Josh Chiat

Perth

Resources Journalist at Stockhead

Stockhead writer. Thoughts my own, obv. https://t.co/5pBzKH45Br

Articles

Gold Digger: As gold demand rises, here's how you find an outperformer

6 days ago | stockhead.com.au | Josh Chiat

Some gold miners do better than others.
Monsters of Rock: We have a tightening copper market ... but it's all a little knotty

6 days ago | stockhead.com.au | Josh Chiat

Copper prices remain strong amid tightness in physical marketsUS could rely on copper imports even if it encourages new mine buildsLithium surplus to run longer without curtailments: WoodMacIt was once a paint by numbers exercise to read the copper market, an economic bellwether known as Dr Copper for its ability to project and diagnose shifts in the wider global economy. That comes down to its fairly obvious industrial uses. Poles and wires carry copper for its conductivity.
Resources Top 5: Latest Trump bump sees Locksley jump on rare earths pump

1 week ago | stockhead.com.au | Josh Chiat

Locksley surges as it plans drilling near America’s only rare earths mineGallium juniors surge after Rio produces first batch of semiconductor metal in New York R&DCatalyst picks up gold offcuts from Sandfire’s DeGrussa operationsYour standout resources stocks for Thursday, May 8, 2025.
Ten Bagger: Is your explorer serious? This could be the sign they're onto something real

1 week ago | stockhead.com.au | Josh Chiat

Welcome to Ten-Bagger, where Lowell Resources Fund chief investment officer John Forwood gives us his take on a sector of the ASX resources market full of value. This month, John looks at the confidence boost ASX juniors are giving investors by investing in underground exploration declines. Everyone is hoping to find the real deal when it comes to an exploration stock, one that’s looking to turn dollars to gold and back again, not just a well oiled PR machine that’s “mining the market”.
Rise and Shine: Everything you need to know before the ASX opens

1 week ago | stockhead.com.au | Josh Chiat |Phoebe Shields

News 12 minutes ago Good morning everyone and welcome to Rise and Shine on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
Rise and Shine: Everything you need to know before the ASX opens

1 week ago | stockhead.com.au | Josh Chiat |Phoebe Shields

Everything you need to know before the ASX opens. Pic: Getty Images. Good morning everyone and welcome to Rise and Shine on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. The ASX had a middling day, falling ever so slightly on Tuesday after a weak lead-in from Wall Street. Two big news items: 1) Trump wants to place a 100% tariff on films produced outside the United States. Or he doesn’t.
Trump's critical minerals obsession has shone a spotlight on US copper stocks

1 week ago | stockhead.com.au | Josh Chiat

US-focused copper stocks see a clearer pathway to production as the Trump administration strives for critical minerals dominanceNew World Resources is in line to open its Antler mine within this term in 2027Boss Nick Woolrych says the environment is looking bright ahead of FID on the Arizona project later this yearDonald Trump’s pledge to turn the United States into an energy and resources superpower places the development of new mines front and centre in the new administrations future legacy.
Up, Up, Down, Down: Here's how the US-China trade war impacted commodities in April

1 week ago | stockhead.com.au | Josh Chiat

There’s nothing that gets the punters going like gold right now. Futures over in the States charged as high as US$3500/oz after Donald Trump’s tariffs on all and sundry sent markets into a tailspin and investors chased sexier forms of safe haven. US bonds, the investing version of staying in on Friday night to watch reruns of Grand Designs, went haywire and the US dollar dropped hard, sending money flocking into gold.
Resources Top 5: Gold Road to join the Gold Fields superhighway

1 week ago | stockhead.com.au | John Miller |Josh Chiat

Gold Road has relented to an offer from Gold Fields in a $3.7 billion buyout Trigg Minerals has increased the antimony potential of Wild Cattle Creek deposit at the Achilles project Porphyry copper-gold was intersected by Waratah Minerals in maiden drilling at Breccia West Your standout resources stocks for Monday, May 5, 2025 Gold Road Resources (ASX:GOR) One of the “worst kept secrets” in the gold M&A scene has been thrown out in the open with Gold Road Resources relenting to a “best and...
Kristie Batten: Could this be the most undervalued gold project in WA?

1 week ago | stockhead.com.au | Josh Chiat

One of Australia’s top mining journalists, Kristie Batten writes for Stockhead every week in her regular column placing a watchful eye on the movers and shakers of the small cap resources scene. Gold explorer Norwest Minerals (ASX:NWM) has been flying under the radar but that might be about to change after a couple big weeks for the company. The company has been reasonably low key, but the stars appear to be aligning, which should result in an increase in news flow in the coming months.