Articles On Azure Minerals (ASX:AZS)

Arcane Capital Advisors’ YueJer Lee says lithium market has already found a bottom  Prices are so far into the cost curve companies are delaying projects, slashing output and stockpiling production Advanced ASX lithium companies are kickin...

Stockhead’s Break it Down brings you today’s leading market news in under 90 seconds. In this episode, host Sarah Hughan tells all on Raiden Resources (ASX:RDN) having received firm commitments from investors to raise $10m via a share place...

Rio Tinto's (ASX:RIO) counter-cyclical move in offering nearly $10 billion for London- and US-based Arcadium Lithium has exposed the enormous potential losses now facing the entire lithium industry here and offshore — including in China. Ri...

Chile’s Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), the world’s second-largest lithium miner after Albemarle, is looking to spin off its foreign lithium and other assets into a separate company with foreign investor participation. This move w...

Highly anticipated drilling of Andover South lithium project has commenced 5000m to be drilled with an election to double to 10,000m Performance rights for board members on Raiden’s VWAP and market cap proposed   Special Report: Timely m...

ASX rises modestly with mining stocks leading gains Fortescue surges nearly 5pc as iron ore prices climb on fresh China stimulus Odessa soars on news of a $1,1m placement to secure exploration at its Lyndon uranium project   The ASX scal...

Raiden Resources completes district scale structural interpretation of the Andover Complex at its Andover South lithium project The detailed evaluation of magnetic survey data enhances Raiden’s understanding of mineralisation at the projec...

Raiden Resources maps new high-priority target zone at Andover South Drilling to commence imminently, covering 5000m Seven target zones cover 4.2km strike across the entire Andover South pegmatite field   Special Report: Raiden Resources...

Program of works approved for diamond drilling at Andover South Raiden has mapped up to 3.8% Li2O in pegmatites across a 4km-long strike Project abuts the Andover lithium project bought by SQM and Hancock Prospecting for $1.7bn this year...

ASX closes higher as CBA and Macquarie touch records Lotus Resources finds significant uranium; gold stocks await US CPI data UBS favours ASX banks over miners   The ASX bounced back by 0.4% on Tuesday after  yesterday’s slump, with the...

Exploration at Fiery Creek hits into multiple high-grade copper and antimony mineralisation Metals Australia, New Age Exploration start digging near +10.5Moz monster gold deposit Stavely reinforces high-grade copper prospectivity Here are...

An exploration licence for the E47/4062 tenement has been granted to Raiden Resources Transfer of ownership of Raiden’s 80%-owned Andover South to occur Andover South itself lies adjacent to SQM and Hancock Prospecting’s $1.7bn Andover lit...

The State Deed for Raiden’s Andover South project has been executed by the Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation (NAC) and tenement vendor The regulatory process continues for the grant of the tenement Upon the grant, a PoW will be prepared and...

Anax Metals’ reboot plans for Whim Creek include processing ore from regional partners Undeveloped VMS deposits can be made more attractive with processing infrastructure on hand  Copper prices are back on the rise, climbing above US$9000/...

A record 77 maiden resource estimates were announced in Australia in 2023  Exploration budgets also topped the charts at $4.26m, a 5% jump on spending in 2022  Here’s a closer look at some of the resources that piqued our interest    Once...

Lithium sentiment gets a shot in the arm as Pilbara Minerals announces surprise $560m takeover of Latin Resources Dale Henderson trumpets diversification strategy as Pilgangoora owner shuffles into Brazil Iron ore off for a third straight...

The rout in lithium continues worldwide after Albemarle and Arcadium last week and this week slashed mine, refinery, and exploration budgets in Australia, the US, Chile, and Argentina. The industry now awaits SQM's cost-cutting measures to...

That’s a wrap! Diggers & Dealers announced a record-breaking attendance of around 2800 delegates; the promise of a Kalgoorlie-Boulder City-funded roof over the event site; and, presented key company awards. The giant exhibition marqu...

WGC flags record gold price for Q2, up 18% year-on-year Ongoing economic headwinds not expected to dent demand too much RBC Capital Markets says gold is still a safe haven in a crisis Our Gold Digger column wraps all the news driving ASX...

Low lithium prices continue with no signs of recovery in sight Small miners like Core Lithium have already cut output in response Eyes are on bigger players to see if they follow suit   Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving...

Graphite deficit expected to continue out to the 2030s USA moving away from China and looking to Aussie suppliers IG6 boss says there’s ‘outstanding opportunities’ for Aussie graphite in the US   Our High Voltage column wraps all the news...

Kobe South pegmatite trend now 5.5km-long with up to 467ppm Li2O in soils Osborne pegmatite cluster defined by large lithium soil footprint with up to 712ppm Li2O Initial drill testing of high-grade zones planned   Special Report: Soil sa...

Aussie Federal Government aiming to fast track critical mineral mining to supply US Aligning with US could risk our biggest export customer in China For certain US subsidies Aussie miners need less than 25% Chinese ownership   Our High...

Rare earths hunters in Brazil make huge gains in FY24 and niobium juniors ride WA1 Resources’ Luni euphoria, but a scandium junior steals top spot Wildcat and Raiden rise to the top of an average lithium market Spartan soars on Never Never...

