Articles On Azure Minerals (ASX:AZS)

Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, rare earths, manganese, magnesium, and vanadium.   After a huge collective performance in 2021, the froth has been blown off l...

We need a whole lot more nickel than we currently mine to fill the order books of the world’s electric carmakers. That has brought Indonesia, previously seen as a class 2 nickel-only sort of jurisdiction, into play as an EV metals hub. Whil...

Azure Minerals is ready to deliver its maiden resource estimate for the closely watched Andover nickel-copper project in northern WA after reporting its final high grade assays from the resource drill out today. Assays from the final drill...

Azure Minerals (AZS) receives high-grade assay results from diamond drilling at its 60 per cent-owned Andover nickel-copper sulphide deposit in Western Australia’s West Pilbara region Assay results come from the final 14 drill holes comple...

Infill drilling confirms excellent continuity of mineralised widths and grades and extensional drilling indicates the mineralisation remains open for further expansion to the east, west and at depth.

Investors generally buy gold as a way of diversifying risk when s..t hits the proverbial fan. That’s why the precious metal appears to perform well in times of war or political instability. Conversely, stocks and bonds perform best in a sta...

The ASX Emerging Companies (XEC) index was climbing at 4pm (Sydney time) up 1.8% and outpacing the S&P/ASX 200 index (XJO), weighed down as it is by a few of those unwieldy iron ore giants after China’s favourite rock fell 9% ‘cos Chine...

Azure’s portfolio keeps growing and growing after it staked two new exploration licence applications (ELA) alongside the application for an additional two licences to the south of the Barton Gold project. The land package now spans across...

Azure Minerals is seeking to rapidly expand its tenure at the Barton Gold Project in the gold-rich Kookynie greenstone belt of Western Australia, intending to add an additional 819 square kilometres to the project.

Prices for rare earths neodymium and praseodymium have exploded to record highs Chinese rare earth company swoops on Aussie junior Peak Rare Earths (ASX:PEK) Desperate battery makers continue buying lithium at any price Our High Voltage c...

Last year, the price of copper rose 33%, but that was just the entree. Goldman Sachs reckons the red metal will hit a record US$12,000/t over the next month, up from ~$US9,700/t currently. That’s uncomfortably bullish, but even the more mil...

‘Guy on Rocks’ is a Stockhead series looking at the significant happenings of the resources market each week. Former geologist and experienced stockbroker Guy Le Page, director, and responsible executive at Perth-based financial services pr...

Cobalt prices hit US$70,000/t in December; a 119% increase over 12 months ‘While Gigafactories pop up at record speeds, developing industrial-scale [cobalt] mines still takes 10-15 years’: Eurasian Resources Group Lithium producers are rak...

Alas. After teasing gold bugs with a push through $1,840/oz over the past week, we are now back below ~$US1,800/oz. Gold stocks can’t seem to catch a break. What gives? I don’t get it. PM miners didn’t even get the windfall of the market w...

Tesla rakes in biggest quarterly profit ever as EV sales explode. Elon Musk says iron, not nickel-rich chemistries will power “Terrawatt-hour” energy storage business. GWR Group trades iron ore for magnesium in green push. Our High Volta...

Nickel stocks have started 2022 with a bang. And it looks as if there is more upside as the price for the stainless steel and battery material builds on its run to decade highs. Garimpeiro ran through the nickel thematic back on December 4...

Azure Minerals has kicked off exploration at the Barton gold project in WA, with 3,000m of RC drilling targeting extensions of  Genesis Minerals’ (ASX:GMD) new Puzzle North gold discovery. The target is gold mineralisation at Daisy Corner –...

The multi-element explorer has embarked on an initial, 3,000-metre reverse circulation campaign at its wholly-owned Barton asset, where it’s targeting gold mineralisation at the Daisy Corner prospect.

Global silver demand hit ~1.02 billion ounces in 2021, the first time it has breached 1 billion since 2015, according to the Silver Institute. Of that, industrial demand hit a new high of 524 million ounces. And of that, photovoltaic (solar...

Fin Resources snaps up an additional licence in WA’s Pilbara region  Auroch  to kick start drilling next week at flagship Saint nickel project Emerald Resources declares takeover offer for Bullseye Mining unconditional  Here are the bigge...

Remember Artemis Resources (ASX:ARV)? Connected by the hip to TSX-listed conglomerate gold play Novo Resources in a JV, the ASX-listed gold junior rode the Pilbara gold wave of 2017 to a heady 562.50% return that year. The conglomerate gold...

