Rob Badman

This biotech's problem is that investors became jaded by the slow commercialisation and strategy whoopsies. There are signs of a turnaround.

Gold has ended the week in decent form, trending up about 0.11% French bank Société Générale may be nervy about oil, but it’s still feeling good about gold ASX goldie weekly winners include: ADG, AQI and PUA Gold is precious, and so is your time. Let’s get into it then, and get on to the weekend. Here’s the yellow metal’s news in brief, starting with some price action… Gold – the latest • The leading precious metal is in decent shape, changing hands for about US$2,368 pe…

The price of gold is clinging to crucial support levels as we close out a topsy-turvy week for precious metal commodities The World Gold Council is doing its best to prop up the gold market, though – particularly in Singapore ASX goldies making solid gains this week include: AGC, CDT, PRX Friday afternoon. Another weekend upon us. That’s gold. (And wet, if you’re in Sydney.) Let’s make this relatively brief as we cover off some of the relevant weekly news, take a quick look at t…

The Equador project is continuing to show its potential with first assay results returning partial rare earth oxides (PREO), niobium and tantalum Rock chip samples were collected directly from outcropping pegmatite intrusions Assays have been sent to another lab so that a full suite analysis can be contacted Special report: First assay results from the Equador project in Brazil have confirmed high-grade niobium and tantalum over a 1.2km strike length. Summit Minerals (ASX:SUM)…

Gold price consolidates as more inflation-influencing US economic data looms on Friday The World Gold Council sees positive narrative for gold remaining intact this year Top performing ASX goldies this week led by: SIH, CBY, KTA This week in gold. The Fed’s JPow spoke. Saw no sign of stag, no sign of ’flation. The precious yellow metal pulled back a tad. A mere bump in the road? Further golden days ahead, predict analysts. Let’s look a little closer, using slightly longer sente…

12-week Phase I/II clinical trial to treat Rett Syndrome with NTI164 broad spectrum cannabinoid drug therapy extended to 52 weeks All 14 female patients to receive NTI164 under care of Associate Professor Carolyn Ellaway Phase I/II 12 week data expected late Q1 to earl Q2 CY2024 The Rett Syndrome market is estimated at US$2 billion per annum Special Report: Health tech business Neurotech International has extended its Phase I/II clinical trial to explore the usage of its lead NT…

Heavy Minerals lifts off thanks to potential offtake garnet sales deal Macro Metals continues its climb from yesterday after prominent investors join board ADG, MKG and VMS also make the top ressie grade this morning with solid gains Here are some of the biggest resources winners in early trade, Thursday March 7. Heavy Minerals (ASX:HVY) Garnets. That’s what Heavy Minerals is largely into, at Port Gregory in WA… along with the Inhambane Mineral Sands project in Mozambique.…

PharmAust engages globally renowned experts in MND/ALS to form a scientific advisory board (SAB) The SAB will provide expert advice for the development of monepantel to treat MND/ALS The SAB will also support the planning stages for PharmAust’s adaptive Phase 2/3 clinical study Special Report: PharmAust has engaged globally renowned experts in MND/ALS and rare neurodegenerative diseases to form a scientific advisory board (SAB) for the next stage of development of monepantel (MPL)…

Australian Mines continues to advance its new Brazilian-focused strategy Initial work at the Resende lithium project confirms the potential to host same mineralisation as nearby Mibra mine Preliminary exploration has begun at Jequie, right next door to the monster 510Mt deposit owned by the Gina Rinehart-backed Brazilian Rare Earths Special Report: Australian Mines has made a positive start to exploration at the Resende lithium project it is looking to acquire as part of its Brazil…

LTR Pharma helped prop up a flaccid Aussie IPO scene in 2023 with a winning ROI Lithium Universe wasn’t far behind, leading battery metal newcomers As you may be aware, 2023 was a challenging year overall for IPO (Initial Public Offering) launches in Australia. In fact, that’s putting it lightly – in total, it was the worst capital-raising year for Aussie floats since 1995. And it was a reflection of the global IPO market landscape, which saw volumes falling by 8% and proceeds d…

EV sales slowdown narrative? Pfft, yeah right. Australia just hit record yearly EV sales and globally they're going strong, too.

