Articles On Inca Minerals (ASX:ICG)

Inca Minerals (ICG) has been awarded an exploration licence in the Northern Territory, extending its Mount Lamb target at the Frewena Group project The Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade named Inca the successful applicant for the l...

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...

The ASX closed just 0.11% higher today but there were no shortage of small cap winners, led by Antiviral biotechnology stock Biotron (ASX:BIT). It announced that its lead drug candidate — BIT225 — had been shown to be effective against COVI...

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...

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...

The ASX started the week on a downward note with tech leading the laggards despite one of Australia’s major unicorns joining the bourse and gaining over 30%. SiteMinder (ASX:SDR), a hotel commerce platform, listed on the ASX at $5.06 per sh...

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...

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...

It was a fairly turbulent night on global markets, but the ASX 200 put in a fairly solid day of trade on Thursday to snap a two-day losing streak. Risk-on sentiment held sway as the microcap Emerging Companies index rose more than 1%, while...

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...

On a day Facebook was out for 6 hours, the tech sector – in Australia and abroad – was sold off and that was enough to send the ASX into negative territory. The ASX 200 closed 0.41% down at 7,248 points and tech was easily the worst sector,...

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...

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...

Strategic Energy has kicked off the maiden drill program to assess the iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) potential of its East Tennant project in the Northern Territory. The company is drilling two inclined diamond drill holes at the Cottage Co...

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...

Highlights Australian benchmark index, the ASX 200, declined 0.64% by lunch. The market witnessed broad-based sell-off as nine of 11 sectors trade in red. Technology firm Appen and infant formula company A2 Milk topped the losers list...

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...

The Northern Territory Government is expanding new exploration opportunities 18 projects from 15 companies awarded grants under the latest Geophysics and Drilling Collaboration program. A record $1.7 million in grants for the 18 projects ha...

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...

The ASX 200 fought hard to remain above water in the final session, after lifting by 0.30% at the halfway point. The index finally closed the day 0.23% higher. Seven of 11 sectors fell, with Energy and Utilities the two top under performers...

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...

In FY21 the ASX 200 returned over 20 per cent but the 100 best performing ASX stocks all gained over 390 per cent and made an average gain of 821 per cent. Stockhead has compiled a list (see below) of the 100 best performing ASX stocks base...

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...

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...

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

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...

It is not often the activity of criminals provides an investment idea, but when they start stealing copper wire from power stations, or from building sites, then you know it’s time to brush up on copper miners. Kingston in South Australia,...

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...

Summary Thomson Resource Limited has entered into a binding term sheet to acquire Silver Spur Mining Lease ML 5932 from Cubane Partners Pty Ltd. The acquisition would give full control of the Queensland-located Texas Silver base metal...

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....

“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...

Source: hankimage9, Shutterstock Summary Talisman Mining’s share price is trading 25% up at A$0.125 today, continuing its rally from Thursday’s 4.7% increase. Silver City Minerals is trading at A$0.041, up by 17.1%. Queensland Pacifi...

Source: PopTika, Shutterstock The Australian stock market seems to be taking no cues from the Wall Street performance yesterday. After the positive session in the US stock market on 15 April, the Australian stock market traded in red today...

Uranium turned copper-gold explorer Zeus Resources is Friday’s market leader Gold explorer Twenty Seven gains on gold in soil anomalies at Yarbu project Queensland Pacific Metals is successful in producing battery-grade nickel sulphate  ...

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...

The gold price may have languished slightly in 2021, but the number of gold IPOs certainly has not. Here’s what the newest ASX gold explorers are doing, where they are doing it, and why investors should care.   KINCORA COPPER (ASX:KCC) The...

The Inca Minerals Ltd (ASX: ICG) share price has risen 8% today and is up 430% this year after the company released its sixth mineral and drilling update this month. Inca’s gains today are based on a new report showing that the potential w...