BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in downtown Barcelona on Saturday to protest the skyrocketing cost of renting an apartment in the popular tourist destination. Protesters cut off traffic on main avenues in the city center, holding up homemade signs in Spanish reading “Fewer apartments for investing and more homes for living" and “The people without homes uphold their rights.” The lack of affordable housing has become one of the leading concerns for the southern European Union country, mirroring the housing crunch across many parts of the world, including the United States . Organizers said that over 100,000 had turned out, while Barcelona’s police said they estimated some 22,000 marched. Either way, the throngs of people clogging the streets recalled the massive separatist rallies at the heigh of the previous decade’s Catalan independence movement. Now, social concerns led by housing have displaced political crusades. That is because the average rent for Spain has doubled in last 10 years. The price per square meter has risen from 7.2 euros ($7.5) in 2014 to 13 euros this year, according to the popular online real estate website Idealista. The growth is even more acute in cities like Barcelona and Madrid. Incomes meanwhile have failed to keep up, especially for younger people in a country with chronically high unemployment. Protestor Samuel Saintot said he is “frustrated and scared” after being told by the owners of the apartment he has rented for the past 15 years in Barcelona’s city center that he must vacate the premises. He suspects that the owners want him out so they can renovate it and boost the price. “Even looking in a 20- or 30-kilometer radius outside town, I can’t even find anything within the price range I can afford,” he told The Associated Press. “And I consider myself a very fortunate person, because I earn a decent salary. And even in my case, I may be forced to leave town.” A report by the Bank of Spain indicates that nearly 40% of Spaniards who rent dedicate an average of 40% of their income to paying rents and utilities, compared to the European Union average of 27% of renters who do so. “We are talking about a housing emergency. It means people having many difficulties both in accessing and staying in their homes,” said Ignasi Martí, professor for Esade business school and head of its Dignified Housing Observatory. The rise in rents is causing significant pain in Spain, where traditionally people seek to own their homes. Rental prices have also been driven up by short-term renters including tourists. Many migrants to Spain are also disproportionately hit by the high rents because they often do not have enough savings. Spain is near the bottom end of OECD countries with under 2% of all housing available being public housing for rent. The OECD average is 7%. Spain is far behind France, with 14%, Britain with 16%, and the Netherlands with 34%. Carme Arcarazo, spokesperson for Barcelona’s Tenants Union which helped organize the protest, said that renters should consider a “rent strike” and cease paying their monthly rents in a mass protest movement. “I think we the tenants have understood that this depends on us. That we can’t keep asking and making demands to the authorities and waiting for an answer. We must take the reins of the situation,” Arcarazo told the AP. “So, if they (the owners) won’t lower the rent, then we will force them to do it." The Barcelona protest came a month after tens of thousands rallied against high rents in Madrid. The rising discontent over housing is putting pressure on Spain’s governing Socialist party, which leads a coalition on the national level and is in charge of Catalonia’s regional government and Barcelona’s city hall. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presided over what the government termed a “housing summit” including government officials and real estate developers last month. But the Barcelona’s Tenants Union boycotted the event, saying it was like calling a summit for curing cancer and inviting tobacco companies to participate. The leading government measure has been a rent cap mechanism that the central government has offered to regional authorities based on a price index established by the housing ministry. Rent controls can be applied to areas deemed to be “highly stressed” by high rental prices. Catalonia was the first region to apply those caps, which are in place in downtown Barcelona. Many locals blame the million of tourists who visit Barcelona, and the rest of Spain, each year for the high prices. Barcelona’s town hall has pledged to completely eliminate the city’s 10,000 so called “tourist apartments,” or dwellings with permits for short-term rents, by 2028.Sitcoms enjoyed a serious renaissance in the 1990s, only to sputter out by the new millennium. But that didn't mean the sitcom genre died . It just changed. And there's at least 32 great sitcoms that came out after the 1990s to prove it. Throughout the 1990s, hit TV shows like Friends, Frasier, Seinfeld, Full House, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Mad About You, and so many more defined the decade, a time when families still gathered around the same television sets. But the eventual rise of the internet and fractured viewing, not to mention changing taste and sensibilities, sent the laugh-track sitcom packing to give way to new forms of situational comedy. Many shows took on a mockumentary-style approach, which gave the hysterical antics a touch of authenticity that traditional sitcoms never could. Towards the streaming era, comedies introduced more intricate filmmaking – with cutaway gags, elaborate transitions, sometimes even stunts – which weren't possible with a traditional studio audience. Sitcoms didn't die out with the advent of high-speed internet and smartphones. It just changed. Here are the 32 greatest sitcoms that aired after the 1990s. 32. Modern Family Easily one of the biggest and most successful TV sitcoms of the social media era, Modern Family lives up to its title to follow several different families in contemporary Los Angeles. The families are connected through wealthy businessman Jay (Ed O'Neil) and his two adult children with families of their own, one of them a same-sex couple. (This was a big deal when gay marriage was still fiercely debated in national politics.) Jay is also divorced from his first wife and remarried to the passionate and fiery Gloria (Sofia Vergara in her star-making role). A juggernaut with critics and audiences, Modern Family mixes traditional sitcom conventions with mockumentary formatting and cringe sensibilities to mark a new phase in the sitcom canon. 31. Reba She's a single mom who works too hard, who loves her kids and never stops. When multi-cam sitcoms were a dying breed, country singer Reba McEntire kept it on life support with her own successful TV sitcom, simply titled Reba. The 'Can't Even Get the Blues' singer stars as Reba Hart, a middle-aged divorcee who is just trying to keep her Houston home together after her husband has an affair with a younger woman – dim-witted but well-meaning dental hygienist, Barbara (Melissa Peterman) – while her own teenage daughter becomes pregnant. Reba doesn't reinvent the wheel, but the show was popular both for McEntire's sharp comic timing and her show's honest (and funny!) portrayal of broken home dynamics. 