AuTeco Minerals Ltd has successfully increased the inferred mineral resource for the Pickle Grow Gold Project in Canada by 500,000 ounces to 2.23 million ounces at 7.8 g/t, an over 30% increase just six months after the last resource update.
Read: Auteco Minerals lifts Pickle Crow gold resource by 71% to 1.7 million ounces
SCB Group announced it has installed solar panels for nine rural schools in Malawi with buildOn, a US non-governmental organisation, in 2021.
With its global arm focused on constructing a new school in eight countries, including Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mali, Malawi, Nepal, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Senegal, buildOn aims to "break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, and low expectations at home and abroad".
Gratomic Inc. (TSX-V:GRAT, OTCQX:CBULF) told investors that its technical team has initiated preliminary engineering for its 100%-owned Capim Grosso project in Brazil’s Bahia State.
Revealing its preliminary process flow diagram for the project, the company said the engineering will include completing a mass and water balance process flow diagram (PFD), and process design criteria (PDC). This engineering design will facilitate the development of preliminary operating and capital expenses for the project, it added.
Roquefort Therapeutics PLC (LSE:ROQ) appointed Professor Trevor Jones CBE FMedSci, the former director general of the Association of the British Pharmaceuticals Industry (ABPI), to its board as an advisor with immediate effect.
Jones will bring his 45 years’ experience in the biotech industry to the biotech company, which is focused on early-stage opportunities.
Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd said it plans to host a virtual R&D day via webcast next week, where chief executive Dr Markku Jalkanen will host the event together with members of the management team and external experts.
The event will be held on 23 February at 4pm EET (2pm GMT, 9am EDT).
Kodal Minerals PLC (AIM:KOD) said it continued to make progress on the development of the Bougouni lithium project, following a site visit last month, and also reported wide intersections of gold mineralisation from drilling at the Fatou gold project.
“During the site visit to Mali in January, meetings were held with the Minister of Mines to discuss our upcoming work and development programme,” said chief executive Bernard Aylward. “Kodal continues to receive strong support from the Mali government and regional officials for the development of a new lithium mine in the Bougouni region."
Frontier IP Group PLC (AIM:FIPP), an investor in early-stage companies, said it sold further shares in Exscientia PLC, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug developer, for a net $4.3mln (£3.2mln).
The specialist in commercialising intellectual property sold 207,299 American Depositary Shares (ADS) in Exscientia between February 1 and February 11. It will use the proceeds for general working capital purposes and to provide further support to its existing portfolio companies.
Vietnam Enterprise Investments (LSE:VEIL) Ltd saw a slight increase in net asset value in the month of January.
The company noted that NAV increased by 0.2% over the prior month, and, beat its reference index which was down 0.5% over the same period.
Mosman Oil and Gas Ltd (AIM:MSMN) has had its application for a suspension and extension granted for the work programme conditions for the EP145 licence, in Australia’s Norther Territory.
The company, in a statement, told investors that the suspension and extension provides it with additional time in which to complete necessary year 3 work programme, by 21st August 2023, and the deadlines for subsequent phases of the licence are also extended.
Polarean Imaging PLC (AIM:POLX, OTC:PLLWF) said it had received an order from an existing customer for its Xenon Polariser System.
McMaster University, Ontario, will take delivery of the latest iteration of the kit, version 9800, which will “supplement” its research programme.
Life insurance provider Chesnara PLC (LSE:CSN) has added two new members to its board as it continues its expansion plans, it announced today.
Carol Hagh and Karin Bergstein will be proposed for election as non-executive directors at the company’s AGM on 17 May.
IXICO PLC (AIM:IXI, OTC:PHYOF) said its next-generation brain imaging technology that is more sensitive, accurate and flexible than the current platform will be available for clinical trials from next month (March).
Used for virtual brain segmentation and based on artificial or convolutional neural networks, IXIQ.Ai has been developed and validated in collaboration with academic and pharma partners, the company said.
88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTC:EEENF) told investors its share placing was oversubscribed and increased, to raise A$32mln before costs.
Proceeds will be used, alongside existing cash resources, to fund the planned Merlin-2 well including drilling, testing and contingencies.
CentralNic Group PLC (AIM:CNIC) told investors that strong growth experienced during 2021 has continued into 2022.
Revenue generation in the first quarter to date is materially ahead of revenue growth rates implied by market consensus expectations, the company said in a statement. The strong performance is driven by the online marketing segment, it added.
Open Orphan PLC (AIM:ORPH, OTC:OPORF) said its hVIVO subsidiary has recently launched the STRiVE project to collect respiratory viral strains suitable for challenge agents from volunteers at the company.
STRiVE stands for Seasonal Transmissible Respiratory Virus SurvEy and thus far it has identified over 180 ‘promising virus’ candidates that could be used to manufacture agents for its human challenge trials.
Nova Minerals Ltd (ASX:NVA, OTCQB:NVAAF) has completed a starter pit mine plan and pit optimisation program at its Korbel Gold Project in Alaska ahead of a scoping study, scheduled for release in the coming weeks.
Korbel lies at the northern end of the company’s Estelle Gold Trend development, a 35-kilometre-long corridor of 21 identified gold prospects bracketed by the high-grade RPM Project in the south.
Lake Resources NL (ASX:LKE, OTCQB:LLKKF) has kicked off an expansion and integration strategy to fast-track its portfolio of assets in Argentina to deliver the TARGET 100 Program – aiming to produce 100,000 tonnes of high purity lithium annually to market by 2030.
The company is bringing forward a US$15 million program across its three wholly-owned owned projects - Olaroz, Cauchari and Paso - for drilling and brine testing to fast track these projects into feasibility studies in the TARGET 100 Program.
Tharisa PLC issued a cautionary notice to shareholders, advising that it's in negotiations to acquire minority interests in Tharisa Minerals Proprietary Limited, in which Tharisa currently owns 74% of the issued ordinary share capital.
Litigation Capital Management Ltd said it has appointed its chief financial officer, Mary Gangemi, to the board with immediate effect. Gangemi became CFO in April 2020 and is based in the company's London office alongside chief executive Patrick Moloney, who has relocated as part of a planned management restructuring that brings LCM's core executive team into a European hub.