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• Sabien on the boil
  Tue 07 February 2012 13:48
  Sales, profits and the order book are all heating up nicely at energy saving device developer Sabien Technology.

• Wolfson down on 'challenging' year-end results
  Tue 07 February 2012 09:31
  Wolfson Microelectronics, which makes components for mobile phones and tablet computers made an underlying operating loss in 2011 of $7.5m.

• Alba to ease debt to JV partner with issue of shares
  Mon 06 February 2012 12:03
  Alba Mineral Resources, a UK-based exploration company, is pleased to announce that FOSSE Investments, its joint venture partner in Mauritania, has agreed to take ordinary shares in Alba by way of payment for part of the balance due by Alba to the joint v

• Ferrex expects maiden resources very soon
  Mon 06 February 2012 10:59
  Ferrex, the Africa-focused iron ore and manganese explorer, says two of its projects will provide "maiden resources" in the next six months.

• Richland Resources mine gets 30 year life extension
  Mon 06 February 2012 10:21
  Richland Resources, the coloured gem stone miner, says new tests have indicated the life of its Mereleni mine in Tanzania could be extended by 30 years.

• Avanti's half year losses widen
  Mon 06 February 2012 10:11
  Satellite operator Avanti Communications has reported widening half year losses for the six months ended December 31st after costs rose more than revenue, year-on-year.

• Norseman Gold says restructuring announcement 'soon'
  Mon 06 February 2012 10:06
  Norseman Gold, the struggling Australian gold producer, says an announcement will be made "soon" on a corporate restructuring.

• OMG unveils big contract win
  Mon 06 February 2012 09:45
  Imaging software provider OMG has announced that its Yotta DCL division, the UK's leading highway surveying company, has signed a four-year contract with the Highways Agency.

• Angel Biotech takes off on new contracts
  Mon 06 February 2012 09:39
  Angel Biotechnology, the AIM listed producer of proteins and cell therapies, has signed a further three manufacturing contracts with Materia Medica worth in excess of £4.5m.

• EKF Diagnostics scoops contract
  Mon 06 February 2012 08:58
  EKF Diagnostics, a manufacturer of medical devices, has been awarded a contract to supply the State of New Mexico's Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) clinics with its point-of-care haemoglobin testing instrument.

• Fuller's buys 15 pubs from Enterprise Inns
  Fri 03 February 2012 07:14
  Fuller, Smith and Turner, the pubs group which lost out to Greene King last year in a bid battle for the Capital Pub Company, is beefing up its estate with the purchase of 15 freehold tenanted pubs from cash-strapped rival Enterprise Inns.

• Maintel looking good
  Thu 02 February 2012 16:32
  Maintel, a telecoms and data services company, has reported that trading profits for the year to December 31st are expected to be moderately ahead of market expectations.

• Gulfsands Petroleum claims to be owed $25m
  Thu 02 February 2012 13:39
  Gulfsands Petroleum, the oil and gas company with significant interests in Syria, has said it is owed around $25m, half of the sum the firm claims is owed to Sinochem, the contractor and working interest partner of Block 26 in Syria.

• Central Asia Metals climbs on ownership deal
  Thu 02 February 2012 11:53
  Central Asia Metals has risen sharply this morning after announcing the "material" completion of its Kounrad copper mine in Kazakhstan.

• Namibia approves Chariot's farm-out with BP
  Thu 02 February 2012 08:11
  A subsidiary of Chariot Oil and Gas has received regulatory approval for its farm-out agreement with sector giant BP in block 2714A offshore Namibia.

• Pan African wins approval to start project
  Wed 01 February 2012 15:03
  Pan African Resources, the southern Africa-focused gold and platinum producer, has won approval from directors for the first phase of its Barberton Tailings Retreatment Project situated close to the Barberton Gold Mining Operations.

• Nostra Terra starts proceedings against Richfield
  Wed 01 February 2012 13:39
  Nostra Terra Oil and Gas, has commenced foreclosure proceedings against Richfield Oil & Gas Company, formerly Hewitt Petroleum, after Richfield failed to repay any of a loan agreed on April 14th, 2011.

• Ariana's Red Rabbit project has legs
  Wed 01 February 2012 13:30
  Ariana, a gold exploration and development company currently undertaking the Red Rabbit gold project in western Turkey, has declared itself pleased with early drilling results on the project.