Gold is holding steady above US$1,800/oz – currently trading at US$1816.60. Some players are confident the gold market will trend net positive next year as the market digests the reality of the past 24 months. But commodity analysts at J.P....

The Azure Minerals (ASX:AZS) share price isn’t the only thing to have grown since the WA explorer hit paydirt in its very first drillhole at the Andover project in October last year. The size and scale of Azure’s company making Andover nick...

With gold spending most of the past week hovering around the US$1,800/oz (A$2,485/oz) mark, speculation has turned away from whether the precious metal can hold its gains to asking if it can test hit the US$1,850/oz mark. Gold is currently...

Got 90 seconds? Then listen to Managing Director, Tony Rovira tell us about their company news. Azure Minerals Limited (ASX:AZS) is an Australian-based exploration and mine development company focused on progressing its portfolio of nickel,...

Azure Minerals (AZS) continues to hit nickel and copper at the VC-07 East deposit, located within the Andover Project in the West Pilbara region of Western Australia Since discovering VC0-7, just over 12 months ago, a total of 102 diamond...

“We finish the year in a strong position, which includes a very healthy cash balance, and look forward to continue progressing Andover through the exploration, discovery, mineral resource and development study stages,” says MD.

It’s been fairly choppy for precious metals this year, with economic recovery, rising nominal yields and the potential for rate hikes dampening investors’ appetite for gold. But on the flip side, new virus variants, fears of stagflation and...

Shares in Azure Minerals Limited (ASX: AZS) are in the green today and are now trading 7% higher at 36.5 cents apiece. Azure’s share price jumped from the open and rallied as much as 10% to 41 cents before smoothing off to its current intr...

“The first three holes all intersected nickel-copper sulphide mineralisation coinciding with EM conductors, confirming that on the Andover Project, electrical conductance continues to be associated with sulphide mineralisation," says MD.

Regional exploration has kicked off to a great start with a new nickel-copper sulphide discovery at the Skyline prospect. Azure Minerals has discovered a new zone of nickel-copper sulphide mineralisation at the Skyline prospect, around 300...

Azure Minerals (AZS) finds a new zone of nickel and copper sulphide mineralisation at the Skyline prospect, located with the Andover Project in the Pilbara region of WA So far, the company has drilled 133 holes at Andover, with three holes...

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...

US Fed chair Jerome Powell finally admitted that inflationary pressures weren’t going to be as sh­­ort-lived as perhaps expected. Earlier this week Powell surprised markets by suggesting it would be appropriate to drop the phrase “inflation...

Garimpeiro headed out of lockdown during the week to catch up with some mining-types for lunch. The idea was to hit them up for some ideas about junior mining stocks to watch in the next six months. Garimpeiro thinks they had some good idea...

Following a 7.6% surge from late September, the price of gold briefly hit five-month highs of ~$US1,872/oz on fears that current high inflation levels are more than ‘transitional’. Gold is an ‘inflation hedge’; an investment that ostensibly...

Following a 7.6% surge from late September, the price of gold is now sitting ~$US1,860/oz for the first time since June. The Aussie price is looking even better, which is great news for our local producers: USD (dark) and AUD (light) gold p...

The completion of the heritage surveys and subsequent approvals enables Azure to move forward with exploration drilling at the Skyline, VC-23, VC-18, and VC-41 nickel-copper prospects, and to enlarge the resource drilling program at VC-07 W...

Heritage clearance has been received to enable resource drilling at VC-07 West and its mineralised extensions, with two rigs currently operating.

Growing concerns about inflation could send gold prices soaring back above the US$2,000 ($2,746) an ounce mark it last reached back in 2020. Prices of the precious metal have already been rising steadily over the past fortnight, up some 3.7...

Azure Minerals is preparing to release its maiden resource estimate for the exciting Andover nickel-copper project in WA’s north after striking its highest grade results to date. Azure Minerals (ASX:AZS) has completed its resource drill out...

“In the year since we arrived at the Andover Project, our exploration team has identified and drilled numerous zones containing substantial nickel and copper sulphide mineralisation, which points to Andover being a significant nickel distri...

Azure Minerals (AZS) completes the mineral resource drill-out at the VC-07 East nickel-copper sulphide deposit in Western Australia To date, 96 diamond holes have been drilled across VC-07 East with grades peaking at 3.63 per cent nickel,...

Lithium boom to continue in 2022: S&P Global Elon Musk under pressure to sell ~$US21bn worth of Tesla stock Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, rare earths,...

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...

What happened to the most talked about metals and minerals in October? Investor sentiment for commodities went ballistic, almost across the board. Copper was back in vogue, rising above US$10,000/t for the first time since May. The close of...

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...