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At 26 cents it was a fever dream, at $18 it was real

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By Lachlann Tierney, Tuesday, 17 February 2026

Lachlann Tierney’s new thesis for AI and commodities converging. And how Aussie investors are at GROUND ZERO.

“No man is an island”

— John Donne

I’m about to release a new investment thesis that will define my stock investing for the next 2-3 years.

I intended to drop this research on you today.

But we’re still putting the finishing touches on it. So I can now confirm it will be hitting your inbox TOMORROW… not today.

Trust me. It’ll be worth the extended 24-hour wait. In the meantime, let me give you some further background on what’s coming tomorrow…

While the rest of the world focusses on a certain naughty island that the elites used to frequent…

I’m on an island south of the mainland.

Heck, Australia’s just a big island in the Pacific too.

Australia’s a uniquely beautiful place, but if we’re talking about markets right now…

If you’ve ever flown into Broome and seen the endless vast expanse of red dirt, you’ll know what I’m talking about…

Within this land are the people and resources that could swing the course of the geopolitical “5D chess” game playing out in the headlines everyday.

This big island in the Pacific is at the centre of everything that defines this moment.

Our local index is littered with some stocks that will inevitably play an out-sized role in the next few years.

Think about stocks like Vulcan Energy Resources [ASX:VUL] that made its German lithium project a centrepiece of Europe’s push for lithium supply independence.

You could ask a guy called Francis who started that project where the idea behind it came from.

At 26c, VUL was a fever dream. At $18 it became real.

The same forces that shaped VUL are in play right now.

Francis isn’t alone. There are driven people behind the companies and tickers that also have big ambitions.

Australians like Francis are remarkable lot when they get their teeth stuck into resources.

They’ll go to far flung jurisdictions, they’ll talk with the locals and work up projects in the hope of hitting it big.

All of this adds up to a unique opportunity for ASX investors such as yourself.

A big idea is coming for you tomorrow.

You may see things my way, you might not.

But I invite you to cast your attention on this report.

It might just change the way you think about investing.

Keep a look out tomorrow for the subject line in your email box: PAX SILICA STOCKS.

Regards,

Lachlann Tierney,
Australian Small-Cap Investigator and Fat Tail Micro-Caps

All advice is general advice and has not taken into account your personal circumstances.

Please seek independent financial advice regarding your own situation, or if in doubt about the suitability of an investment.

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Lachlann Tierney
Lachlann ‘Lachy’ Tierney is passionate about uncovering hidden opportunities in the microcap sector. With four years of experience as a senior equities analyst at one of Australia’s leading microcap firms, he has built a reputation for rigorous research, deep-dive due diligence, and accessible investor communications. Over this time, he has vetted seed, pre-IPO and ASX-listed companies across sectors, conducted onsite visits, and built strong relationships across the microcap space. Lachy is nearing completion of a PhD in economics at RMIT University, where his research focuses on blockchain governance and voting systems. His work was housed within the Blockchain Innovation Hub at RMIT, a leading research centre for crypto-economics and blockchain research. He holds a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics and an Honours BA in Philosophy and Politics from the University of Melbourne. Born in New York and raised in California, Lachy grew up a few blocks from biotech giant Amgen and counts among his peers various characters in the overlapping worlds of venture capital, technology and crypto. When he’s not researching microcaps, he’s most likely sweating it out in a sauna or dunking himself in cold Tasmanian water.

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