Bhutan Plans a $500M Fund for Crypto Mining in the Himalayas
Via Bloomberg, a report on Bhutan’s plans a $500M Fund for crypto mining in the Himalayas: Bhutan’s investment arm and Nasdaq-listed company Bitdeer Technologies Group plan to seek investors [...]
Oil Boom Transforms Guyana and Prompts A Scramble For The Spoils
Via AP News, an article on Guyana and how things are changing in light of the oil boom: Villagers in this tiny coastal community lined up on the soggy grass, leaned into the microphone and shared [...]
China’s Belt and Road Pivots From Coal Plants To Data Centers
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, an article on the shifting sectoral focus of China’s BRI program: China’s Belt and Road Initiative has been shifting away from signature big infrastructure [...]
Uzbekistan-Russia Energy Relations: A Tale of Two Problems
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at Uzbek-Russian energy relations: Faced with dwindling gas sales to Europe, Russia has been re-routing its stranded gas reserves to countries like Uzbekistan, where [...]
No, China Is Not Planning to Spend $58 Billion on a Railway Connection to Pakistan
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on the proposed railway at the China-Pakistan border at the Khunjerab Pass: An article published by the South China Morning Post on April 27 reported that a [...]
Guinea: Key Player In EV Future
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a look at how soaring demand for electric vehicles is fueling dramatic changes in Guinea, home to the world’s largest bauxite reserves: One of the poorest countries [...]

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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.