Update: Talison Lithium reports positive outlook for lithium price increases, and production.

Talison Lithium - TSX-TLH

Earlier this week, I contacted Talison Lithium to ask about any recent events that might move the stock price. I wanted to know if their were any price increases in the offing for their product, any new customers over and above the 300 current customers (mostly in China) which have sustained their operations at Greenbushes Australia and how they were developing their Salares 7 brine project in South America.

Here is the reply from Talison investor relations:

Talison continues to produce and sell lithium concentrate at its maximum capacity. For the 2011 financial year (results of which were announced about 2 weeks ago) production and sales volumes increased 30% and 32% respectively year over year, and Talison generated revenue of A$109 million and EBITDA of A$24 million, increases of 29% and 35% compared to the previous year.

Talison has continued strong demand for all its lithium concentrates from customers around the world. And until completion of the expansion of the Greenbushes Lithium Operations (expected in second calendar quarter 2012) the Company expects production and sales volumes to be capacity constrained.  Construction of the expansion is continuing on schedule and remains on time and on budget.

In the current quarter, Talison has secured price increases for two shipments and believes this, together with recent price increases from other lithium producers, are reflective of a tightening in global lithium supply. The tightening in global supply is expected to enhance Talison’s sales prices in the 2012 calendar year.

  Talison acquired the Salares 7 Project about a year ago, and the first drilling program was completed earlier in 2011 with highly encouraging results. Since then (during the winter in Chile) Talison has been planning the next stage of exploration which will commence in the next Chilean summer. Talison will invest approximately A$5 million in the programme including further drilling, process test work and collection of environmental data. Drilling will be focused on Salar de la Isla to define a potential lithium mineral resource estimate, as well as initial drilling at Salar de Aguilar and Salar Grande.

  Responding to growing global demand for an additional secure supply of lithium carbonate, particularly from electric vehicle battery manufacturers, Talison is also aggressively pursuing its proposed plant to convert lithium minerals into lithium carbonate. Preliminary engineering studies for the proposed plant have commenced with a target of commissioning in financial year 2015.

Happy Investing.
HP

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UPDATE!!!  OCTOBER 11TH
SINCE THIS POST, TALISON IS UP 88% IN 5 DAYS!!!

Domain Name sales are still flying high, even this year!

Investments can come in many forms. Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, real estate, Gold, Silver, other resources etc. In this extremely bearish environment, there is one fairly new form of investment that has being doing, shall we say, SPECTACTULAR this year. I am talking about investing in the internet domain name market.

Every time you visit a website, you are going to a "domain name" address. It is the real estate of the internet and since 1996, there have been some spectacular gains made buying and selling internet domains. For example, I have attached a list of "year to date" sales as listed at the Domain Name Journal ( DNjournal.com) so that you can see the top end of sales.

Keep in mind, as you read the list, that for every 6 and seven figure domain sold, there are thousands sold in the 4 and 5 figure range. Heck, even if you registered a good name and sold it for only $100, you esentially just turned what is known on Wall Street as a 10 bagger. That would be upside of 1,000% because it only costs, on average, $10 to register such names.

Granted, most of the best names have already been registered, however many names are now bought and sold on the "after market" at sites like SEDO and MONIKER to name just two. So lets say you pay $250 for one of these domains and you sell it for $500. You just made 100% profit on the sale.

Many "domainers" as they are called, are average people who registered a dozen or so names with the hope of making a quick profit. There are, however, several top end companies that are valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars now because they registered thousands of names, early in the chase, or bought out original holders. I have bought and sold a few domains myself over the years and made a good profit.

Here is the list from the DNJournal site.  These are actual sales this year to date, and the year is not over.
Make no mistake, domain names are a valued commodity in the internet age.If you are considering such investments I hope you find this useful.

I am currently selling Retirefund.com and Retirefunds.com - part of my reasoning for bringing you this list.

