Solis Minerals Ltd made solid progress across its portfolio of copper assets within Peru’s Coastal Copper Belt, both expanding its landholding and advancing several exploration targets during the previous quarter.
Drilling is set to resume on the company’s assets in the first quarter of 2025, investigating high-priority targets across SLM’s 65,100-hectare landholding.
Cyprium Metals Ltd (ASX: CYM, OTC: CYPMF) has raised A$1,527,713.84 (before costs) following the completion of its pro rata non-renounceable entitlement offer, which closed on 3 February 2025.
Eligible shareholders subscribed for a total of 54,561,162 new shares at an issue price of A$0.028 per share, representing a take-up of 51%. As part of the offer, shareholders had the opportunity to apply for additional new shares through a top-up facility, which attracted valid applications for 24,739,619 shares. These applications are included in the total number of new shares issued.
Lanthanein Resources Ltd has completed a round of diamond drilling at the Lady Grey Project in Western Australia, investigating a modelled moving loop electromagnetic (MLEM) conductor plate.
The plate is aligned with a geochemical gold anomaly at surface, as well as a regional structural zone the company believes will be favourable to hosting gold mineralisation.
Titan Minerals Ltd has delivered multiple broad gold results from a drilling program at the Cerro Verde prospect, specifically investigating the Brecha-Comanche target of the Dynasty Gold Project in Ecuador.
Among several results of note was an intersection of 20 metres at 2.8 g/t gold and 14.7 g/t silver, containing a 5.8-metre interval of 7.1 g/t gold and 42.9 g/t silver, from 296.1 metres of depth.
Tamboran Resources Corporation has completed stimulation activities over 35 stages in the Mid Velkerri B Shale at the Shenandoah South 2H sidetrack (SS-2H ST1) well. The operation covered a 5,483-foot (1,671-metre) horizontal section using Liberty Energy Ltd’s (NYSE: LBRT) modern stimulation equipment.
Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, exceeding Wall Street estimates on both revenue and profit.
However, the e-commerce and cloud giant issued weaker-than-expected guidance for the first quarter, sending shares lower in after-hours trading.
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (NASDAQ:DJT), the parent company of Truth Social, is expanding into financial services with a series of investment products under the "Truth.Fi" brand, the company announced Thursday.
The move aligns with themes championed by President Donald Trump, including US energy independence, domestic manufacturing, and cryptocurrency.
As psychedelics stocks trade higher following the release of positive data for GH Research’s 5-MeO-DMT drug for treatment-resistant depression, analysts at Jefferies believe Beckley Psytech’s intranasal 5-MeO-DMT candidate BPL-003 could have an even better value proposition.
This could have a positive readthrough for atai Life Sciences (NASDAQ:ATAI, ETR:9VC), an investor in Beckley.
Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, ETR:NVD) still faces a gap between its revenue forecast and the planned capital expenditure (capex) of major hyperscalers, but this gap has narrowed slightly as analysts at UBS see rising capex expectations for 2025.
Large cloud service providers like Meta, Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft have raised their capex expectations for 2025 from $293 billion to $303 billion since the start of the year.
MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR) announced it is rebranding as Strategy shortly before reporting a significant loss for the fourth quarter as it invested in growing its Bitcoin holdings.
The company, which has become a Bitcoin proxy by accumulating significant holdings of the cryptocurrency, exited the quarter with approximately 447,470 Bitcoins with a market value of about $42 billion.
Arm Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:ARM) shares opened Thursday sharply lower, losing 7.5%, as concerns over the chip-maker's v9 chips which are feared to have slowed.
It comes after a year in which the bar was raised in terms of investor expectations, amidst the excitement for the AI ‘boom’.
Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) should deliver a slight earnings beat driven when it hands down its fourth-quarter report after Thursday's closing bell, analysts at Jefferies believe.
Wall Street analysts, on average, expect the eCommerce giant to deliver earnings per share of $1.48 on revenue of $187.23 billion.
Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) shares plummeted after the maker of semiconductors for consumer electronics said rising competition for Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL, ETR:APC)'s iPhone business would result in a drop in sales.
Chief financial officer Kris Sennesael told investors during an earnings call that the company expects its share to supply Apple with parts for its products is expected to decline by 20% to 25%.
Peloton Interactive Inc (NASDAQ:PTON) shares surged more than 13% after the fitness company known for its exercise bikes beat sales estimates for the December quarter and boosted its full-year profit outlook.
The company reported a net loss for the fiscal second quarter of $92 million or $0.24 per share, down from $195 million or $0.54 per share in the year-ago quarter. Analysts had expected a loss per share of $0.20.
Eli Lilly and Co (NYSE:LLY) reported mixed results for the fourth quarter, with earnings outpacing estimates despite revenue from its weight loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound falling short of expectations.
Revenue surged 45% year-over-year to $13.53 billion, slightly below the $15.37 billion expected by Wall Street analysts.
