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

Good morning! Here’s everything you need to know before the ASX opens today.

No one quite had the heart to tell Emily that her 'learn to surf' lessons had been a scam. Pic via Getty Images.

Good morning everyone, and welcome to 5 July, 2024 – an important day in the history of the world for a very dumb reason.

On this day in 1166, the Austrian town of Bad Kleinkirchheim is first mentioned in an ecclesiastical document, much to the dismay of the citizens of Good Kleinkirchheim, who honestly felt like they deserved it more.

The town was renowned for *checks notes* its “amazing skiing, and a wide variety of spas and other health retreats, a proper place for rich folks to really get away from it all” – but I suspect the notes that my researcher has given me today might not be talking about what the place was like 900 years ago.

For what it’s worth, as best as I can puzzle out (while leaning heavily on the high school German that I really didn’t pay enough attention to), the name of the town is meant to represent Bath Small-church-home.

So – I guess for a town named after a sink in a church to be mentioned in an ecclesiastical document 900 years ago, someone must have thought it was a banger of a spot.

Luckily for you, you don’t need to be rich enough to holiday at one of Austria’s most luxurious snowfields in order to get your hands on the info you need today.

Emma Davies makes a stunning return to form with a fresh take on our regular High Voltage column, and – as always, I’ve thrown together lots of fiddly little things below, so you don’t need to go ferreting all over the internet for your ASX info this morning.

COMMODITY/FOREX/CRYPTO MARKET PRICES

Gold: US$2,357.12 (+0.03%)

Silver: US$30.25 (+0.01%)

Nickel (3mth): US$17,105/t (+2.18%)

Copper (3mth): US$9,622/t (+0.80%)

Zinc: US$2,914/t (1.49%)

Oil (WTI): US$83.29 (+0.01%)

Oil (Brent): US$86.79 (+0.01%)

Iron 62pc Fe: US$113.06/t (+2.42%)

AUD/USD: 0.6714 (+0.05%)

Bitcoin: US$58,730.00 (-2.35%)

WHAT GOT YOU TALKING

Who won the race among Resources in June this year? Read on to find out who excelled, and who… didn’t.

The winners list is out! Check out the top 50 performing #resources companies that traded on the #ASX for June as we boldly step into a brand new financial year. https://t.co/1rN5NLWnQT

— Stockhead (@StockheadAU) July 3, 2024

YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LEADERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code	Company	Price	% Change	Volume	Market Cap
JTL	Jayex Technology Ltd	0.002	100.0	508,877	$281,279
MHC	Manhattan Corp Ltd	0.002	33.3	376,000	$4,405,470
HCD	Hydrocarbon Dynamic	0.003	50.0	1,484,403	$1,617,165
RDS	Redstone Resources	0.006	50.0	19,143,349	$3,701,514
PNT	Panthermetalsltd	0.032	39.1	56,000	$2,004,822
EOF	Ecofibre Limited	0.033	37.5	859,170	$9,092,974
HXG	Hexagon Energy	0.015	36.4	142,000	$5,642,075
EDE	Eden Inv Ltd	0.002	33.3	1,047,484	$5,517,407
INP	Incentiapay Ltd	0.004	33.3	100,000	$3,731,790
NGS	NGS Ltd	0.004	33.3	2,843,401	$753,682
RLG	Roolife Group Ltd	0.004	33.3	222,000	$2,347,145
AS2	Askarimetalslimited	0.052	30.0	1,485,707	$3,907,636
OLY	Olympio Metals Ltd	0.049	28.9	238,543	$3,248,106
AL8	Alderan Resource Ltd	0.0045	28.6	6,065,557	$3,874,015
AEV	Avenira Limited	0.005	25.0	2,710,105	$9,396,136
ALR	Altairminerals	0.005	25.0	3,972,889	$17,186,310
BYH	Bryah Resources Ltd	0.005	25.0	20,000	$2,013,147
HLX	Helix Resources	0.0025	25.0	1,229,336	$6,528,387
LCL	LCL Resources Ltd	0.01	25.0	815,836	$7,719,024
MCL	Mighty Craft Ltd	0.005	25.0	828,200	$1,475,637
AL3	Aml3D	0.1675	24.1	35,461,102	$50,908,369

Yesterday’s Small Cap Winners included:

Askari Metals (ASX:AS2) announced that is has defined a significant JORC 2012 Exploration Target at the 100%-owned Burracoppin Gold Project in WA, measuring in at 8.212Mt to 11.121Mt at an average grade of between 0.67g/t Au and 0.91g/t Au for 176,000oz Au to 323,000oz Au, using a cut-off grade of 0.3g/t Au.