Happy investing.
HP

Domain	Sold For	Where Sold	Date*
1.	Social.com	$2,600,000	Moniker/NameQuiver	7/7/11
2.	DomainName.com	$1,000,000	Boxcar/ DomainConsultant	5/18/11
3.	Aktien.de ("stocks" in German)	€500,000 = $725,000	Sedo	7/27/11
4.	RunningShoes.com	$700,000	Pvt Sale	4/27/11
5. tie	Puzzle.com	$500,000	AfternicDLS	5/11/11
5. tie	GamesForGirls.com	$500,000	Sedo	2/23/11
7.	AutoInsurance.org	$440,000	MediaOptions	4/6/11
8.	33.com	$358,000	DomainAdvisors	5/25/11
9.	DataCenter.com	$352,500	Sedo	6/22/11
10.	Cupidon.com ("cupid" in French)	£175,000 = $285,250	Pvt Sale	5/25/11
11.	Grid.com	$275,000	Sedo	8/3/11
12.	Action.com	$270,000	Sedo	2/9/11
13.	UcakBileti.com ("flight ticket" in Turkish)	$250,000	NoktaDomains	7/7/11
14.	DownloadMusic.com	$242,500	Pvt Sale	8/3/11
15.	Driven.com	$225,000	Castello Brothers	3/30/11
16.	Consolidation.com	$220,000	Sedo	5/4/11
17.	Billionaire.com	$215,000	Sedo	6/22/11
18. tie	Republic.com	$200,000	Sedo	9/28/11
18. tie	Adventure.com	$200,000	MediaOptions	6/15/11
20.	Shield.com	$190,000	Sedo	3/30/11
21.	TS.com	$186,000	Sedo	2/9/11
22.	Stockbrokers.com	$185,000	Pvt Sale	2/9/11
23.	Mind.com	€120,000 = $171,600	Sedo	4/6/11
24.	Cars.net	$170,000	UpMarketDNs	6/22/11
25.	Favorites.com	$165,000	DomainMarket	8/24/11
26. tie	eSignature.com	$150,000	DomainGuardians	8/11/11
26. tie	BlueJeans.com	$150,000	Pvt Sale	3/30/11
28.	CreditCard.net	$138,000	Pvt Sale	9/28/11
29.	Beds.co.uk	£80,000 = $130,400	Pvt Sale	8/31/11
30.	Mariage.com	€92,000 = $129,720	Sedo	3/30/11
31.	InvestmentProperty.com.au	AUD 125,001 = $127,501	NetFleet.com.au	9/21/11
32.	HX.com	$125,000	MediaOptions	4/13/11
33. tie	Swag.com	$120,000	Latona's Secret Newsletter	9/14/11
33. tie	OnlineDegree.com	$120,000	Sedo	7/27/11
35.	MAI.com	€80,000 = $119,200	Sedo	5/4/11
36. tie	Minus.com	$115,000	Pvt Sale	7/13/11
36. tie	Won.com	$115,000	Moniker/SnapNames	3/2/11
38.	ZY.com	$105,999	Sedo	8/24/11
39. tie	SilverCoins.com	$100,000	Sedo	9/28/11
39. tie	SiteWeb.com	$100,000	Sedo	9/28/11
39. tie	Xueqiu.com	$100,000	Sedo	9/21/11
39. tie	Ocean.com	$100,000	Boxcar/ DomainConsultant	5/18/11
39. tie	Deals.com.au	$100,000	Pvt Sale	4/27/11
39. tie	Navidad.com	$100,000	Sedo	4/20/11
39. tie	Soulmate.com	$100,000	AfternicDLS	1/12/11
39. tie	XXXBook.com	$100,000	Sedo	3/23/11
47.	EJU.com	$96,000	AfternicDLS	5/11/11
48. tie	NBB.com	$95,000	Sedo	8/31/11
48. tie	Juegostonic.com	$95,000	Sedo	3/30/11
50.	06.com	$91,888	Sedo	1/26/11
51.	Outreach.org	$90,400	NameJet	4/27/11
