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Leading Aussie gold stocks take flight

Here are the top five performers for the year to date. For a full list of the top 100, go to http://www.mining-journal.com/focus-top-articles/aussie-gold-stocks-on-the-move/


"2. Barra Resources: up 516%. We’ve maintained Barra on this list given its exposure to the rising gold price through its Phillips Find and Burbanks gold exploration properties in Western Australia. However, one can’t help feel it is its plan to develop the Mt Thirsty nickel-cobalt property (50% Barra; 50% Conico), also in Western Australia, has had more to do with the equity’s meteoric ascent as investors tune in to the demand story for lithium-ion batteries, which are hungry for not just lithium but cobalt and nickel, too."