• Surgical Innovations gets FDA thumbs-up
  Wed 01 February 2012 13:28
  Surgical Innovations Group, a designer and manufacturer of creative solutions for minimally invasive surgery, has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Logic range of reusable instruments, permitting the use of the ran

• PuriCore product gets grant to fight 'corn smut'
  Wed 01 February 2012 10:52
  PuriCore, the contamination control company, says the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council has granted the University of Oxford half a million pounds to research its ActiVita product, a fungicidal solution designed to protect crops from

• Specialist Energy Group sees strong second half
  Wed 01 February 2012 10:26
  Specialist Energy Group (SEG) has had a pleasing morning on the markets after announcing a surge of orders in the second half of its financial year.

• Record gold pour for Angel Mining
  Wed 01 February 2012 08:19
  Angel Mining has reported another record gold pour, with the 539.9 ounces produced at its Nalunaq site becoming the firm's single largest pour to date.

• Borders & Southern spuds Falklands well
  Wed 01 February 2012 08:02
  AIM-listed hydrocarbon explorer Borders & Southern (B&S) says that the exploration well 61/17-1, south of the Falklands, was spudded yesterday.

• Plant Impact CFO staying rooted to the firm
  Wed 01 February 2012 07:59
  Ecological crop productivity firm Plant Impact has released a statement noting some recent speculation in the press regarding the position of Michael Panteli, the company's Chief Financial Officer, and confirms that Panteli "remains employed by the compan

• Hasgrove incurs restructuring costs, gross income up
  Tue 31 January 2012 16:41
  Hasgrove, a digital and communication services group, has said it expects to report gross income in the region of £16.5m (2010: £16.0m) and a pre-exceptional operating profit of around £0.8m (2010: £1.7m) for the year ended December 31st.

• US expansion paying off for Murgitroyd
  Tue 31 January 2012 15:02
  Patent and trade mark attorney Murgitroyd had a strong second quarter, reflecting increased acitivity levels and contract wins.

• GGG merger on track as drilling continues at Bullabulling
  Tue 31 January 2012 12:05
  GGG Resources, the Australia focused gold company, says drilling at its 50% owned Bullabulling site near Perth has produced better than estimated results.

• Fusion IP high on drug success
  Tue 31 January 2012 11:44
  Fusion IP, a company which attempts to make money from university research, has rocketed 35% this morning after encouraging results on a drugs trial in which it has a significant interest.

• ServicePower to beat expectations
  Tue 31 January 2012 10:56
  Outsourcing software developer ServicePower Technologies said a strong performance in the last quarter of the year meant 2011 results would come in above market expectations.

• Stellar Diamonds cuts losses
  Tue 31 January 2012 07:36
  Stellar Diamonds cuts its losses in the first half of its financial year but still remained firmly in the red.

• Seeing Machines 'ruggedises' its hardware platform
  Mon 30 January 2012 15:21
  Seeing Machines, the maker of equipment that tracks the facial movements of drivers to make sure they are awake, has launched the latest version of its Driver State System (DSS) product, alongside the establishment of its Fatigue Consulting Services.

• Air Partner downgrades profit targets
  Mon 30 January 2012 14:57
  Aviation group Air Partner has admitted that group profit before tax for the six months ended January 31st 2012 will not meet the board's initial expectations.

• Wentworth increases stake in Cove's Mnazi Bay asset
  Mon 30 January 2012 14:15
  Wentworth Resources, the East Africa-focused oil and gas company, is set to boost its interest in the Mnazi Bay concession, offshore Tanzania, through a swap deal with Cove Energy.

• Nature warns after insurance claim is rejected
  Mon 30 January 2012 13:53
  Maritime waste treatment firm Nature Group saw shares fall after saying profits would suffer due to its insurance company refusing to pay out on a claim.

• Matra Petroleum suffers delay
  Mon 30 January 2012 12:39
  Matra, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in Russia, has said that the timings of commissioning of certain facilities and production start-up at the Sokolovskoe oil field may be pushed back by four to six weeks.

• Baobab encouraged by Mozambique test drilling
  Mon 30 January 2012 11:11
  Baobab Resources, the minerals explorer, says it has been encouraged by results from test drilling at its Tenge site in Mozambique.

• GBG has impressive Q3
  Mon 30 January 2012 10:01
  Identity management specialist GB Group impressed investors today, saying it expected full year results would be "at least in line with current market expectations".

• Bellzone Mining claims Guinea project on schedule
  Mon 30 January 2012 09:31
  Bellzone Mining, the company aiming to build Guinea's first commercial iron ore mine, says the project remains on schedule.