30. Rutherford Falls At a time when America was all too eager to move past monuments to its problematic past, Rutherford Falls balanced the importance of heritage with empathy for the marginalized – all while keeping things funny. From Parks & Recreation's Michael Schur, Rutherford Falls was a Peacock sitcom that followed Nathan Rutherford (Ed Helms), descendant of a local dynasty who is determined to preserve his family's history in their namesake town of Rutherford Falls. He is sometimes aided, sometimes at odds with his lifelong best friend Reagan (Jana Schmieding), a Native activist. Although it ran for a short two seasons, Rutherford Falls packed a lot in its run, highlighting difficult topics – such as systemic oppression, capital as an uneven distributor of power, and the importance of preservation – with a truly delightful sense of irony and humor. 29. Tacoma FD Broken Lizard, the manic minds behind cult comedy classics Super Troopers and Beerfest, grew out their mustaches and slid down poles for the underrated workplace sitcom Tacoma FD. Set inside a firehouse in Tacoma, Washington – one of America's wettest cities, climate-wise – the bored firefighters put up with all kinds of day-to-day problems while ensuring their relevance against local bureaucracy. Basically "Super Troopers with firefighters," Tacoma FD put some late-2000s raunchiness back on cable TV for four solid seasons. 28. Still Standing Long before he was Robert Baratheon on Game of Thrones, he was blue-collar Bill raising three children in suburban Chicago. In the overlooked CBS sitcom Still Standing, Addy and Jamie Gertz co-star as two parents still struggling to grow past their wild and carefree days of their own youth. The parents are flocked by their unbelievably mature kids, in particular their booksmart eldest son. During its run on network TV, Still Standing failed to stand out against other likeminded shows (see also: The King of Queens), but the show was smarter than its basic sitcom premise seemed, with a grounded and honest look at what it really takes to grow up. 27. Wilfred Shortly after Elijah Wood saved all of Middle-earth in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, he moved on to playing a depressed lawyer suffering a breakdown in the psychological black comedy Wilfred. A remake of an Australian TV show, Wilfred stars Wood as a suicidal lawyer whose life changes when he meets a gorgeous neighbor (Fiona Gubelmann) and her dog Wilfred, who appears to Wood as a foul-mouthed man in a dog costume. (Jason Gann, who played the same role in the Australian original, reprises his part for the American version.) Talk about man's best friend: themed around mental health and the importance of companionship, Wilfred enjoyed cult success on FX with its blend of vulgar humor and dashes of surrealism. 26. The Sarah Silverman Program In Sarah Silverman's self-titled farcical sitcom, which ran for just three seasons on Comedy Central, the comedienne plays a fictionalized version of herself – an immature 20-something woman in the San Fernando Valley with a childlike view of the outside world. She is surrounded by supportive if also neurotic friends, namely her gay neighbors Brian and Steve (played by Brian Posehn and Steve Agee) and her more responsible sister Laura (Laura Silverman, also Sarah's real-life sister). Nothing really happens on The Sarah Silverman Program, just episodic escapades that always take a turn for the worse and sometimes surreal, like Sarah's one-night stand with "God" and what is really on Brian's iPod. 25. Childrens Hospital Sick kids aren't funny – they're really funny. In this dark comedy satire that originated as a low-budget webseries for TheWB.com, creator Rob Corddry also stars as Dr. Arthur Childrens, a misguided pediatrician whose hospital in Brazil (or is it?) is staffed by some of the most eccentric doctors you'll ever see on TV. A brilliant parody of medical shows like ER, Grey's Anatomy, Scrubs, and movies like Patch Adams, Childrens Hospital boasts a strong ensemble cast – including Lake Bell, Ken Marino, Megan Mullaly, Malin Akerman, and even Henry Winkler – to surgically rip the genre open a new one. 24. Better Off Ted A workplace sitcom unlike any other, Better Off Ted is about what it means to do good in a place where evil is business. The show follows Ted Crisp (Jay Harrington), the likeable lead of research and development at soulless megacorporation Veridian Dynamics. The show's comedy comes from the juxtaposition between Ted's positive demeanor and inspiring leadership against the sinister work of his company. Portia de Rossi co-stars as his elegant but cold boss Veronica Palmer, with whom he shares a relationship that would send HR into a panic. While Better Off Ted drew critical acclaim and is now seen today as a cult classic, the show's low ratings led to its premature cancellation after just two short seasons. 23. Cougar Town Just before Bill Lawrence found success with Ted Lasso, he and co-producing partner Kevin Biegel defied the odds and bad show titles with Cougar Town, a critically acclaimed sitcom that lasted an impressive six seasons. The series follows Courtney Cox as a recently divorced woman in her 40s who starts all over with the help of her teenage son and supportive (if also wine-drunk) friends. While the show's gaudy title failed to draw in audiences at first – with name changes considered virtually every season – the show cultivated a dedicated fandom who deemed it one of the best and smartest shows during its run on both ABC and TBS. 22. Schitt's Creek Once a little Canadian sitcom that could, Schitt's Creek eventually found a massive audience towards the end of its five-season run, collecting numerous Emmy Awards on its way out. Created by comedian and actor Danel Levy with his father Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek follows the affluent Rose family who lose their vast fortune and must rebuild their lives in remote and rural Schitt's Creek. While the first season drew only lukewarm reviews, later seasons – which had ample wit and warmth in its story about building community and valuing what really matters most – attracted wide acclaim. Its slow-burn, buzzy word-of-mouth reputation turned Schitt's Creek from an obscure Canadian gem into a legitimate hit as one of the few successful sitcoms of the late 2010s. 21. Fresh Off the Boat Springing from celebrity chef Eddie Huang's 2013 autobiography, Fresh Off the Boat chronicles young Eddie Huang (played by Hudson Yang) as his Taiwanese-American family moves from Washington D.C. to Orlando as his father Louis (Randall Park) opens a steakhouse. While the show, by Nahnatchka Khan, largely sanitized the gritty realness of Huang's childhood in the 1990s, the show was still groundbreaking for the industry – putting a spotlight on a majority Asian American cast – as it was universally entertaining in its portrait of the American dream. Constance Wu often steals the show as the pragmatic and competitive wife/mother Jessica, who later pursues her own literary career. Huang distanced himself from the show after its first season, but Fresh Off the Boat remained a consistent ratings winner until it ended in 2020. 20. Everybody Hates Chris Before the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn underwent hipster gentrification, it was home to many Brooklyn natives – among them, comedian Chris Rock. In 2005, the Hollywood star invited TV audiences to witness a fictionalized version of his childhood in the '80s through his hit sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. Tyler James Williams plays a young Chris Rock who navigates adolescence, family problems, and inner-city struggles with sincere heart and sometimes ironic humor. (Rock himself narrates the show all throughout.) Besides a young Williams demonstrating early mastery at comic timing, Everybody Hates Chris drew a wide audience for its balance of harsh life lessons and laugh-out-loud antics. 