targets will be drill tested” under the new agreement”.
Battery metals and precious metals hunter, Marquee Resources (ASX:MQR), has inked an option agreement with two parties to buy a gold and silver project in Sardinia, Italy, called Sa Pedra Bianca. Shareholders are enjoying the 30% rise in MQR that’s come on the back of the news today.
And Playside Studios (ASX:PLY), the games maker, provided an update to its FY24 revenue and earnings guidance announced in February. Based on year-to-date trading, PLY now expects FY24 revenue to come in between $63m-$65m (previously $60-$65m). FY24 EBITDA is to come in between $16-$18m (previous guidance $11-$13m).
YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS
Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks:
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Code Name Price % Change Volume Market Cap HCT Holista CollTech Ltd 0.006 -40% 2,577,068.00 $2,788,001 APC Aust Potash Ltd 0.001 -33% 5,860,966.00 $6,030,284 GCR Golden Cross 0.002 -33% 32,000.00 $3,291,768 MCT Metalicity Limited 0.002 -33% 1,832,578.00 $13,455,285 RIE Riedel Resources Ltd 0.002 -33% 1,600,000.00 $6,671,507 SIH Sihayo Gold Limited 0.002 -33% 250,000.00 $36,612,769 WEL Winchester Energy 0.002 -33% 15,125.00 $3,061,266 DY6 Dy6Metalsltd 0.115 -30% 2,906,805.00 $6,667,787 CTN Catalina Resources 0.003 -25% 113,009.00 $4,953,948 SKN Skin Elements Ltd 0.003 -25% 558,468.00 $2,357,944 VML Vital Metals Limited 0.003 -25% 2,995,444.00 $23,580,268 SBW Shekel Brainweigh 0.040 -23% 207,467.00 $10,960,859 ADY Admiralty Resources. 0.008 -20% 1,909,585.00 $16,294,739 AUK Aumake Limited 0.002 -20% 1,515,000.00 $4,786,017 ICU Investor Centre Ltd 0.008 -20% 424,553.00 $3,045,113 ROG Red Sky Energy. 0.004 -20% 20,383.00 $27,111,136 YAR Yari Minerals Ltd 0.004 -20% 3,518,210.00 $2,411,789 FRE Firebrickpharma 0.058 -17% 324,137.00 $12,551,472 LVH Livehire Limited 0.015 -17% 310,499.00 $6,652,762 BCT Bluechiip Limited 0.005 -17% 16,619.00 $6,604,601 BPP Babylon Pump 0.005 -17% 800,000.00 $14,997,294 CTO Citigold Corp Ltd 0.005 -17% 675,591.00 $18,000,000 VRX VRX Silica Ltd 0.047 -16% 996,328.00 $32,669,199 AAU Antilles Gold Ltd 0.006 -14% 29,431,658.00 $6,975,745
TRADING HALTS
Pointerra (ASX:3DP) – pending an announcement regarding a capital raising.
Copper Search (ASX:CUS) – pending an announcement to ASX regarding a capital raise.
Australian Gold and Copper (ASX:AGC) – ending the release of an announcement to the market regarding a capital raising.
Si6 Metals (ASX:SI6) – pending an announcement in relation to Brazilian exploration results.
Latrobe Magnesium (ASX:LMG) – pending an announcement to the market regarding a proposed capital raising.
Gryphon Capital Income Trust (ASX:GCI) – pending an announcement by the Responsible Entity regarding a capital raising.
Papyrus Australia (ASX:PPY) – pending an announcement to be made to the market clarifying some comments in the ASX announcement made on 28 May 2024.
Kula Gold (ASX:KGD) – pending an announcement by the Company regarding an acquision and a capital raise.
Nanoveu (ASX:NVU) – pending an announcement regarding an exclusive distribution agreement update.
Buxton Resources (ASX:BUX) – pending an announcement of a capital raising.
Merchant House (ASX:MHI) – pending an announcement to the market regarding a material asset divestment.
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