Articles On S2 Resources (ASX:S2R)

The benchmark grumbles to a slovenly 0.7% slide Aussie bond yields have risen 13 basis points as recession chatter continues Domino’s sinks after getting laughed out of Italy The ASX has been consistently indolent, even – dare we say it –...

Emerging semi-solid battery technology uses a lot more lithium; battery metal shortfall may hamper rollout Are weakening cobalt prices about to get a boost? ASX lithium stocks bouncing back as more evidence emerges of long term supply shor...

EVN’s Jake Klein predicts US$2-US$3,000/oz gold price for this time next year Is a wave of merger and acquisition activity coming in the ASX gold space? Bounce back in vehicle production to boost PGM demand Gold price hits a four-week high...

Gold price hits three-week high post-FOMC rates decision ASX Quarterly Gold Wrap: producers hit a low bar, investors are pleased Gold demand falls in H1 as cost-of-living pressures bite, WGC says Our Gold Digger column wraps all the news...

Gold is down 5% for July and on a broader downward trajectory, Metals Focus says Aeris Resources’ Golden Plateau deposit could extend the mine life at Cracow Golden State Mining has kicked off drilling at the Yule project in WA   Our Gold...

The US Department of Energy’s loan programs office is open to Aussie producers Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm wants to reduce reliance on China’s battery metals Rimfire Pacific Mining gains full control of the Broken Hill Cobalt Projec...

The US dollar looks set to reach 20-year highs, impacting gold’s safe haven status JP Morgan employees on trial in Chicago after ‘spoofing trades’ accusations PGM supply through the recycling of auto catalysts has taken a hit ‘cos Covid O...

Effective battery recycling will be crucial to meeting future metals demand ASX battery recycling stocks include Neometals, Hannans, and Lithium Australia Weekly small cap standouts: Panther Metals, Odessa, Flynn Gold Our High Voltage col...

Battery producers look to increase energy density and drive down raw material costs CATL’s Qilin battery is 13% more powerful than the one planned by Tesla Stellantis adds 5 years to lithium offtake agreement with Vulcan Energy   Our High...

Swiss data shows the highest total January to May bullion shipments since 2018 On a year-to-date basis US gold imports surged by 170% to 103t US also the largest destination for Swiss silver bullion, accounting for ~30% of the total; up fr...

Aussie-listed lithium pure plays Pilbara Minerals (ASX:PLS) and Allkem (ASX:AKE) are down 40% and 10%, respectively, year-to-date Both are pulling in record revenues Meanwhile, lithium contract prices are still rising Our High Voltage col...

Group 6 Metals chief executive officer Keith McKnight and S2 Resources executive chairman Mark Bennett will headline the Sydney Mining Club’s next Leading Edge presentation. McKnight will talk about Group 6 Metals’ plans to build a mine on...

Newmont’s Tom Palmer says gold may have found new floor of ~US$1600/oz in the wake of inflation With small gold miners are struggling with rising supply chain and labour costs, Palmer says consolidation in the sector makes sense Drilling r...

Benchmark gives four reasons why Goldman Sachs is wrong on lithium oversupply claims Chinese lithium — Goldman’s most significant source of new supply — is low quality and expensive Lithium contract pricing continues to rise Our High Volt...

ASX lithium stocks suffered selldown after major investment bank Goldman Sachs called top of battery metals boom Cowen disagrees, models 19% deficit to demand from 2023-2030 Stock prices don’t reflect current high lithium prices: Jefferie...

Sans coal and oil, battery metals are blowing the rest of the commodities complex away in 2022 Lithium carbonate and hydroxide are up 85% and 127% respectively A breakdown of 2022’s five most popular ASX battery metals stocks Our High Vol...

1 gram of gold can be recovered from about 41 recycled mobile phones Mint Innovation can recover $US12,000 worth of gold from one tonne of old circuit boards Gold trades sideways at ~$US1,850/oz Our Gold Digger column wraps all the news d...

Cobalt deficit starts to widen from 2024, with no end in sight Labor’s election victory good for “battery material stocks, hydrogen, or new technology”: Far East Capital Booming EV sales will still fall well short of 2050 targets, IEA says...

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...

High prices for raw materials like lithium and nickel add ~$US12,600 to cost of Silverado EV Carmakers, battery makers increasingly investing in cheaper, better solid-state tech This week’s biggest ASX movers: Galileo, Conico, Greenstone...

