SmallCaps Podcast

Astron Corporation (ASX: ATR) managing director Tiger Brown joins Small Caps to discuss the latest developments at the company’s Donald rare earths and mineral sands project in Victoria.

Donald is considered a tier one globally significant rare earth and zircon resource, totalling 2,634 million tonnes grading at 4.6% heavy minerals for 22.1Mt of contained zircon.

It is projected to have a potential mine life of more than 40 years. Astron is aiming to complete a feasibility study and updated ore reserve for the project during the current first quarter of 2023.

The first phase of the Donald project is targeted for the 2024 financial year and will involve a throughput capacity of 7.5Mt per annum.

A second phase is expected to ramp up production to 15Mtpa from FY2027 onwards.

Articles:
https://smallcaps.com.au/astron-corporation-wraps-up-work-streams-ahead-delivering-donald-dfs/
https://smallcaps.com.au/astron-corp-ready-exploit-world-class-rare-earths-zircon-project/

For more information on Astron Corporation:
https://smallcaps.com.au/stocks/ATR/

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Mark Yusko, founder, CEO and chief investment officer, of Morgan Creek Capital Management joins Small Caps to discuss what he's learned in his years in the markets and investing.

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Unith (ASX: UNT) chief executive officer Idan Schmorak joins Small Caps to discuss the company’s development and commercialisation efforts for its artificial intelligence (AI) powered digital human ‘Talking Head’ conversational technology.

Unith recently rebranded from Crowd Media and has created digital avatars that can converse in real-time with any audience.

At the end of January, Unith inked an agreement with Japan’s NVISO to integrate emotional and behavioural analytics into digital humans in conversational settings for an initial roll-out across kiosks in Japan, where the market is well established for automation through computer-to-human interactions.

Articles:
https://smallcaps.com.au/unith-raises-funds-advance-chatgpt-driven-conversational-ai/
https://smallcaps.com.au/unith-signs-digital-avatar-development-agreement-nviso-japan/

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https://smallcaps.com.au/stocks/UNT/

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Aguia Resources (ASX: AGR) managing director Dr Fernando Tallarico joins Small Caps to discuss the company’s recent achievements at its Andrade metallic green copper and organic phosphate projects in Brazil’s south as they move to pre-production status.

Aguia recently achieved a significant milestone in its green copper story, with a sizeable copper and silver resource unveiled for Andrade – paving the way for a pre-feasibility study.

Dr Tallarico said the company’s next steps at its copper asset are to review the current resource model to determine the optimum reserve pit design.

Articles:
https://smallcaps.com.au/aguia-resources-releases-sizeable-resource-brazilian-green-metallic-copper-project/
https://smallcaps.com.au/aguia-resources-phosphate-fertiliser-excels-wheat-crop-testing/

For more information on Aguia Resources:
https://smallcaps.com.au/stocks/AGR/

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Kalamazoo Resources (ASX: KZR) non-executive director Paul Adams joins Small Caps to discuss the company’s ongoing lithium and gold exploration activities across its portfolio in Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.

Kalamazoo describes itself as an early mover in lithium exploration across the Lachlan Fold Belt of northeast Victoria and southern NSW after expanding its landholding to 2,062sq km.

The company also continues advancing its major gold projects with an updated mineral resource for the Ashburton gold project recently unveiled and follow-up work planned for its Mallina West and Mt Piper gold assets.

Articles:
https://smallcaps.com.au/kalamazoo-resources-uncovers-more-spodumene-marble-bar-lithium-project/
https://smallcaps.com.au/kalamazoo-resources-announces-updated-resource-estimate-ashburton-gold-project/
https://smallcaps.com.au/kalamazoo-resources-expands-lithium-footprint-lachlan-fold-belt/

For more information on Kalamazoo Resources: https://smallcaps.com.au/stocks/KZR/

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Boss Energy (ASX: BOE) managing director Duncan Craib joins Small Caps to discuss the company’s redevelopment progress at its Honeymoon uranium project in South Australia where first production is anticipated by the end of this year.

Redevelopment activities at Honeymoon are running on time and budget, despite challenges of cost inflation, skills shortages and delays.

Mr Craib noted Honeymoon will come online against a backdrop of increasing tightness in the uranium market and anticipated price increases.

Articles:
https://smallcaps.com.au/boss-energy-appoints-honeymoon-general-manager-ahead-project-commissioning/
https://smallcaps.com.au/boss-energy-reaches-halfway-mark-honeymoon-uranium-project/

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https://smallcaps.com.au/stocks/BOE/

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Trigg Minerals (ASX: TMG) managing director Keren Paterson joins Small Caps to discuss the company’s progress at its Lake Throssell sulphate of potash (SOP) project in Western Australia.

Recent assays from drilling have confirmed the consistency and robustness of the deposit, with a resource upgrade expected later this month.

Ms Paterson says all data is feeding into a pre-feasibility study and maiden ore reserve for the project.

Articles:
https://smallcaps.com.au/trigg-minerals-reveals-brine-grades-ahead-lake-throssell-sop-resource-upgrade/

For more information on Trigg Minerals:
https://smallcaps.com.au/stocks/TMG/

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Pan Asia Metals (ASX: PAM) managing director Paul Lock joins Small Caps to discuss the company’s ongoing drilling success at its Reung Kiet lithium project in southern Thailand.

Drilling continues to expand known lithium mineralisation at the project, with latest assays to underpin a resource update.

The updated resource will feed into a pre-feasibility study, which will also evaluate downstream production of lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide.

Articles:
https://smallcaps.com.au/reung-kiet-step-out-drilling-shows-lithium-extensions-depth-pan-asia-metals/
https://smallcaps.com.au/pan-asia-metals-raises-ahead-of-reung-kiet-lithium-pfs/

For more information on Pan Asia Metals:
https://smallcaps.com.au/stocks/PAM/

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Mamba Exploration (ASX: M24) managing director Mike Dunbar joins Small Caps to discuss the company’s latest intercepts from drilling at the Black Hills priority target, which is only 30km from Chalice Mining’s renowned Julimar deposit in Western Australia’s Darling Ranges.

An initial diamond hole was drilled into the southernmost electromagnetic conductor at Black Hills and encountered 5.55m of sulphide mineralisation.

Mr Dunbar said as a result of the discovery, samples of the highest priority drill core have already been dispatched for analysis, and the diamond drill program is continuing to testing anomalies.

Articles:
https://smallcaps.com.au/mamba-exploration-finds-massive-sulphide-zones-drilling-black-hills-target/
https://smallcaps.com.au/mamba-exploration-drill-black-hills-survey-firms-up-high-priority-targets/

For more information on Mamba Exploration:
https://smallcaps.com.au/stocks/M24/

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Chris Vermeulen, founder and chief investment officer of the The Technical Traders, joins Small Caps to discuss the latest outlook for the markets based on technical analysis.

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