Articles On First Au (ASX:FAU)

Gold price hits three-week high post-FOMC rates decision ASX Quarterly Gold Wrap: producers hit a low bar, investors are pleased Gold demand falls in H1 as cost-of-living pressures bite, WGC says Our Gold Digger column wraps all the news...

Small cap index up 3% ASX 200 is up 1% Wall Street jumps as The Fed asks how high The ASX 200 is up 1% and the Emerging Companies (XEC) index is about 3% higher and the wee buy now pay later’s are the heroes of the dish. But first…   Over...

  Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10, published at 10.30am each trading day, highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX stocks in morning trade using live data. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest mover...

Gold is down 5% for July and on a broader downward trajectory, Metals Focus says Aeris Resources’ Golden Plateau deposit could extend the mine life at Cracow Golden State Mining has kicked off drilling at the Yule project in WA   Our Gold...

First Au (FAU) receives firm commitments to raise $900,000 through a placement to fund its Victorian and Western Australian projects The company will issue 112.5 million new shares at a price of 0.8 cents each, representing a 23 per cent d...

Benchmark down, small caps up Utilities ahead 1% and well, the energy sector is on fire And why early buyer James Gerrish from Market Matters was never bearish on WHC  The ASX Emerging Companies (XEC) index has closed 0.6% higher and the...

First Au (FAU) places its shares in a trading halt for the purpose of an upcoming capital raising The company will remain in the halt until Thursday, July 21, or when an announcement with further details is released, whichever occurs first...

The US dollar looks set to reach 20-year highs, impacting gold’s safe haven status JP Morgan employees on trial in Chicago after ‘spoofing trades’ accusations PGM supply through the recycling of auto catalysts has taken a hit ‘cos Covid O...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10, published at 10.30am each trading day, highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX stocks in morning trade using live data. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest movers...

Swiss data shows the highest total January to May bullion shipments since 2018 On a year-to-date basis US gold imports surged by 170% to 103t US also the largest destination for Swiss silver bullion, accounting for ~30% of the total; up fr...

Emerging Companies (XEC) index rises on Tuesday, up over 1.2% ASX 200 same, but a wee bit more Lode Resources rises sharply on more than just a sliver of silver   Everything’s higher on Tuesday. Not by a heap, but enough to cancel the co...

Newmont’s Tom Palmer says gold may have found new floor of ~US$1600/oz in the wake of inflation With small gold miners are struggling with rising supply chain and labour costs, Palmer says consolidation in the sector makes sense Drilling r...

Benchmark lifts on uranium, energy gains Small caps on energy and materials Newcomer Southern Palladium nails debut. Nails. It.   The benchmark is higher and the small cap index is a bit higher, but the real action on a lazy winter Wednes...

Tech stocks lead losses Culpeo Minerals in huge copper strike  Small cap index ends more than 1% lower   Down from the first bell, all the constituents on the ASX Emerging Companies (XEC) Index would probably like to have been Culpeo Min...

Culpeo Minerals up +90% after hitting 173m grading 1.05% copper Encounter Resources is on Garimpeiro’s list of ‘junior copper stocks to watch’ Drilling updates from First AU’s Dogwood porphyry copper project are pending Here are the bigge...

1 gram of gold can be recovered from about 41 recycled mobile phones Mint Innovation can recover $US12,000 worth of gold from one tonne of old circuit boards Gold trades sideways at ~$US1,850/oz Our Gold Digger column wraps all the news d...

Arafura signs non-binding agreement to supply neodymium and praseodymium to car maker Hyundai Ambitious junior FIN wants to build a ‘zero carbon’ multi-commodity operation at the 905sqkm ‘Sol Mar’ project Up on no news: Lode Resources, Fir...

US gold price down more than 10% or $200 from its peak But Aussie gold miners faring better due to weak AUD-USD exchange rate This week’s ASX standouts: Twenty Seven Co, OzAurum Resources Our Gold Digger column wraps all the news driving...