19. What We Do in the Shadows Vampire horror meets dysfunctional households in FX's supernaturally popular What We Do in the Shadows. Spinning off from the acclaimed 2014 movie by Taika Waititi, What We Do in the Shadows is a mockumentary where cameras follow a household of self-absorbed vampires living in Long Island, assisted by stressed-out human familiar Guillermo (Harvey Guillén). As Guillermo's wish to become a vampire is frustratingly dangled before him, the ancient vamps – Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Laszlo (Matt Berry), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), and "energy vampire" Colin (Mark Proksch) – relish in the dark sides of everyday living. A critical darling for all of its seasons, What We Do in the Shadows is sinfully hilarious. 18. The Office As Michael Scott once said: "I want people to be afraid of how much they love me." A generation-defining success story, The Office's rise is parallel to that of the internet and streaming. Originating as a sandpaper dry British comedy, the American version of The Office takes audiences inside the beige offices of a Pennsylvania paper company to chronicle the ups and downs of a workplace in disarray. Steve Carell is unforgettable as frequently misguided but earnest Michael Scott, a dreamer whose reach never quite matches his ambitions. Synonymous with mid-2000s comedy, The Office made mind-numbing 9-to-5 jobs look like an adventure. 17. New Girl Who's that girl? It's Jess! What started out as a vehicle for Zooey Deschanel to flex her manic pixie dream girl image slowly became so much more. Set in L.A., New Girl sees Deschanel as quirky 20-something Jessica Day who moves into a loft apartment full of dudes after a breakup. Over time, these housemates – including Jess' best friend Cece (Hannah Simone) – grow close, taking on the ups and downs of life with gritted teeth and tight hugs. (Megan Fox steps in for a time, during Deschanel's real-life pregnancy which is written off as "jury duty.") While roommate-oriented sitcoms are hardly anything new, New Girl's specific brand of improvised comedy and cast chemistry made it so much more worthwhile than its "adorkable" surface implied. 16. The IT Crowd With the advent of high speed internet, people knew enough about computers even if they didn't understand them. Enter the boom of information technology departments, which inspired one of the greatest British comedies of the 2000s. The IT Crowd revolves around the eccentric, mostly antisocial IT department of a London corporation. The story begins when clueless Jen (Katherine Parkinson) is hired to oversee the department as their official Business Relationship Manager, only for her to wind up their personal relationship manager. Like most British TV, The IT Crowd ran for a mere 25 episodes, but the show enjoys a prolific legacy as one of the funniest shows on any side of the pond to (affectionately) roast a new breed of freaks and geeks. 15. Scrubs They're no Superman, but they're trying their best. While most medical TV shows go hard in relationship melodramas and the high-stakes race to save the sick and wounded, Scrubs sought the funny bones of the medical genre. The series takes place in Sacred Heart Hospital to follow young interns J.D. (Zach Braff), Turk (Donald Faison), and ambitious Elliot (Sarah Chalke) as they learn about what it means to live life while saving them. Across a whopping 180-plus episodes, Scrubs expertly balanced slapstick humor and comical surrealism – thanks to dalliances into J.D.'s daydreams – while never forgetting the heart and soul of the sacred profession. 14. Malcolm in the Middle What appears to be a run-of-the-mill sitcom about adolescence is actually one of the sharpest and wittiest shows of the 2000s. Premiering on January 9th, 2000, Malcolm in the Middle follows titular Malcolm (Frankie Muniz), a young boy with a genius intellect who is "stuck" with his dysfunctional family, including clueless dad Hal (Bryan Cranston), his domineering mother Lois (Jane Kaczmarek), and his numerous siblings. Though he's a certified genius, Malcolm still isn't mature enough to handle life's curveballs, which inspires all kinds of episodic hijinks. One of the first network sitcoms to ditch studio audiences and laugh tracks for more intricate filmmaking, Malcolm in the Middle was as clever as it was jagged, foreshadowing a specific mood that was settling in amid the new millennium. 13. Community It never went the whole distance of "Six seasons and a movie," but just like your own college years, it was good while it lasted. From Dan Harmon, Community is the story of a diverse group of students at a suburban community college who come together as a Spanish class study group after slick ex-lawyer Jeff Winger (Joel McHale) inadvertently makes one up to get the attention of Britta (Gillian Jacobs). Inspired by Harmon's own experiences going to community college and forging strong friendships with unlikely people, Community made the most of its unconventional yet mundane setting and unforgettable characters. (Most notable of all: Britta's slow-burn transformation into an actual idiot is nothing short of impressive.) From suspenseful games of paintball and Dungeons & Dragons to zombie outbreaks at Halloween parties, Community did so much to earn its extra credits. 12. Veep Vote Meyer! In the HBO hit Veep, Julia Louis-Dreyfus shines as Vice President Selina Meyer, an ambitious politician who starts the show having fallen short of her Presidential dreams. Settling for the role of VP, Meyer deals with her loyal yet buffoonish staff who breathlessly race to cater to her every whim. If The West Wing was about the best in politics and House of Cards the worst, Veep was about how hysterical the dweebs in DC can be. Political blunders galore, Veep is easily the funniest sitcom ever about the (second) most powerful office in the free world. 11. Superstore Attention Cloud 9 shoppers: If you haven't seen Superstore, check it out now. Set in a fictional big box store in St. Louis, Superstore chronicles the daily lives of the store's employees as they put up with bizarre customers and corporate overlords. Much of the show primarily revolves around the budding romance between cynical supervisor Amy (America Ferrera) and intelligent business school dropout Jonah (Ben Feldman), who is hired in the pilot episode. A workplace comedy that was boldly unafraid to get real – with episodes about everything from illegal immigration to dealing with COVID-19 – Superstore is anything but a budget discount. 10. How I Met Your Mother All these years later, fans remain split over the ending. But until it hit that polarizing finish line, How I Met Your Mother was among the most popular sitcoms of its kind – and one of the last. The series revolves around Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor), a New York City architect who tells his kids in the year 2030 how he met their mother. (The late Bob Saget voices the older Ted, the show's narrator.) Hailed by critics as one of the freshest laugh-track sitcoms in a time when the format was all but dead, How I Met Your Mother launched some careers (Jason Segel and Cobie Smulders) and revitalized others (Neil Patrick Harris) while telling a heartfelt and often heartbreaking story about one man's tireless search for "The One." The cherry on top: The show had an especially great curation of late 2000s indie rock. 9. Shoresy You gotta set the tone, boys. Spinning off from the dry and quick-witted Letterkenny, Jared Keeso laces up his skates for the similarly acerbic Shoresy. Keeso stars as Shore, a rough and aggressive yet calculated hockey player for a regional Ontario league. Following a massive losing streak, Shoresy takes control of his team, the Sudbury Bulldogs, by promising his impossibly beautiful owners (Sudbury has a strange concentration of beautiful women) that they'll "never lose again." Shoresy is all about winning by any means necessary, and the show's endless dispensary of insults, clever comebacks, and cutting remarks make it as hard-hitting as the boys on the ice. Are you ready? Good, 'cuz you're going! 