What are the risks of government price floors in lithium and critical minerals?

Jonas raises lithium price-floor talk; Dave and hosts caution about unintended consequences and prefer fundamentals.

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For today’s wrap we’ve brought of Dave Franklyn from the Argonaut Natural Resources Fund.

Dave helps us navigate through a bunch of macro talking points, from the big US government nuclear deal to gold’s volatility and copper’s strength.

We then jump into the high and lowlights from this week’s quarterlies, exploring companies from Develop to Boss Energy to Liontown, plus plenty more.

Grade control covers:

• Larvotto rejection of USAC

• Lithium miners talking down a price floor

Sweet & Sour Deal rates:

• Albemarle’s catalyst sale

• Coronado debt

• Perpetua’s raising

• Arafura’s placement

• Medallion’s Trafigura facility

• Aeris Soul Patts repayment

Stocks mentioned: DVP, RMS, WGX, GGP, LTR, BOE, LRV, UAMY.NY, PLS, ALB.NY, CRN, PPTA.TO. AEM.TO, ARU, MM8, AIS

This was recorded on 29.10.2025.

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TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) - Intro & Market Overview
(01:50) - Uranium & US Energy Policy
(09:10) - Gold
(15:50) - Copper
(26:40) - Develop & Copper Stocks
(34:10) - Silver & Other Metals
(44:10) - Grade Control
(52:10) - Sweet and Sour Deal
(59:10) - Capital Raises & Funding
(1:05:10) - Hidden Gems & Wrap Up