Rockfire Resources Plc (LON:ROCK), has revealed that a third gold target has been identified at its Marengo exploration project in Queensland, Australia. The AIM-listed group – formerly known as Papua Mining - said the third target, "Mt Marengo", looks to be similar to One Mile Mountain already identified at Marengo.
Life sciences group SkinBioTherapeutics PLC (LON:SBTX) remains on track to kick off the human study of its SkinBiotix technology in September after receiving provisional ethics approval from regulators.
88 Energy Ltd (LON:88E), in a statement, said that recent well results “support the potential economic viability of the HRZ shale play”. The junior oil and gas firm’s quarterly activities report comes after the suspension of the Icewine-2 well programme.
Mosman Oil And Gas Ltd (LON:MSMN) told investors that it will participate in a new drill programme, at the Stanley development, onshore Texas. The company has agreed a new strategic alliance with Baja Oil & Gas, a privately-owned company, which has a substantial existing inventory of projects.
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (LON:BMY) has traded in line with expectations in the first four months of its financial year, with both divisions growing revenues.
Mining group Metal Tiger PLC (LON:MTR) has sold its 30% stake in the T3 copper prospect in Botswana to partner MOD Resources. Metal Tiger will receive A$8.3mln (£4.6mln) in shares based on a price of A$0.48 per share for Aussie-listed MOD.
Savannah Resources Plc (LON:SAV) has entered into a due diligence and option agreement with Portuguese company Aldeia & Irmão S.A. for the potential acquisition of a three-block mining lease near the Mina do Barroso lithium project. Aldeia's mining lease application, which is awaiting approval, covers land adjoining the southern end of the Reservatorio deposit and adjacent areas to Savannah’s Mina do Barroso project, in northern Portugal.
Background checks specialist ClearStar Inc (LON:CLSU) expects to report its highest ever half-year revenues for the first six months of this year.
Haydale Graphene Industries PLC (LON:HAYD) has noted the launch of a new graphene characterisation service at the University of Manchester.
NetScientific PLC (LON:NSCI) has announced that its portfolio company Wanda Technology Enhancements has completed a significant enhancement of its Patient Management Platform to improve patient adherence to care plans.
Shanta Gold Limited (LON:SHG) has hit reported grades from an exploration programme outside of the current reserves area at the New Luika gold mine in Tanzania. Four diamond holes were drilled at the Bauhinia Creek East underground mine, where there has already been historical bonanza grade intercepts.
Wolf Minerals Limited (LON:WLFE ASX:WLF) has reported improvements in its operating strength at its Drakelands mine in Devon following the March cold snap as it sought new funds from investors. In a production update for the three months ended 30 June 2018, the AIM-listed miner said tungsten and tin production were up 41% and 67% respectively over the last 12 months.
SDX Energy Inc (LON:SDX, CVE:SDX) told investors that it is due to sign a three-year, US$10mln credit facility with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) with the funds earmarked for its assets in Morocco. It will be an initial US$10mln facility, though it will have an ‘accordion’ feature allowing for up to US$20mln of total funds availability.
Immunotherapy specialist Scancell Holdings Plc(LON:SCLP) has exercised an option to in-licence delivery technology for its lead drug candidate. It has inked a deal with Ichor Medical Systems, which has developed the TriGrid 2.0 electroporation system.
Event-driven marketing specialist Mporium Group PC (LON:MPM) has signed a major new client to its IMPACT platform. The name of the customer wasn’t revealed. However, chief executive Nelius De Groot described the new partner as one of the world’s “largest and most prestigious media services networks”.
Avation PLC (LON:AVAP), the commercial passenger aircraft leasing company, announced that Iain Cawte has taken the position of chief financial officer of the company with effect from 17 July 2018. Prior to this appointment, Cawte was Avation's Director of Treasury, Compliance and Risk. The firm also said, correcting an earlier error, that it intends to release its unaudited results for the financial year ending 30 June 2018 on 6 September 2018.
Real Good Food PLC (LON:RGD) has confirmed details of an open offer to raise up to £1.0mln for future working capital purposes announced at the start of last month. The AIM-listed food producer said it will issue up to 20,115,190 open offer shares at a price of 5p each.
Union Jack Oil PLC (LON:UJO) has announced that 120,000,000 share options have been granted to David Bramhill, its executive chairman and 60,000,000 share options have been granted to Joe O`Farrell, an executive director. The group said the share options have an exercise price of 0.09p and vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant. The exercise period is between the third and tenth anniversary of the date of grant.
The Marketing Group PLC, (NASDAQ:TMG), which trades as RYVL, announced that Oliver Southgate, chief technology officer of its Truth Media Ltd subsidiary, yesterday acquired 273,630 shares in the company at €0.2055 per share for a total consideration of €56,231.