8. Curb Your Enthusiasm It's a show where Larry David, loosely playing himself, yells at everyone around him. And it's been one of HBO's most successful sitcoms since it debuted in October 2000. Curb Your Enthusiasm follows David playing a fictionalized version of himself, that of a stubborn, semi-retired TV writer in Los Angeles who puts up with the mind-numbing minutiae of everyday life. A masterclass of improv comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm epitomizes David's own cantankerous and cynical outlook, believing that everyone around him who projects empty enthusiasm ought to be taken down a peg. 7. The Good Place Welcome! Everything is fine. In this modern classic broadcast on NBC and created by Michael Schur, Eleanor Shellstrop (Kirsten Bell) dies and goes upstairs to "The Good Place," where she's paired by Good Place architect Michael (Ted Danson) with her soulmate, a neurotic ex-ethics professor named Chidi (William Jackson Harper). And life seems heavenly at a glance, except Eleanor hides a secret: She's not who The Good Place thinks she is. And there's an even bigger secret about The Good Place that's only revealed at the end of the first season. Lauded by critics and audiences for its exploration of social ethics and philosophy mixed with dirtbag humor, The Good Place is an uplifting sitcom that finds hilarity in the bigger picture. 6. Parks & Recreation While it started off on the wrong foot as a sort of "The Office in local government," Parks & Recreation quickly found its own voice as an optimistic sitcom about the good things people are capable of in service to their communities. Amy Poehler stars as Leslie Knope, a perky government official working in the suburban nowhere of Pawnee, Indiana. Never mind how she behaves in Season 1. Starting in Season 2, Leslie shines as a confident go-getter who inspires everyone around her to do their best – even against their own wishes. Featuring a charismatic ensemble that made stars out of talent like Rashida Jones, Nick Offerman, Chris Pratt, Aubrey Plaza, and more, Parks & Recreation is a modern sitcom triumph. 5. Abbot Elementary In 2021, the mockumentary format had grown long in the tooth through shows like Parks & Recreation and Modern Family. But it found new life after enrolling in Abbot Elementary. A hilarious workplace sitcom created by and starring Quinta Brunson, the show takes place inside the chaotic classrooms and hallways of a predominantly Black public school in Philadelphia. Brunson takes charge as Janine Teagues, an idealistic second grade teacher who only wants to inspire her students. Besides bureaucratic red tape and systemic underfunding, Janine's work life is made complicated by her relationship to another teacher, Barbara Howard (Sheryl Lee Ralph), a will-they-won't-they romance with substitute teacher Gregory (Tyler James Williams), and the often irresponsible but surprising principal Ava (Janelle James). Even in the streaming era, Abbot Elementary made honor roll as a legit network hit on ABC. 4. Brooklyn Nine-Nine Cold opens, Halloween heists, and karaoke line-ups: These are just a few things that make Brooklyn Nine-Nine so arresting. Centered around irresponsible but capable cop Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) and his relationship to strict new chief Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher), Brooklyn Nine-Nine turns the 99th precinct of the NYPD upside down with episodic antics. Initially a hit on FOX before moving to NBC in its final years, Brooklyn Nine-Nine found success with both its gut-busting hilarity and occasional sincerity at difficult topics, ranging from police profiling to queer sexual identity. Nine-Nine! 3. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, one of the longest consistently running sitcoms in TV history, has found unbelievable longevity in a simple question: "What's The Gang up to this week?" Premiering in 2005, It's Always Sunny takes place in and out of a grimy dive bar in Philly that's owned and operated by a group of toxic and destructive friends: sociopathic Dennis (Glenn Howerton), passionate but naive Charlie (Charlie Day), slimy Mac (Rob McElhenney), and Dennis' sister Dee (Kaitlin Olson). The gang is soon joined by Dennis and Dee's weird dad Frank (Danny DeVito), and together their various schemes and plans spiral out of control. With a sublime sense of dark and morbid humor, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia can leave you laughing through the horror. 2. Arrested Development Wealth can't buy stability. Such is the ethos of Arrested Development, an absurdist sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz which follows the fictional Bluth dynasty after their wealth totally dries up. Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) steps up to take over his family's business while trying to keep all his opportunistic relatives in check. (Ron Howard, also the show's executive producer, served as the show's main omniscient narrator.) Originally a cult hit that was canceled too soon on FOX, Arrested Development found new life on Netflix when it saw season revivals in 2013, 2018, and 2019. Deemed by critics one of the greatest TV shows of all time, Arrested Development enjoyed acclaim throughout its run, winning six Emmy Awards during its lifespan. 1. 30 Rock In the immortal words of Jack Donaghy: "Good God, Lemon." A modern classic with an embarrassment of riches, Tina Fey's 30 Rock takes audiences behind the scenes of a weekly sketch comedy show that is totally not Saturday Night Live. The show centers around head writer Liz Lemon (Fey), a type-A "know it all" who must deal with the drama of having a sudden new star Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan), a total loose cannon. Through the ups and downs of making TV, Liz clashes – and receives guidance – from her new boss Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin), a suave but controlling executive. Brimming with comic genius and self-referential humor, including many jabs at NBC's corporate culture and many acquisitions during its run, 30 Rock is simply one of the greatest TV sitcoms to ever make it to air.