French lithium miner Eramet in production with Direction Lithium Extraction tech by November Pivotal Metals finds thick copper in Canada Sipa Resources eyes exploration at WA nickel project   Our High Voltage column wraps all the news dr...

Liontown Resources dumps commercial banks for LG in bid to fund Kathleen Valley lithium ramp up and expansion Amid weak prices LTR boss Tony Ottaviano says new entrants in the West need support to avoid coming shortages for the EV metal Ra...

Lycaon Resources has won its ballot for tenement E45/6809 in the Pilbara The exploration ground is adjacent to projects held by Kali Metals and SQM A detailed review of historical work will be completed in the coming months   Special rep...

Ahead of the 2024 summit in Kazakhstan, BRICS nations are buying up gold to back the float of their own currency De Grey gets +$1bn backing from banks for development of Hemi deposit in WA Pilbara Ramelius snaps up 9% stake in Spartan Reso...

The lithium rally is firmly over, and supply is likely to outpace demand for years to come. Lithium juniors lucky enough to boast polymetal resources are pivoting where they can to things like copper and uranium; and long gone is the Pil...

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 m...

The gold market is travelling well as we close out another Aussie week Spot pricing is heading in the right direction, thanks to weaker dollar, ECB rate cuts and more According to the World Gold Council, gold ETF flows turned positive in M...

It was only a few days ago that we learned that Gina Rinehart retained her spot as Australia's richest person for 2024. With a fortune worth over $40 billion, Rinehart saw her wealth rise a healthy 8.5% since the 2023 rich list was released...

How about a handful of the most notable lithium-based stocks that performed in May? (Yes, there were quite a few, lithium doubters). Read on…    Errawarra Resources (ASX:ERW) May gain: 161% Errawarra Resources (ASX:ERW) made news earlier in...

A Donald Trump presidency – good or bad for the US EV adoption narrative? Does it even matter that much?  Could solid state lithium batteries be set to take over from lithium-ion?  Volkswagen plans to counter BYD’s affordable EV push into...

The price of gold has dipped back below its soaring level of US$2,400+ But a particularly bullish narrative is forming believes Forbes   ASX gold stocks performing over the past week include: AGC, NMR and NPM   The recent, seemingly unsto...

New Age Exploration (ASX:NAE) reports assay results from its maiden drilling program samples at the Quartz Hill Project show indications the underlying monzogranite is fertile with fractionation of lithium increasing in some zones. Drill...

While Chile's SQM, the world’s second-biggest lithium player, has joined the list of companies in this key renewable metal to report a slump in sales revenues and weak to no earnings and losses for the three months to March 31, it is more u...

Raiden Resources receives confirmation from the final heritage report that key lithium targets at Andover South are clear of culturally sensitive areas The Andover North-South project is adjacent to Azure Mineral’s world-class lithium disc...

What’s moving and shaking in the ASX-centric world of lithium? Let’s take a quick look.    Sayona Mining (ASX:SYA) grabbed us by the attention deficit disorder earlier today after the struggling miner grabbed itself a lift on the back of po...

ASX flat on Monday,  ahead of Federal Budget Tuesday night Oil weakness drags Energy sector lower Chinese shares slump on new US tariffs   After advancing 1.5% last week, the ASX200 fell flat on Monday – greenish by 0.01% – dragged down m...

China, Turkey and India led  ongoing central bank gold buying in April Analysts still see gold continuing higher this year, heading ‘easily’ above US$2,500 Iceni Gold absolutely slays it on the ASX this week with  +200% gain   In the week...

The Andover project. Image: Azure Minerals.Lithium upstart Azure Minerals has been officially acquired by joint bidders Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) and Hancock Prospecting for $1.7 billion. Azure was sold to the companies...

The sale of vaunted battery metals explorer Azure Minerals has netted its long-serving boss a payday almost 60 times the size of his annual salary.

Where’s lithium at today? We’ll start with the Chinese-flavoured “spot price”. Lithium Price Bot says… that the lithium carbonate pricing is trending down for the moment, to the tune of about -0.31% and spot further: -0.7%. Is the lithium s...

Azure Minerals (ASX:AZS) has been suspended from trade following lodgement of the Supreme Court of Western Australia orders with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) approving the scheme of arrangement. Under the s...

The ASX has plunged alongside Wall Street on jitters of higher US rates for longer All 11 sectors closed in the red Uranium stocks gathered some ground today   The ASX200 has tumbled over 1% on Wednesday as hot US labour data sent jitters...

Lithium prices and stocks have largely risen this week on the back of building sentiment That’s helped by a new Chinese policy to boost EV consumption through trade-in subsidising And keep an eye on quarterly reporting for lithium and othe...

World Gold Council says first quarter gold demand rose 3% YoY with mine production hitting a first quarter record Demand from central banks and investors in the East could provide a platform to sustain an epic 2024 gold rally Nickel Indust...

Market jitters that Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting and SQM would be blocked from getting their hands on Azure Minerals have been quelled.

MinRes thinks we’ve seen the bottom for spodumene Lynas thinks the same (maybe) for rare earths, warning all but two miners globally are marginal or lossmaking Every gold miner and their dog reports March production, some dogs probably mor...