Articles On Metal Bank (ASX:MBK)

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...

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...

Local markets had a breather in the form of a mid-week public holiday, but things weren’t much better once trading recommenced on Thursday. After initially jumping by more than 1%, the ASX microcap Emerging Companies index reversed course w...

Well, that was brutal. After two days of steady falls, local markets executed a proper face-plant on Tuesday as the microcap Emerging Markets index slumped by 5.14%. For some recent history, you’d have to go back to the heady days of March...

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...

Metal Bank (MBK) has released the maiden Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) for its Kingsley deposit within its Livingstone gold project near Meekatharra, WA The maiden MRE for the newly-acquired deposit consists of 30,500 ounces of gold at 1...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 past fortnight saw ~$62.79m in big director sales and a more modest ~$20.5m in buys but the biggest buy of the week came from a relatively new gold producer. Emerald Resources (ASX:EMR) director Ross Stanley bought just over $1 million...

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...

Metal Bank (MBK) has successfully acquired a subsidiary and a 75 per cent share of the Livingstone Gold Project from Kingston Resources (KSN) MBK has completed the acquisition of Kingston’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Westernx who owns the 75...

The ASX lister will hand over its 75% interest in the WA gold camp for upfront consideration of $2.5 million in cash and $1 million worth of Metal Bank shares.

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 ASX had another day of solid gains, hitting a three week high with tech and resources leading the charge. The ASX 200 rose 1.25%, closing at 7,405 and while all sectors were in the green, resources and tech both were the best – gaining...

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...

After trading down for most of the day, the ASX ultimately closed higher despite a big sell off in tech. The ASX 200 closed at 7,245 points which was 0.05% higher than Friday. Tech retreated 2.2% over inflation fears but gains of over 1.9%...

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...

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...

It’s been a busy three weeks for Kingston Resources (ASX: KSN), selling a Western Australian gold project and now acquiring a producing operation in New South Wales. The company is buying the central NSW Mineral Hill mine for $22.7 million...

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 ASX rose 0.48% today to reach its highest point in the week. While energy lost 2% most other sectors were in the green with tech and financials gaining over 1%. Today’s gains came despite the Federal Reserve unveiling a tapering of stim...

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...

Kingstone Resources is divesting its 75% interest in the Livingstone Gold Project in Western Australia, following a share purchase agreement with Metal Bank Ltd.

The ASX is off to a positive start this week, putting its total gains over the past three weeks up to about 3.6%. The ASX 200 closed 0.34% higher – at 7,441 points. Spurring today’s gains was energy with a 2.64% gain while resources and uti...

The transaction represents an opportunity for Kingston shareholders to realise significant value for the exploration work completed at Livingstone to date while retaining exposure to its future exploration upside as Metal Bank seeks to expa...

Australian explorer Kingston Resources (ASX: KSN) has agreed to sell its 75% interest in the Livingstone gold project in Western Australia to Metal Bank (ASX: MBK) for a total consideration of up to $10 million. The transaction will see Kin...

Today, Melbourne exited their 6th (and hopefully final) lockdown and international flights from Sydney were pencilled in. The ASX fluctuated between red and green before closing a tenth of a point higher at 7,416 points. It is up 0.73% this...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

Here’s a trivia question for you, one trying not be sexist in the asking: Name the Aussie mining industry female who has created more value for shareholders than any other female? If you answered Gina Rinehart, there is no coloured piece of...

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...

Former Citadel Resources Group boss and current Metal Bank chair Ines Scotland said most young people saw miners as "people in boots, wearing ...

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...