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Tens of thousands of Spaniards protest housing crunch and high rents in BarcelonaStockhead Don't miss out on the headlines from Stockhead. Followed categories will be added to My News. Lithium prices faking at a rebound as corporate activity rises Sayona-Piedmont the latest scrip M&A deal, while Norm Seckold lists $9.7m Nevada lithium float WA1, Nico, Pantera among High Voltage weekly gains Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, rare earths, and vanadium. Back from the brink, the bottom of the market is bringing a handful of investment opportunities to bear in sold-off lithium. The price news remains particularly difficult, with hydroxide chemicals – used in nickel rich EV battery chemistries – fetching just US$8750/t according to Fastmarkets. Battery-grade carbonate, associated with cheaper but shorter range lithium-iron-phosphate battery chemistry EV batteries, is a little brighter at US$11,110/t across China, Japan and Korea. But there are a couple bright-ish spots if the price reporting agency's numbers are to be believed. Chinese carbonate prices, for instance, recorded a US$1340/t WoW growth to RMB84,700/t or US$11,695/t. 6% Li20 spodumene concentrate meanwhile lifted to US$850/t, above the month average of US$821/t. That reflected movements in the futures market, according to Fastmarkets, though spot sales were sparse. But for anyone with a long-term bullish outlook on lithium and battery demand, some corporate machinations suggest there will be ways to play the battered sector. Down-cycle M&A Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) and Pilbara Minerals (ASX:PLS) sounded the alarm that counter-cyclical acquisitions were beginning ahead of the next upturn in the battery materials cycle with their $10bn and $560m moves respectively on Arcadium Lithium (ASX:LTM). But it's happening further down the curve as well. This week saw the marriage of Sayona Mining (ASX:SYA) and Piedmont Lithium (ASX:PLL), bringing the North American Lithium operation in Quebec, Canada, under a single banner. The companies had previously owned the project in a 75-25 split, with NASDAQ dual-listed Piedmont also boasting an interest in Atlantic Lithium's (ASX:A11) Ewoyaa project in Ghana and proposed conversion plants in the US. Outside of NAL, SYA also boasts the Moblan and Authier projects in Quebec, giving it a sizeable resource base of more than 150Mt to tap should lithium markets turn around. The merger is being supported by Resource Capital Funds, which will tip US$45 million ($69m) into the business subject to Sayona shareholder approval, with both Piedmont and Sayona to also raise US$27m ($40m) each. The merged entity plans to allow non-institutional holders to take part in a $22.5m raise post combination. NAL produced 52,141t of 5.3% spodumene concentrate in the September quarter, lifting revenue 113% to $52m. But its operating costs of $1335/dmt (FOB) while down 11% QoQ continue to run above average sale prices of $1067/dmt (US$711/t). Underlying EBITDA was negative $18m in the three months to September 30. The return of IPOs ASX IPOs hit a long-term high in 2021 as over 100 resources companies, many of them chasing lithium, leapt onto the bourse. These days they're fewer and farther in between. But today a new lithium explorer hits the bourse in the form of Norm Seckold's Fulcrum Lithium. Chaired by Seckold, the chairman of $4bn ASX success story Nickel Industries (ASX:NIC), Sky Metals (ASX:SKY) and Alpha HPA (ASX:A4N) , he will hold a post-listing diluted holding in the company of 23.83%. Loaded up with the ASX code FUL, the $9.7 million, 25c per share float – managed by Bell Potter – will ring the bell at 10.30am AEDT on Friday, seeking to explore for the white stuff in Nevada's Esmeralda County. FUL's Fairway, Alkali Flats and Summit projects surround or abut a number of major US lithium deposits in Nevada, close to major gigafactories like Tesla's Reno facility. They include American Lithium's TLC project, American Battery Technology Co.'s Tonopah Flats, ioneer's (ASX:INR) Rhyolite Ridge and Albemarle's Silver Peak. The largest of FUL's assets is the flagship Alkali Flats, located to the east of Albemarle's operating lithium brine Silver Peak, the only major lithium producer in the USA currently, where the junior has set out an exploration target over two areas of 3.42-7.35Bt at 500-700ppm Li for 9.1-27.4Mt of lithium carbonate equivalent. Battery Metals Winners and Losers Here’s how a basket of ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, rare earths, magnesium, manganese and vanadium is performing >>> Code Company Price % Week % Month % Six Month % Year Market Cap OD6 Od6Metalsltd 0.2 19900% 19900% 19900% 0% $5,791,058 ITM Itech Minerals Ltd 0.155 244% 210% 675% 252% $11,439,271 DLI Delta Lithium 0.003 50% 0% -40% -70% $139,725,649 RVT Richmond Vanadium 0.061 42% 24% -33% -29% $25,000,264 MRD Mount Ridley Mines 0.0025 25% -17% 0% -71% $7,784,883 TMX Terrain Minerals 0.057 24% 24% -21% -2% $7,200,115 WA1 Wa1Resourcesltd 0.084 24% 22% -2% -38% $983,233,068 NC1 Nicoresourceslimited 0.037 23% -23% -21% -51% $14,228,575 GW1 Greenwing Resources 0.011 22% 22% 10% -69% $10,348,014 GRE Greentechmetals 0.12 20% -8% -25% -65% $7,560,278 ADD Adavale Resource Ltd 0.021 17% 5% -50% -71% $3,059,413 SRZ Stellar Resources 0.0035 17% -13% -50% -68% $38,475,386 FTL Firetail Resources 0.028 17% -15% -23% -41% $25,174,846 PFE Panteraminerals 0.0035 17% -22% -42% -65% $9,475,674 CNB Carnaby Resource Ltd 0.004 14% 0% -43% -60% $63,616,781 S32 South32 Limited 0.12 14% 9% -45% -31% $16,731,510,726 MHC Manhattan Corp Ltd 0.004 14% 14% 14% 0% $4,497,970 STM Sunstone Metals Ltd 0.018 13% -5% -12% 100% $38,616,777 EV1 Evolutionenergy 14.94 12% 11% -32% 75% $10,095,880 STK Strickland Metals 0.015 11% 7% -21% -48% $176,593,179 AR3 Austrare 0.01 11% 0% -23% -60% $16,656,850 PEK Peak Rare Earths Ltd 0.105 11% 7% -22% -34% $32,171,502 SGQ St George Min Ltd 0.265 10% -9% 6% 77% $27,213,511 FRS Forrestaniaresources 0.046 10% -6% -27% -21% $3,262,867 BKT Black Rock Mining 0.025 9% -32% -47% -67% $57,594,235 BUR Burleyminerals 0.575 8% -3% 64% 109% $9,774,111 LRS Latin Resources Ltd 0.0065 8% -19% -28% -82% $546,276,795 AVL Aust Vanadium Ltd 0.081 8% 0% 8% -71% $116,567,884 BCA Black Canyon Limited 0.028 8% -7% -30% -41% $5,242,185 MLS Metals Australia 0.215 8% 10% -16% -19% $18,180,488 SBR Sabre Resources 6.55 7% 38% 36% 171% $4,322,581 ZNC Zenith Minerals Ltd 0.0075 7% 25% -32% -53% $17,805,200 BMM Balkanminingandmin 0.155 7% -26% -63% -74% $4,388,066 IXR Ionic Rare Earths 0.016 7% -6% 0% -52% $43,827,864 MTM MTM Critical Metals 0.016 7% 7% 33% -6% $23,312,825 BM8 Battery Age Minerals 0.049 7% -2% -40% -77% $9,464,995 LSR Lodestar Minerals 0.515 6% 23% 348% 410% $3,372,329 OMH OM Holdings Limited 3.75 6% 1% -4% 18% $260,527,312 RMX Red Mount Min Ltd 1.005 6% -26% 18% 310% $4,260,936 SLZ Sultan Resources Ltd 4.11 6% 19% 96% 187% $1,620,289 NIC Nickel Industries 0.0095 6% -5% -27% -57% $3,925,176,040 FRB Firebird Metals 0.019 6% -30% -50% -58% $17,083,368 PNN Power Minerals Ltd 0.041 5% 3% -18% -32% $10,900,399 AXE Archer Materials 0.021 5% 5% -40% -30% $77,728,339 FIN FIN Resources Ltd 0.0105 5% -22% -80% -63% $3,895,612 EVG Evion Group NL 0.9175 5% -1% -14% 15% $11,796,748 AZL Arizona Lithium Ltd 0.044 5% -4% -19% -51% $67,107,218 WC8 Wildcat Resources 0.044 5% -12% -37% -73% $333,872,360 AGY Argosy Minerals Ltd 0.24 4% -17% -49% -20% $52,413,154 IPX Iperionx Limited 0.024 4% 14% 4% -40% $1,210,623,588 WR1 Winsome Resources 0.12 4% -14% 43% -23% $112,964,588 CNJ Conico Ltd 0.073 4% -8% -42% -57% $2,201,528 LLI Loyal Lithium Ltd 0.53 4% 5% -61% -55% $9,736,972 ALY Alchemy Resource Ltd 0.056 4% 14% 12% -23% $8,246,534 PTR Petratherm Ltd 0.028 4% 4% 17% -30% $34,900,465 REE Rarex Limited 0.03 3% -6% -60% -82% $8,809,304 RNU Renascor Res Ltd 0.16 3% 7% -9% -19% $172,844,418 RR1 Reach Resources Ltd 0.067 3% 5% 81% 81% $9,618,745 EMH European Metals Hldg 0.042 2% 11% 5% -26% $32,153,929 PAM Pan Asia Metals 0.098 2% 20% -35% 2% $12,746,410 OM1 Omnia Metals Group 0.099 2% -10% -29% -58% $4,550,568 SUM Summitminerals 0.027 