Lunch Wrap: MinRes rallies; DY6 goes ballistic, up 300pc after monster gallium hit

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29-04-2025

ASX grinds higher as Wall Street wobbles
MinRes rockets despite weak update as punters bet worst is over
DY6 explodes 300pc on hot gallium strike in Malawi
The ASX put on a decent show Tuesday morning, lifting for the fourth session in a row despite a jittery Wall Street session last night.
The benchmark ASX 200 index crept up around 0.7% by lunch time, AEST.
Last night, Wall Street wobbled early on, but found its feet late in the session. The S&P 500 managed to scratch into positive territory, while the Nasdaq dipped 0.1%.
Big Tech was front and centre of investors' minds, with Apple, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft all due to report their quarterlies over the next couple of days.
Investors are also eyeing US inflation and GDP figures, both of which will help shape the Fed's next move.
But what got investors really buzzing was a bit of trade news.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave markets a sliver of hope, saying the US will soften the blow of automotive tariffs by pulling back some of the duties slapped on foreign-made parts.
The timing of the announcement, of course, is no accident. Trump is about to visit Michigan, ground zero for auto makers.
But over in China, officials rejected the idea that any talks are happening and accusing the US of trade bullying.
The People's Daily, the Communist Party's mouthpiece, ran a full-page piece saying if other nations keep backing down, the bullies will only keep pushing.
Back home, it was energy and tech stocks doing the heavy lifting this morning, riding on optimism that inflation might finally be crawling back down.
That will be tested when the local quarterly CPI report lands on Wednesday.
In large caps news, Northern Star Resources (ASX:NST) took a beating, down 6% after cutting its gold output guidance. Access issues at its Golden Pike North mine, rising costs, and heavier royalties also left investors unimpressed.
Over in the coal patch, Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC) rallied 5% despite a soggy quarterly result. Production and sales took a hit from wet-season disruption in Queensland, and slower-than-hoped progress at Narrabri in NSW.
Still, WHC reckons it will hit the upper end of its annual output guidance, which seemed enough to keep the market happy.
Meanwhile, Woodside Energy Group (ASX:WDS) is going all-in after locking in a massive $27 billion bet on its Louisiana LNG project, with first gas set for 2029.
WDS said it's aiming to pump out 16.5 million tonnes a year from this site alone, enough to make it one of the biggest players in global LNG by the 2030s. Shares were up 0.5%.
But the real fireworks this morning were over at Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN).
MinRes shares exploded 12.5%, which, on the face of it, seems odd given the miner had just slashed output guidance from its Onslow Iron Project and warned that costs and debt were both climbing.
It now sees annual output as low as 8.5 million tonnes, an 8% trim, while net debt jumped another $400 million in the March quarter.
So why the surge? Maybe it's investors betting that the worst is already baked in.
ASX SMALL CAP WINNERS
Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks for April 29 :
Security Description Last % Volume MktCap
DY6 Dy6Metalsltd 0.165 293% 5,842,597 $2,117,255
EAT Entertainment 0.008 60% 18,622 $6,543,930
EEL Enrg Elements Ltd 0.002 50% 2,598,009 $3,253,779
RAN Range International 0.003 50% 270,606 $1,878,581
MVP Medical Developments 0.650 40% 516,841 $52,386,121
NYM Narryermetalslimited 0.042 35% 2,813 $5,457,699
ADD Adavale Resource Ltd 0.002 33% 53,068 $3,430,919
ERA Energy Resources 0.002 33% 22,141,755 $608,094,361
MMR Mec Resources 0.004 33% 280,000 $5,549,298
SIS Simble Solutions 0.004 33% 429,710 $2,628,991
ADN Andromeda Metals Ltd 0.013 30% 25,878,389 $34,287,277
ICR Intelicare Holdings 0.009 29% 12,703,913 $3,403,317
ID8 Identitii Limited 0.009 29% 618,000 $5,446,095
PHL Propell Holdings Ltd 0.009 29% 120,000 $1,948,367
PVT Pivotal Metals Ltd 0.009 29% 1,860,001 $6,350,581
WYX Western Yilgarn NL 0.034 26% 3,215 $3,714,149
UVA Uvrelimited 0.094 25% 1,305 $4,515,000
ASR Asra Minerals Ltd 0.003 25% 21,606,559 $4,746,254
BUY Bounty Oil & Gas NL 0.003 25% 349,559 $3,122,944
CR9 Corellares 0.003 25% 2,267,609 $1,269,815
DTM Dart Mining NL 0.005 25% 1,100,000 $2,751,056
HLX Helix Resources 0.003 25% 1,055,064 $6,728,387
YAR Yari Minerals Ltd 0.005 25% 213,543 $1,929,431
MNC Merino and Co 0.180 24% 693 $7,696,103
DY6 Metals (ASX:DY6) surged almost 300% after striking something special at Tundulu in southern Malawi, near the border with Mozambique. A fresh look at old drill data has uncovered high-grade gallium right from surface, with some hits showing eye-popping grades over long stretches. One standout drill hole pulled 74 metres at over 93 g/t gallium, including a spike at 310 g/t. DY6 said less than half the area has been drilled, and the gallium keeps going deeper, hinting there's plenty more below.