Animoca Brands’ Mocaverse has pulled in another huge sum of funding from top investors, including Polygon Ventures and Dapper Labs This new round boosts the total capital raising for the project to US$31.88 million Special Report: Animoca Brands, a top Web3 firm focused on gaming, digital property rights and the open metaverse, has announced a further big raise for its highly anticipated Mocaverse project. In September, Animoca Brands completed a US$20 million raise for its Mocav…

With its innovative erectile dysfunction nasal spray treatment in advanced development, LTR Pharma is already creating serious buzz. Ahead of its ASX listing next week, the firm’s lead broker chatted with Stockhead. Affecting more than 60% of Aussie blokes over the age of 45 and set to deflate more than 322 million men globally by 2025, erectile dysfunction (ED) is a far more common issue than you might’ve ventured to think. LTR Pharma is very well across this and knows just how big a…

Spontaneity can play a large part in intimacy. But when spontaneity hinges on the timing and mechanism of a slow-acting oral pill, things can flop. LTR Pharma believes it’s cracked the code with a revolutionary erectile dysfunction nasal spray called Spontan. Notwithstanding spontaneous combustion, flatulence in lifts, and in-law pop-ins, spontaneity is usually viewed as a positive. It’s well established, for instance, that spontaneity is a highly conducive ingredient when it appears a bo…

Peregrine Gold’s along strike soil sampling extends central lithium anomaly at Pilgangoora North to over 1km Sampling also traces eastern pegmatite soil anomaly for 400m POW submitted for future drilling at the project Special Report: Soil sampling at Peregrine Gold’s Pilgangoora North project in WA’s Pilbara region has outlined lithium anomalism over 1km with assays topping up at 1,320 ppm Li2O. Pilgangoora North is just 5km along strike from Pilbara Minerals’ (ASX:PLS) 414Mt P…

Special Report: NEOM, the huge, high-tech city state planned for northwest Saudi Arabia, has big dreams for the future. And web3 firm Animoca Brands is now very much a part of those plans. The Hong Kong-based web3 gaming/open metaverse developer and venture capital company Animoca Brands recently announced a significant Strategic Partnership Memorandum of Understanding with Saudi Arabia’s NEOM Investment Fund. It’s an eye-opening partnership that, once the financial aspect is sealed, would…

Firetail and JV partner SensOre have identified LCT mineralisation at Yalgoo-Dalgaranga SensOre has completed a farm-in agreement to earn up to 80% of the project by spending $3.5m + addons Drilling commenced at the Picha copper project in Peru Special Report: Firetail Resources has discovered lithium-caesium-tantalum (LCT) mineralisation at its Yalgoo-Dalgaranga project in WA using JV partner SensOre’s AI and machine learning tech. Yalgoo-Dalgaranga is comprised of 14 concessio…

TG Metals flies up the charts on the back of a high-grade lithium find at Lake Johnston First Lithium hits promising peggies in Mali, West Africa Tietto Minerals gets a takeover offer from a deep-pocketed Chinese gold miner Meanwhile, goldies Larvotto and Ora Banda are also shining Here are the biggest resources winners in early trade, Monday October 30. TG Metals (ASX:TG6) Lithium, nickel and gold exploration junior ($6.85m market capped) TG Metals is leading the ASX ressie c…

AUZ has submitted extensions to already granted mining leases at the Sconi project in QLD Sconi could produce enough nickel and cobalt from 2028 to power 5-6 million electric vehicles AUZ has already secured an offtake partner in LG Energy Solution Environmental studies are progressing with FID expected in 2025 Australian Mines has submitted extensions to its already granted Mining Leases (ML) at the Sconi battery minerals project in QLD, with the aim of ’significantly de-riskin…

Right then, thank Fed it’s Friday. The ASX200 is doing a pretty good job so far today of pretending it could care less about what the ridiculously influential US Federal Reserve will do next. Partly correctly predicted by expert analysts to open pretty flat and track US stock exchange indices, the local bourse is actually travelling okay here now for the moment, with some stirring up-and-to-the-right motion. Although that’s probably right royally jinxing it, isn’t it? So why are US traders…