Monday's HotCopper trends: Wider Waratah zones, WA1 niobium oxide | Aug 4

04 Aug 2025 13:01 (AEST)

HotCopper forum users have picked out Waratah Minerals (ASX:WTM) as the most interesting news to start Week 32, after the explorer extended multiple zones of high-grade gold at its Spur Gold Corridor in the Macquarie Arc.

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It’s a “pivotal drill hole” for the company, Waratah’s managing director Peter Duerden said today, and that pivotal hit sent WTM soaring +44% to lunchtime.

WA1 Resources (ASX:WA1) is another Aussie company that’s caught attention this Monday trading day; the mineral miner landed “excellent” results from its first niobium oxide testwork (96.8% Nb₂O₅) at Luni this week.

WA1 shares are at $16.18 now after a +5.07% pop for the $1.1B company.

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And, Wildcat Resources (ASX:WC8) advanced +4.8% through to 1pm after finding multiple lithium-bearing pegmatite swarms at Bolt Cutter Central.

Finally, the ASX bourse at large has been down around -0.2% today.

That’s HotCopper’s Market Trends, I’m Isaac McIntyre – stick around for close.

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