We dive straight into the Big Australian’s numbers, specifically honing in on BHP’s action in South Australian Copper and asking the question: How much have they blown?

Next up we discussed the passionately supported Adriatic Metals, who yet again are out raising capital.

Lastly, we give a brief prelude to the half-year results of MinRes.

Chapters:

(0:00:00) Joke of the year

(0:02:14) Reflecting on BHP's OZ acquisition

(0:13:48) US dollar strength for M&A

(0:17:25) What to make of Adriatic's raise

(0:34:18) Prelude to MinRes' results

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