West Cumbria Mining Ltd (WCM) has completed a new “multi-million pound funding package” for Woodhouse Colliery, near Whitehaven. WORKSTREAMS The undisclosed amount will finance the next development phase throughout 2023 and the start of construction in 2024. WCM previously published its backer as Australian investment company EMR Capital Resources. The company said it had also […]
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Potential Adeline buyer sets exploration budget
Chesterfield Resources plc noted its potential purchaser of the Adeline copper project has earmarked C$2m (£1.18m) for summer exploration on the asset in Labrador, eastern Canada. ACTIVITIES Sterling Metals aims for a 2,500 metre drill campaign in addition to the C$500,000 (£296,000) airborne survey planned over the licence area. The finance will come from the […]
Anglesey meets £1m target via placing-subscription
Anglesey Mining plc has met its target fundraise of £1 million by placing 64,999,993 ordinary shares and a subscription of 1,666,666 ordinary shares at a price of 1.5 pence per share. DIRECTORS Chairman John Kearney subscribed for circa 1.7m shares for £25,000 taking his total holding to c.3m shares; chief executive Jonathan Battershill, 1.3m shares […]
Predator targets £2m in fundraise for Guercif drilling
Predator Oil & Gas Holdings plc looks to raise approximately £2 million from two executive directors’ share option exercises and a conditional two-tranche placing. SHARE OPTION SCHEME On 12 May, the company reported that managing director Paul Griffiths exercised 11,183,605 share options and executive chairman Lonny Baumgardner 7,928,444, in accordance with Predator’s unapproved share option […]
Anglesey targets £1m for Parys-Grängesberg fundraise
Anglesey Mining plc aims to raise approximately £1 million via a proposed placing of new ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the company to certain institutional and other investors. TERMS The placing shares are at a 28.57% discount of 1.5p pence per share to the closing price of 2.10 pence per ordinary share on 15 […]
Union Jack swings to £3.6m profit from 340% rise in revenue
Union Jack Oil plc recorded its first net profit of £3,606,624 post tax from a 340% increase in oil revenues mainly from the Wressle joint venture in the East Riding of Yorkshire. FINANCES The company’s audited results for the year ended 31 December 2022 showed revenues from oil sales of £8,507,050 (2021: £1,894,875) from Wressle […]