Gallium is hot property right now thanks to demand in electronics and semiconductors, and most of the global supply is stitched up by China. DY6's still running tests, but early signs point to a potentially serious play, and the market will be watching closely when results land in the coming weeks.
InteliCare (ASX:ICR) is teaming up with Mecwacare to trial its smart care tech at the Trescowthick Centre in Prahran, Victoria. Mecwacare is a major aged care player in Victoria, and InteliCare's AI-powered platform is part of its push to become a tech-savvy leader in aged and disability care. The trial will run for three months once the system's fully set up, and if it goes well, mecwacare could look to expand it across all 22 of its aged care homes. The deal's worth $212k for now.
Pivotal Metals (ASX:PVT) has just dropped a major upgrade at Horden Lake, and the company said it's shaping up as one of the best shallow, high-grade copper deposits on the ASX. New drilling has bumped the resource up to 407,000 tonnes of copper equivalent, with 341,000 tonnes sitting inside a single open pit shell grading 1.1%. That includes a 70% jump in copper alone, but include gold, nickel, palladium, platinum, silver and cobalt. Importantly, recent testwork confirms it can produce clean, high-grade concentrate. And it's not done yet, heaps of scale are still to be drilled, Pivotal said.
ASX SMALL CAP LOSERS
Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks for April 29 :
Code Name Price % Change Volume Market Cap
HCF HGH High Conviction 0.085 -76% 81,459 $6,792,267
TMX Terrain Minerals 0.002 -33% 42,342 $6,010,670
SMX Strata Minerals 0.021 -30% 7,122,088 $7,324,455
AUK Aumake Limited 0.003 -25% 166,666 $12,042,769
MCO Myeco Group Ltd 0.015 -21% 6,901 $11,335,591
AVE Avecho Biotech Ltd 0.004 -20% 1,623,827 $15,867,318
BYH Bryah Resources Ltd 0.004 -20% 2,810,980 $4,349,768
QFE Quickfee Limited 0.061 -19% 300,657 $25,638,132
PGH Pact Group Hldgs Ltd 0.900 -18% 137,331 $376,997,608
FCT Firstwave Cloud Tech 0.014 -18% 659,669 $29,129,818
PAB Patrys Limited 0.003 -17% 3,047,500 $6,172,342
SPX Spenda Limited 0.005 -17% 1,244,757 $27,691,293
VML Vital Metals Limited 0.003 -17% 250,165 $17,685,201
PNN Power Minerals Ltd 0.061 -15% 1,969,314 $8,197,551
AAU Antilles Gold Ltd 0.003 -14% 154,000 $7,442,287
FBR FBR Ltd 0.006 -14% 548,503 $39,449,423
HHR Hartshead Resources 0.006 -14% 2,000,000 $19,660,775
SRN Surefire Rescs NL 0.003 -14% 582,815 $8,457,077
TON Triton Min Ltd 0.006 -14% 357 $10,978,721
EMU EMU NL 0.020 -13% 133,334 $4,452,832
AKN Auking Mining Ltd 0.007 -13% 1,083,405 $4,598,230
AVW Avira Resources Ltd 0.007 -13% 16,005 $1,464,902
BNL Blue Star Helium Ltd 0.007 -13% 113,608 $21,559,082
LCL LCL Resources Ltd 0.007 -13% 634,963 $9,558,502
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
A listing to the OTCQB has unlocked access to US investors and global market traders for White Cliff Minerals (ASX:WCN), which has been approved to trade under the ticker WCMLF as of yesterday. The company says the listing will enhance accessibility for US investors, and increase liquidity and market visibility.
Anson Resources (ASX:ASN) is preparing to re-enter the Mt Fuel-Skyline Geyser 1-25 well after submitting a proposal to the local authorities, with plans to use the results from the Bosydaba#1 well to prove-up a JORC mineral resource at the Green River project.
Following-up on broad intersections of gold including 35.76m at 2.14 g/t gold from 14.27m of depth, Arika Resources (ASX:ARI) is set to begin a 6,000m RC drilling program to test extensions and investigate new prospects at the Yundamindra gold project in WA.
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