Fineqia International Inc (CSE:FNQ, OTC:FNQQF) announced a strategic partnership between its subsidiary, Fineqia AG, and Copper.co, a digital asset custody, collateral management, and prime services company.
This collaboration aims to enhance the security of Fineqia AG's exchange-traded note (ETN) offerings by leveraging Copper's advanced custody solutions.
Bit Digital Inc (NASDAQ:BTBT) announced that it has rebranded its high-performance computing (HPC) business, including its GPU cloud business, HPC data center business and Enovum Data Centers, as WhiteFiber.
CEO Sam Tabar said the rebrand establishes a “distinct identity” for the company’s HPC business.
HIVE Digital Technologies (TSX-V:HIVE, NASDAQ:HIVE) reported mining 102 Bitcoin (BTC) in January, increasing its total Bitcoin holdings to 2,657 BTC, valued at $271 million as of month-end.
The company maintained an average mining capacity of 5.7 Exahash per second (EH/s) and achieved a peak BTC-only hashrate of 6 EH/s.
Africa Oil Corp (TSX:AOI) has provided an update on its offshore Namibia operations, following a drilling report from Impact Oil & Gas, in which Africa Oil holds a 39.5% stake.
Impact announced that it has completed drilling and testing at the Tamboti-1X exploration well in Block 2913B (PEL 56).
Black Swan Graphene (TSX-V:SWAN) announced a non-brokered private placement to raise C$6 million to support the company’s production expansion and global sales efforts.
Proceeds from the placement will fund the acquisition and installation of additional equipment at the company’s Consett, UK facility, increasing annual production capacity from 30 to 40 tonnes to 140 tonnes.
JP Morgan has lowered its price target for Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) to DKr1,000 from DKr1,050, citing a delay in the launch of CagriSema, the company’s next-generation obesity treatment.
The drug, originally expected in 2026, is now projected to hit the market in early 2027, prompting a 2-3% reduction in sales and operating profit forecasts for 2027-2030.
UBS has raised its target price for GSK PLC (LSE:GSK, NYSE:GSK) from £15.80 to £16, following a better-than-expected full-year earnings report and a focus on improving shareholder returns.
The pharmaceutical company’s 2025 guidance suggests 3-5% sales growth, despite anticipated weakness in vaccine sales and a £400-500 million impact from US healthcare reforms.
Ørsted shares were blown almost 5% higher on Thursday after the offshore wind turbine maker announced a 25% cut in investment after markets closed last night.
The Danish giant released an updated business plan where it cut planned capital expenditure for the next five years in order to avoid raising funds from a share issue, with its shares having more than halved over the past two years to return to levels last seen in early 2017.
UBS has raised its gold price forecast to a mildly underwhelming $3,000 per ounce, citing rising investor demand, central bank buying, and global uncertainty.
This follows the yellow metal hitting a new all-time high of $2,870 per ounce, driven by concerns over tariffs, geopolitical tensions, and expectations of lower interest rates.
Nissan plans to pull out of merger discussions with Honda after the larger automaker proposed making it a subsidiary, a move Nissan opposes, according to media outlets citing sources familiar with the talks.
The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in December to explore forming a holding company, which would have created the world’s third-largest automaker.
Google has scrapped its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) recruitment targets, becoming the latest major U.S. company to scale back such initiatives. The decision follows an annual corporate policy review, with the tech giant also reassessing other DEI programmes.
A spokesperson for the Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) owned tech giant told media outlets the company remains committed to equal opportunities but has updated its investor report language to reflect recent court rulings and federal orders.
Carlsberg shares climbed 4% in early trading after the Danish brewer reported 6% growth in annual underlying operating profit to £1.3 billion, reaching the top end of its forecast range.
The brewer said it expects further profit growth of 1% to 5% this year.
Andrada Mining Ltd (AIM:ATM, OTC:AFTTF) has updated the resource estimates for its Uis mine, in Namibia.
The new estimate covered the mine’s V1V2 pegmatite, updating for the final batch of drill results from 2022 and depletion from the surface (up to August 2024).
Researchers at the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how cancer spreads, thanks to ANGLE PLC (AIM:AGL, OTCQX:ANPCY) Parsortix system.
The study, led by Professor Dario Marchetti, explored how circulating tumour cells (CTCs) interact with B cells, a type of immune cell, to form clusters that help cancer evade the immune system and spread more aggressively.
BenevolentAI (OTC:BAIVF) has proposed a shareholder vote to approve delisting its shares from Euronext Amsterdam, which it mooted in December as part of a strategic overhaul and efficiency drive.
The board of directors said it has determined that the financial and administrative costs of maintaining a public listing are "not justified by the benefits" for a company of its size.
Lindian Resources Ltd has passed an important milestone at the flagship Kangankunde Rare Earth Elements (REE) Project in Malawi with the first site construction contract awarded to leading European construction group Mota-Engil.
This contract is for site access road construction and is valued at approximately US$1.3 million with the work program scheduled over an 18-week period.