Archives for July, 2016
Alain de Botton (“AL-on de BO-ton”) is a contemporary philosopher, born in Zurich and based in London. His father (now deceased) is Gilbert de Botton, born in Egypt, moved to Zurich when Nasser kicked out the Jewish community, and founded Global Asset Management in 1983. Egypt’s loss. Alain has said…
When I last posted on the sector in May I identified 51 companies in the lithium space with a combined market cap of $3.3 B. This month there are 60 companies with a combined market cap of $3.9B. That is, a 15% increase in the number of players over a month, and…
Humans are hard-wired to belong to a group, typically one with shared cultural and/or socioeconomic attributes. Most people are social and have a natural desire to be accepted by the group, and therefore adopt the group’s customs and behaviors. An individual may behave quite differently when away from the group.…
“Avita Medical is a medical device company that provides a unique approach to skin regeneration” Avita closed a capital raising this week to raise approximately $11M at a price of $0.09. The rights issue is partly underwritten by Morgans Financial Ltd (“Morgans”). The company has recently strengthened its management team…
There are hundreds of copper minerals, many of which cannot be treated. It is important to know what copper minerals occur in a deposit before assigning value to the deposit. Even if the copper mineral/s in the deposit can be treated, the cost may be high and therefore potentially uneconomic.…