Boab Metals
Boab Metals Limited is an ASX-listed company focused on developing the Sorby Hills Lead-Silver-Zinc Project in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The Sorby Hills project is Australia’s largest undeveloped, near-surface Lead-Silver deposit with granted mining leases and EPA approval, positioning the company for fast-track production.
Short position
Boab Metals (ASX:BML) has 0.59% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 5 Oct 2026, or about 3,431,466 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has been broadly flat, and over 90 days it has fallen 0.19 percentage points. Its highest recorded short interest was 2.07% in December 2025. BML is classified in the Materials industry. All figures come from official ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay.
Price & short interest
Toggle series, zoom, and compare · ASIC daily, T+4Boab Metals (BML) short interest history
BML Short Interest History
- 30-day change
- -0.04pp
- 90-day change
- -0.19pp
- 1-year change
- +0.50pp
- All-time high
- 2.07% (December 2025)
- All-time low
- 0.00% (February 2011)
Is BML heavily shorted?
Not especially: 0.59% short interest is modest by ASX standards, ranking #306 of 799 ASX securities with reported short positions. ASIC requires positions of 0.01% of issued capital or $100,000 (whichever is less) to be reported.
How has BML's short interest changed recently?
Over the past 30 days Boab Metals's short interest has been broadly stable, and over 90 days it has been broadly stable. The current level is 0.59% of shares on issue.
What is the highest BML's short interest has been?
Since 2010, Boab Metals's short interest peaked at 2.07% in December 2025 and bottomed at 0.00% in February 2011.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are sourced from daily ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay. Shorted aggregates the full history since 2010. See our methodology.