Strat Aero PLC (LON:AERO) flew higher on Monday morning after announcing two new contracts wins for its Geocurve subsidiary. Geocurve, a specialist surveying company, has been awarded an initial contract with hydraulic engineering group Hesselberg Hydro.
Braveheart Investment Group PLC (LON:BRH) said it has entered into detailed discussions with a large UK financial organisation in preparation to launch a new Mezzanine Fund targeting enhanced income returns to the fund's investors.
CentralNic Group PLC (LON:CNIC) has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the entire share capital of KeyDrive for an initial consideration of US$35.8mln.
Bacanora Lithium PLC (LON:BCN) has agreed conditional strategic investments for a total of US$90mln from the sovereign wealth fund of the Sultanate of Oman and from its Japanese off-take partner, Hanwa Co., and has also launched a proposed placing to raise gross proceeds of US$100mln.
Sativa Investments PLC (AQSE:SATI) said it has signed an IP sharing agreement with Canada’s Veritas Pharma Inc, which it hopes will help its efforts in the UK’s emerging cannabis market.
Hydrogen fuel cell group AFC Energy plc (LON:AFC) will focus on commercialisation of its technology over the next twelve months. Adam Bond, chief executive, said the company has appointed FTI Consulting to carry out a review and go-to-market strategy.
Flying Brands Ltd (LON:FBDU) has raised £500,000 through a share placing to support the commercial roll-out of its kidney stone medical imaging software StoneChecker.
The recent production test at SDX Energy Inc’s (LON:SDX CVE:SDX) SD-4X appraisal well South Disouq in Egypt was successful, the North Africa-focused oil and gas explorer has confirmed.
Seeing Machines Limited (LON:SEE) said Ken Kroeger, currently its chairman and interim CEO, will become CEO on a permanent basis following the appointment of Jack Boyer as its chairman designate.
MaxCyte Inc (LON:MXCT) said it had received the green light to embark on its first ever clinical trial as it told investors the commercial arm of the business was trading in line with forecasts. The US Food & Drug Administration has given the company investigational new drug clearance for MCY-M11, a chimeric antigen receptor that targets solid tumours.
Iodine producer Iofina plc (LON:IOF) expects to produce between 575 and 605 tonnes of crystalline iodine in 2018, in line with the market’s expectations and a sharp increase on last year's output of 503 tonnes.
Europa Metals Ltd (LON:EUZ)(ASX:EUZ) has secured a combined reverse circulation and diamond drilling rig for mobilisation to its Toral lead-zinc-silver project in the Province of Leόn, northern Spain. Mobilisation will take place in August.
Erris Resources plc (LON:ERIS) has hit three metres of 10.22 zinc plus lead combined as well as 41.45 grammes per tonne silver in ongoing drilling at the Abbeytown project in Ireland. The intersection came at a depth of between 95 metres and 98 metres and within a wider seven metre interval grading 8.33% zinc and lead and 37.36 grams silver.
Alba Mineral Resources PLC (LON:ALBA) has agreed to acquire a further 41% stake in Gold Mines of Wales. Once the deal formally goes through, AIM-listed Alba will own 90% of the Clogau gold project which is located in the Dolgellau gold belt in Wales.
Savannah Resources Plc (LON:SAV) has delivered further encouraging results from the ongoing reverse circulation and diamond drill programme at the Mina do Barroso lithium project in Portugal.
Metal Tiger PLC (LON:MTR) has boosted the indicated resource at the T3 copper project in Botswana by 13% to 417,000 tonnes of copper and 18.6mln ounces of silver.
RM Secured Direct Lending PLC said its net asset value (NAV) per share at the end of June was 97.85p, taking the NAV total return for the first half of 2018 up to 2.95%. RM Secured Direct Lending PLC (LON:RMDL) said its net asset value (NAV) per share at the end of June was 97.85p.
Frontier IP Group Plc (LON:FIPP) announced that portfolio company Tarsis Technology, a spin out from the University of Cambridge, has entered into a collaboration agreement with one of the world's leading manufacturers of crop-protection products.
