Articles On Santana Minerals (ASX:SMI)

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...

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...

What happened to the most talked about metals and minerals in October? Investor sentiment for commodities went ballistic, almost across the board. Copper was back in vogue, rising above US$10,000/t for the first time since May. The close of...

Santana Minerals (SMI) obtains firm commitments to raise $4 million through the issuance of around 18.6 million fully paid ordinary shares at 21.5 cents per share The funds will be used to advance the Bendigo-Ophir gold project in New Zeal...

Local stocks posted a solid session on Wednesday ahead of this week’s main event on global markets later tonight — the US Fed’s latest policy decision. After plenty of forward guidance, the Fed is expected to formally announce the taper of...

After a positive Monday to Thursday, the ASX wiped out gains made across the week, losing more than 1% today The ASX followed a plunge on Wall Street with the ASX 200 closing at 7,324, which was 1.44% lower than yesterday’s close. While Wal...

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...

Santana Minerals (SMI) enters a trading halt to plan and execute a capital raise The company has also released its September quarterly recap which highlights the progress of its Bendigo-Ophir project in New Zealand SMI has laid out plans...

Local stocks lost ground on Thursday, with minor falls at the big end of town and a slightly steeper drop of ~0.8% for the microcap Emerging Markets Index. The ASX opened with a weak lead from Wall Street, after a fortnight of steady gains...

Trading Places is Stockhead’s recap of the buys and sells of ASX small cap shares by fund managers and other famous investors over the last fortnight. Specifically, Stockhead tracks substantial shareholder movements, being shareholders hold...

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...

Minerals260 (ASX:MI6), a spinoff from Liontown Resources (ASX:LTR), enjoyed a positive debut despite the ASX finishing down again. The ASX 200 retreated 0.26% to close at 7,821 points with all sectors in the red except consumer staples and...

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...

Those stocks exposed to the mushrooming clean energy thematic likely did very well in September 2021, but there were two massive standouts: lithium and uranium. It was a wild month for Chinese lithium carbonate prices, which surged to anoth...

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...

The Santana Minerals Ltd (ASX: SMI) share price ended the day at a 4 month high following strong drilling results. At Thursday’s closing bell, Santana finished up 40.91% to 15.5 cents apiece. In comparison, the All Ordinaries Index (ASX: X...

The ASX 200 closed 1% higher at 7,370 points, a level that saw it nearly recoup losses made earlier this week. The ASX Emerging Companies Index rose 1.64% to close at 2,554 points. All sectors were in the green with the biggest winners bein...

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...

Trading Places is Stockhead’s recap of the buys and sells of ASX small cap shares by fund managers and other famous investors over the last fortnight. Specifically, Stockhead tracks substantial shareholder movements, being shareholders hold...

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...

Local stocks tracked higher on Friday in a relatively calm session to end the week. The ASX200 traded flat, edging higher by 0.36% into the close. Those gains were comfortably outpaced by the small end of town, as the microcap Emerging Comp...

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...

What happened to the most talked about commodities in July? Gold bounced back from recent lows to record a solid 2.54% gain (that’s +4.12% in Aussie dollar terms). The base metals suite – aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, tin and zinc – all...

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...

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 200 index closed near its lows Thursday, falling by 0.39% on lower-than-normal volume. Nine out of 11 sectors were lower, led by Health Care, which lost 1.44%. The Materials sector – which includes chemicals and plastics, constructi...

Each week, Stockhead recaps ASX stocks that are “running hot” as deduced by the Relative Strength Index (RSI). The RSI is a technical gauge which measures how trading momentum is affecting the price action. A reading of 70 is seen as the le...

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...

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...

Each week, Stockhead recaps ASX stocks that are “running hot” as deduced by the Relative Strength Index (RSI). The RSI is a technical gauge which measures how trading momentum is affecting the price action. A reading of 70 is seen as the le...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

“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...

Wall Street extends record high The S&P 500 and Dow Jones both hit fresh new highs on Friday, extending their climb this year. S&P500 rose by 0.77%, the Dow Jones climbed by 0.89%, while the tech heavy NASDAQ also finished higher by...

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...