Shares in Greatland Gold plc(LON:GGP) soared after it said it had found gold nuggets at its Black Hills project in Western Australia. The shares rocketed up to 0.99p from 0.71p overnight after the company said multiple pieces of gold had been recovered from the surface in the first few days of fieldwork at Black Hills.
Echo Energy Plc (LON:ECHO) has told investors that “significant hydrocarbons” have been identified in the EMS-1001 through the interpretation of well data. Specifically, the Argentina focused exploration company, in a statement, said that a “significant light oil column” was encountered by what is its third well.
OptiBiotix Health plc (LON:OPTI) has signed a license agreement to commercialise food supplements containing its LPLDL strain in the Italian market.
Solo Oil PLC’s (LON:SOLO) part owned Tanzania specialist gas business Helium One has raised US$2mln in a pre-IPO funding round. The capital injection was supported by investors from Australia, Asia and Africa.
App monitoring service AppScatter Group PLC (LON:APPS) has raised just over £3mln at a significant premium to last night’s closing price. The fundraise is unusual because most companies, particularly those on AIM, will generally raise money at a discount.
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Limited (LON:ECO) (TSX-V:EOG) has noted Exxon Mobil Corp’s (NYSE:XOM) eighth discovery offshore Guyana as it provided an update on its own operations in the region. The AIM-listed oil and gas producer said Exxon’s Longtail-1 well, located at the Stabroek Block which is adjacent to Eco’s own Orinduik Block, had encountered around 78 meters of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoir and was successfully drilled to 5,504 metres in depth.
Highlands Natural Resources Plc (LON:HNR) has reported “significant flow rates” from the Barret 1-14b well at its Kansas nitrogen project.
SDX Energy Inc (LON:SDX, CVE:SDX) has spelt out a number of key details from its largely successful recent operations in Egypt and Morocco ahead of an event at which it will be presenting to sell-side and industry analysts. Importantly, the growing oil and gas producer highlighted a positive record – three successful wells out of four in Egypt, and, seven successes out of nine wells in Morocco.
Horizonte Minerals Plc (LON:HZM, TSE:HZM) has announced that it has completed the aero survey for the powerline and awarded contracts for Araguaia ferronickel project to the leading Brazilian consultants.
Bluebird Merchant Ventures Ltd (LON:BMW) has announced it has received ‘excellent’ results from vat leach metallurgical test work conducted on an ore sample from Adit 4 at the Gubong mine in South Korea.
NQ Minerals PLC has said the refurbishment of the Hellyer Floatation plant, for the restart of the Hellyer polymetallic operation in Tasmania, Australia, continues to be on budget and on time for commissioning in August 2018. Brian Stockbridge, NQ Minerals’ non-executive chairman said: "The advancement of the Hellyer refurbishment continues at an accelerated pace.”
Medical devices maker Tissue Regenix Group PLC (LON:TRX) has won an award at an industry conference over in the United States. Group purchasing organisation Premier awarded Tissue the Supplier Horizon award, which recognises suppliers that have been contracted with Premier for less than three years for exceptional local customer service and engagement, value creation through clinical excellence and commitment to lower costs.
Taptica PLC (LON:TAP), a global leader in advertising technologies for performance-based mobile marketing and brand advertising, is hosting a Capital Markets Day in London today. The group said no material price-sensitive information will be disclosed and no new information relating to current trading will be provided.
Silence Therapeutics PLC (LON:SLN) has made two key appointments that will respectively strengthen the board and the business. Dave Lemus, currently chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Proteros Biostructures, has been appointed an independent director. Big Pic this week.
Alba Mineral Resources PLC (LON:ALBA), the diversified mineral exploration and development company, announced the appointment with immediate effect of Feroz Sultan as Alba's Technical Director - Oil & Gas. This follows the announcement on 9 April that Sultan had joined Alba as a special adviser in relation to the company's oil investments.
Eland Oil & Gas PLC (LON:ELA), the oil & gas production and development company operating in West Africa with an initial focus on Nigeria, has confirmed the appointment of Nicholas Gay as a non-executive director of the company effective from 22 June 2018.
Kibo Mining PLC (LON:KIBO) has published in maiden SAMREC-compliant resource for the Mabesekwa coal resource in Botswana, in which it holds an 85% stake.