Australian Gold and Copper Ltd (ASX:AGC) has hit high-grade gold, silver, copper, zinc and lead in a reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at the Achilles discovery in the Cobar Basin of central New South Wales. The company’s program struck relatively shallow mineralisation in several holes, including 12 metres at 2.2 g/t gold and 113 g/t silver from 86 metres and 6 metres at 3.2 g/t gold, 48 g/t silver and 11.1% lead from 58 metres. There were also particularly strong base metal results...

Back when Credit Suisse was still a thing (i.e. last year), the bank estimated that around 5% of ultra-high-net-worth asset allocations were held in collectables as of June 2022; more than gold but less than private equity. More recent data is thin on the ground, but whether for diversification or entertainment purposes, alternative investments are undoubtedly a popular global asset class. Below, we check out what’s hot and what’s cold in the world of alternative, out-of-the-box investments...