SmallCaps Podcast

Ingo Wolf, director of the The Osmium Institute, discusses one of the rarest precious metals that is also one of the rarest chemical elements on our planet.
Osmium is mined together with platinum ore. To obtain just 30 grams of osmium, around 10,000 tons of platinum ore are required.
The extraction of the osmium from the platinum ore and the crystallisation of the osmium are both very complex and cost intensive processes.
The current global production rate of crystalline osmium is just 120 kg per annum. In time, when the mining of platinum ore declines, the production rate for osmium will decline accordingly and osmium will become even more rare.
Osmium is the eighth and last precious metal with atomic number 76.

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There is widespread knowledge of gold once it's been mined, however not a lot is known about gold when it's in the ground.
Small Caps brings in seasoned geologist and managing director of Meteoric Resources (ASX: MEI) Andrew Tunks to find out all about gold that's in the ground.
Topics include: how gold is formed, how it's mined, we're and how gold is found, an overview of gold geology, how people in the old days knew where gold was, why grade is important, the future of gold mining and implications of technology and much more...

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Rod North runs us through the investment clock and its various cycles.
The 'Understanding The Investment Clock – Your Road to Recovery' book sets the scene for wealth creation by demonstrating that when a Global Financial Crisis occurs, it doesn’t have to be all about doom and gloom, it’s about opportunity.
Falling markets mean falling prices – which can be good news for investors.
The key is knowing when to strike and The Investment Clock can help pinpoint an entry point.

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The economic impact of the COVID-19 lockdown has been staggering, with many people lose their jobs and businesses struggling to stay afloat. The Australian government has responded with various stimulus and support packages depending on people's individual situation. We speak with Paul Garrett of Southern Partners on what people can do, no matter what their situation, to receive government assistance.

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Western Australia’s resources minister Bill Johnston has dismissed suggestions that trade relations between his economic powerhouse state and China may take a hit in the wake of the deadly coronavirus.
Bill also discusses how the mining sector has and will change post COVID-19, FIFO vs Residential workers and quarantine for miners.

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Economist and author Jim Rickards joins Small Caps to discuss his latest book 'Aftermath'.
Jim shares his views on the current state of the global economy and why he believes we are headed for a major global financial crisis in the near future that will be greater than 2008.
Discussed is how investors can prepare and even benefit from the collapse.
Gold set to make a comeback as money and why a $10,000 per ounce gold price is not out of the question.
We go into Jim's work for the US government & CIA, and ask if they know the collapse is coming and are preparing for it.
The role of the US dollar and its future.

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Egon Von Greyerz of Matterhorn Asset Management is predicting the biggest global economic bubble in history is just coming to an end and we are now entering a secular bear market for the world economy and for most asset classes such as stocks, bonds, property, private equity, and cash.
According to Von Greyerz, the experiment of creating wealth by printing money and expanding credit will be revealed as the biggest fraud in economic history. In an attempt to stave off the inevitable central banks will print unlimited amounts of money.
But this time it will fail. You can’t create prosperity by printing money and you can’t solve a debt problem by incurring more debt. Initially, we will see a collapse of most bubble assets as well as debt.
After a period of hyperinflation, there will be a deflationary implosion of the financial system.
The 100-year debasement of all currencies to zero will be completed in the next 5-6 years.
Gold will play a major strategic role in coming years.

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Respiri (ASX: RSH) CEO and managing director Marjan Mikel joins Small Caps to discuss the company's Wheezo device that detects and measures wheeze for people with asthma and respiratory illnesses.

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Rod North joins Small Caps to discuss the implications of the coronavirus on the global economy and share market, along with what time it is now on the investment clock.

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Galan Lithium (ASX: GLN) managing director Juan Pablo Vargas de la Vega joins Small Caps to discuss the explorer's maiden resource for Hombre Muerto West of 1.08Mt LCE at 946mg/l of lithium.

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