(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Time To ACT PLC - Stockton-On-Tees, England-based company focused on engineering technology for energy transition supply chain - Chief Financial Officer Gary Wallace resigns, effective July 17. "Gary leaves on good terms and will remain in the business during this period to ensure an orderly transition of responsibilities," Time To Act says. Non-executive director Sheila Beniams, who recruited Gary in 2021, "is again available for involvement in the identification of his successor," the company added.
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Aurrigo International PLC - Coventry, England-based transport technology provider - Relocates its global headquarters and core design and manufacturing centre to a new UK facility at Power Park in Coventry. The new site comprises 130,615 square feet, more than three times the size of Aurrigo's current UK facility. The site will serve as Aurrigo's UK hub for advanced engineering, autonomous vehicle development, high-volume manufacturing and ongoing Automotive activities. "The board views the establishment of this hub as a key step in building a scalable platform to support long-term growth," the Aurrigo says. The facility will support the delivery of Aurrigo's GBP6.28 million contract with Ultra Global for 25 autonomous guided vehicles. The facility is projected to be capable of manufacturing up to 500 autonomous vehicles per annum once fully operational.
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Valereum PLC - Manchester, England-based digital asset infrastructure firm - Updates on its negotiations with Quorium Global Photonics SPC. Agrees to replace the existing USD200 million QMTN2601001 medium term notes with VGOLD-CORE tokens, underpinned by mining assets, with a valuation of USD279.5 million. The VGOLD-CORE tokens are to be released quarterly at USD14.0 million per quarter over the next five years, and be converted by reference to the London Bullion Market Association gold price on each release date. The tokens will be held in escrow until verification has been completed, alongside USD279.5 million of VGOLD-EQ tokens, the underlying equity token for the entire mining reserves within QGP. Valereum believes the agreement will place it "in a stronger position."
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Alien Metals Ltd - minerals exploration and development focused on Australia -Joint venture partner, West Coast Silver Ltd releases its inaugural mineral resource estimate for the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project in the West Pilbara, Western Australia. West Coast Silver has reported a JORC (2012) compliant MRE of 2.79 million ounces silver at 617 grams per ton silver, comprising 0.37 Moz indicated and 2.42 Moz inferred, reported above a 20 g/t Ag cut-off. Says this confirms Elizabeth Hill as "one of Australia's highest-grade silver deposits and establishing a strong foundation for near-term growth and potential development." Alien holds a 30% interest in the Elizabeth Hill Project and 8.7% in West Coast Silver.
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Wishbone Gold PLC - miner with projects in Western Australia - Raises GBP1.1 million gross via an institutional placing through the issue of 4.2 million shares at 26.35 pence per share. Warrants have been issued to subscribers on the basis of one warrant for every two shares subscribed in the issue with a strike price of 40 pence per share, this being 50% above the placing price. These are exercisable within the period of two and a half years from the date of the placing.
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SulNOx Group PLC - London-based green fuel technology developer - Secured its second patent in Hong Kong. The intellectual property protects an improved oil/water separation, or 'demulsification', methodology developed by Sulnox - incorporating its already patented Berol 6446 product. "This development has considerable potential for supporting the maritime industry in tackling its perennial problem of 'ships' slops', a hydrocarbon-rich industrial waste produced in various parts of a ship's operations, including tank cleaning, purifying fuels and use of ballast water," SulNOx says. CEO Ben Richardson says: "Our IP portfolio continues to grow apace. We look forward to announcing several further patents for both emulsification and oil reclamation as we target new sectors and markets worldwide."
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Rift Helium PLC - helium exploration and development firm - Announces the admission of its shares to trading on AIM. Raised GBP8.1 million gross through a placing and subscription of 80.9 million shares at an issue price of 10 pence per shae. On Admission, the company will have 134.1 million shares in issue with a market capitalisation of GBP13.4 million.
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Fevara PLC - Carisle, UK-based animal feed manufacturer - First half revenue is GBP50.6 million, flat from a year ago. Pretax profit falls to GBP5.7 million from GBP7.7 million. Declares an interim dividend of 1.2 pence, unchanged from last year. Fevara expects full-year results in line with market expectations. Says it saw "continued progress across core markets, with Low Moisture Block volume growth of 6% year-on-year, offset by planned reductions in lower margin products in the UK and Ireland." Adjusted operating profit increases by 22% to GBP7.2 million.
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hVIVO PLC - London-based contract research organisation testing vaccines for infectious and respiratory diseases - Signs a contract to conduct a pivotal Phase III human challenge trial for ILiAD Biotechnologies Inc to test its Bordetella pertussis vaccine candidate, BPZE1. "The study will be the first ever pivotal B pertussis Phase III human challenge trial assessing BPZE1's efficacy in preventing infection (colonization) by B pertussis, a respiratory bacterium which causes whooping cough," company says. The trial represents hVIVO's largest HCT to date. hVIVO says it expects to recognise revenue starting from the first half of 2026, with the majority of revenue recognised during 2026 and 2027. "This multi-year contract will make a strong contribution to near- and mid‑term revenues," hVIVO adds.
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First Development Resources PLC - explorer for critical minerals and rare-earth elements in Western Australia and Northern Territory - Successfully completes a refined gradient array induced polarisation geophysical survey at its Lander West gold target, part of its 100%-owned Selta Project in Australia's Northern Territory. "The GAIP survey represents the final stage in FDR's structured and systematic exploration programme at Lander West. Integration of this dataset with previously completed aeromagnetic and radiometric ("RAD") surveys is now underway, with the objective of refining high-priority reverse circulation ("RC") drill targets along the prospective Stafford Gold Trend," company says.
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By Aidan Lane, Alliance News reporter
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