Articles On Lion Selection Group (ASX:LSX)

Financing inflows for Aussie explorers fell 55% to $1.35 billion against a tough economic backdrop last quarter BDO’s Sherif Andrawes does not think an iron ore downturn like crash is coming He says demand for critical ‘energy transition’...

Junior exploration companies in Australia are facing an uphill battle to find the next wave of discoveries that will become mines to meet surging global demand for a plethora of commodities. There is a shortfall of battery metals and critic...

With gold nearing all-time highs in recent months, thoughts turn to the future as investors think about where the right balance of risk and reward might lie. The 2023 Investing in Gold Summit may provide some insights. Gold prices have rall...

Hedley Widdup’s mining clock has ticked past midnight, suggesting we’ve seen the top of the cycle Of 664 mining microcaps tracked by Widdup’s Lion Selection Group just 13% are in positive territory since April 19 last year But there are op...

Investors looking for high-growth resource stocks have one last chance to register for this month’s Resources Rising Stars Conference being held on May 16-17 on the Gold Coast. With this year’s event marking the Conference’s 20th anniversar...

ShareCafeUS stocks mixed as fresh job market supports Powell’s comments                    The Dow finished slightly lower Wednesday as the market fought to overcome Tuesday’s selloff, spurred by comments from Federal Reserve Chairman...

We asked Stockhead readers which commodities are exciting them the most in 2023 Copper, gold, uranium and lithium are on the radar of small cap mining fans Six experts give us their best commodity bets for 2023 … AND 24 STOCK PICKS 2022 i...

Specialised mining investment company Lion Selection Group (ASX:LSX) reports it will invest $1 million at $0.10 per share in Australian gold explorer Plutonic as part of a $1.5 million fund raising by Plutonic.  Lion’s investment in Plutoni...

Governments from around the world have come to Sydney’s IMARC event lobbying for investment from Australian miners Saudi Arabia eyes Aussie investors to back diversification from oil to critical minerals Hedley Widdup says Australia remain...

ShareCafeUS equity markets surge off lows despite higher than expected inflation data                    US equities finished higher in Thursday trading, near best levels after reversing a big decline from right after the open – this...

Bonanza gold grades can turn emerging miners into market darlings, but a few headline-grabbing high-grade intercepts don’t necessarily make a mine. Bonanza gold grades can turn emerging miners into market darlings, but a few headline-grabbi...

Mining experts say BHP’s shock $8.4 billion bid for OZ Minerals shows mining majors are on the hunt for assets in future facing commodities Analyst opinions on the value of the offer vary, with BHP and OZ still far away on price OZ shares...

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Hedley Widdup is veteran stock picker at Lion Selection Group (ASX:LSX), a specialist fund focused on the junior mining and exploration sector. He knows what a great gold company looks like. He also knows what a bad one looks like and, with...

Miners are well positioned to perform during market volatility  Inflation is a great risk but investors seek hard assets during times like these  Four ASX explorers provide their view on how market sentiment has changed over the years   ...

You know the market is picking up when a large number of small cap ASX-listed exploration and development companies commit to presenting at a top Australian conference. More than 40 high-growth resource companies have gathered at this years...

Mark Creasy has upped his stake in Galileo Mining after its big Callisto palladium discovery last week The billionaire prospector extraordinaire is credited with roles in the Jundee, Bronzewing and Nova discoveries in WA Creasy’s Yandal In...

Hedley Widdup’s ‘mining clock’ is stuck on 11pm as investments canters along Mining tenements and applications now cover 45% of WA’s land mass 105 mining IPOs hit the ASX last year, largest number of resources floats since 2007 The pace...

Investors will be given a smorgasbord of opportunities when more than 40 of Australia’s most successful, high-growth resources companies gather at the Resources Rising Stars Conference on the Gold Coast on June 7-8. In line with this year’s...

Great Boulder has recommenced reverse circulation that will initially target extensions of high-grade gold zones along the 6km long Mulga Bill – Loaded Dog corridor. The first round of drilling under the 5,000m drill program at the extensiv...

Investors have highlighted their support for Great Boulder’s push to carry out high-impact exploration at its Side Well gold project by backing a $7m placement. The company received cornerstone support from high-quality domestic and offshor...

Richard Laufmann, then the manager of Western Mining Corporation’s gold operations in Kambalda, remembers clearly a time in the late 1990s when members of the famous Australian mining company’s high-powered board descended on the rugged WA...

