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We’re a day removed from the Reserve Bank’s decision to hit pause on 2025’s rate cuts – a call that went against ASX predictions – and interestingly, most of the announcements today have been from smallcap miners.

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Leading the way in that space is Viridis Mining and Minerals (ASX:VMM), with thousands on the HotCopper forums excited by the explorer’s prefeasibility study at Colossus, which is tipped to “unlock world-class economics.”

Pantera Lithium (ASX:PFE) has caught attention on the HotCopper forums, too, with the explorer and developer agreeing to sell its Smackover lithium brine project in Arkansas to Texas-based Energy Exploration for $40 million.

And, Arizona Lithium (ASX:AZL) is trending after raising as much as $8M to develop its “world-class” Prairie Lithium Project in Saskatchewan, Canada.

In sectors, Utilities is leading with +0.47% gains. Real Estate is down -1.27%.

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