Articles On Taruga Minerals (ASX:TAR)

Our High Voltage column wraps the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, rare earths, manganese, magnesium, and vanadium.   Concerns from India’s President earlier this week about nations and mining majo...

ASX 200 closes about 0.5% higher after a half-decent lead in from Wall Street Material and Discretionary offset losses in Healthcare and IT  Small cap winners led by EML payments, GCX Metals   It was exciting stuff on Australian share ma...

New project provides “unmatched opportunity” into the West Musgrave region Previous exploration has identified large-scale nickel-copper-PGE drill targets Proximity to BHP’s Nebo-Babel mine development de-risks logistics   GCX Metals is e...

Our High Voltage column wraps the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, rare earths, manganese, magnesium, and vanadium. When you’re wielding a double-edged sword, you have to be careful that you don’t...

Similarities between the 1970s bull run, which saw gold soar 2,300%, and today “If the 1970s analogy holds, the next leg will be explosive”: Goehring and Rozencwajg This week’s top ASX precious metals stocks Our Gold Digger column wraps a...

Our High Voltage column wraps the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, rare earths, manganese, magnesium, and vanadium – and today, copper too.   With the recent addition of copper to the US Department...

China’s gold imports have risen a massive 16% in the first half of 2023 Spot prices are down following the US Fed hiking interest rates to 5.5% De Grey has gold options here, there and everywhere in the Pilbara Our Gold Digger column wrap...

Albemarle buys into James Bay with a $C109m investment into Patriot RKequity and BMI share their thoughts on Indonesia and nickel Windfall funding for Lynas in the US   Our High Voltage column wraps the news driving ASX stocks with exposu...

Gold surges to US$1960 on geopolitical risk, softer inflation figures Sold down ASX producers, project developers enjoy strong gains 5 +$1bn capped gold stock ink double digit gains, the rest not far behind Our Gold Digger column wraps al...

RIO boss Jakob Stausholm said in May that prices being paid for tier 1 lithium assets is now too high It has made a move into cheaper, more speculative pre-discovery assets via its mine-finder arm, Rio Tinto Exploration TSX and ASX explore...

The S&P ASX 200 closes 1.69% lower setting new 50-day low, with Emerging Companies index also falling Golden Deeps uncovers in-demand germanium and gallium at Nosib vanadium-copper-lead-silver discovery AdAlta announces new data pointi...

The All Ordinaries Gold Sub-Index (comprising 24 gold stocks)  is up 15.44% YTD, a massive 40.1% over the past 12 months, and 27% over the past 5 years Gold miners begin rolling out FY23 results Standout small caps of the week: Titan Miner...

The S&P ASX 200 was up 1.76% in June, with large caps performing the best and small caps lagging blue chips The S&P/ASX 200 Materials was the best performing sector in June, up 4.8% coming back from April drop An ASX favourite lith...

Gold dips its toe below $US1900/oz, but it was too cold so it pulled back up Ora Gold scores a strike at Garden Gully Northern Stawell upgrades its gold inventory 59% Tanami to prove up more resources at its namesake gold project in the NT...

Australia’s critical minerals plan released Benchmark says the world needs US$66b of nickel investment Advanced-stage nickel explorers are on the cusp of mine development   Our High Voltage column wraps the news driving ASX stocks with ex...

  De Grey gets bigger, and bigger, and even bigger ahead of its imminent DFS Catalyst Metals has some bonkers grades coming out of the Iris deposit at Four Eagles Cue: lots of gold. Musgrave’s Break of Day gold deposit returns “excellent”...

It’s a critical minerals fire sale for investment in the NT, and its government is on board Vanadium is hot. When wasn’t it though? It’s used in rockets And Nolans looks like it’s shaping up to become Australia’s next big REE producer,...

The USD’s status as the world’s reserve currency is under attack: Goehring & Rozencwajg This could be a rocket under the price of gold, most trusted store of value across the globe for over 3,000 years Weekly Small Cap Standouts: Iceni...

Perspectives on key demand drivers and their implications for PGM demand are diverging Biggest demand sector for PGMs is auto catalysts in car exhausts which are being phased out by EVs Producers relying on an emergent hydrogen economy to...

Lithium spot pricing reportedly plummeted in Q1 2023 And yet ASX lithium producers recorded small downturns, or even minor increases in prices Small Caps of the Week: Westar, Wildcat, WA1 Our High Voltage column wraps the news driving ASX...

The ASX continued its tragic decline, falling 1.05% over the course of a rubbish day InfoTech took trend-bucking to a whole new level, outperforming the market by 3.5% Something’s up at IncentiaPay, because it’s climbed 71.4% on absolutely...

Investment banks have turned bullish again on the lithium sector, making sold down stocks look attractive Canaccord’s best lithium stock IN THE WORLD (for upside) is Cleantech Lithium (AIM:CTL) ASX small caps of the week: Westar, Wildcat...

Gold sold off violently from highs in 2020 and 2022, but is holding its ground in 2023 “An important bullish signal for gold could be a weekly close above US$2035, the highest close in history”: FxPro Weekly ASX small cap standouts: Chesse...

Last week the company formerly known as Red Dirt changed its name to Delta Lithium DLI aiming to begin DSO mining operation by the end of 2023, is drilling 25,000m a month across two projects We sat down for a Q&A with veteran company...

ASX miners adding to hedge books at prices up to A$3200/oz – well above record highs Heavy hedging a vestige of times past due to losses suffered in the late 90s, early 2000s Regis Resources still has 145,000oz of legacy hedges at frighten...