Ecofibre (ASX:EOF) announced the appointment of Ulrich (Uli) Tombuelt as Managing Director and CEO of Ecofibre and President of Ecofibre Advanced Technologies, effective 05 August, 2024.

Hexagon Energy Materials- HXG  saw a boost on Thursday after delivering an investor briefing on its low emissions ammonia project, highlighting the current push by the Japanese government to invest in the technology.

Rincon Resources (ASX:RCR) continued to perform well off the back of Wednesday’s news that the company has obtained heritage clearance for drilling at its Avalon, Sheoak, K1, and K2 targets, within the West Arunta Project in Western Australia.

AML3D (ASX:AL3) was also up on old news – the company announced a juicy defence contract on Tuesday, worth $1.1 million, courtesy of the US Navy.

Waratah Minerals (ASX:WTM) was still performing well today on yesterday’s news about  fresh results from a further six drill holes from the on-going RC drill program at the company’s Spur gold-copper project, with the highlight result coming in at 89m at 1.73g/t Au, 0.08% Cu from 115m inc. 57m at 2.50g/t Au, 0.11% Cu from 115m.

 Marley Spoon’s (ASX:MMM) yesterday was the result of a resignation, after CEO and Management Board Chairman Fabian Siegel departed on June 26 – by mutual agreement – after 10 years at the helm of the company.

YESTERDAY’S ASX SMALL CAP LAGGARDS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks:

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Code	Company	Price	% Change	Volume	Market Cap
ECG	Ecargo Hldg	0.007	-63	4,074,392	$11,689,750
EQS	Equitystorygroupltd	0.015	-35	143,000	$2,506,850
RML	Resolution Minerals	0.002	-33	2,706,096	$4,830,065
SIS	Simble Solutions	0.002	-33	238,114	$2,260,352
LAT	Latitude 66 Limited	0.145	-28	1,434,615	$28,523,215
NVQ	Noviqtech Limited	0.031	-26	62,922	$6,322,876
1TT	Thrive Tribe Tech	0.003	-25	10,807,367	$1,882,486
JAV	Javelin Minerals Ltd	0.0015	-25	260,960	$5,002,462
ME1	Melodiol Glb Health	0.003	-25	15,693,087	$921,849
MTB	Mount Burgess Mining	0.0015	-25	50,000	$2,596,294
ODE	Odessa Minerals Ltd	0.003	-25	10,891,049	$4,173,130
TMX	Terrain Minerals	0.003	-25	5,439,385	$5,726,683
VML	Vital Metals Limited	0.003	-25	12,838,520	$23,580,268
VPR	Voltgroupltd	0.0015	-25	1,446,824	$21,432,416
IVX	Invion Ltd	0.004	-20	125,000	$33,022,661
MCT	Metalicity Limited	0.002	-20	6,756,483	$11,214,632
CZN	Corazon Ltd	0.005	-17	251,032	$4,007,434
WML	Woomera Mining Ltd	0.0025	-17	6,147,391	$3,654,417
ODA	Orcoda Limited	0.13	-16	25,424	$26,219,346
FBM	Future Battery	0.032	-16	997,050	$25,166,485

TRADING HALTS

BluGlass (ASX:BLG) – pending clarification in relation to an earlier announcement.

Green Critical Minerals (ASX:GCM) – pending an announcement in relation to a capital raising.

Power Minerals (ASX:PNN) – pending an announcement in relation to a capital raise.

Linius Technologies (ASX:LNU) – pending an announcement in relation to a capital raise.

Larvotto Resources (ASX:LRV) – pending an announcement in relation to a capital raising.

West Cobar Metals (ASX:WC1) – pending an announcement regarding drilling results at the company’s Salazar Project.

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