Articles On Krakatoa Resources (ASX:KTA)

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...

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...

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...

“This is a major achievement for the company. It took close to 10 months to get the VTEMTM Max system to the project and the wait has been well worth it. We now have world-class late time conductive targets at key structural intersection, c...

Krakatoa Resources (KTA) identifies multiple conductors at its Mt Clere project in WA Following a 1996-line kilometre heliborne VTEM Max survey over parts of the project, multiple extensive highly conductive targets were located Of 52 targ...

The company has also put forward additional land applications surrounding the Rand project.

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...

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....

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...

Looking ahead, Krakatoa plans to unveil results from the aircore drilling and VTEM survey in the first quarter of 2022 — results that will underpin ground exploration in the new year.

Rare earth oxides (REO) hosted within ionic clay confirmed at the Rand Project in the Riverina region of New South Wales.

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...

Krakatoa Resources (KTA) discovers ionic rare earth elements (REE) at the Rand Project in New South Wales In early 2021, the company drilled 43 aircore holes at the Rand Bullseye Magnetic targets to test multiple features and chargeability...

“This is the first discovery of clay-hosted REE within this area of NSW. The company has significantly expanded its landholding over the already large area via applications of additional tenure with similar geophysical signatures and underl...

Emmerson pulls up “stunning” 117m at 3.38% copper from 75m at the ‘Hermitage Project’ KGL announces record assay of 61.4% copper at the ‘Rockface’ target Krakatoa unearths ionic type rare earths at the ‘Rand’ gold project in NSW Here are...

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...

World stock markets continue to rebound strongly US and European stocks markets surged overnight as investors gained confidence that Omicron would not derail the global economy. All three major US equity benchmarks lifted – the S&P 500...

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...

Krakatoa Resources (KTA) begins a 3000-metre aircore drilling program at its Mt Clere Project in Western Australia Drilling will test for potential ionic absorption clay-hosted rare earth element mineralisation and heavy mineral sands Kr...

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...

Krakatoa Resources (KTA) completes diamond drilling at the Sugarloaf copper-gold target within its Belgravia Project in New South Wales Drilling began in September with an initial two holes through the centre of a coincident magnetic high...

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...

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...

The ASX failed to replicate yesterday’s positive start to the week, falling over 1% today. The ASX 200 closed 1.47% down at 7,726 points while the ASX Emerging Companies Index fell 0.73% closing at 2,537 points. The worst sectors were healt...

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...

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...

It was a positive start to the week for the Australian bourse. The ASX 200 rose 0.22% to 7,505 while the ASX Emerging Companies Index gained nearly 2% and closed at 2,331 – a two week high following a 6% drop in the week before last. The ga...

ShareCafeHidden Gems Webinar Recap – G88, M2R, EEG & KTA Catch up on the full webinar with presentations from Golden Mile Resources (ASX: G88), Miramar Resources (ASX: M2R), Empire Energy (ASX: EEG) & Krakatoa Resources (ASX: KTA)...

ShareCafeA focus on rare earths Colin Locke – Executive Chairman – Krakatoa Resources Limited is committed to the acquisition and value addition of mineral and energy projects with a focus on high value metals. A focus on rare earthsComp...

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...

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...

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...

According to the company, the drilling along with an expansion of a soil survey will assist with deeper porphyry vectoring at the project in the Lachlan Fold Belt of NSW.

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...

As good timing goes, Emerald Resources’ (ASX:EMR) is exquisite with gold prices remaining close to the US$1,900 ($2,448.8) per ounce mark as it starts first ore feed and wet commissioning of its Okvau gold processing plant in Cambodia. The...