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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.

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.

North American Lithium and Aussie Gold: ASX Explorer Drilling Now

Next Investors Archived Oct 13, 2016

A new player in the lithium exploration space is on a mission to rapidly progress its two promising lithium projects, which can complement its 770,000 oz. Australian gold project. Not only has gold made enormous gains in 2016, but lithium has been a tremendous growth story over the past year as well, meaning this tiny company could very well have its commodity eggs in the right basket.

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).

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.

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.

Zinc Drilling Begins for ZMI: Results Pending

Next Investors Archived Sep 14, 2016

The zinc mining space has not seen many mines or advanced projects in the pipeline for quite a while. There has been virtually zero zinc exploration globally since 2011, but all that is gradually changing as enticingly resilient zinc prices attract fresh zinc projects to supplement dwindling inventories.

Cashed Up ASX Adventurer Set to Drill for Zinc in Peru

Next Investors Archived Aug 24, 2016

One thing we have learnt from our past investment experiences, is that it is always better to strike while the iron is hot. For resource investors, this adage is starting to make sense now that metals prices have begun their long-awaited comeback.

Micro Cap Gold Stock on Path to Production in Coming Weeks

Next Investors Archived Aug 10, 2016

Could a gold price of $10,000/oz. be just around the corner? It seems almost unthinkable, but with gold bears converting to bulls in ever increasing numbers, some pundits are predicting gold’s run to continue for some time yet, and possibly reach these kinds of heights.

To Be Sure: ASX Zinc Stock Set for Drilling in Coming Weeks

Next Investors Archived Jul 28, 2016

In today’s commodities sector, it could pay off to look for economically viable projects that could be the first into production when the next boom cycle arrives. It is also a good idea to find the next big commodity. While lithium has been all the rage lately, zinc prices are also on the move and zinc is widely tipped to suffer extreme shortages over the coming years.

ACP Set for Graphite Drilling: Beside Much Larger Neighbours

Next Investors Archived Jul 27, 2016

There’s a thunder being heard down under. In the junior market, graphite appears to be the name of the game as ASX investors fall over themselves to reward early-stage plays seeking to take advantage of graphite’s portrayal as a material very much of the future as a part of lithium ion electric car batteries.

Grass Roots Growth Unlocked for MUM

Next Investors Archived Jul 27, 2016

As sporting codes seek to increase participation at grass roots levels, the focus has been on decreasing the risk of injury in order to appeal to younger people, and their parents. This has been achieved primarily through education, changing of game rules and by making certain items of protective equipment mandatory to wear for players to participate.

CAD to Start Lithium Drilling Near Tesla

Next Investors Archived Jul 20, 2016

In terms of global lithium hotspots, you can’t go much better than Nevada, USA. This particular region hosts Tesla’s gigafactory, which has ignited interest in the electric vehicle (EV) market and is set to change the face of vehicle manufacturing.