Articles On Alice Queen (ASX:AQX)

“The Horn Island Scoping Study has been an exciting exercise in endeavouring to determine some high-level understanding about the potential economics of the project. The most exciting thing, however, is the prospect that the range of number...

After climbing into midday trade, the ASX 200 lost ground in the afternoon to finish 0.14% lower. There were sharper falls in the ASX microcap Emerging Companies index, which fell by 1.63% — its worst session since September 20. At the big...

The ASX closed down again today in spite of resources and tech gaining over 1%. The ASX 200 fell 0.24%, closing at 7,434 points. Despite the gains in resources and tech most other sectors fell with financials, property and energy retreating...

A global carbon taxation regime could slash gold miner profit margins by up to 45% unless an effort is made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Metals Focus says. Some countries, such as Canada and Sweden, already impose carbon taxes and th...

Local stocks posted a solid session on Wednesday ahead of this week’s main event on global markets later tonight — the US Fed’s latest policy decision. After plenty of forward guidance, the Fed is expected to formally announce the taper of...

The ASX 200 rose 0.64% on the first trading day of the month. All sectors were in the green except financials – a sector dragged down by Westpac (ASX:WBC) following its results. The best sectors were consumer discretionaries, telcos and uti...

Frontier Resources buys a couple of rare earths and high purity alumina projects in WA Accelerate Resources pegs lithium project near its manganese assets in the Pilbara  ‘Heavily overbid’ $13.6m cap rise will fast track exploration at Glo...

The gold price may be in a holding pattern at ~$US1,800/oz, but Aussie gold miners continue to throw piles of cash at acquisitions and new developments. Westgold (ASX:WGX) looks increasingly likely  to hoover up struggling producer Gascoyne...

Gold stocks are cheap, experts keep saying. Well-known analyst Jesse Felder has now demonstrated the “pathetic performance” of the US gold majors in handy chart form. The US listed BANG stocks (Felder’s play on FANG) include gold giants Bar...

The +9Moz, ~350,000ozpa ‘Kyuchus’ field will be one of Russia’s biggest gold mining projects. Kyuchus was first discovered in 1963, but its isolation in the harsh Arctic climate of the Yakutia region has, so far, stymied numerous developmen...

Investors want to see gold miners wisely grow their production profile. Not like miners did during the last cycle, when some irrational, highly priced M&A action destroyed significant wealth. The big gold miners have a “lousy recent his...

There is a lot of uncertainty in the market due to tensions in China, rising interest rates and continuing economic recovery of the global COVID-19 pandemic, with investors fleeing for safe havens to park their cash in. Safe havens like gol...

The valuations of major gold miners remain weak despite falling debt and record dividends, according to the latest Metals Focus Gold Peer Group Analysis. Australia’s largest gold miners Newcrest (ASX:NCM), Northern Star (ASX:NST), and Evolu...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10, published at 10.15am each trading day, highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade using live data. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest mov...

It’s been a frustrating few months for gold bulls. As an investment hedge, gold shines during periods of poor or volatile market sentiment. It loves drama like pandemics, civil wars, or the unprecedented failure of the Lehman Brothers in 20...

Gold continues to consolidate around $US1,800/oz which, if we went back in time to July 2020, would be cause for celebration. Back then $US1,800/oz was an eight-year high and bullish sentiment was nudging even the shittiest exploration stoc...

ASX Capital Raise Roundup is a fortnightly look at ASX capital raisings. This extended Australian lockdown, affecting ~60% of the population, certainly is a bruising time for the industries hardest hit.  As an example, health club operator ...

Gold bugs would be breathing a sigh of relief this week as the price stabilises just shy of $US1,800/oz ($2,463/oz Aussie) thanks to Monday’s healthy 1.5% gain. While there are plenty of other red hot sectors attracting investor dollars rig...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10, published at 10.15am each trading day, highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade using live data. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest mov...

“As the Horn Island Scoping Study nears completion, we are pleased to have completed a capital raise that will allow us to accelerate further exploration at Horn Island,” says MD.

Local markets continued their strong form on Wednesday as the ASX rose for the third straight session. Reporting season threw up some big-name winners as markets responded to the latest round of full-year results. While the ASX 200 edged hi...

It was another positive close for the Australian bourse today with energy the standout sector. The ASX 200 closed 0.17% higher at 7,503 points while the ASX Emerging Companies Index gained 1.1% to close at 2,262 points. Leading the charge w...

The company is set to kick off diamond drilling at its Mendooran Project in New South Wales, comprising two deep 700-metre holes.

The gold price itself had 12 months of consolidation. Now we are entering a new stage of a bull market which Barry Dawes of Martin Place Securities believes “will take it much, much higher”. In the big scheme of things, the pullback we have...

