BPH Energy (ASX: BPH) managing director David Breeze joins Small Caps to discuss the company's gas and carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at Baleen in the Offshore Sydney Basin. BPH's investee company Advent Energy holds an 85% operating stake in the 4,649sq km PEP 11 offshore licence containing the Baleen prospect, where it intends to drill a gas exploration well, Sea Blue-1. As the well will also evaluate Baleen for its CCS potential, BPH believes it could be a game changer for New South Wales which faces critical gas supply issues.

Cash Converters (ASX: CCV) chief executive officer Sam Budiselik joins Small Caps to discuss the company's latest financial results, which saw strong earnings growth despite significant disruption from COVID-19. The sub-prime lender and second-hand goods retailer has invested significantly in digital assets, a strategy that has paid off in the last year as its online customer base grew. Cash Converters' strategy for the financial year involves leveraging technology to release new products and reach new customers in the anticipation that momentum achieved in the second half will continue.

OZZ Resources (ASX: OZZ) managing director Jonathan Lea joins Small Caps to discuss the company's exploration strategy across its gold projects in Western Australia. The company has five projects near major gold production centres in the state and plans to rapidly explore and firm up resources. Steering OZZ on the ground is a strong and experienced management team.

ioneer (ASX: INR) managing director Bernard Rowe joins Small Caps to discuss the company's path to becoming the world's lowest cost lithium producer from its Rhyolite lithium-boron project in the United States. A definitive feasibility study indicates Rhyolite Ridge will be a globally significant, low-cost lithium source. In advancing Rhyolite Ridge, ioneer recently awarded Veolia Water Technologies the project's engineering, equipment and supply contract.

Credit Clear (ASX: CCR) chief executive officer David Hentschke joins Small Caps to discuss how the company's digital platform is disrupting the traditional debt recovery market as demonstrated by its strong financial year performance. Credit Clear's proprietary payment management platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance outcomes for clients including improving engagement with their customers. Mr Hentschke recently took helm of the revolutionary fintech to drive a growth strategy focused on technological development, product innovation and revenue growth.

Tony Locantro, investment manager at Alto Capital, joins Small Caps to share his views on what's taking place in the stock market, where opportunity may lay and what might come next.

Sovereign Metals (ASX: SVM) managing director Dr Julian Stephens joins Small Caps to discuss the latest results from the recently discovered Nsaru rutile deposit in Malawi.

Nsaru is located adjacent and within the same geological domain as Kasiya where the company recently reported the maiden mineral resource estimate of 644Mt at 1.01% rutile.

Sovereign Metals is working towards a maiden resource estimate at Nsaru before the end of the year.

There is a clear gas supply shortage in the eastern states of Australia and spot gas prices have reached record levels. Crude oil prices have rebounded and stabilised from the extreme lows of 2015/16 and crash in 2020. This, combined with reductions in operating costs, are expected to result in improved margins for both oil and gas production, creating opportunities for increased exploration and development of oil and gas assets within Australia. Joining us to discuss is John Phillips, managing director of Blue Energy (ASX: BLU), Neil Gibbins managing director of Vintage Energy (ASX: VEN) and the managing director of Triangle Energy (ASX: TEG), Rob Towner.

Classic Minerals (ASX: CLZ) chief executive officer Dean Goodwin joins Small Caps to discuss the company's progress at its flagship Kat Gap gold project in Western Australia. The company is targeting full scale mining and production in the first quarter of next year. In readiness and to gather more data, mining of a bulk sample at the project is underway.

Lake Resources (ASX: LKE) managing director Steve Promnitz and chairman Stu Crow join Small Caps to discuss the company's clean lithium production plans to support the lithium-ion battery industry. Lake's proposed Kachi lithium brine operation has robust financials along with considerable ESG benefits due to the innovative processing technology which has a much lower environmental footprint. Numerous potential financiers and off-takers have indicated interest in the project with the UK's official export agency providing Lake with a formal expression of interest to finance the majority of the project's development.