Xtract Resources PLC (LON:XTR) has reported a rise in second-quarter gold production from the Manica project in Mozambique. Sino Minerals, a contract miner working on the project, produced a total of 1,703 ounces of gold in April, May and June – up 42% from the previous quarter (1,200 oz).
Chagala Group Limited (LON:CGLO) saw its underlying earnings (EBITDA) and revenue decline in 2017 impacted by an economic slowdown in Kazakhstan. The London-listed investor in specialist services and facilities providers to the oil and gas industries in Kazakhstan saw its EBITDA fall to US$6.4mln for the year ended 2017, down from US$7.7mln a year earlier, as revenue declined to US$19.1mln, down from US20.3mln.
Coinsilium Group Limited (AQSE:COIN), the blockchain technology backer, said financial markets veteran Malcolm Burne has been appointed as a project advisor to its TerraStream subsidiary.
Itaconix Plc (LON:ITX) dropped on Monday as trading in shares of the designer and manufacturer of speciality polymers resumed on AIM following its £4.3mln fundraising. Trading in the stock was suspended at the end of June pending funding news, with the company last week unveiling a placing at 2p a pop – the shares were suspended at 6.75p – to raise at least £2.1mln, supplemented by £1.2mln raised through a share subscription at the same price. Itaconix shares fell to 2.45p. The company also announced on Friday that, as part of the fundraising, Woodford Investment Management, IP2IPO Limited and Janus Henderson Investors have subscribed for placing shares.
Summit Therapeutics PLC (LON:SUMM) (NASDAQ:SMMT), said it was notified on 13 July 2018 that its chief executive officer, Glyn Edwards purchased 150,000 ordinary shares in the company at 38p per share. Following this purchase, the firm said, Edwards shareholding in the company has increased to 383,333 ordinary shares, representing approximately 0.47% of the issued share capital.
Ariana Resources plc (LON:ARS) said it has been informed that its chairman, Michael de Villiers on 16 July 2018 purchased 500,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 1.43p per share and in addition that Mrs De Villiers, wife of Mr de Villiers, purchased on the same date 4,000,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 1.4269p per share. Following these purchases, the group added, de Villiers' total shareholding in the company will be 52,500,000 ordinary shares representing 5% of the issued share capital.
Telit Communications Plc (LON:TCM) said it has been informed that its chairman Simon Duffy purchased 11,657 shares in the company at 171.30p each for a total of £19,933. It also noted that non-executive director Miriam Greenwood also bought 11,500 shares at 171.60p each for £19,665.
Berkeley Energia Ltd (LON:BKY) said it will complete its Spanish listing on Wednesday 18th July and its shares will be admitted to trading on the Madrid, Valencia, Bilbao and Barcelona stock exchanges.
Thor Mining PLC (LON:THR) (ASX:THR) announced after the market close on Friday that Paul Johnson is to step down as a non-executive director of the company with immediate effect.
Truth Media Ltd, a subsidiary of The Marketing Group PLC, (NASDAQ:TMG) – the trading name of RYVL - has announced the launch of an initial coin offering (ICO) for Truth Data Cloud, its blockchain-based data marketplace which will let consumers be rewarded for sharing their own private internet browsing data.
NQ Minerals PLC (AQSE:NQMI) was host to a high-powered delegation, which visited its operation on Tasmania’s west coast, ahead of the re-start of production in October. Led by Minister for Resources Guy Barnett and Waratah-Wynyard Mayor Robby Walsh, the party was given the lowdown on plans for the Hellyer Gold Mines.
Aminex plc (LON:AEX) announced on Friday that the company's CEO, Jay Bhattacherjee, will be presenting at an investor evening hosted by Turner Pope Investments on Monday 16 July, in London EC2, commencing at 5pm.
Block Energy Plc (LON:BLOE), the exploration and production company focused on the Republic of Georgia, announced that the company's new corporate presentation is now available to view on Block's website.