The Vox Markets Podcast

Watch on YouTube Cadence Minerals #KDNC has executed on a US$4.6 million off-take deal in regard to its Amapa iron ore project in Brazil. The deal provides funding to bring the old Azteca plant back into production, and in fairly short order. The bulk of the money will be provided by the off-taker, with a smaller portion provided by Cadence, money that was already in place following a financing earlier this year. Cadence chief executive Kiran Morzaria joins Vox to give us more detail, and to talk about the longer-term objective of full-scale development of Amapa, which is now one step closer.

Watch on YouTube In this investing masterclass, accomplished UK small/midcap fund manager Richard Penny of Oberon Investments walks me through his view of the markets and latest thoughts on 24 stock ideas: 00:00 Equity outlook for 2026 04:10 Eagle Eye 07:40 NCC plc 12:10 RM plc 16:40 Inspecs 19:55 Bellway 22:05 Breedon 25:00 Kooth 27:30 Big Technologies 29:15 Easyjet 31:55 SSP Group 35:45 Spire Healthcare 38:25 One Health Group 42:45 Verici Dx 44:30 Distribution Finance Capital 48:05 Zegona Communications 51:30 Victrex 54:25 XAR 58:05 Mincon 1:00:10 Gamma Communications Best stock idea for 2026 - basket of smallcap life science firms such as Verici, Renalytix, Oxford Biodynamics, Aptamer, Arecor & Creo Medical

Watch on YouTube Tharisa PLC has booked revenues of US$603m and profits of $117m from production of chrome and platinum group metals at its mine on South Africa's Bushveld Complex. The company has initiated a major growth phase with the new development of underground workings at Tharisa, and ongoing work on a major PGM project in Zimbabwe. The company's chief executive Phoevos Pouroulis joins Vox to provide more detail on the results and to outline what the plans for growth mean for the company.

Watch on YouTube Emanuel Proença, chief executive of Savannah Resources joins Vox to talk about the company's Barroso lithium project in Portgual. Lithium prices have recovered sharply in the second half of 2025, even as Savannah has been pressing on with development work at Barroso, which is Europe's largest spodumene project. The plan is to produce a purified spodumene product at significant scale, for shipping to Europe and the wider world

Watch on YouTube Blencowe Resources has released two major items of news over the past couple of days. The first was a significant update to resources and reserves at its Orom-Cross graphite project in Uganda. The second was the release of a definitive feasibility study for Orom-Cross outlining a development scenario generates significant earnings and cashflow and that shows an internal rate of return of over 90%. The net present value is set at over US$1 billion. CEO Mike Ralston joins Vox to talk us through the numbers, and to tell us what happens next

Watch on YouTube In this in-depth interview, we speak with Thomas Forst, Chief Medical Officer of CRS and the wider hVIVO Group, to explore how the acquisition is reshaping the organisation’s clinical research capabilities

In this week’s smallcap investing show, UK equity analyst & markets commentator Paul Scott & I discussed our thoughts on yesterday’s Budget and 19 stocks. 00:00 Budget and impact on gambling stocks (Flutter, Rank Group, Evoke, Gaming Realms, Playtech & Winvia Entertainment) 06:00 Unite Group and new fees on international students 11:50 GlobalData 16:00 GB Group 19:45 Spectra Systems 22:45 Boohoo 27:10 Pets at Home 29:00 Do new CEOs work for turnarounds? 32:00 Microlise 34:55 Brickability and broader building products sector 38:05 James Latham 41:25 Marston’s 46:10 Churchill China 48:00 Halfords 51:40 Team & WH Ireland merger 53:50 Should Filtronic and Beeks seek a US listing? 56:30 Warpaint 1:00:55 Hilton Foods 1:03:05 Cake Box 1:06:55 Saga 1:09:25 Senior 1:11:30 Kooth

Watch on YouTube Metals One #MET1 is investing US$1.8 million in Lions Bay Resources via a convertible loan note, payable in two tranches. Lions Bay owns a sizeable plant in South Africa which can be used to supply power and steam to nearby customers. The plan, though, is to build in a roasting facility that will allow the plant to treat refractory gold ore from waste dumps, and build up a significant production profile. Metals One managing director Dan Maling joins Vox to explain how it all fits together.

Pan African Resources is a well-established gold miner with long-standing assets in South Africa and a growing presence in Australia. The company was built around the Barberton gold mine in Mpumpalanga, which first began operating in the nineteenth century. During the past couple of decades Pan African has significantly added to its portfolio, bringing on new mines as well as earnings-accretive tailings projects. The recent high gold price has pushed up margins, and propelled the company to a market capitalisation of nearly £2 billion. Chief executive Cobus Loots joins Vox to talk about the company's promotion into the FTSE250, and where it goes from here

It's been another jet-setting couple of weeks for the Harena team. Company executives and management have recently spent extensive time with the new government of Madagascar, building relationships ahead of the granting of the the permit for the Ampasindava rare earths project on the north coast. Across the Atlantic there have also been meetings with high echelons in the US government following on from the company's listing on the OTC. Executive chairman Ivan Murphy joins Vox to tell us what's been going on, to lay out the upcoming newsflow, and to remind us just how big the opportunity is at Ampasindava