Outgoing chairman of Rockhopper Exploration said the company was in the “strongest possible” position it had been in for “some considerable time” as a new leadership takes over on 1 October. EXPERIENCE Keith Lough and non-executive director John Summers leave on 30 September after nine “challenging and enjoyable” years to make way for former Capricorn […]
Day: 23 December 2024
IOG files for administration
IOG plc has filed for administration following “extensive consideration” of its financial situation and the “underperformance” of its developed assets. ISSUES The company, which runs the Saturn Banks gas project in the southern North Sea, has also requested a suspension of trading in its ordinary shares on AIM from 2.10pm today. IOG had been in […]
Hummingbird secures $55m refinancing for Kouroussa
Hummingbird Resources plc has agreed to refinance a portion, totalling US$35 million, of its existing Coris Bank group loan and secured $20m new loans for its West African operations. SUPPORT The refinancing of existing Coris Bank loans will see loan repayments deferred from Q3 2023 to full year 2024. Funds will provide additional cash flow […]
Cornish Metals begins wet commissioning of water treatment plant
Cornish Metals Inc yesterday began wet commissioning, originally expected in May, of its new mine water treatment plant at South Crofty. PROCESS The plant will use high density sludge (HDS) process technology to treat raw mine water with 25,000m3/day of water pumped directly from South Crofty tin mine. The Canadian company will fill all the […]
Prospex issues 2.5m shares to clear CLNs
Prospex Energy plc received notices to convert a total £109,043.57 in the final two of a group of convertible loan notes into 2,565,732 new ordinary shares each of 0.1p in the company. The CLNs, issued in July 2022, are convertible at 4.25p per share. On admission, the company will have 329,272,881 ordinary shares in issue. “These […]
Sunrise reports ‘medium-high grade’ sepiolite at Pioche
Two principal horizons of “medium-high grade” have been confirmed at Sunrise Resources plc’s sepiolite project near the town of Pioche in Lincoln County, Nevada. COMMERCIAL QUALITY Owner Sunrise Resources plc said that the summer’s exploration programme saw option holder and Spanish subsidiary Tolsa SA complete 20 drill holes over 2km by 1.1km. The holes, drilled […]