Aussie Google searches for ‘how to buy and gold and silver’ at 12 year highs Reporting season: Wednesday small cap standouts: GBM Resources, Ora Banda Mining Our Gold Digger column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to pr...

Chile plans to nationalise its lithium industry, #2 biggest in the world Fastmarkets says immediate impact to global production should be muted, but “there may be some hesitation investing in Chile’s lithium space until further details hav...

Gold and silver edged higher Tuesday to US$1996/oz and US$25.15/oz Unhedged Gold Road Resources (ASX:GOR) sells 41,818oz in March quarter at a record average price of A$2,764 per ounce Small Cap Standouts: Metalstech, Los Cerros Our Gold...

US deficit blew out in the early 2000s, sparking a major bear market for the USD This was a catalyst for a major increase in price of gold, from US$250 in 2001 to a high of ~$2,000 a decade later: Jesse Felder Yesterday’s ASX News Highligh...

Gold, eyeing record highs (~US$2070/oz) just days ago, has been chopped down to ~US$2000/oz Gold’s path towards record territory is still there, it just might take a little while longer: OANDA’s Ed Moya Silver holds the psychologically sig...

Rejigged deal will see embattled St Barbara sell flagship Leonora gold assets to Genesis Minerals for ~$600m in cash, shares Deal “reflects the deterioration over recent months in both SBM’s financial and operational position”: Gavin Wendt...

Current Aussie gold price of $3013.26/oz means an extra $450 per oz of unhedged production for our local miners Gold miner quarterly reports due to trickle in from later this month Weekly Small Cap Standouts: TechGen Metals, Labyrinth Reso...

Despite a bullish backdrop – COVID, war, inflation shocks, bank failures – gold has traded in an oddly tight range Liberum says all these demand drivers are being ‘cancelled out’ by Fed-led inflation-targeting rate hikes Gold paying US$201...

China is reportedly considering banning exports of various rare-earth magnet production and process/refining tech In 2010 a diplomatic row with Japan saw Beijing throttle REE exports under the guise of protecting the environment; prices we...

Banking crisis sparks gold ETF inflows for the first time in 10 months Central Banks continue buying up gold at record levels Every larger gold stock on our list enjoyed gains this week led by double digit gains for the mid-tier and advanc...

Gold breaches US$2,000oz with ease on weak US economic data A weaker jobs report Friday could see record highs tested Wednesday small cap standouts: Investigator, Labyrinth, Rox Our Gold Digger column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks...

More and more automakers are making inroads into mining industry with Ford joining PT Vale Indonesia Liontown agrees terms with Olympio Metals to farm into Mulline and Mulwarrie lithium projects Nickel sulphide targets, and a 15km copper i...

Resources and Energy Quarterly (R&EQ) analysts reckon gold will tumble to US$1550/oz by 2028 Don’t fret: recent R&EQ gold predictions have been way off the mark Monday’s Precious Metals Stock of the Day: Battery Minerals (ASX:BAT)...

Gold ($US1981/oz), silver ($US23.91/oz) continue to trade just below recent highs All top 15 stocks by market capitalisation gained between 2- 20% this week, for an average of 8% ASX gold standouts this week: Regis Resources, Ramelius Reso...

FxPro predicts US$2600/oz gold price, sparked by changes in monetary policy 6 of the top 8 gold stocks by market cap have made double digit gains so far in 2023, led by Newcrest (ASX:NCM) with 29% Our Gold Digger column wraps all the news...

Ramelius Resources reigns supreme with top gold discoveries in the last five years Newcrest Mining is close on its heels, taking out 2nd place This amateur prospector just found a gold nugget worth $240K    Our Gold Digger column wraps a...

US and Japan strike a trade deal on electric vehicle battery minerals Ford plans to onshore US mining and processing capability inline with EV goals  Liontown Resources biggest mover this week following Albermarle takeover offer  Our High...

Al Jazeera investigation uncovers ‘money washing’ scheme using Zimbabwean gold involving senior diplomats, church leaders Zimbabwe produced a record high ~356t (12.5Moz) gold in 2022 Fast-deprecating currency makes Zimbabwe perfect breedin...

While gold has shined this year, platinum group metals are well off their recent highs Metals Focus says rare PGE rhodium could be in for a rerate this year that big Used in catalytic converters, rhodium supply is in deficit and largely co...

Chinese media announced a major “50t” gold discovery over the weekend, containing metal worth “US$3 billion” In the grand scheme of things it doesn’t appear that big Christian joins Gold Digger live from France to unpack the US Fed meeting...

Speeding up the processing application procedure of EU’s CRMA will help the bloc build its supply chain, experts say Cobalt prices tumble 60% since April 2022 Mincor up 30% for the week Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving A...

Gold prices threaten $3000/oz in Aussie dollar terms Fitch says they could move towards US$2075/oz record, but are likely to hit resistance Besra up after announcing US$300m funding deal for 3Moz Bau gold project in Malaysia Our Gold Digg...

ASX climbed as high as +1.3%, easing slightly to close up 0.9%. XEC Emerging Companies and Goldies duke it out to see who can close flattest. Investors are set to pocket $35 billion in dividends between now and EOFY.   Do Not Adjust Your...

Gold prices surge 3% on bank fears, threatening US$2000/oz This week’s rate decision by the US Fed could weigh on gold after prices broke through Australian dollar record $2900/oz Ramelius down on Breaker deal, Tietto up after commissionin...

Central banks are buying gold at record levels with holdings now at 50-year highs: Sprott Gold tends to hold its value in times of crisis Central Bank buying ‘extremely’ bullish: Goehring & Rozencwajg They say investors with no perform...