Hydrogen fuel cell specialist has AFC Energy plc (LON:AFC) has appointed Richard Dunkley as chief financial officer. Most recently, Dunkley was Interim Head of Finance - Business Partnering at Boots Contract Manufacturing UK.
Mkango Resources Ltd (LON:MKA) (CVE:MKA) said the initial phases of the feasibility study for the Songwe Hill rare earths deposit has started.
Highlands Natural Resources Plc (LON:HNR) has told investors that it has continued its ongoing spudding process for its programme of drilling at the East Denver project - it is setting surface casing for all six planned wells before starting any vertical drilling.
Junior explorer Erris Resources plc (LON:ERIS) has been awarded a licence for a new gold target in Sweden. Enåsen no.5 comprises 59.4 sq km in central Sweden that surrounds the Enasen gold mine, which produced between 1984 and 1991.
Midatech Pharma Plc (LON:MTPH (NASDAQ:MTP) has said it knows of no reason why its share price nearly doubled in value yesterday simply reiterating previously announced news that it is looking at non-dilutive financing options and on track to deliver all R&D programmes.
Medical imaging services specialist IXICO Plc (LON:IXI) is proposing to raise £5.5mln through a placing of shares at 28p a pop.
Live Company Group Plc (LON:LVCG) has launched a permanent hotel fixture BRICKLIVE Kid’s Club in The Westin Chosun Haevichi Resort in Guam, having signed a three year contract with South Korea’s Haevichi Hospitality Guam Inc.
ANGLE PLC (LON:AGL, OTCQX:ANPCY) said its co-marketing agreement with the US samples and assay technologies specialist QIAGEN (NYSE:QGEN) is “progressing well”. The pair are working on combining ANGLE's Parsortix liquid biopsy system to harvest circulating tumour cells in prostate cancer with QIAGEN's downstream AdnaTest gene expression analysis kit.
Symphony Environmental Technologies plc (LON:SYM) has launched a series of healthcare products, starting with latex examination gloves, made with its antimicrobial d2p technology. The AIM-listed environmentally friendly plastic maker said it was working with Health & Hygiene Ltd, a British company, and Biomax Rubber Industries of Malaysia through a collaboration agreement signed on 2 February 2018.
ECR Minerals PLC (LON:ECR) told investors that it has now completed drilling at the Bung Bong gold project in Central Victoria, Australia. The programme of work is part of a larger diamond drilling campaign which will span a number of the company’s gold projects in the region.
United Oil & Gas Plc (LON:UOG), in a statement after Wednesday’s close, told investors that it has extended the deadline for the company to complete its acquisition of a 10% stake in Corallian Energy’s interests in southern UK oil and gas assets. The AIM-quoted group’s option extends to 31 May.
NQ Minerals PLC (AQSE:NQMI) (OTCMKTS:NQMLF) has said it is well underway with the refurbishment of the flotation plant for the restart of its flagship Hellyer polymetallic operation in Tasmania. The Australia-based exploration and mining company said it is moving towards production and revenue at Hellyer and is on target to commission the mill for production in the third quarter of 2018.
TyraTech, Inc. (LON:TYR) (LON:TYRU), the life sciences company focussed on nature-derived insect and parasite control products, has announced the appointment of WH Ireland Limited as its sole broker with immediate effect.
Rose Petroleum (LON:ROSE), the AIM-quoted natural resources business, said its CEO Mathew Idien will be presenting at an investor evening hosted by Turner Pope Investments Ltd (TPI) to be held on Monday 14 May 2018, in London EC2 at 5.30pm. TPI is acting as placing agent in the £1m fundraise announced by Rose Petroleum on 2 May 2018.
Oracle Power PLC (LON:ORCP) said it is focusing on formalising deals with its Chinese partners this year to advance its Thar coal-fire power plant in Pakistan after making progress on the project in 2017. Thar is a combined lignite coal mine and mine mouth power plant in Block VI in the south-eastern Sindh Province of Pakistan.
W Resources PLC (LON:WRES) has announced stakeholder Hansource Investments Limited has been dissolved by Companies House due to a filing oversight. The AIM-listed firm said it has been advised that Hansource, which owns a 6.08% stake in W Resources, is in the process of being restored to the Register of Companies.
Scotgold Resources Limited (LON:SGZ) announced that on 1 May 2018 the directors, other than its CEO Richard Gray, approved the grant, subject to shareholder approval, of a total of 1,240,000 warrants over ordinary shares in the company to Gray and David Swan, its chief financial officer. The group said the proposed warrants – which have a subscription price of 30p per share - are an incentive for executive management to meet corporate milestones and will vest on the later of one year from date of grant or the commencement of gold production from the Cononish mine. It added the warrants will expire 10 years after the date of grant, being 1 May 2028.
Anglo Asian Mining Plc (LON:AAZ), the AIM listed gold, copper and silver producer focused in Azerbaijan, said an updated corporate presentation is now available on the company's website. It added that the presentation was given to The Mining Capital Conference hosted by Proactive Investors in the City of London on 3 May 2018.