Articles On First Au (ASX:FAU)

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...

8 AU (8AU) lodges its prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) to raise up to $12 million under its initial public offering (IPO) Between 40 million and 60 million shares will be on offer, priced at 20 ce...

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...

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...

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...

Gold and base metals explorer First Au (FAU) successfully raises $1.84 million via a share placement The funds were reaised via the issue of more than 153 million fully-paid ordinary shares to sophisticated and professional investors at 1....

The ASX 200 was unable to break free from its recent shackles, edging lower by 0.11% in the Wednesday session. But as a measure of a little more risk-on sentiment creeping back into markets, the microcap Emerging Markets index comfortably o...

Minerals260 (ASX:MI6), a spinoff from Liontown Resources (ASX:LTR), enjoyed a positive debut despite the ASX finishing down again. The ASX 200 retreated 0.26% to close at 7,821 points with all sectors in the red except consumer staples and...

The ASX retreated again as angst over inflation and the withdrawal of stimulus continued to weigh on global markets. The ASX 200 closed at 7,300 – 0.28% lower than Friday’s close. Tech was the biggest laggard, losing nearly 3% but energy an...

First Au (FAU) begins the week in a trading halt while it plans the details of an upcoming capital raising The company will remain in the halt until October 13 or when more details are released, whichever occurs first On September 22, Fi...

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...

ShareCafeFirst AU Limited (ASX: FAU) – Webinar Presentation Ryan Skeen – CEO – First AU is an Australian focused exploration company with exciting gold and base metal projects in Victoria and Western Australia. First AU Limited (ASX: FAU)...

ShareCafeWebinar Recap – FAU, AU1, NGS & Z2U Catch up on the full webinar with presentations from First AU Limited (ASX: FAU), The Agency Group (ASX: AU1), Nutritional Growth Solutions (ASX: NGS) & Zoom2U Technologies Limited (ASX...

The ASX limped into the close on Friday, in a fairly tame finish to a roller-coaster week. Evergrande contagion fears and jitters ahead of the US Fed meeting sparked a sharp selloff on Monday. But a week (or three days) is a long time in ma...

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...

The ASX was set for another negative day if futures and Wall Street’s drop were any guide — but even with a bad start, Australia’s bourse finished in the green. The ASX 200 fell as much as 0.50% in the first few minutes of trade but closed...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Australian share market has followed Wall Street’s lead, closing 0.85% lower in today’s trading. All sectors were down except for Health Care, with the worst performers being Energy and Mining, both falling by more than 2%. In big cap n...

Closing Bell is Stockhead’s daily recap of the ASX’s biggest winners and losers. Data is taken at the market close – at 4.10pm AEDT. Stocks highlighted in yellow rose (or fell) after making announcements during intraday trade. WINNERS Scrol...

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...

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...

Closing Bell is Stockhead’s daily recap of the ASX’s biggest winners and losers. Data is taken at the market close – at 4.10pm AEDT. Stocks highlighted in yellow rose (or fell) after making announcements during intraday trade.   WINNERS Scr...

Each week, Stockhead recaps ASX stocks that are “running hot” as deduced by the Relative Strength Index (RSI). The RSI is a technical gauge which measures how trading momentum is affecting the price action. A reading of 70 is seen as the le...

The new inferred resource totals 1.166 million tonnes at 3.2 g/t gold for 120,000 ounces at a 1 g/t cut-off with mineralisation remaining open at depth.

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...

The company is encouraged by the drilling results, which added significantly to its understanding of the project’s geological setting and characteristics.

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...

Over the past two months the gold price has turned a corner, up ~12.7% to a high of $US1898/oz. That’s a four month high, erasing almost all of 2021’s losses. The share prices of local gold stocks have responded in kind. Over the past month...

Are large Bitcoin investors moving back into precious metals? In a note to clients, JPMorgan said large institutional investors are dumping bitcoin in favour of gold, reversing a trend that’s played out over the last two quarters. “The bitc...

The recovery in the gold price from its early March lows — ~$1,670s to over $1,825 currently — was mostly driven by the decline in real interest rates and, more recently a poor US jobs report and increasing inflation. US core inflation in A...

Closing Bell is Stockhead’s daily recap of the ASX’s biggest winners and losers. Data is taken at the market close – at 4.10pm AEDT. Stocks highlighted in yellow rose (or fell) after making announcements during intraday trade. WINNERS Scrol...

The capital raisings boom on the ASX is continuing in 2021 with nearly $10 billion raised in the first four months of the year. Across 325 deals, ASX companies have raised $9.878 billion in capital amidst IPOs, placements and rights issues....

Funds management administration company Mainstream Group (ASX:MAI) topped the Running Hot list with a 14-day RSI of 92 this week. Each week, Stockhead recaps ASX stocks that are “running hot” as deduced by the Relative Strength Index (RSI)....

“When you stop growing you start dying,” is a saying the ASX’s largest gold miners have apparently taken to heart. While hopefully remaining cognisant of the expensive, value-destroying deals which occurred when gold last peaked in the 2010...

The gold price traditionally thrives on geopolitical drama. Heightened tensions in eastern Ukraine, the recent incident at an Iranian nuclear site, and news of an unofficial US delegation visiting Taiwan are recent reminders that 2021 will...

Gold continues to trend upwards on the back of US dollar’s ongoing weakness and concerns about inflation, so it’s unsurprising that the majority of gold plays on our watchlist have marked gains this week. The previous metal is currently tra...

Closing Bell is Stockhead’s daily recap of the ASX’s biggest movers – the winners and losers alike. Data is taken at the market close – at 4.10pm AEDT. Stocks highlighted in yellow rose (or fell) after making announcements during intraday t...

Gold plays are eyeing the climb in gold prices to a near two-week high of $US1,745 ($2,276) an ounce thanks to a weaker US dollar, falling bond yields and a rally in crude oil prices that fuelled precious metal bulls. Despite the slowly imp...