News for Barra Resources Limited (BAR.AX)

Non-Executive Chairman of Kogi Iron (ASX:KFE) Craig Hart has offered to step down from the board effective immediately.

These are the ASX gold explorers on the verge of reaching a hallowed stage of development in the next year or two - the first pour.

Cobalt spot prices were slightly higher for the month, LME inventory was slightly lower. Cobalt price to continue rising over next three years – Fitch Solutions.

New explorer Viridis Mining and Minerals (ASX:VMM) hits the bourse with a bang in 2022.

Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, rare earths, and vanadium.

The gold price may be in a holding pattern at ~$US1,800/oz, but Aussie gold miners continue to throw piles of cash at acquisitions and new developments.

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Tesla ditches nickel, cobalt as prices soar; and Pilbara Minerals’ third spodumene auction is unofficially scheduled for October 26.

“If you believe that gold prices are only in the middle of a new longer-term bull market then gold miner shares are just far too cheap at today’s prices,” Felder says.

LiOH prices are nearing $30/kg, cobalt's around US$56,071 per tonne and nickel could reach US$21,942.17 within 12 months.

The 9Moz Kyuchus gold project was sold for $145m by the Russian Government with one caveat -- development includes a nuclear power station.

In 2019, Moores was asked whether lithium prices would ever reach the highs of 2016. “My response was this time would be more aggressive.”

After years of underinvestment, global miner production profiles are under pressure which makes more gold M&A "inevitable".

While the outlook for commodities has deteriorated, UBS analysts say demand for battery metals like lithium and nickel will stay buoyant.

In these times of market uncertaintly, investors are fleeing for safe havens to park their cash in. Safe havens like gold.

Data shows that large cap gold miners are undervalued relative to historic levels, despite their strong fundamentals.

So, what’s next for gold? Opinions on the outlook vary widely.

Perhaps sentiment is making a tentative return, with good news stories turning the dial for several ASX gold stocks – including an IPO -- over the past week.

Gold is one of the year’s worst performing metals, but we are living through a commodities super cycle; ‘worst performer’ is not as bad as it sounds.