2% -13% -32% -79% $14,244,118 VML Vital Metals Limited 0.4275 2% -13% -13% -14% $17,685,201 NWC New World Resources 0.0355 1% -4% -72% -76% $59,645,916 M2R Miramar 0.37 1% 12% 37% 45% $1,984,116 MLX Metals X Limited 0.078 1% -1% -21% -54% $376,587,041 LLL Leolithiumlimited 0.395 1% -14% -19% -29% $605,458,342 KNI Kunikolimited 0.2225 1% -29% -46% -57% $16,052,315 AXN Alliance Nickel Ltd 0.09 1% 1% -14% -63% $26,856,066 PVW PVW Res Ltd 0 0% 0% 0% 0% $3,381,381 CAE Cannindah Resources 0.004 0% -33% -64% -86% $30,935,518 COB Cobalt Blue Ltd 0.004 0% 0% 33% -50% $29,995,707 CZN Corazon Ltd 0.001 0% 0% -50% -50% $2,671,622 GBR Greatbould Resources 0.002 0% 0% -33% -67% $32,632,192 PLL Piedmont Lithium Inc 0.042 0% 0% 0% -28% $76,325,950 ARL Ardea Resources Ltd 0.016 0% 14% 220% 220% $75,879,508 CHN Chalice Mining Ltd 0.011 0% -21% -48% -76% $540,747,235 NMT Neometals Ltd 0.003 0% -25% -33% -50% $69,248,258 IGO IGO Limited 0.099 0% -1% -21% -60% $3,756,048,352 ADV Ardiden Ltd 0.027 0% -10% -44% -49% $7,814,688 PLS Pilbara Min Ltd 0.115 0% 19% 15% 10% $8,703,361,969 TKL Traka Resources 0.025 0% -4% 39% -32% $1,945,659 IPT Impact Minerals 0.041 0% 0% 0% 0% $36,713,205 LIT Livium Ltd 0.012 0% 0% -48% 9% $24,977,281 ARN Aldoro Resources 0.019 0% -10% -30% -42% $11,443,018 JRV Jervois Global Ltd 0.085 0% 5% 10% 0% $32,433,165 BSX Blackstone Ltd 0.002 0% 0% -50% -80% $15,386,277 POS Poseidon Nick Ltd 0.028 0% -16% -52% -67% $16,815,502 CHR Charger Metals 0.005 0% -17% -9% -70% $6,271,040 AUZ Australian Mines Ltd 0.014 0% -13% -13% -42% $15,383,633 EGR Ecograf Limited 0.034 0% -3% -31% -56% $35,422,282 TVN Tivan Limited 0.86 0% -4% -20% -27% $99,344,963 GAL Galileo Mining Ltd 0.007 0% -13% 0% -22% $24,703,116 ASL Andean Silver 0.37 0% -3% -10% -34% $160,693,099 LML Lincoln Minerals 0.008 0% 0% -41% -31% $12,337,557 PUR Pursuit Minerals 0.026 0% 0% 13% -16% $10,906,200 LEG Legend Mining 0.11 0% -39% -52% -71% $32,004,249 AML Aeon Metals Ltd. 0.005 0% -17% 0% -38% $5,482,003 G88 Golden Mile Res Ltd 0.005 0% 0% -17% -44% $5,673,874 WKT Walkabout Resources 0.012 0% -8% 0% -48% $63,769,838 TON Triton Min Ltd 0.095 0% -4% -21% -37% $15,683,887 ARU Arafura Rare Earths 0.11 0% -21% 5% -42% $320,362,730 MIN Mineral Resources. 0.13 0% -19% -33% -32% $6,821,160,745 VR8 Vanadium Resources 0.001 0% 0% 0% -75% $15,753,506 NVA Nova Minerals Ltd 0.024 0% -4% -14% -60% $56,196,517 EFE Eastern Resources 0.003 0% -18% -64% -70% $4,967,786 BNR Bulletin Res Ltd 0.375 0% 1% -56% -38% $11,450,920 AM7 Arcadia Minerals 0.01 0% 25% -79% -84% $3,277,403 EMS Eastern Metals 0.011 0% -21% -60% -37% $1,818,820 IMI Infinitymining 0.01 0% 0% -9% -55% $5,488,117 RAG Ragnar Metals Ltd 0.001 0% 0% -38% -72% $9,953,706 TMB Tambourahmetals 0.003 0% -14% 0% -14% $2,764,751 EMC Everest Metals Corp 0.006 0% -25% -30% -30% $23,285,389 KZR Kalamazoo Resources 0.002 0% -33% -50% -92% $17,106,805 CMX Chemxmaterials 0.008 0% 0% 33% -50% $4,773,826 ENT Enterprise Metals 0.007 0% -13% -46% -75% $4,713,269 AKN Auking Mining Ltd 0.036 0% 3% 20% -55% $1,565,401 RR1 Reach Resources Ltd 0.004 0% -20% -79% -93% $9,618,745 CAI Calidus Resources 0.001 0% 0% 0% -50% $93,678,206 GT1 Greentechnology 0.115 0% 0% -15% -36% $26,435,143 PGD Peregrine Gold 0.018 0% -5% -55% -45% $8,824,195 YAR Yari Minerals Ltd 0.014 0% -13% -13% -50% $1,929,431 IG6 Internationalgraphit 0.004 0% 0% 0% -71% $12,774,850 CLZ Classic Min Ltd 0.003 0% 0% -40% -63% $1,544,026 NVX Novonix Limited 0.001 0% 0% -83% -98% $380,198,524 ILU Iluka Resources 0.11 0% -39% -52% -71% $2,351,088,849 CRI Criticalim 0.023 0% 0% -32% -34% $26,723,155 VTM Victory Metals Ltd 0.105 0% 8% 35% 88% $40,146,004 WCN White Cliff Min Ltd 0.006 0% -14% -42% -74% $28,357,061 KFM Kingfisher Mining 0.015 0% -17% -17% -55% $2,739,465 AOA Ausmon Resorces 0.051 0% -22% -25% -73% $2,117,999 WC1 Westcobarmetals 0.002 0% -20% -33% -33% $2,745,006 DM1 Desert Metals 0.015 0% 7% -46% -58% $7,431,919 M24 Mamba Exploration 0.01 0% 0% -44% -76% $1,880,823 TKM Trek Metals Ltd 0.003 0% 0% -40% -63% $14,388,440 BC8 Black Cat Syndicate 0.105 0% -19% -61% -77% $311,172,929 VHM Vhmlimited 0.078 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,313,985 SRN Surefire Rescs NL 0.505 0% 0% 0% 0% $5,958,923 LU7 Lithium Universe Ltd 0.008 0% -20% -11% -55% $7,557,052 MEI Meteoric Resources 0.01 0% -44% -44% -75% $229,871,121 LM1 Leeuwin Metals Ltd 0.006 0% 0% -54% -78% $3,420,172 HAW Hawthorn Resources 0.073 0% -15% -9% -64% $17,755,827 RON Roninresourcesltd 0.012555 0% 0% -13% -19% $5,892,002 KNG Kingsland Minerals 7.97 -1% -3% 11% 0% $13,423,769 LEL Lithenergy 40.01 -1% -5% -12% -14% $41,440,581 ASM Ausstratmaterials 5.46 -1% -13% -31% -25% $91,566,416 SYA Sayona Mining Ltd 0.067 -1% -14% -50% -58% $391,145,249 PBL Parabellumresources 0.066 -1% -6% -57% -62% $3,115,000 EMN Euromanganese 0.265 -2% -9% -15% -38% $10,202,496 LCY Legacy Iron Ore 0.053 -2% -9% -26% -43% $122,132,779 VMC Venus Metals Cor Ltd 34.3 -2% -25% -57% -46% $13,729,008 ANX Anax Metals Ltd 0.245 -2% 44% 345% 11% $9,150,067 FBM Future Battery 0.235 -2% -8% -52% -64% $13,972,474 EG1 Evergreenlithium 0.235 -2% -8% -52% -64% $4,779,550 LMG Latrobe Magnesium 0.084 -2% -2% -30% -24% $54,016,360 HRE Heavy Rare Earths 0.04 -2% 14% -41% -77% $2,443,979 TOR Torque Met 0.2 -2% 0% 18% -2% $12,982,524 ASN Anson Resources Ltd 0.19 -3% -16% -51% -85% $95,541,071 AVW Avira Resources Ltd 0.175 -3% -17% -55% -29% $2,938,790 GL1 Globallith 0.067 -3% -14% -42% -54% $49,511,698 CWX Carawine Resources 0.033 -3% 3% 38% -3% $27,154,427 DVP Develop Global Ltd 0.165 -3% -11% -11% 50% $528,162,362 CXO Core Lithium 0.063 -3% 0% -61% -57% $212,158,539 RIL Redivium Limited 0.0145 -3% -19% -37% -69% $10,987,419 JLL Jindalee Lithium Ltd 0.145 -3% 12% -37% -78% $23,907,510 DYM Dynamicmetalslimited 0.087 -3% -30% -11% -55% $7,200,000 WSR Westar Resources 0.085 -3% 8% -6% -54% $3,189,799 MAN Mandrake Res Ltd 0.2075 -3% -20% -10% 43% $15,054,238 ATM Aneka Tambang 0.078 -4% -5% -46% -61% $1,121,138 MRR Minrex Resources Ltd 0.013 -4% -13% 8% -57% $8,678,940 PEK Peak Rare Earths Ltd 0.051 -4% -6% -11% -71% $32,171,502 SYR Syrah Resources 0.0115 -4% -12% -32% -69% $243,199,565 JMS Jupiter Mines. 0.34 -4% -13% -33% -27% $294,075,798 KTA Krakatoa Resources 0.065 -4% -6% -13% -61% $4,721,072 CTN Catalina Resources 0.021 -5% -16% 5% -9% $3,715,461 PGM Platina Resources 0.31 -5% 24% -22% -22% $11,840,426 ETM Energy Transition 0.515 -5% -12% -50% -67% $33,809,008 E25 Element 25 Ltd 0.1525 -5% -10% -57% -13% $62,675,034 MEK Meeka Metals Limited 0.04 -5% -7% -30% -46% $161,843,779 CDT Castle Minerals 0.06 -5% -9% -50% -57% $3,345,628 AX8 Accelerate Resources 0.039 -5% -15% -22% -77% $6,217,539 AZI Altamin Limited 0.078 -5% -22% -40% -3% $14,747,386 AAJ Aruma Resources Ltd 0.019 -5% -10% -24% -34% $3,552,931 INF Infinity Lithium 0.074 -5% -30% -3% -56% $15,265,539 VRC Volt Resources Ltd 1.38 -5% -19% -20% -10% $14,555,373 A8G Australasian Metals 0.017 -6% -11% -32% -69% $3,856,917 WML Woomera Mining Ltd 0.125 -6% -7% 0% 36% $4,333,180 GED Golden Deeps 4.91 -6% -8% -39% -45% $4,091,103 LYC Lynas Rare Earths 0.048 -6% -47% -68% -72% $6,524,332,931 EVR Ev Resources Ltd 0.008 -6% -6% -27% -65% $4,188,814 GLN Galan Lithium Ltd 0.385 -6% -13% -39% -19% $109,364,101 QEM QEM Limited 0.046 -6% -6% -26% -56% $6,870,013 CRR Critical Resources 0.1875 -6% 1% -28% -9% $15,807,761 OCN Oceanalithiumlimited 0.75 -6% -4% -13% 2% $2,144,948 PMT Patriotbatterymetals 0.29 -6% -9% 21% -19% $162,263,384 LOT Lotus Resources Ltd 0.098 -7% -7% -37% -73% $504,293,460 AS2 Askarimetalslimited 0.028 -7% -28% -53% -69% $1,748,792 RGL Riversgold 