Articles On West Wits Mining (ASX:WWI)

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...

WWI’s next steps include the submission of an environmental management plan, as well as a prospecting works plan to the DMRE as part of the standard application process.

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...

The developer behind the 3.55-million-ounce Witwatersrand Basin gold play in South Africa used the survey to confirm the prospectivity of its four exploration prospects at the greenfields Mt Cecelia asset in WA ahead of maiden drilling next...

Last week, West Wits released the DFS for Qala Shallows, the first stage of planned mine development at its Witwatersrand Basin Project in South Africa.

The ASX 200 finished in the red today, as the big end of town played second fiddle to the microcap Emerging Companies index which posted a solid ~0.7% gain. Mining stocks dragged on the broader index, as BHP (ASX:BHP) traded ex-dividend (it...

Highlights Engineering services firm TEK-Ocean Group has made a lacklustre ASX debut. Flight Centre Travel Group shares witnessed an uptick on forming a JV with Japan’s NSF Engagement. Senex Energy has signed a gas sales agreement wit...

Qala Shallows is the first of five planned stages of development at the company’s flagship Witwatersrand Basin Project in South Africa.

Highlights The Australian benchmark ASX 200 index declined 1.2% in broad-based sell-off. All 11 sectors were bleeding in red, while materials declined the most due to fall in iron ore prices. BHP, CSL, NIB Holdings, Woolworths, Deterr...

The West Wits Mining Limited (ASX: WWI) share price is tumbling in late morning trade, down 12% at time of writing. Below we take a look at the ASX gold explorer’s latest market announcement. What did the gold explorer report? West Wits’ s...

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...

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 mining right application and scoping study completion are pivotal to achieving the company’s goal of becoming a junior gold producer targeting more than 60,000 ounces gold per annum over a 15-year plus mine life.

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...

Results have indicted the potential to turn the project into a long-term gold producer with average steady stage annual production of 80,000 ounces for 18 years over a 20-year mine-life.

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 gold explorer recently completed a $7 million capital raise to rapidly advance a development program at its cornerstone Witwatersrand Basin Project in South Africa.

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...

The fresh capital will support West Wits’ development strategy as it continues to evolve its cornerstone South African gold project.

Local markets have made a strong start to the week, with the ASX200 closing 1.34% higher on Monday as some major M&A activity stole the headlines. Gains were led by the tech sector, as Afterpay (ASX:APT) showed its weight by dragging th...

The armed forces could be called upon to enforce Sydney’s strict lockdown, and we might see troops on the streets as early as Monday. On the bourse, the benchmark ASX 200 has closed 0.40% lower on Friday, but was flat for the week. The mini...

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...

Securities will remain halted until Tuesday, August 3, 2021, or when an announcement is released to the market.

The mining right grant paves the way for completion of the definitive feasibility study on the flagship project which will facilitate declaration of the maiden ore reserve in August 2021.

Company shares soared on the key approval, which brings West Wits a step closer to producing more than 60,000 ounces of gold per annum at its core Central Rand Goldfields asset.

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 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...

The resource upgrade brings West Wits a step closer to establishing a maiden ore reserve for the 4.47-million-ounce gold play, with a definitive feasibility study slated for completion next month.

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...

In FY21 the ASX 200 returned over 20 per cent but the 100 best performing ASX stocks all gained over 390 per cent and made an average gain of 821 per cent. Stockhead has compiled a list (see below) of the 100 best performing ASX stocks base...

Summary The ASX 200 ended lower by 43.70 points or 0.60% at 7,298.50, led by losses in health care, energy, and banking stock. All sectoral indices, barring tech and materials, ended in red. The market sentiment was dented by concerns...

Summary The ASX 200 traded lower by 27.30 points or 0.37% at 7,314.90 by afternoon, led by energy and banking stocks. Nine out of 11 sectoral indices were trading in the red, barring tech and materials. CBA expects the Reserve Bank of...

The company is targeting gold in two premier regions, Witwatersrand in South Africa and the Pilbara in Australia.

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...

Summary Magnetic Resources’ shares fell 3% after the company unveiled a capital raising program of AU$2.6 million. The shares were issued at a discount of 12% to the average closing price of the five prior days of trading. The funds w...

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...

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...

The most intriguing big buy from a director last week came for forensic data company Nuix (ASX:NXL). Nuix was one of last year’s biggest IPOs and nearly doubled in the few weeks after its debut but then retreated in February after missing p...

The gold price may have languished slightly in 2021, but the number of gold IPOs certainly has not. Here’s what the newest ASX gold explorers are doing, where they are doing it, and why investors should care.   KINCORA COPPER (ASX:KCC) The...

Source: Number14, Shutterstock Summary ASX 200 is looking to pare some losses with a higher opening by 0.8 per cent or 55 points. The CBOE VIX index fell 5.45 per cent to 19.61, despite a fall in the US markets. Crude oil prices fell...

Source:Alf Manciagli, Shutterstock Summary DEFF has unconditionally dismissed all the appeals against WWI, re-instating its EA for Witwatersrand Basin Project. The company is now focused on securing the mining right. West Wits Min...

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...

Strange to think that it is a year since the world was turned upside down when the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic in mid-March 2020. In the week that followed the price of gold tumbled nearly $US200 to $US1...