Two large-scale porphyry targets are the company’s highest-ranked targets along the northern extension of the Molong Volcanic Belt.

The company has worked closely with several parties in Fiji to progress applications for the Nabila and Viani prospects and, as the means to securing tenure to those prospects, has entered into an agreement to acquire Viti Mining for nomina...

Diversified explorer Alice Queen (ASX: AQX) is to drill two deep holes — about 700m in each case — at its highest ranking porphyry targets at Mendooran, a project located on the Molong Volcanic Belt (MVB) of NSW. This is the belt that hosts...

The drill bit has started to churn fresh ground at Alice Queen’s half-million-ounce inferred gold resource, with 49 holes designed to inform the scoping study currently in development.

Advanced exploration company Alice Queen (ASX: AQX) has commenced reverse circulation drilling as part of a scoping study for the development of its Horn Island gold project in the Torres Strait region of north Queensland. The program compr...

On Sunday, a chaotic ‘flash crash’ saw the gold price plummet into the $US1600s per ounce before staging a mild recovery. Experts mostly point to a better than expected jobs report out of the US for heavy selling that saw the traditional he...

As an uncorrelated asset – value not tied to larger fluctuations in the traditional markets — gold has had “its lunch cut a bit” by crypto, PCF Capital’s Liam Twigger says. “There is an article in the last Economist asking, ‘what happens if...

Strong consumer buying and modest institutional investment helped create gold demand of 955.1 tonnes over Q2 – a 9% rise from Q1 2021, and in line with the equivalent period last year. While both consumers and retail investors were purchasi...

Airborne geophysical and satellite hyperspectral surveys aimed to recognise the occurrence of regional hydrothermal systems across the project area and their potential to host large-scale gold mineralisation.

AX8 has kicked off exploration at its new East Pilbara manganese assets Mysterious $40m uranium explorer Energy Metals stirs on no news AXQ uncovers “compelling” gold targets at ‘Kaiwalagal’ project Here are the biggest small cap resource...

Advanced explorer Alice Queen (ASX: AQX) has identified multiple new gold targets following recent airborne geophysical and satellite hyperspectral surveys across the Kaiwalagal project in Queensland’s Torres Strait. The surveys were conduc...

Another gold IPO — and another float concerning increasingly fashionable NSW gold — is here with Koonenberry Gold in the market with a promising project in the northwest corner of the state. The namesake project comprises 12 exploration lic...

It is no longer just lip service — to create max value for shareholders, miners know they need good Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) credentials. Failing to maintain good relationships with stakeholders (like governments, local co...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10, published at 10.15am each trading day, highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade using live data. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest mov...

Gold had its worst month since November 2016 in June, down 7% to $US1,779/oz. Mining and exploration stocks have followed suit. This bearish trend creates a buying opportunity, experts say. Boutique investment advisory firm head Frank Holme...

Alice Queen (ASX: AQX) has discovered a new broad gold zone at its Horn Island project in Queensland’s north. Diamond drilling at the project focused on three chargeability anomalies identified from a dipole-dipole induced polarisation (DDI...

The new drilling results share a number of similar characteristics to the company’s flagship 500,000-ounce Horn Island gold resource.

A review of results is ongoing to examine the nature of the intrusions and further assess copper-gold prospectivity.

Alice Queen (ASX: AQX) has unearthed further copper and gold mineralisation at the Boda East target within the New South Wales-based Yarindury project. The company has received assays from drilling which identified mineralisation extends al...

Following the non-executive chairman’s resignation, the company is looking forward to continuing working with Gowans as a legal advisor to the company.

The market giveth and the market taketh. Truer words have never been spoken with gold prices diving nearly US$100 in less than a day after the US Federal Reserve signalled higher inflation and that interest rates could rise twice by 2023. G...

Gold is re-starting its bull rally as two major obstacles — higher US Treasury yields and Bitcoin — fizzle. “Strong headwinds from parabolic Bitcoin and rising bond yields appear to have run their course,” Bloomberg Intelligence senior comm...

Gold’s rally ran out of puff this week, with the precious metal dropping about 2% below ~$1US1,870/oz at Thursday close. Kitco’s Jim Wyckoff calls it “routine profit taking”. “Importantly, the price uptrend in gold on the daily chart remain...

The junior explorer has found further success during an early-stage drilling program within Australia’s copper-gold hotspot.

Drilling at Alice Queen’s (ASX: AQX) Mendooran copper-gold project within New South Wales’ Lachlan Fold Belt has confirmed the presence of prospective Macquarie Arc rocks along the Molong Volcanic Belt (MVB). Two holes were drilled targetin...

Trading Places is Stockhead’s recap of the buys and sells of ASX small cap shares by fund managers and other famous investors over the last fortnight. Specifically, Stockhead tracks substantial shareholder movements, being shareholders hold...