Kyrgyzstan’s Gold Rush On Ice
June 30th, 2011
Via Reuters, a very interesting article on the difficulties of investing in Kyrgyzstan: The bus loaded with supporters of a planned $100 million mine had just left its remote Kyrgyz village when a mob on horseback blocked the road. What happened next was a warning to foreign mining companies who had hoped democracy in Kyrgyzstan […]
Read more »Cambodia’s (Financial) Return
June 5th, 2011
Via The Financial Times, an interesting article on the increased interest in Cambodia. As the article notes: Cambodia, once regarded as a spill-over investment from Vietnam, is showing signs of standing on its own feet as frontier funds start to produce strong returns. Frontier investors such as Leopard Capital – a private equity fund which […]
Read more »J.P. Morgan’s Hunt For Afghan Gold
May 28th, 2011
Via Fortune, an interesting article on J.P. Morgan’s hunt for Afghan gold: Villagers assembled for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the gold mine in Qara Zaghan. The U.S. government estimates that minerals worth nearly $1 trillion lie beneath Afghanistan’s soil. FORTUNE — Qara Zaghan, Afghanistan: The four Black Hawk helicopters sweep down on this remote river […]
Read more »Investors Urged To Note Opportunities In Iraq
May 26th, 2011
Via The Financial Times, an interesting article on investment opportunities in Iraq: “…Mohammed al-Hashemi remembers how excited his mother was when she bought shares in the Baghdad Softdrinks Company 27 years ago. Najat al-Kadi was one of a select group of Iraqis keen to participate in the country’s privatisation programme during the mid-1980s, which saw […]
Read more »Laos
May 21st, 2011
Via Agence-France Presse, an interesting article on Chinese investment in Laos. As the report notes: The language is Chinese, change is given in yuan and the time is set for Beijing — but the Boten casino is in Laos, not China. This impoverished country is overrun by investments from the more powerful neighbors that surround […]
Read more »Pakistan Woos Russian Energy Giant
May 19th, 2011
Via Pakistan’s Tribune, an update on Pakistan’s courtship of Gazprom. As the article notes: “…Pakistan will make an offer to Russian energy giant Gazprom, the largest extractor of natural gas in the world, to participate in two multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline projects – Iran-Pakistan (IP) and Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) projects, during President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit to […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.