0.014 -7% -13% -30% -74% $4,882,388 SRI Sipa Resources Ltd 0.125 -7% -4% -19% -52% $3,194,214 BHP BHP Group Limited 0.125 -7% -17% -55% -55% $203,361,959,615 KOR Korab Resources 0.025 -7% -29% -60% -62% $2,936,400 CLA Celsius Resource Ltd 0.425 -8% -1% -10% 47% $25,710,245 RLC Reedy Lagoon Corp. 0.024 -8% -8% -29% -37% $1,523,413 MOH Moho Resources 0.012 -8% 0% -27% -45% $3,369,864 MQR Marquee Resource Ltd 0.024 -8% 4% 14% -33% $5,829,381 LTM Arcadium Lithium PLC 0.12 -8% -29% -71% 0% $2,311,277,151 S2R S2 Resources 0.07 -8% 25% -14% -33% $33,058,633 TLG Talga Group Ltd 0.022 -8% -12% 16% 144% $188,759,824 GCM Green Critical Min 0.011 -8% -27% -48% -79% $12,399,096 EMT Emetals Limited 0.011 -8% 0% -21% -60% $4,250,000 DRE Dreadnought Resources Ltd 0.011 -8% 0% -21% -60% $56,291,250 TAR Taruga Minerals 0.016 -9% -30% 0% 45% $7,060,268 SYR Syrah Resources 0.265 -9% -27% -55% -62% $243,199,565 MRC Mineral Commodities 0.0105 -9% -25% -25% -65% $25,596,288 KAI Kairos Minerals Ltd 0.063 -9% -30% -37% -84% $39,463,683 ESR Estrella Res Ltd 6.915 -9% -10% -2% 3% $30,416,617 QXR Qx Resources Limited 0.02 -9% -5% -52% -43% $5,120,311 FGR First Graphene Ltd 0.01 -9% -17% 0% -17% $22,104,278 WIN WIN Metals 0.02 -9% -35% -43% -59% $9,558,293 WMG Western Mines 0.02 -9% -57% -51% -87% $14,901,438 IDA Indiana Resources 0.01 -9% -17% -57% 0% $66,766,484 ABX ABX Group Limited 0.01 -9% 0% 11% 0% $10,001,613 A11 Atlantic Lithium 0.2 -9% -17% -39% -58% $145,004,515 DEV Devex Resources Ltd 0.047 -10% -40% -30% -71% $46,377,520 CTM Centaurus Metals Ltd 0.795 -10% -4% -47% -46% $218,548,534 PVT Pivotal Metals Ltd 0.028 -10% -38% -53% -33% $8,307,521 CY5 Cygnus Metals Ltd 0.185 -10% 16% -14% -27% $57,016,353 THR Thor Energy PLC 0.009 -10% -18% -40% -74% $3,382,069 SLM Solismineralsltd 0.026 -10% -32% -28% -78% $6,729,697 BUX Buxton Resources Ltd 0.255 -11% -14% -9% -66% $11,897,066 HAS Hastings Tech Met 2.77 -11% 4% -34% -22% $46,110,664 XTC XTC Lithium Limited 1.95 -11% -24% -21% -35% $17,528,272 FG1 Flynngold 0.016 -11% -24% -58% -60% $7,839,494 ASR Asra Minerals Ltd 0.16 -11% 19% 23% -22% $6,756,339 MNS Magnis Energy Tech 0.46 -12% 15% -42% -58% $50,378,922 PSC Prospect Res Ltd 0.03 -12% -14% -49% -75% $53,742,033 HXG Hexagon Energy 0.033 -12% -20% -44% -50% $11,284,150 ICL Iceni Gold 0.051 -12% -36% -73% -72% $15,812,075 AQD Ausquest Limited 0.043 -12% -25% -46% -70% $8,439,478 CMO Cosmometalslimited 0.092 -12% -26% -60% -86% $2,488,865 NTU Northern Min Ltd 0.014 -13% -18% -18% -33% $160,685,107 RBX Resource B 0.007 -13% -30% -63% -22% $3,718,241 KOB Kobaresourceslimited 0.007 -13% 56% 100% -22% $12,209,244 EUR European Lithium Ltd 0.17 -13% 0% -28% -60% $36,351,189 ARR American Rare Earths 0.054 -13% -17% -46% -72% $138,166,407 LPD Lepidico Ltd 0.071 -13% -21% -24% -75% $17,178,371 INR Ioneer Ltd 0.1 -13% -33% -74% -60% $494,691,228 REC Rechargemetals 0.1 -13% 3% -47% -56% $3,631,939 RAS Ragusa Minerals Ltd 0.13 -13% -24% -55% -54% $1,996,383 BOA Boadicea Resources 0.0095 -14% 6% -53% -44% $2,960,468 NWM Norwest Minerals 0.067 -14% -21% 29% 168% $8,732,151 1MC Morella Corporation 0.006 -14% 0% -25% 0% $8,789,569 ENV Enova Mining Limited 0.006 -14% 140% 71% -25% $6,894,505 LNR Lanthanein Resources 0.076 -15% -42% 60% -20% $8,552,726 RXL Rox Resources 0.011 -15% -21% 22% -27% $66,388,190 LRV Larvottoresources 0.016 -16% -48% -65% -89% $184,229,256 LPM Lithium Plus 0.063 -16% 3% -48% -67% $15,940,800 LTR Liontown Resources 0.0025 -17% -17% -55% -69% $1,953,140,084 GSM Golden State Mining 0.03 -17% 0% 11% -57% $2,793,706 TEM Tempest Minerals 0.025 -17% -22% -67% -80% $3,763,619 PNT Panthermetalsltd 0.005 -17% 25% -17% -38% $4,942,321 LNR Lanthanein Resources 0.01 -17% -17% -52% -71% $8,552,726 L1M Lightning Minerals 0.05 -17% 2% 19% -86% $7,846,527 KGD Kula Gold Limited 0.048 -19% -6% -41% -51% $4,180,877 BYH Bryah Resources Ltd 0.017 -19% -47% -68% -91% $1,509,861 LIN Lindian Resources 0.029 -19% -19% -24% -68% $118,174,529 LKE Lake Resources 0.004 -20% -20% -60% -80% $81,644,922 SCN Scorpion Minerals 0.004 -20% 0% 0% 0% $4,913,474 1AE Auroraenergymetals 0.028 -20% -32% -57% -78% $10,922,888 SMX Strata Minerals 0.007 -22% 0% -30% -56% $4,579,564 KM1 Kalimetalslimited 0.021 -22% -22% -56% -66% $9,219,315 GRL Godolphin Resources 0.017 -23% -25% -68% -72% $4,743,168 DTM Dart Mining NL 0.003 -25% -40% -67% -85% $5,661,945 VUL Vulcan Energy 0.31 -25% 29% -44% -71% $1,170,532,912 ASO Aston Minerals Ltd 0.275 -26% -24% -50% -67% $11,655,578 PAT Patriot Lithium 0.26 -28% -37% -74% -75% $5,070,543 ODE Odessa Minerals Ltd 0.1 -29% -38% 0% -78% $7,609,695 SRL Sunrise 0.0035 -30% -30% -61% -61% $21,654,600 PRL Province Resources 0.001 -33% 0% -50% -68% $48,441,219 QPM Queensland Pacific 0.002 -33% -33% -60% -80% $113,453,049 MHK Metalhawk. 0.001 -33% 0% -52% -70% $27,180,901 Scroll or swipe to reveal table. Click headings to sort. Best viewed on a laptop. Weekly Small Cap Standouts WA1 Resources (ASX:WA1) The explorer has released more results from drilling at the Luni niobium deposit at its West Arunta project in WA, with assays to be added to a resource update next year. Luni currently hosts an inferred resource estimate of 200 Mt at 1.0% Nb2O5, including a high grade subset of 53 Mt at 2.1% Nb2O5. These latest results include: 19m at 2.4% Nb2O5 25m at 4.4% Nb2O5 21m at 2.1% Nb2O5 2m at 2% Nb2O5; and 34m at 1.5% Nb2O5. MD Paul Savich says the results from the north-east zone of the deposit further demonstrate the significance of one of the key high-grade areas at Luni. “This zone is currently planned to support our early development ambitions and will be an important part of the updated mineral resource estimate targeted for the first half of 2025,” he said. “Planning is well-advanced for next year’s field activities which will continue to focus on the collection of data that is critical toward technically de-risking Luni and expediting the permitting process.” The discovery saw the company awarded the coveted prize of the AMEC Prospector Award at a ceremony in early November. Nico Resources (ASX:NC1) The company’s Wingellina nickel cobalt project has this week been awarded Major Project Status by the Australian Government. It’s a move which recognises the national significance of the project and provides access to the Major Projects Facilitation Agency which will assist in the development of Wingellina. Wingellina hosts one of the world’s largest undeveloped oxide-type nickel-cobalt reserves, containing containing 1.56 million tonnes of nickel metal and 123k tonnes of cobalt metal. It’s also around 100kms from BHP’s West Musgrave nickel-copper project. A prefeasibility study completed in 2022 outlined a viable project capable of producing up to 40,000t of nickel and 3,000t of cobalt in a Mixed Hydroxide Precipitate (MHP) for at least 42 years. The MHP product contains essential critical minerals used in batteries and energy storage systems required for the global energy transition. The company expects production from the project to meet critical mineral demand for global decarbonization efforts. “Wingellina is one of the largest undeveloped nickel-cobalt projects globally and one of very few development opportunities for a major new nickel development outside of the Chinese-dominated Indonesian nickel industry,” MD Jonathan Shellabear said. “The industry has undergone a major structural shift in recent times and experienced significant changes in supply dynamics and pricing. “Notwithstanding the temporary challenges in the sector, if operating in the current environment, the Wingellina project would