We here at Runners never cease to be amazed at the substantial gains made on a weekly basis at the speculative end of the market. Whether it be an exploration company being run on a shoe-string budget suddenly unearthing the latest metal de jour, a research company lifting the lid on a stunning medical discovery or a couple of post-grads with a listing announcing the latest “game-changing” software, micro caps are a fantastic sport to follow. Huge daily gains registered at th

Is the widely-predicted third lithium wave finally ready to roll into the world’s investment market shores? Well, if a recent prediction from the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is anything to go by, punters may soon have a need to slip on their boardies or bikinis. The group established by the UN’s General Assembly way back in 1964 forecast, after assessing new numbers put out by the International Energy Agency (IEA), that lithium demand could rise by more than a whopping