Do investors and the gold sector share the same values?

Do investors and the gold sector share the same values?

Recent events in the Australian gold sector have shown just how much its approach to equity investors has changed in recent years. The last 15 years have been a remarkable period for homegrown gold producers. You only have to flick through a 2011 issue of Paydirt...
CGT discount a kick in the guts for junior exploration

CGT discount a kick in the guts for junior exploration

It’s 16 years since the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd Federal Labor Government managed to rile the entire Australian mining industry with its resources super profits tax policy and its Albanese successor appears intent on reviving the spirit of those times. In May, the Federal...
Lithium is back, but for how long?

Lithium is back, but for how long?

The lithium cycle has turned again, perhaps proving the Australian sector was not facing the existential threat so many of us feared. This time last year, the local lithium sector was hanging onto life. Mines and processing plants were closing, exploration had dried...
Lithium is back, but for how long?

Critical minerals sector screams for predictability

Much of this month’s issue of Australia’s Paydirt is dedicated to a preview of Paydirt’s Critical Battery Minerals Conference, which will be held on April 21-22 in Perth. It has been a thrilling ride for both industry and event over the 10 years since it started as...