have survived the carnage that has enveloped much of the Western world’s nickel supply. “It is a matter of time before such a substantial deposit like Wingellina provides a long term stable and secure supply of nickel and cobalt.” Pantera Minerals (ASX:PFE) The company has abandoned the re-entry program at its southwest Arkansas lithium brine project in the US, after the collection of a brine sample via the re-entering of saltwater disposal well proved to be problematic. It was a cost-saving measure that didn’t quite work out to plan, so the drilling of the planned standalone well will now be brought forward to early 2025 to collect samples for assaying and direct lithium extraction testing. The well will then be converted into a future production or disposal well. PFE says this result in no way diminishes the value of the Pantera lithium brine project and in the meantime will continue to amass land in the Smackover formation, a hot spot for US lithium hunters such as Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Standard Lithium (NYSE: SLI), Equinor (NYSE: EQNR) Tetra Technologies’ (NYSE: TTI) and Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) chasing economic brine production from old infrastructure in the area which was historically mined for bromine. PFE currently holds > 26,000 net acres and 34,900 gross surface acres in the region. 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By MICHELLE L. PRICE WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump’s supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in his political movement into public display, previewing the fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House. The rift laid bare the tensions between the newest flank of Trump’s movement — wealthy members of the tech world including billionaire Elon Musk and fellow entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and their call for more highly skilled workers in their industry — and people in Trump’s Make America Great Again base who championed his hardline immigration policies. The debate touched off this week when Laura Loomer , a right-wing provocateur with a history of racist and conspiratorial comments, criticized Trump’s selection of Sriram Krishnan as an adviser on artificial intelligence policy in his coming administration. Krishnan favors the ability to bring more skilled immigrants into the U.S. Loomer declared the stance to be “not America First policy” and said the tech executives who have aligned themselves with Trump were doing so to enrich themselves. Much of the debate played out on the social media network X, which Musk owns. Loomer’s comments sparked a back-and-forth with venture capitalist and former PayPal executive David Sacks , whom Trump has tapped to be the “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar.” Musk and Ramaswamy, whom Trump has tasked with finding ways to cut the federal government , weighed in, defending the tech industry’s need to bring in foreign workers. It bloomed into a larger debate with more figures from the hard-right weighing in about the need to hire U.S. workers, whether values in American culture can produce the best engineers, free speech on the internet, the newfound influence tech figures have in Trump’s world and what his political movement stands for. Trump has not yet weighed in on the rift, and his presidential transition team did not respond to a message seeking comment. Musk, the world’s richest man who has grown remarkably close to the president-elect , was a central figure in the debate, not only for his stature in Trump’s movement but his stance on the tech industry’s hiring of foreign workers. Technology companies say H-1B visas for skilled workers, used by software engineers and others in the tech industry, are critical for hard-to-fill positions. But critics have said they undercut U.S. citizens who could take those jobs. Some on the right have called for the program to be eliminated, not expanded. 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He has focused on immigrants who come into the U.S. illegally but he has also sought curbs on legal immigration , including family-based visas. As a presidential candidate in 2016, Trump called the H-1B visa program “very bad” and “unfair” for U.S. workers. After he became president, Trump in 2017 issued a “Buy American and Hire American” executive order , which directed Cabinet members to suggest changes to ensure H-1B visas were awarded to the highest-paid or most-skilled applicants to protect American workers. Trump’s businesses, however, have hired foreign workers, including waiters and cooks at his Mar-a-Lago club , and his social media company behind his Truth Social app has used the the H-1B program for highly skilled workers. During his 2024 campaign for president, as he made immigration his signature issue, Trump said immigrants in the country illegally are “poisoning the blood of our country” and promised to carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history. 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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) — Kimani Hamilton led High Point with 18 points and Bobby Pettiford made a contested shot in the lane with 10.9 seconds remaining as the Panthers knocked off Hampton 76-73 on Tuesday. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) — Kimani Hamilton led High Point with 18 points and Bobby Pettiford made a contested shot in the lane with 10.9 seconds remaining as the Panthers knocked off Hampton 76-73 on Tuesday. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) — Kimani Hamilton led High Point with 18 points and Bobby Pettiford made a contested shot in the lane with 10.9 seconds remaining as the Panthers knocked off Hampton 76-73 on Tuesday. Hamilton also added eight rebounds for the Panthers (7-1). Trae Benham scored 17 points while shooting 4 for 5 (4 for 4 from 3-point range) and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line. Kezza Giffa shot 4 of 10 from the field and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line to finish with 11 points. George Beale led the way for the Pirates (3-5) with 17 points. Noah Farrakhan added 16 points for Hampton. High Point went into halftime ahead of Hampton 38-33. Giffa scored 11 points in the half. Hamilton scored a team-high 13 points in the second half. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. AdvertisementNews Hub Creator 53min Samuel Koku Anyidoho, President and Founder of the Atta Mills Foundation, has praised Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for covering the medical costs of four-year-old Priscilla, according to reports from GhanaWeb. Anyidoho highlighted Dr. Bawumia’s kind act, emphasizing its significance beyond his religious beliefs. He also urged Dr. Bawumia to move forward from his recent defeat in the 2024 Presidential election, reminding him that an election cycle does not define a person’s life. In a social media post, Anyidoho remarked on the importance of continuing one’s journey, expressing support for Dr. Bawumia’s resilience. “One election cycle doesn’t define a man’s life. Dr. Bawumia is going on with his life and that’s very important. Ayekoo,” the post read. This statement came after Dr. Bawumia referred to Priscilla’s visit to his home on Christmas Day as his most meaningful gift. The young girl, who underwent a leg amputation due to leprosy, had her surgery funded by Dr. Bawumia in Italy. Following their return, Priscilla and her family visited to express their gratitude. Log in to leave a comment