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Stocks to Watch: December

Companies aiming to tick off milestones before the end of the year

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The market will be waiting to see what happens with embattled Harte Gold today after Silver Lake Resources last week acquired its debt.

New gold producer Emerald Resources is in a trading halt pending a material acquisition.

Copper hopeful Cyprium Metals plans to release a study on a heap leach restart of the Nifty mine in Western Australia during the month, following the release of a resource last month.

Breaker Resources is set to report an update to the resource for its Lake Roe project.

Nearby, Anglo Australian Resources has started the process of updating the resource for its Mandilla gold project, which would be the second update since May's maiden resource.

Fellow gold explorer Gateway Mining has flagged a major resource upgrade to its 240,000oz Gidgee gold project in WA.

A resource update and maiden reserve for Superior Resources' Steam Engine gold project in Queensland is expected this month, which will feed into a feasibility study.

Centaurus Metals has a resource update due for its large Jaguar nickel project in Brazil.

Sovereign Metals expects to dual list in London mid-month and complete the scoping study for the Kasiya rutile project in Malawi.

Fellow Africa-focused mineral sands play MRG Metals expects to report a resource estimate for the Koko Massava project and conceptualised pit optimisation.

Bill Beament's Develop has flagged the release of a status update for its Sulphur Springs copper-zinc project along with the first set of assays from a $10 million program.

Apollo Consolidated is set to be swallowed up as Ramelius Resources gets close to completing a takeover offer.

Cosmos Exploration will kick off the new listings from today, with 8 Au, Infinity Mining, Orange Minerals, Larvotto Resources, American West Metals, Haranga Resources, Rubix Resources, Panther Metals, Armada Metals, Resilience Mining Mongolia, Ronin Resources, Solis Minerals, Vertex Minerals, DMC Mining and Falcon Minerals also expected to debut on the ASX this month.

The two-day RIU Resurgence Conference kicks off in Perth today with presentations from 50 juniors and a keynote from Argonaut's Eddie Rigg.

The 2021 AMEC Awards will be held tomorrow night at Perth's Optus Stadium.

The Prospector Award is an all-gold affair this year with three nominees named.

De Grey Mining's Hemi discovery, Greatland Gold's Havieron discovery and Ramelius Resources Eridanus discovery, all in WA, are the shortlisted nominees.

Mineral Resources, Fortescue Metals Group and Mount Gibson Iron are nominated for the Environmental Award, while the nominees for the Community Contribution Award are Bardoc Gold, Atlas Iron and Vitrinite and Barada Barna Aboriginal Corporation.

The WA Mining Club's St Barbara's Day function tomorrow will feature former Ausdrill boss Ron Sayers, while the Melbourne Mining Club will return next week with 29Metals chair Owen Hegarty, its first luncheon since April.

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