Instem Plc (LON:INS), the technology provider to the drugs industry, has announced a significant contract extension from a company using its SEND platform. The client, described as a top-five pre-clinical contract research organisation, has increased the size of the deal by US$400,000 to US$500,000.
ANGLE PLC (LON:AGL) has presented US cancer experts with detailed data from the study last year that highlighted the ability of its circulating tumour cell diagnostic to identify ovarian cancer. Results from the pelvic mass study were presented to The Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer in New Orleans.
Stratex International plc (LON:STI) said it has received approval from the Senegalese government regarding the Dalafin gold project. The AIM-listed gold exploration group said the approval related to its Option Agreement with AGEM Senegal Exploration Suarl (AGEM), a subsidiary of IAMGOLD Corp (IAMGOLD).
Akers Biosciences Inc (LON:AKR) (NASDAQ:AKER) has signed a three-year national distribution deal with Diagnostica Stago for the former’s test for Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, an adverse reaction to the blood thinner. Under the agreement, Stago will market and sell Akers’ PIFA PLUSS PF4 rapid assay.
Vast Resources PLC (LON:VAST) has boosted the JORC resource at its Manaila polymetallic project in Romania by 78%. The resource now amounts to 4.6mln tonnes of ore grading 0.97% copper, 0.32% lead, 0.68%zinc, 25.8 grams per tonne silver, and 0.23% gold. Indicated resources increased by more than 200% to over 3.5mln tonnes of ore.
Plexus Holdings PLC (LON:POS) chief executive Ben van Bilderbeek told investors that he believes the company has “never been in a stronger position” to achieve its goals. In its financial results statement, for the six months ended December 31, the oil and gas services group reported on a period in which it agreed an asset sale that effectively restructures its business.
A consortium of which clean fuel technology company ITM Power PL (LON:ITM) is a part has won £8.8mln in funding from the Department for Transport. ITM will receive £4.3mln of the funding to build four new hydrogen refuelling stations and to upgrade five existing hydrogen refuelling stations to increase capacity to support a larger fleet of fuel cell electric vehicles.
Mobile ad specialist Taptica International Ltd (LON:TAP) beat both revenue and profits expectation in the year just ended driven by a recent expansion into the Asia-Pacific region. Sales jumped by 68% to US$211mln in 2017, while underlying profits [adjusted EBITDA] increased by a third to US$34.2mln, both slightly higher than broker estimates.
WideCells Group PLC (LON:WDC) has signed a deal to bring its stem cell insurance product, CellPlan, to the Asian market. The London main market-listed healthcare services group said the agreement had been signed with Cryoviva, a cord blood storage facility with operations in Thailand, Singapore and India.
Regenerative medtech company Tissue Regenix PLC (LON:TRX) said sales in both CellRight and BioSurgery have had a strong start to the year.
Amphion Innovations Plc (LON:AMP) has said the parent of its partner company, Polarean Inc, is seeking to list on AIM in an initial public offering (IPO). The med-tech investor, itself listed on AIM, said Polarean Imaging PLC is proposing to raise £3mln from a conditional placing, and will have an expected market cap of at least £11mln.
Cell-based therapeutics specialist ReNeuron Group Plc (LON:RENE) is to increase the number of clinical sites in its PISCES III study from 25 to 40. The board said trading in 2018 remains in line with its expectations.
Asiamet Resources Limited (LON:ARS) told investors that it has successfully concluded long running negotiations with the Government of Indonesia (GOI) to amend its existing KSK contract of work to secure long term mining tenure for the BKM copper project in Central Kalimantan. The company, in a statement, noted that a signing ceremony was held on March 14 and executed documentation was formally received and reviewed on March 26.
Connemara Mining Company PLC (LON:CON) will continue to follow its investment in the 23.44%-owned Stonepark project currently being drilled by Group Eleven Resources. In addition, exploration activities are ongoing across two gold projects and multiple zinc projects, and the company is on the lookout for further opportunities.
Anglo Asian Mining Plc (LON:AAZ) has provided investors with a summary of the achievements of its 2017 field campaign. Extensive drilling across the company's Azerbaijan portfolio opened up new exploration zones, and identified further ore at established workings. Further exploration will be undertaken this year.
Drilling on the T3 copper project held in joint venture between MOD Resources and Metal Tiger PLC (LON:MTR) has returned further favourable results. A new resource update is expected in early June, with the data likely to feed into an ongoing feasibility study. SDX Energy Inc (LON:SDX) (CVE:SDX) told investors that it has now spudded the Ibn Yunus-1X exploration well at South Disouq project, Egypt, following up last year’s SD-1X discovery. The new well is expected to take 30 days to drill.
Columbus Energy Resources PLC (LON:CERP) has confirmed that it has now completed its planned redundancies in Spain, where it is winding up an oil production operation (before it tenders for a restart of the same field).
Alaska-focused explorer 88 Energy Limited (LON:88E, ASX: 88E) told investors that it has completed the refinancing of a loan with Bank of America, on ‘substantively similar’ terms to the original agreement - albeit, maturity moves out to 2022.
Erris Resources plc (LON:ERIS) has started work on a 20 line km electro-magnetic ground geophysical survey at the Käringberget gold project in northern Sweden. The survey is fully funded by Centerra, which is investing US$1.85mln across Erris' Swedish portfolio during 2018.
Challenger agency The Marketing Group PLC (NASDAQ OMX:TMG) has completed its restructuring and is looking to move ahead again both organically and through acquisitions. “The current financial year will be focussed on growth: complementary acquisitions, winning new clients and growing existing accounts through collaboration," said chief executive Adam Graham.
Frontier IP Group Plc (LON:FIPP), the AIM-listed firm which specialises in intellectual property commercialisation, has appointed a communications professional to the team and is opening a new base in London to provide a foundation for the next phase of the group's growth. It said Andrew Johnson, former deputy city editor of the Daily Express, will have responsibility for communications and investor relations across the group's activities.
Belvoir Lettings PLC (LON:BLV), the UK's largest property franchise, announced that, after over five years of service to its board, Nicholas Leeming is stepping down as a non-executive director of the company with effect from 10 April 2018 and Michael Stoop is joining the board as non-executive director with immediate effect.
Chaarat (AIM: CGH), the AIM quoted company developing the Chaarat Gold Deposit in the Kyrgyz Republic, announces the appointment with immediate effect of Artem Volynets as a non-executive director to the Board of Chaarat.
Berkeley Energia Limited (LON:BKY) has announced the appointment of Berenberg and Tamesis Partners as joint brokers, with immediate effect.
Representatives from Silence Therapeutics PLC (LON:SLN) will be presenting at four scientific conferences over the next two months.
Savannah Resources Plc (LON:SAV)), the AIM quoted resource development company, is pleased to announce that the Portugal Lithium Project Presentation is available for download on the company's website.
Touchstone Exploration Inc. (LON:TXP) (TSX:TXP), an oil and gas exploration and production company active in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, said it will be holding a live online investor presentation and Q&A session for investors tomorrow, Tuesday 27 March, to discuss its final results. The webcast will be recorded and made available on ValueTheMarkets.com after the event.