Asia-Pacific online gaming and media group PCG Entertainment Plc (LON:PCGE) has raised £1mln from a syndicate of institutional investors.
The AIM-quoted firm said it will use the money to fund its continuing operations, including general working capital requirements.
Highlands Natural Resources Plc (LON:HNR) has completed drilling of its first two wells at the East Denver Niobrara oil and gas project in Colorado.
The company said it has successfully drilled and set surface casing in both the Wildhorse and Powell wells to a total depth of 2,100 feet.
Meanwhile, Morses Club Plc (LON:MCL) has secured the addition of one of the UK's leading high street lenders and expanded its existing loan facility by £15mln to fund territory growth, and said builds in progress are performing ahead of expectations.
Tanzania-focused gold producer Shanta Gold Ltd (LON:SHG) continues to ramp up operations at its New Luika gold mine, as it reviews its business plan amid changing legislation in the African country.
As well as posting latest half year figures, the miner revealed it had terminated a previous arrangement to buy Helio Resource Corp, which owns land next to New Luika, for US$5.6mln because of last month's legal changes.
In other news, Vast Resources PLC (LON:VAST) said that that Sub-Sahara Goldia Investments has exercised its right to provide equivalent finance on the same terms and conditions as a previous US$10mln deal agreed with a Romania-focused corporate finance and investment firm.
Elsewhere, Scotgold Resources Ltd (LON:SGZ) hopes to get a decision on its revised plans for the Cononish Gold and Silver project by the end of the year.
The application for the operation has now been received and validated by the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Planning Authority, firing the starting gun on the statutory determination period.
There are several elements but at its core is a development of an underground gold mine with processing facilities.
The strength of the South African Rand against pound sterling in the year to end June 2017 means Pan African Resources plc (LON:PAF) is expecting to report lower EPS (earnings per share), it told investors.
Under Johannesburg Stock Exchange rules a firm must disclose if it believes results will differ by at least 20% from those of the previous corresponding period.
Using the average ZAR:GBP exchange rate 17.25:1 during the year, which was 19.6% higher than the average rate in the 2016 year, the firm now expects EPS to be 24% to 13% lower than the 1.41 pence for the prior reporting period, it said in a statement.