ECR Minerals PLC (LON:ECR) has submitted nine new exploration licence applications covering 523 square kilometres of potentially gold-rich land in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia.
Highlands Natural Resources Plc (LON:HNR) has told investors that it has successfully concluded well completion operations for the six recently drilled wells at the East Denver project in Colorado. Flowback has so far commenced in three of the six wells and is expected in the remainder over the next two weeks.
Victoria Oil & Gas Plc (LON:VOG) confirmed it has now formally secured its 75% ownership stake in the Matanda PSC, which lies adjacent to the company’s flagship Logbaba concession.
Chaarat Gold Holdings Ltd (LON:CGH) shares surged in late-afternoon trading Wednesday after it reported a “significant increase” in the resource at its Tulkubash deposit in the Kyrgyz Republic. The exploration firm said the updated measured and indicated (M&I) mineral resource was now over 1.6mln ounces of gold, an increase of 15% since an interim resource update in September 2018.
Richland Resources Ltd (LON:RLD) has extended the maturity date for its convertible loan facility as the gemstones developer continued discussions over the Capricorn sapphire mine in Queensland.
Avacta Group PLC (LON:AVCT), the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, said its chief financial officer, Tony Gardiner, on 31 December 2018, purchased 8,196 ordinary shares in the company at a price of 30.5p each. Following this transaction, the group said, Gardiner's total beneficial interest in the company is 8,196 ordinary shares, representing less than 0.1% of Avacta's issued share capital.
Base Resources Limited (LON:BSE) (ASX:BSE) has advised that 61,425,061 options with an exercise price of A$0.40 per share lapsed unexercised following their expiry on 31 December 2018.
Caledonia Mining Corporation PLC (LON:CMCL) announced that it has declared a quarterly dividend of US$0.06875 on each of the company's common shares.
hVIVO PLC (LON:HVO) confirmed that, as previously announced, Graham Yeatman ceased to be a Director of the company with effect from 31 December 2018.
Regency Mines PLC (LON:RGM) said it was informed that Mark Lancaster as of 29 December 2018 holds 43,988,160 ordinary shares in the company, representing a total percentage holding of 5.56%.
Amur Minerals Corporation (LON:AMC) ), the nickel-copper sulphide mineral exploration and resource development company focused on the far east of Russia, announced that, further to the convertible loan agreement entered into on 13 February 2018, it today issued 13,200,051 new ordinary shares to Cuart Investments PCC Ltd and YA II PN Ltd in settlement of US$403,945 of principal and accrued interest.