‘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...

Highlights The ASX 200 shot up 0.31% or 22.4 points to 7,250.2 in early trade. The energy sector was the top gainer, surging 1.22% as crude oil sharply recovered from lower levels. Wall Street recouped losses from previous session's s...

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...

The spot gold price dropped to US$1,733.86 an ounce yesterday – – that’s a drop of around $30 an ounce or 1.70% – after the US reported strong labor force figures. But the overall outlook for gold is still strong according to Minelife found...

Summary Yojee has announced that it had cleared the way to deliver its Platform into 18 countries in the APAC region. RDH’s share price gained 16.8% to AU$0.9 after the company entered into a term sheet with iCollege for its Off-Market...

Amid the broader post-COVID bull run across the commodities complex, base metal mainstays zinc and lead have diverged this year from the market leaders. At the macro level, the relative underperformance of zinc compared to other base metals...

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Diversified explorer Golden Deeps (ASX: GED) has appointed experienced geologist and mining stalwart Jon Dugdale to the role of chief executive officer, effective 1 June. Mr Dugdale brings to the company over 30 years of experience in the r...

As 2020 winds up, Stockhead has reached out to its pool of contributing experts for their view on what they hope 2021 will bring. Today’s question is: What stocks are likely to benefit from a COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 and why? See if you can...

Gold prices have galloped past the $US1,800 an ounce mark again after last week’s brief foray, with spot gold now joining the party. Spot prices for the precious metal are currently at $US1,810.10 an ounce, up from Tuesday’s close of $US1,7...

Australian gold players have been making their way across the Pacific Ocean to the Americas, picking up promising projects that are often more attractive than equivalent projects in Australia. Recent developments have challenged the broad a...

An extraordinary number of company-making, ‘frontier-type’ mineral discoveries have been made in Australia over the past six to eight months. These have been rerating events for companies, their shareholders, and even entire regions. In Sep...

2019 proved to be a pretty strong year for ASX debutantes, and many investors are keeping an eye out for new opportunities. Activity last year spanned a range of industries, although the resources sector was more muted — both in the number...

New project discoveries often come from nowhere to create a huge amount of value for explorers and their shareholders. Like explorer Sirius, which flew after making the Nova nickel discovery in WA’s Fraser Range in 2012. Within two months t...

Nickel has the reputation of being one of more volatile commodities to trade in and ample evidence can be seen in how quickly prices fell from the highs of over $US18,000 per tonne in early September to below $US14,000. The nickel price had...

Stockhead’s ‘Garimpeiro’ columnist Barry FitzGerald is back in the radio booth for another instalment of The Explorers Podcast. In this episode Barry talks with Hedley Widdup, investment manager at Lion Selection Group (ASX:LSX). Lion Selec...

WHILE the big gold stocks have come off the boil in the past two months, Lion Selection Group's Hedley Widdup still sees plenty of upside.

Legalisation of marijuana in North America has had a surprise but welcome effect on the other side of the world. Combined with the rise of cryptocurrencies and blockchain, massive growth in the cannabis industry has bolstered overseas minin...

Via private entity Gandel Metals Pty Ltd, mining entrepreneur Ian Gandel has lobbed a $21.43 million takeover bid for the remaining issued capital in gold explorer Alliance Resources (ASX: AGS). Currently Alliance’s largest shareholder and...

As gold continues trading at all-time highs, ASX-listed explorers and miners are using this opportune time to boost their coffers through various equity raisings – with numerous stocks announcing a raising this month alone. Many analysts an...

The medium-to-long term fundamentals for copper, nickel and a range of other battery-related metals are overwhelmingly positive. But talk to any listed small cap explorer and they’ll tell you how difficult it is to squeeze cash out of the m...

As merger and acquisition activity heats up in the gold space, Silver Lake Resources (ASX: SLR) is the latest gold miner to make a bid, revealing this morning it had made a $52 million takeover play for EganStreet Resources (ASX: EGA). Egan...

Silver could be the next metal to follow gold in its predicted bull run with some analysts believing it could even outperform gold in the near future. Silver is up nearly 3% for the week, jumping a further 1.24% overnight to its current pri...

For Australia’s mining industry, the macro conditions have been pretty strong in the first half of the year. Iron ore prices have pushed to new record highs, while gold cleared $2,000 an ounce for the first time ever. For the listed junior...