Zimbabwe’s ‘White Gold’
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at how Harare has Africa’s largest lithium reserves and Beijing is poised to benefit, despite an export ban: The world’s clean-energy transition will be [...]
Saudi Arabia’s $2.6B Mining Deal Reshapes Global Decarbonization Landscape
Via the Arab News, a report on Saudi Arabia’s $2.6B mining deal to access critical decarbonization minerals: At the end of July, a $2.6 billion deal with Brazil’s biggest miner, Vale SA, gave [...]
Future of the BRICS
Via Geopolitical Futures, commentary on the BRICS’ future: On Aug. 22-24, members of the BRICS grouping will hold a summit in Johannesburg. They’re expected to discuss two key issues: [...]
The Mounting Challenges to China and Pakistan’s CPEC Ambitions
Courtesy of STRATFOR’s Rane Worldview, a look at the mounting challenges to China and Pakistan’s CPEC ambitions: Despite worsening militancy in Pakistan, China will almost certainly [...]
How Did The Colombian Peso Become This Year’s Darling?
Courtesy of Ashmore Group, insightful analysis of the Colombian Peso’s 2023 performance so far: What is the best performing currency in 2023 so far? Against all odds and biases, the Colombian [...]
The New Development Bank: BRICS and the New International Economic Geopolitics
Via Modern Diplomacy, an article on the New Development Bank, BRICS, and international economic geopolitics: The decline of the old order led by North Americans and Europeans is an increasingly [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.