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Cracker-jack British Bulldog AIMs for Oil Windfall

Next Investors Archived Oct 24, 2016

This AIM listed oil opportunity could see investors board the Britannia onshore oil market, a small but hot market niche that’s now offering what could be seen as a ‘politically-motivated’ investment opportunity, and what we think house some handsome risk-reward ratios.

AVI Strike Large Gold System; Lithium Drill Results Due Next

Next Investors Archived Oct 21, 2016

Have you ever flown to or from Avalon airport in Melbourne? Unless you’re flying to a location off the beaten track, you probably haven’t. But there’s another Avalon which could be offering investors elevation of a rather different variety, once take off at its Scandinavian project sites gets underway. Avalon Minerals (ASX:AVI) has a lot going for it, and foremost is its latest gold and lithium exploration results.

Latin Resources receives exploration rights for 70,000 hectares

Finfeed Archived Oct 20, 2016

$LRS was up over 10% after announcing the mining authority of Catamarca had granted them exploration rights.

Scoping Its Way to a Larger Gold Resource in WA — DEG Nearing Revaluation?

Next Investors Archived Oct 19, 2016

De Grey Mining Ltd (ASX: DEG) has zeroed in on a neat asset in WA that has gradually raised its head above water, as gold prices have gone above A$1,600/oz. Since January, spot gold prices have risen by around 19% and when priced in Australian dollars, they have reached their all-time record highs above $1,800 back in July this year.

Aussie Gold Drilling in the Coming Weeks as Tiny NML Joins Exploration Rush

Next Investors Archived Oct 18, 2016

Navarre Minerals (ASX:NML) is a compact gold junior capped at only $5M that has a simple, no-frills strategy to improve shareholder value from its gold exploration over the coming weeks. NML could, in fact, be on the cusp of breaking out into a market landscape which already sees small and mid-cap gold explorers growing in value, and spot gold prices continuing to hammer out higher highs.

Is this the Fraser Range Nickel Discovery we have been waiting for?

Next Investors Archived Oct 17, 2016

There seems to be something brewing in this little ASX explorer. This $12M capped company is exploring for massive sulphide nickel deposits in the Albany-Fraser Range, home to Sirius’ $1.8BN find, and the company has just confirmed the presence of a discrete off hole electromagnetic conductor, just 10m from where it had previously diamond drilled.

ASX Stock Hones in on Graphite and Lithium to Supply Advanced Asian Battery Market

Next Investors Archived Oct 17, 2016

South Korea is the world’s largest lithium ion battery manufacturer, home to high tech companies such as Samsung, Hyundai and LG. However, the country has very little in the way of local graphite or lithium resources to supply battery manufacturers… One ASX explorer, capped at less than $9 million, is focussed on changing this situation in South Korea, with a large and growing portfolio of graphite and lithium projects – two essential ingredients in lithium ion batteries.

ACP Discovers High Grade Coarse Flake Graphite: On Path to Neighbours Bigger Valuation?

Next Investors Archived Oct 14, 2016

Small-cap investors, must be on their guard for opportunistic companies that are pursuing commodity exploration linked to future energy demand. One AIM (London Stock Exchange subsidiary) listed company, Armadale Capital (LSE:ACP) fits the bill nicely. ACP is pursuing one of the most highly anticipated resources of our times – graphite.

ASX Company Looks to Turn Graphene into a Commercial Reality

Next Investors Archived Oct 14, 2016

Nearly all graphite exploration companies are focusing on flake graphite and their concentration is on “large flake size”. There is, however, another potentially more lucrative, and definitely speedier path to market. One ASX company has developed a neat way to commercialise high-grade vein graphite that will be more applicable in industrial manufacturing uses, than as a wonder material to be used in glitzy gadgets or electric cars.

SPB is an Early Bird Hunting for the PNG Shale Worm

Next Investors Archived Oct 04, 2016

There is a bit of a “worm-catching early bird” story for our reader’s perusal in this edition of The Next Oil Rush; a story about a company whose assets could potentially mature into a significantly proportioned resource. South Pacific Resources (ASX:SPB) is a small ASX explorer looking for a ‘big kahuna’ result in one of most underexplored hydrocarbon-bearing areas in the world: Papua New Guinea.

Trilateral Metals Explorer SEG Strikes For Gold and Lithium

Next Investors Archived Oct 03, 2016

Base metals and precious metals have most certainly come to the fore in the last few months. Commodities as a broad asset class — and specifically metals such as gold, silver, zinc, nickel and lithium — have all felt significant bumps in the pricing stakes since the start of the year, on the back of global demand/supply machinations that are aligning in perfect harmony for Segue Resources (ASX:SEG).

ASX Stock Set for Spanish Bull Run with Uranium Production

Next Investors Archived Sep 29, 2016

Are we about to see a recovery in the uranium price over the coming years? With US utilities set to re-contract in 2018, and Chinese and Indian new reactor demand set to surge, one dual listed (ASX and AIM) stock has timed its run into uranium production well. This company is set to begin mining uranium by the end of 2018 – just as analysts are forecasting a rebound.

Metals Market Revival: ICG Receives More Zinc Assay Cheer

Next Investors Archived Sep 28, 2016

Our regular Next Small Cap readers will already know that we’ve been very keen on a variety of metals and resource exploration companies in recent months. Lithium, graphite and gold stocks in particular have outperformed equity benchmarks and have attracted significant investor attention, in part due to the emergence of the energy-storage revolution to be built on (and with) lithium-ion batteries.

PSC Drill Results to Keep Coming: JORC Resource Weeks Away

Next Investors Archived Sep 22, 2016

Phew! What a ride from Prospect Resources (ASX: PSC) – one of the most successful stocks we have ever covered here at the Next Small Cap. The last time we wrote about PSC was in late June, alerting readers to the imminent lithium drilling that was to take place. PSC’s share price was just 1.7 cents, but from that point it climbed up as high as 7.4 cents…

ASX Lithium Stock with Dominant Position in World Hot Spot: Drilling in Weeks

Next Investors Archived Sep 21, 2016

Two thirds of the world’s lithium reserves are found in the “Lithium Triangle” of South America – Chile, Bolivia and Argentina. With surging demand for lithium over the next decade, the country earmarked with the biggest growth in supply, driven by the high prospectivity of its geology, is Argentina.

MUS Edging Closer to Ruby Revenues

Next Investors Archived Sep 21, 2016

We are hot on the heels of a commercial mustang in this edition of The Next Small Cap. We are of course talking about Mustang Resources (ASX:MUS), an aspirational gemstone and graphite explorer that despite its sub $10MN market-cap, is on track to “JORC-up” both its prime assets by Q2 2017, and move into generating revenues as soon as Q4 2016.

The Surge in Euro Battery Plants Begins: ASX Stock in the Box Seat for Lithium Supply

Next Investors Archived Sep 20, 2016

With demand for lithium rising in Europe, but a dearth of local supply, one smart ASX lithium explorer has set up shop there in order to exploit growing local demand. This very tightly held ASX listed company, currently with only 156 million shares tradeable, aims to do this through a wholly owned project in the very safe and stable jurisdiction of Austria.

Lithium and Gold Continue to Impress: One ASX Stock is Drilling for Both Right Now

Next Investors Archived Sep 19, 2016

With many ASX investors currently focused on lithium and gold stocks, one ASX listed micro-cap has begun drilling at two high potential projects containing those very same commodities in Finland, with imminent results expected. The two projects are within 4km of each other allowing for major cost efficiencies.