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Money of Mine

Money of Mine

Mineral Media 555 Episodes Aug 22, 2026

Where mining meets equity markets, and noise gets cut to signal. We unpack the stories moving commodities, companies, and capital without the fluff. Featuring candid conversations with fund managers, executives, and commodity specialists. Hosted by Travis Ricciardo and Jonas Dorling.

Episodes

Weekly Wrap + The Canyon Conspiracy
Weekly Wrap + The Canyon Conspiracy Aug 22, 2026 00:55:07 We spent the week pulling apart Canyon Resources, and what came out is the sort of story that should worry anyone who has ever held a minority stake in a single asset developer. A billion tonne bauxite project in Cameroon, a fully funded announcement, and then $170m of equity at 26 cents that simply never arrived.Four months later the controlling shareholder was offering those same minorities five
Six Opinions, Five Geologists
Six Opinions, Five Geologists Aug 18, 2026 01:12:34 A few beers with a geologist (Alexander Zanier) turned into a wide-ranging conversation on exploration, investing and the people behind the mining industry.We talk about what separates great geologists from average ones, why some juniors waste capital, where the next discoveries might come from, the role of majors and government in funding exploration, and a few mining stocks and regions that have
Everything in Resources Is Cheap (Rob Mullin)
Everything in Resources Is Cheap (Rob Mullin) Aug 15, 2026 01:01:10 Rob Mullin returns, a year on from his last visit. The founder and CIO of Marathon Resource Advisors in San Francisco has been investing in natural resources since the early 1990s, running a long short book built around cash flow and dividends rather than stories.We check in on the predictions he made last time, then work through what a genuinely multipolar world does to supply chains, correlation
All You Need to Know About Diggers 2026
All You Need to Know About Diggers 2026 Aug 7, 2026 00:42:29 We watched over ten hours of Diggers & Dealers presentations so you don't have to. Here's what we learned - in 30 minutes.What are the standout stories? Who missed? What were the best moments? We get into it.A freudian slip in the Regis' presentation?Why Bellevue stands out from the packWhat's the attraction with GreatlandNorthern Star's unitless cost chart, + what was left
How to Spot a 20-Bagger Early (Rob Cohen)
How to Spot a 20-Bagger Early (Rob Cohen) Aug 1, 2026 00:39:46 Rob Cohen has been on our wish list for a long time. A metallurgical engineer who has spent nearly three decades at 1832 Asset Management in Toronto, he runs the Dynamic Precious Metals Fund and is often the first institution to appear on the register of an emerging Australian gold developer, usually buying on market rather than waiting for a placement.Timed for those heading to Diggers, this one
Forrestania’s Paper Empire
Forrestania’s Paper Empire Jul 30, 2026 00:44:50 Forrestania Resources has gone from a 1c shell to a $600 million company through an extraordinary run of 16 deals in 14 months. But its recommended takeover of Zenith Minerals is now facing scrutiny from the Takeovers Panel, raising questions around timing, disclosure, director acceptances and a massive equity raising that followed the bid.We walk through the chronology, the key players, why the E
Developers Are Generationally Cheap (Darren McLean)
Developers Are Generationally Cheap (Darren McLean) Jul 25, 2026 01:20:14 Darren McLean is back. A longtime mining investor, Muddy Waters consultant and Chairman of Mayfair Gold, Darren has spent his career hunting dislocations in the development space, and he argues developers are now the cheapest he has ever seen.We get into why the setup is so unusual: quality assets trading at a fraction of NAV, a permitting environment that has finally turned, and a market he think
Here Comes the Scandium Supercycle (Koala)
Here Comes the Scandium Supercycle (Koala) Jul 17, 2026 00:37:30 The Koala is back on the show. Our favourite pseudonymous investor joins to unpack the most niche commodity story in the market: scandium, a metal with barely 80 tonnes of annual production that Bloom Energy's fuel cells have suddenly made indispensable to the AI buildout.With short sellers circling Bloom over its Chinese supply chain exposure, the timing couldn't be better.In this ep, the
Is It Too Late to Break China's Minerals Grip? (Henry Sanderson)
Is It Too Late to Break China's Minerals Grip? (Henry Sanderson) Jul 14, 2026 00:46:53 Henry Sanderson, the author of Volt Rush and writer of the Volt Insight Substack has spent two decades reporting for the FT and Bloomberg, including seven years in Beijing. There are few better guides to China's grip on batteries and critical minerals.Fresh from a trip to China, Henry unpacks where the East versus West supply chain battle really stands.In this ep, Henry covers:• Where China&#3
Why Small Caps Are Trading Too Cheap (Matt Griffin)
Why Small Caps Are Trading Too Cheap (Matt Griffin) Jul 10, 2026 00:52:11 Matt Griffin is back. Two years on from his last chat with us, the Maple-Brown Abbott small caps PM returns to unpack a macro-dominated FY26 that saw 75% of active managers underperform the index.It's a full tour of the small cap resources landscape, from gold to uranium, aluminium and the mining services boom.In this ep, Matt covers:Why gold swelled to 18% of the small cap index, and why the comi
The Battle for Leonora’s Final Act
The Battle for Leonora’s Final Act Jul 7, 2026 00:28:58 We're back to where it all began. The Battle for Leonora.  Undoubtedly, our favourite M&A saga, taking us back to where it all began. It’s as if things have come full circle with the announcement that Genesis will interrupt the Regis-Vault merger, making its own long-anticipated play to acquire Vault (in a “merger”). In this ep, we discuss: Is this Luke Tonkin's finest act Why didn&#39
Discovery, Luck and the Thrill of the Chase (Mark Bennett)
Discovery, Luck and the Thrill of the Chase (Mark Bennett) Jul 3, 2026 01:15:23 Exploration geologist Mark Bennett joins us for a conversation on his journey finding world-class ore bodies, from his start at Western Mining, through discoveries at Thunderbox and onto the staggering story of the Nova-Bollinger discovery.Mark shares stories from WMC, getting a taste for success at LionOre, the disaster at Apex that taught him how boards really work, and his deal with Mark Creasy

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