52. tie	JuegosDeCocina.com	$90,000	Sedo	5/18/11
52. tie	CEN.com	$90,000	Moniker/SnapNames	4/27/11
52. tie	Defiance.com	$90,000	Sedo	4/13/11
55. tie	XQ.com	$85,000	Toby Clements Newsletter/ PremierPortolfio.com	5/25/11
55. tie	ESE.com	$85,000	Sedo	5/18/11
55. tie	DoorHardware.com	$85,000	Sedo	3/9/11
58.	Stradivarius.com	€60,000 = $84,600	Sedo	3/30/11
59.	Gold.net	£50,000 = $81,500	Sedo	3/23/11
60. tie	Bigcock.com	$80,000	HuntingMoon	8/31/11
60. tie	Phrases.com	$80,000	UpMarketDNS	6/15/11
60. tie	Business.co	$80,000	Sedo	5/25/11
60. tie	TZ.com	$80,000	Sedo	2/23/11
64. tie	MoneyLender.com	$75,000	Pvt Sale	9/14/11
64. tie	POW.com	$75,000	Sedo	5/11/11
64. tie	Melrose.com	$75,000	Sedo	5/4/11
64. tie	LoanQuotes.com	$75,000	Moniker/SnapNames	2/23/11
68.	Jewel.com	$74,333	Sedo	7/7/11
69.	Instyler.com	€50,000 = $73,500	Sedo	4/27/11
70.	Sadara.com	$71,000	Sedo	7/20/11
71. tie	AskYourDoctor.com	$70,000	AfternicDLS	9/28/11
71. tie	Bills.org	$70,000	Sedo	5/25/11
71. tie	Fiver.com	$70,000	Sedo	4/27/11
74.	FatBurners.com	$66,000	Sedo	6/2/11
75. tie	ConsumerBrands.com	$65,000	Optimo.com	4/13/11
75. tie	Violet.com	$65,000	Sedo	3/30/11
75. tie	Inheritance.com	$65,000	Sedo	2/9/11
75. tie	Coyote.com	$65,000	Sedo	1/26/11
79. tie	Kari.com	$63,000	AfternicDLS	9/28/11
79. tie	MAAC.com	$63,000	AfternicDLS	1/19/11
81.	Serbia.com	$62,000	Sedo	1/26/11
82.	All.biz	$61,750	Sedo	3/16/11
83.	ADSS.com	$61,600	AfternicDLS	1/12/11
84.	SocialMusic.com	$60,558	Moniker/SnapNames	3/2/11
85.	SaveBig.com	$60,279	Moniker/SnapNames	2/9/11
86. tie	AdNet.com	$60,000	Pvt Sale	6/15/11
86. tie	Chop.com	$60,000	AfternicDLS/ Moniker/SnapNames	6/15/11
86. tie	T.ag	$60,000	Sedo	5/11/11
86. tie	Approvals.com	$60,000	Sedo	4/20/11
86. tie	ParkCityRealEstate.com	$60,000	Pvt Sale	1/12/11
91.	SelfEmployed.com	$58,000	Sedo	8/17/11
92.	FamilyInsurance.com	$57,000	Sedo	1/12/11
93.	Award.com	$56,005	Sedo	2/16/11
94.	Xout.com	$55,000	Sedo	5/4/11
95. tie	Business.me	€40,000 = $54,800	Sedo	9/21/11
95. tie	GAZ.com	€40,000 = $54,800	Sedo	9/21/11
97.	Lean.com	$52,500	Boxcar/ DomainConsultant	5/18/11
98.	ePayments.com	$52,000	Sedo	6/22/11
99.	MyShow.com	€37,500 = $51,375	Sedo	2/23/11
100.	FindInsurance.com	$50,500	Sedo	9/14/11
*Date column (month/day/year) shows date the sale was published in DN Journal.

If you wish to place a bid on Retirefund.com or Retirefunds.com you can do so by clicking on the appropriate link and following the directions at Sedo, a third party broker.

 

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