US gold price down more than 10% or $200 from its peak But Aussie gold miners faring better due to weak AUD-USD exchange rate This week’s ASX standouts: Twenty Seven Co, OzAurum Resources Our Gold Digger column wraps all the news driving...

To find 10-bagger stocks investors often go “where the industry is less comfortable”: Rick Rule But risks abound. Lithium favourite AVZ is the latest ASX stock to potentially come unstuck in a Third World jurisdiction Global energy transit...

Statevolt plans battery metals plant in US, signs lithium supply deal with Controlled Thermal Resources WA’s Curtin University gets $50m Trailblazer funding for resources technology and critical minerals hub Weekly ASX battery metal st...

Are high fuel prices accelerating the EV transition? Macquarie says ‘valuation upside remains for all covered ASX lithium and rare earths stocks’ Biggest ASX movers this week: Krakatoa Resources, Ragnar Metals, GME Resources, Jindalee Reso...

Canada is slated to invest $2b in nickel, lithium, cobalt, and magnesium Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is due to release its budget on Thursday Weekly ASX battery metal standouts include Golden Deeps, Latin Resources and R...

Gold price to hit $US2,200 as stagflation fears take hold U.S. and allies officially prohibit all transactions with Russia involving gold, one of its financial lifelines. Will it work? Gold price rebounds over past week to $US1,960/oz Our...

Anecdotal evidence suggests EVs more popular as fuel prices soar Weekly ASX battery metal standouts include St George, Riversgold, Ragusa and Moho  Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, co...

War gossip/news remains the main driver of gold prices. The precious metal is having one of those volatile weeks where unless they timed their entry and exit perfectly, investors probably had a tough time whether long or short, says OANDA s...

Nickel makes up less than 1% of Australia’s dominant mining export earnings, and at a global market size of ~2.5Mt is more a curiosity to the average punter than a household name. But it has taken centre stage in recent days, becoming the m...

London Metals Exchange stops nickel trading after price hits $US100,000/t Weekly ASX battery metal standouts include Metals Australia, Cobalt Blue and Impact Minerals  Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exp...

A good week for gold, which is up 1.04% to ~$US1,940/oz at time of writing. History shows us war doesn’t usually trigger an extended rally, but news flow – or lack thereof – coming out of Ukraine continues to be the biggest influence on the...

S2 Resources (S2R) intersects dispersed sulphides at its West Murchison Project in Western Australia Seven reverse circulation holes were drilled at the Woodarung target with the northernmost hole intersecting sulphides from 61 to 64 metre...

Ukraine war could push already high nickel, lithium prices higher Australian producers positioned to benefit: Far East Capital’s Warwick Grigor Weekly Winners: Lodestar Minerals, Metals Australia, Lynas Rare Earths Our High Voltage column...

Shree Minerals’ most advanced project is the small ‘Nelson Bay’ iron ore asset in Tassie Star Minerals sets ambitious goal of starting gold mining within 12 months of completing IPO Mayur Resources is building a couple of iron and industri...

Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, rare earths, manganese, magnesium, and vanadium.   After a huge collective performance in 2021, the froth has been blown off l...

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...

Like Steven Bradbury on the final turn or Randy Orton pulling off an RKO, S2 Resources (ASX:S2R) came from out of nowhere to score the exploration coup the year in 2021. Amid the crowd of companies eagerly awaiting the announcement of the w...

Prices for rare earths neodymium and praseodymium have exploded to record highs Chinese rare earth company swoops on Aussie junior Peak Rare Earths (ASX:PEK) Desperate battery makers continue buying lithium at any price Our High Voltage c...

Cobalt prices hit US$70,000/t in December; a 119% increase over 12 months ‘While Gigafactories pop up at record speeds, developing industrial-scale [cobalt] mines still takes 10-15 years’: Eurasian Resources Group Lithium producers are rak...

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...

Alara Resources now up almost 90% over the past five days, and 170% year-to-date Intra Energy Corp acquires nickel-copper-PGE project Drilling to kick off soon at Gold 50’s flagship ‘Golconda’ porphyry project in Arizona Here are the bigg...

Tesla rakes in biggest quarterly profit ever as EV sales explode. Elon Musk says iron, not nickel-rich chemistries will power “Terrawatt-hour” energy storage business. GWR Group trades iron ore for magnesium in green push. Our High Volta...

MoneyTalks is Stockhead’s regular drill down into what stocks investors are looking at right now. We’ll tap our extensive list of experts to hear what’s hot, their top picks, and what they’re looking out for. Today we hear from Canary Capit...

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...

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...

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...