First Au has engaged Deepcore Drilling to complete a 14-hole diamond drill program over about 2000m at the Dogwood porphyry copper-molybdenum-gold project in Victoria. The drill rig arrived on site late last week and drilling began over the...

First Au (FAU) begins drilling at the Dogwood porphyry copper-molybdenum-gold project in Victoria Deepcore drilling has been engaged to drill 14 diamond holes with the to test for a ‘structurally modified’ mineralised system Historical dr...

The S&P/ASX 200 reclaimed more than 1% in Thursday trade after copping a straight hat-trick of losses. The major energy names and big Papa miners like Rio, Fortescue and BHP climbing strongly after falling even more strongly these last...

It’s been a topsy turvy week, as local markets followed the lead of US stocks which in turn got rattled by the latest round of policy-tightening machinations by the US Federal Reserve. But after three straight losing sessions, the good vibe...

In March, we saw punter sentiment bounce back in a big way, with 16 resources stocks making gains of 100% and above. That’s the best return since September last year, when investor excitement over mushrooming commodity prices – particularly...

March 2022 started off with the jitters. For the composite microcap ASX Emerging Companies index, February’s 1.9% dip followed on from a 7.7% slump in January. The first US rate hike since 2018 was on the cards. And if that wasn’t enough, V...

First Au (FAU) receives the remaining results from the recently completed drilling program at the Snowstorm project in East Gippsland, Victoria A total of 14 holes were drilled under the phase two program which focused on extending a miner...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10, published at 10.30am each trading day, highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX stocks in morning trade using live data. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest movers...

ASX 200 has touched a new high-water mark for 2022 Aussie Government sets aside $1.2 billion for Phase One of the national space mission Major movers today: Culpeo Minerals, Tesoro Resources, Latin Resources   The ASX 200 has touched a ne...

Gold price to hit $US2,200 as stagflation fears take hold U.S. and allies officially prohibit all transactions with Russia involving gold, one of its financial lifelines. Will it work? Gold price rebounds over past week to $US1,960/oz Our...

First Au (FAU) will need another shareholder vote for the proposed Talga project joint venture and farm-in agreement with Octava Minerals Shareholders have previously voted in favour of Octava of earning up to 80 per cent interest in Talga...

War gossip/news remains the main driver of gold prices. The precious metal is having one of those volatile weeks where unless they timed their entry and exit perfectly, investors probably had a tough time whether long or short, says OANDA s...

A good week for gold, which is up 1.04% to ~$US1,940/oz at time of writing. History shows us war doesn’t usually trigger an extended rally, but news flow – or lack thereof – coming out of Ukraine continues to be the biggest influence on the...

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 S&P/ASX200 is lower in late trade on Tuesday, dropping around 30 points or 0.4%, after iron ore futures plunged in Singapore. The SGX March booking shed a full 10% after lunch (Singapore time) on reports Beijing has just had it with...

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...

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...

Eleven holes of the fourteen-hole program have been successfully drilled at First Au’s (FAU) Snowstorm gold project in East Gippsland, Victoria The company said drilling results from the first three drill holes are “highly encouraging” dem...

First Au (FAU) is set to acquire up to 100 per cent of the Mt Turner project which in Queensland The company entered a binding term sheet with Essex Minerals which allows it to earn an initial 51 per cent interest in the project through a...

It was a lacklustre session for local stocks in Tuesday trade, as the ASX 200 limped into the close with a fall of 0.77% while the microcap Emerging Companies index traded flat. In an environment of rising bond yields, the broader tone is s...

Local stocks made a cautious start to the week, following a fairly volatile trading period last week as jitters stemming from rising bond yields dimmed risk sentiment on global markets. The ASX 200 opened in the red before clawing back some...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10, published at 10.30am 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...

The ASX is down -0.3% today with the information technology sector taking the cake for the biggest dip at ~3%, followed by the healthcare sector at more than 1.5%. The ASX Emerging Companies Index (XEC) has flatlined. For the second day in...

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....

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...