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Good Afternoon and welcome to HotCopper Highlights for Week 4 of 2026, I’m Jon Davidson. In this segment, the stocks and announcements you were watching and discussing this week on Australia’s #1 finance website, let’s get into it starting with the most viewed.
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American Tungsten & Antimony making its way onto the most viewed boards late week after the company unveiled it’s to list on the NASDAQ in Q2 of this year, tapping Deutsche Bank to facilitate the process. With Trump’s push for critical minerals back on the radar, the interest here is obvious.
West Wits Mining meanwhile causing a stir in the small end of town, the African-based gold explorer the beneficiary of strong market interest, increased liquidity, and that’s to do with the fact gold prices are nearly at US$5,000 an ounce USD in the face of geopolitical macro.
Nyrada Inc finally, a US-based and ASX-listed US biotech, causing interest by the very nature of its being up 1280% over the last twelve months as at Friday morning, a late week quarterly from the stock saw a further 10% jump to close out the week, landing over $1-a-share intraday.
And as for the most discussed?
PLS Group landing back on investors’ radars as an everything rally in the metals markets pushes lithium carbonate benchmarks up to levels not seen since 2023, the tail end of the great battery metals boom. If PLS Group can start paying dividends again, happy days.
Australian Strategic Materials meanwhile causing a mixed reaction on the forums midweek as US-based uranium and critical minerals player Energy Fuels seeks to buy the company at a premium, with the board in agreement.
Lumos Diagnostics finally, another biotech posting staggering 1Y gains, up +450% over the last twelve months and for that reason, an ongoing topic of discussion for HotCopper users to debate and digest.
That’s HotCopper Highlights for this week, I’m Jon Davidson, have an astounding weekend and we’ll see you on Monday.
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