Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Move: Investing in Pakistan’s Reko Diq Mine
March 3rd, 2025 Via Modern Diplomacy, a look at Saudi Arabia’s recent decision to invest in Pakistan’s Reko Diq copper and gold mining project marks a pivotal moment in the economic and geopolitical [...]
UAE Investor Buys Stake in Mali Gold Mines From Canada’s Allied Gold
March 1st, 2025 Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on investment in Mali’s mining sector which has been unsettled since the ruling junta started its crackdown on miners: Toronto-listed Allied Gold has [...]
Bolivia Launches Industrialized Iron Complex
March 1st, 2025 Via MercoPress, a report on Bolivia’s iron sector: Bolivian President Luis Arce inaugurated the El Mutún complex, the South American country’s first industrialized iron facility, which [...]
Putin Hosts Guinea-Bissau Leader As Russia Builds Africa Ties
March 1st, 2025 Via Reuters, a report on Russia’s ongoing efforts to build its Africa ties: President Vladimir Putin hosted Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo for talks in the Kremlin on Wednesday, [...]
US Backs Modernization of Guatemalan Pacific Port to Counterbalance China’s Expansion
March 1st, 2025 Via MercoPress, a report on a a US plan to support modernization of a Guatemalan Pacific port to counterbalance China’s expansion: Guatemala and the United States have announced a US$ 125 [...]
Is China’s Growing Zimbabwe Alliance Key To Its Bigger Plans For Southern Africa?
February 28th, 2025 Via South China Morning Post, a look at how Beijing is betting on resources, labour and long ties to makes Zimbabwe a major steel hub, and a strategic foothold in the region, experts say In [...]

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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.