Plexus Holdings PLC (AIM:POS) has secured a £5mln order for its proprietary POS-GRIP wellhead equipment and sealing technology for a specialised project application, to be deployed over the next 12 months.
Plexus will supply the equipment, including leak-proof metal-to-metal HG seals for use in a subsea environment, on a rental basis.
Work has been suspended on the Tavsan gold mine in Turkey, partly owned by Ariana Resources PLC (AIM:AAU), following a court ruling.
The project is operated by Zenit Madencilik in partnership with Proccea Construction and Ozaltin Holding, and is 23.5% owned by Ariana.
Greatland Gold PLC (AIM:GGP, OTC:GRLGF) said it is in a “strong financial position as its moves towards production and cashflow” from the Havieron mine, with £59.8mln cash and £43.5mln of debt at its 31 December 2022 half-year point.
During the half-year, the company made progress on its feasibility study for the gold-copper deposit in the Paterson region of Western Australia, where an updated mineral resource calculated a total of 5.5 mln oz of gold and 222,000 tonnes of copper.
Roquefort Therapeutics PLC (LSE:ROQ, OTCQB:ROQAF) said it has set up its scientific advisory board to provide guidance as it approaches “key pre-clinical milestones”.
Jo Martin (professor of pathology and deputy vice principal health at Queen Mary, University of London), Trevor Jones (a longtime adviser to the company and previously been a main board director for research & development at The Wellcome Foundation) and Armand Keating (professor of medicine and of biomedical engineering at the University of Toronto) will be the first members on the advisory board, Roquefort said in a statement, “a team of researchers, biopharmaceutical innovators and clinicians […] linking pre-clinical research, clinical trials, production of medicines and the care of patients”.
Seeing Machines Ltd (AIM:SEE, OTC:SEEMF) said it remains confident in meeting full-year expectations following an uptick in first-half revenues.
The computer vision technology company focused on improving transport safety reported operational revenue of US$24.4mln in the six months to 31 December 2022, 54% higher compared to the same period a year earlier.
MP Evans Group PLC (AIM:MPE) said it has snapped up more land planted with oil palm close to its Simpang Kiri estate in Indonesia for a total of US$14.3mln.
The group said it has acquired 100% of two Indonesian companies that own a combined 2,100 hectares of fully titled land with long leaseholds established with the Indonesian government, with some of the acquired areas needing to be replanted in the near term to bring them up to group standards.
Pantheon Resources PLC (AIM:PANR, OTC:PTHRF) told investors that the Alkaid-2 well, which has returned to test production, supports the case for a commercial development of the project in Alaska.
The well has now been in production since 21 February under test conditions and has been yielding some 505 barrels of oil per day of liquid hydrocarbons (180 barrels oil, 325 barrels condensate and natural gas liquids) plus 2.3mln cubic feet per day of gas.
Galliford Try Holdings PLC (LSE:GFRD) said its environment business has secured a place on Southern Water’s new AMP8 framework for medium non-infrastructure works.
AMP8 refers to a five-year asset management plan beginning in 2025 that is used in the English and Welsh water industry.
ImmuPharma PLC (AIM:IMM, OTC:IMMPF) said it has agreed a collaboration deal using its peptide technology as the casing for a “radioactive bullet” to treat cancer without damaging surrounding cells.
Orano, a French nuclear fuel cycle specialist, has paid a small undisclosed amount to the London-listed company for a 12-month collaboration and will provide a "potent radioactive isotope".