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Ascent signs £1.5m deal for MBD to take 20% control

Ascent Resources plc has signed a £1.5 million strategic collaboration for 20% of the company with investor MBD Partners SA. PREMIUM MBD will directly subscribe for 42,857,143 new ordinary shares of 0.5p each, at 3.5 pence per new share, a 35% premium to the closing bid price of 2.6 pence on 2 October 2023. Each […]

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Araguaia costs to rise 35% with first production delayed

Horizonte Minerals plc anticipates at least a 35% increase in overall capital expenditure and a delay to first production at its Araguaia nickel project in northeast Brazil. FINANCING The company said it was making “good progress” on the final detailed engineering and construction design for Line 1 but a review of costs for the design […]

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Scotgold could appoint administrators ‘over coming days’

Scotgold Resources Ltd said it could appoint administrators over the coming days after a prospective investor withdrew from financing discussions for the Cononish gold-silver mine. The Australian company, which last week put some of its staff on unpaid leave, also faces action from an unnamed creditor. In a statement today, Scotgold said: “The company has […]

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Orcadian raises £350,000 via subscription

Orcadian Energy has raised gross £350,000 via issuing 2,916,666 new ordinary shares each of £0.12 of the company. The fundraise, part of a direct subscription with new investors, is at a discount of approximately 14% to the closing mid-price of an ordinary share in the company on 29 September 2023. Proceeds will go towards working […]

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Weardale Lithium secures £613,000 joint funding for geothermal brine exploration

Weardale Lithium Ltd has secured a government joint funding package of £613,000 for its geothermal brine exploration assets in Durham. SUPPLIES The money, shared with mid-stream company Tees Valley Lithium Ltd, includes a £430,000 grant from Innovate UK. Both companies are building on the memorandum of understanding signed last year to evaluate producing and refining […]

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Scotgold staff on unpaid leave

Scotgold Resources Ltd has placed employees on “short term unpaid leave” and is talks with an “administration specialist” while it faces action from a creditor. FINANCING The Australian company continues “financing discussions” to develop its Cononish gold and silver mine and reached an advanced stage with “confirmatory diligence being undertaken”. “These have not yet reached […]