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Europe-based Sashi Davies says the market is “like back in the early 2000s” when the uranium price began to take off. This augurs well for Boss Energy, as shown by this week’s wave of broker buy recommendations following a site visit. Plus, lithium presenters to give a real-life version of the price outlook at next week’s Resources Rising Stars conferences.

Discovery and deal news was the highlight of a week of steadily rising share prices, but with the most significant event being signs of a breakdown in the relationship between governments and central banks which could cause economic chaos next year.

Chalice Mining shares have spiked more than 6 per cent higher after latest drilling over its promising Julimar metals discovery just outside of Perth suggest it is even bigger than first thought (reports The West Australian).

Kin Mining and its major German shareholder Delphi Group have acquired more than 10% of Dacian Gold, preventing Genesis Minerals from being successful in its scrip takeover bid (reports MiningNews).

Emerging Western Australian iron ore producer CZR Resources (ASX: CZR) has unveiled the highest-grade assays yet from drilling at its Robe Mesa project in the Pilbara, which will feed into resource and reserve updates (reports Small Caps).

Coda Minerals’ mining study on its Elizabeth Creek copper-cobalt project in South Australia’s Olympic province has defined a pathway towards rapid development of open pit mining and provided a solution to the challenging underground deposit (reports MiningNews).

The stars are lining up for junior WA nickel explorer Nimy Resources, which continues to generate strong results against the backdrop of a sharply rising nickel price (reports Stockhead).

Shares in low-profile gold explorer Codrus Minerals were sent into the stratosphere this morning, rising more than 150% to hit its highest level in more than more than a year, after it announced a move into the hot rare earths space with a project offering walk-up targets (reports MiningNews).

Tribeca Investment Partners’ Guy Keller has become an expert in the largely opaque uranium sector over the better part of the decade and reckons the case of mass adoption of nuclear power cannot be ignored and is an unstoppable part of the decarbonisation push (reports MiningNews).

New World Resources (ASX: NWC) has identified multiple new high-priority drill targets along strike from its wholly-owned Antler copper deposit in northern Arizona, United States (reports Small Caps).

Against this backdrop, small and mid-cap gold stocks offer investors leveraged exposure to what many analysts believe will be one of the hot share market themes of 2023.

Plus, the latest list of up-and-coming projects gives investors plenty to mull while MinRes and Pilbara respond to lithium market rumours with simple facts.

Takeover time and the promise of an easier-to-deal-with China sparked a burst of optimism on the Australian stock market this week, where the hunt for energy assets, old and new, picked up speed.

China’s economy reboot has come just in time for two Australian mining companies engaged in a low profile, high-stakes race in a sand patch (reports Tim Treadgold on Small Caps).

In a recent interview with Stockhead’s Oriel Morrison, stock speculator and massive gold bull Rick Rule said this: “There are so many factors weighing on things that I have no idea of the direction of the market in the near term (reports Stockhead).

Bellevue Gold is studying options to toll treat the anticipated ore stockpile at its $252 million namesake project near Leinster ahead of commissioning the processing plant as the mine’s development proceeds more quickly than expected (reports The West Australian).

Sentiment about uranium continues to improve with some commentators noting that the disruption to energy markets caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine could lead to a sustained growth in demand (reports The Australian).

The upcoming Resources Rising Stars Summer Series is set to give investors the chance to get up close and personal with some of the leading lights in lithium and rare earths (reports Stockhead).

The lithium price continues to go from strength to strength (reports MiningNews).

Home-grown lithium producer Pilbara Minerals is readying to return its swelling profits from the in-demand battery metal to its band of loyal followers (reports The West Australian).