• Northbridge may take loss on underperforming rental assets
  Fri 27 January 2012 14:33
  Northbridge Industrial Services, the industrial services and rental company, is to make an impairment charge after realising that some of its rental assets are not being used as much as was expected.

• Forum Energy analysing data
  Fri 27 January 2012 13:43
  Gas exploration and development firm Forum has processed the 2D and 3D seismic data relating to the SC72 Recto Bank block acquired in 2011 and is now interpreting the findings.

• Bayfield to start drilling in Trinidad, leaving Russia
  Fri 27 January 2012 13:38
  Bayfield Energy has announced that its appraisal drilling programme in Trinidad will begin on Friday 27th.

• Hornby off the rails after profits warning
  Fri 27 January 2012 08:51
  A profits warning from Hornby, maker of the eponymous trains sets, has sent the share price off the rails.

• Range Resources up on Trinidad flow rates
  Fri 27 January 2012 08:15
  Range Resources says initial production rates at a new well in Trinidad have peaked at 102 barrels of oil per day.

• Sirius announces £50m share placing to fund York project
  Thu 26 January 2012 11:49
  Sirius Minerals is to try and raise £50m through a share placing to finance its potash project in York through to the end of a definitive feasibility study.

• Beale down on 'unprecedented' November
  Thu 26 January 2012 11:17
  Beale, the department store chain, says retail sales in November saw "unprecedented" declines, which the group attributes to worries over the Eurozone affecting consumer behaviour.

• Renew reports 'satisfactory' first quarter
  Wed 25 January 2012 14:20
  Renew, an engineering services group supporting UK infrastructure, has reported that trading for the first quarter was 'satisfactory'.

• Cash burn and losses grow at ITM Power
  Wed 25 January 2012 13:09
  Interim losses may have increased at clean fuel outfit ITM Power but the company reckons 2012 could be a pivotal year as the group's technology starts to make a commercial impression.

• Charles Stanley falls as commission dries up
  Wed 25 January 2012 11:12
  Stockbroker Charles Stanley might have been taking a few orders to sell shares in the company after announcing a drop in revenues in the final three months of 2011.

• Max Petroleum up as new well dig begins
  Wed 25 January 2012 10:46
  Max Petroleum gave investors an object lesson in how oil and gas stocks function today.

• Ebiquity equity in ecstasy on impressive profitability
  Wed 25 January 2012 09:40
  Ebiquity, the research group focused on the media and marketing industries, had a storming six months to the end of October last year, with underlying profits before tax rising 52% over the previous year.

• Pan African Resources sees earnings almost double
  Wed 25 January 2012 09:20
  Pan African Resources, the southern Africa-focused gold and platinum producer, says earnings for the final six months of 2011 will be between 83% and 93% better than the equivalent period of 2010.

• Lochard raises £3.38m through placing
  Wed 25 January 2012 08:42
  Lochard is set to raise £3.38m after placing new ordinary shares in the company in a two stage arrangement.

• GMA Resources says share price movement a mystery
  Wed 25 January 2012 08:17
  GMA Resources, the Algeria-focused mining firm, has released a statement about yesterday's share price movement, saying it knows of no reason why the share price jumped.

• Small caps round-up:Sweett, Creon, Quindell, Colliers, Pinnacle ...
  Tue 24 January 2012 16:06
  Sweett Group, an international property and construction consultancy, has entered into a pre-paid option agreement for the conditional disposal by its subsidiary company Cyril Sweett Investments of its 19% interest in the equity of E4i Holdings and loan n

• Solo Oil JV making winter progress in Canada
  Tue 24 January 2012 12:50
  Reef Resources, the operator of the Ausable field in Canada in which AIM-listed Solo Oil has a stake, said significant progress has been made on the project, but warned that bad weather could slow things in the first two months of 2012.

• Atlantic Coal does not dig delays
  Tue 24 January 2012 12:17
  US-focused AIM-listed miner Atlantic Coal increased coal sales in 2011 despite experiencing mechanical problems at the Stockton Colliery, its open-cast anthracite operation in Pennsylvania.

• Viridas flogs Leed Petroleum stake
  Tue 24 January 2012 11:22
  Viridas, the natural resource investment firm, has decided the time is right to cash in on its investment in fellow investor in natural resources, Leed Petroleum.

• International Ferro Metals' shares jump on production rise
  Tue 24 January 2012 09:27
  International Ferro Metals, the South African ferrochrome producer, saw production rise 15% in the final three months of 2011 compared to the same period of 2010.

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