SmallCaps Podcast

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.

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AVZ Minerals (ASX: AVZ) managing director Nigel Ferguson joins Small Caps to discuss the company’s next steps at its advanced Manono lithium-tin project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr Ferguson pointed out the newly installed DRC Government is providing full support for the project’s go ahead. Manono hosts the world’s largest and highest-grade unexploited hard rock lithium resource of 400.4Mt at 1.65% lithium.

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Hot Chili (ASX: HCH) managing director Christian Easterday joins Small Caps to discuss the company’s exploration plans at its Cortadera copper-gold project in Chile. A fully-funded 40,000m drilling campaign is underway at the Cortadera discovery and continues to expand the size and grade of mineralisation. Mr Easterday says Hot Chili is on track to deliver a significant resource upgrade later this year.

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Polymetals Resources chief executive officer Alex Hanly joins Small Caps to discuss the potential the company believes is inherent within its two Guinea-based gold assets – Alahiné and Mansala. The projects are less than 40km from AngloGold Ashanti’s Siguiri mine which has produced 6.6Moz of gold. IPO proceeds will be used to resume drilling and soil sampling across both projects where there are numerous gold anomalies. Polymetals Resources will trade under ASX ticker 'POL'.

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Resource Base executive chairman Shannon Green joins Small Caps to discuss the company’s strategy behind the Black Range copper-gold project, which it is acquiring from Navarre Minerals (ASX: NML). To complete the Black Range acquisition and fund exploration, Resource Base has opened a $5-5.5 million IPO and aims to list on the ASX in early July. Proceeds will fund initial aggressive exploration at the Eclipse prospect within the project to quickly establish a resource. The company will trade under ASX ticker 'RBX'.

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Lake Resources (ASX: LKE) managing director Steve Promnitz joins Small Caps to discuss the strong demand for the company’s proposed high quality, sustainable lithium carbonate product from the Kachi lithium brine project in Argentina. To underpin a future production increase, Lake Resources has expanded drilling and testing beyond that required by the definitive feasibility study. The aim is to provide more resource and reserve data to boost proposed lithium carbonate production above 25,000tpa.

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Blackstone Minerals (ASX: BSX) managing director Scott Williamson joins Small Caps to discuss the company’s flagship Ta Khoa nickel-copper-PGE project in Vietnam. Blackstone aspires to become an integrated miner and downstream processor of precursor battery metals on the doorstep of South East Asia’s growing lithium-ion battery industry. A pre-feasibility study on the downstream business potential is scheduled for delivery next month.

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Barton Gold managing director Alexander Scanlon joins Small Caps to discuss the company’s $15 million IPO and its exploration plans at its two key South Australian gold projects – Tarcoola and Tunkilla. The Tarcoola project was historically mined between 1900 and 1955 and produced about 77,000oz gold at 37.5g/t. Barton has firmed up numerous targets at Tarcoola and the unmined Tunkilla asset offers further upside with an existing 1Moz gold resource.

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QMines (ASX: QML) executive chairman Andrew Sparke joins Small Caps to discuss the company’s exploration strategy at the Mt Chalmers copper-gold project in Queensland. The company has already achieved early success from maiden drilling with assays revealing up to 13.4% copper, 6.11g/t gold and 31g/t silver. Ultimately, QMines plans to revive the project which was historically mined and become Australia’s first zero carbon copper and gold developer.

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E2 Metals (ASX: E2M) managing director Todd Williams joins Small Caps to discuss the company’s ongoing exploration success at its Argentinian assets. E2 Metals is focused on advancing the Conserrat project in the Santa Cruz Province where exploration continues intersecting high-grade gold and silver. All-up, E2 Metals holds an 80% stake in 90,000ha of tenements in the province, with mineralisation believed similar to Newmont’s Cerro Negro and AngloGold’s Cerro Vanguardia.

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