IXICO PLC (LON:IXI) has been chosen as a small-to-medium enterprise (SME) partner in the London Medical Imaging & Artificial Intelligence Centre for Value-Based Healthcare. The data analytics company focused on delivering insights in neuroscience said the newly established centre, launched on 28 February, is part of the UK Government's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Life sciences group MaxCyte Inc (LON:MXCT) has extended its relationship with Kite – the multi-billion-dollar cancer drug developer owned by US giant Gilead Sciences. Under the terms of this latest agreement, Kite will use MaxCyte’s Flow Electroporation technology to help it develop “multiple” CAR-T drug candidates for up to ten targets.
88 Energy Ltd (LON:88E) told investors that the Winx-1 exploration well-observed oil shows but preliminary analysis indicates that they were “at the lower end of the range required for commerciality.” The shows were observed in the Nanushuk formation which was the well’s primary target, meanwhile, no oil shows were present in a shallower secondary target.
NetScientific PLC (LON:NSCI) said more than 30% of shareholders have indicated they would vote against a proposal to cancel its shares on AIM and re-register as a private company. The shareholders sent proxy forms instructing their shares to be voted against the proposal at the general meeting, which was due to be held on March 4.
Afarak Group PLC (LON:AFRK) has updated investors after a ruling by the Administrative Court of Helsinki against Danko Koncar, a shareholder in the company. The court rejected Koncar's request to reverse a Financial Supervisory Authority's decision which requires Koncar to make a public bid for the shares in Afarak.
Rockfire Resources PLC (LON: ROCK), the gold and copper-focused resource company, has announced the appointment of Patrick Elliott as a non-executive director of the company, effective immediately. The group said Elliott is an experienced resources and industrial company director who has held senior executive positions with Consolidated Gold Fields (Australia) Limited and Morgan Grenfell Australia Limited.
Curzon Energy Plc (LON:CZN) issued a statement on Friday confirming a £95,000 equity raise which is described as a foundation for the advancement of a US natural gas development strategy. Specifically, the proceeds will support the company as it progresses an agreed deal for a ‘multi-TCF’ onshore natural gas project in Texas.
Stobart Group PLC (LON:STOB, the Aviation, Energy and Civil Engineering group, has announced the appointment of David Blackwood as a non-executive director with effect from 1 March 2019. It said Blackwood is currently a non-executive director at Dignity PLC and Scapa Group plc and was previously chief financial officer of Synthomer PLC until 2015.
NQ Minerals PLC (LON:NQMI) (OTCQB:NQMLF), the mineral processing, exploration and mining company, has announced the resignation of Adrian Lungan from its board of directors with immediate effect.
Amur Minerals Corporation (LON:AMUR), the nickel-copper sulphide mineral exploration and development company focused on the far east of Russia, said the executive summary for its recently completed Pre-Feasibility Study is now available on the company's website.
Alba Mineral Resources PLC (LON:ALBA), the diversified mineral exploration and development company, has said its executive chairman, George Frangeskides, will be attending the PDAC Mining Convention, being held in Toronto, Canada from 3-6 March 2019, including the Greenland Day being hosted by the Government of Greenland on 4 March.
Stobart Group Ltd (LON:STOB) has issued a further statement on its victory in a legal battle with its former boss and major shareholder Andrew Tinkler. Stobart said it wanted to draw attention to the fact that the judge said board members acted in “good faith in the best interests of the company” in publishing an announcement to shareholders on May 29
Cabot Energy PLC (LON:CAB) said it now has sufficient funding to take it through to late April after conditionally raising £2.53mln through an equity raise and open offer. It said it has received valid acceptances and excess applications from qualifying shareholders for a total of 4,486,893 open offer shares, conditionally raising £448,689. Meanwhile, all resolutions were approved at a general meeting today.
Rambler Metals and Mining PLC (LON: RMM) has closed its previously announced private placement of US$11mln through the issue of new shares following approval from shareholders at the general meeting on Thursday.