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VI Mining (VIM) has not made the required $2.19m loan repayment to Tassili by the end of 2018. Tassili also has right of refusal over the first 24,000 ounces of gold production. The loan is secured by a charge over the VI subsidiary that owns the interest in the Ora Pesa concession. VI had to secure additional funding because it could not draw down from a facility provided by chief executive David Sumner the $7m required in August 2018. The lack of cash has held up bringing Ora Pesa in to production and recommencing mining at Minaspampa.
Angelfish Investments (ANGP) has converted its £150,000 loan to Wallet Ads into a 20% stake in the company, which can deliver more than ten million personalised updates per hour for a campaign. The terms of the £150,000 convertible loan to Rapid Nutrition have been amended. Rapid Nutrition is still set to float in London, but it has been further delayed. The loan will be repaid in nine equal monthly instalments of £16,667 starting at the end of January. Interest will be charged at an annual rate of 15%. Interest owed up until the end of February 2018 has been settled by the issue of 50,000 Rapid Nutrition shares at 13.4413p a share and a further 200,000 shares have been issued as a fee for the amended terms. Rapid Nutrition is quoted on the Zurich-based SIX Swiss Exchange and the last share trade was at €0.17. The share price was more than €1 in 2017.
MiLOC Group Ltd (ML.P) has secured an agreement with China Post Advertising, which will help it to promote Aaron Kwok’s AKFS+ hair care products and future celebrity branded products. China Post has more than 50,000 outlets.
Natural resources investor Hot Rocks Investments (HRIP) used £49,000 in cash in operating activities in the six months to September 2018. The NAV is £804,000 and that includes nearly £48,000 of cash.
AIM
Musical instruments retailer Gear4Music (G4M) continues to be hampered by pressure on margins although sales are increasing. Management had expected this pressure to have ended prior to Christmas but it has continued and on top of this were problems at the warehouse with the increased demand. In the four months to the end of December 2018, sales increased by 41%. Peel Hun has cut its 2018-19 pre-tax profit forecast from £2.6m to £800,000 and this took the shine off the premium rating of the shares.
Trading in the first quarter at Cambria Automobiles (CAMB) is ahead of the same period last year. The new car market was hit by changes in emissions regulations and new vehicle sales were one-quarter lower, but gross profit per unit was much higher because of new franchises with the likes of Bentley and McLaren. There will be more upmarket vehicle franchise openings in February. This offset the effect of lower new vehicle sales and there was a similar experience with used cars, although overall like-for-like profit improved. Aftersales profit also improved.
Digital music distribution technology developer 7digital (7DIG) could lose its contract with Juke GmbH for the Juke music service, which was expected to generate revenues of £4m this year. The service could be closed or reorganised so 7digital takes on more responsibility. 7digital also owes HMRC £417,000 and one of its subsidiaries has been served with a winding-up petition. This tax should be paid before the hearing of the petition on 16 January. 7digital has reduced its annualised cost base by £6.2m and it is winning new contracts.
Faroe Petroleum (FPM) continues to reject the bid from DNO. An independent report provides an estimated valuation of between 186p a share and 225p a share. This does not include the previously announced Equinor asset swap or utilisation of Norwegian tax losses. Cash flow of £90m is expected over the next two years. DNO has been buying shares in the market at between 147p a share and 152p a share and it has taken its stake to 30.6% so the 152p a share cash bid is mandatory. This stake plus acceptances takes total acceptances to 43.8%. DNO can improve its offer up until 27 January.
ReNeuron (RENE) has announced the first collaboration for its exosome nanomedicine platform. There is an initial feasibility stage, where no revenues will be generated. If it moves on to the preclinical safety and efficacy stage, then there will be evaluation payments.
Leaf Clean Energy (LEAF) is reducing directors’ fees by 70% and there have also been reductions for the administrator and employees. This is ahead of the hearing of Leaf’s appeal of damages awarded to it in its lawsuit with Invenergy Wind, where a decision is expected later this year. Invenergy is has already paid Leaf $36.4m and a further $14.2m is included in the Leaf balance sheet, but that will depend on the court decision.
Home automation technology developer LightwaveRF (LWRF) increased its first quarter revenues by 156% to £1.15m. That is nearly as much as in the first half of the previous financial year.
Shareholders have authorised the $25m subscription at $1.60 per ADS by Summit Therapeutics (SUMM). Robert W Duggan is subscribing for the shares. The cash will fund the initiation and commencement of patient enrolment for the phase 3 clinical trial of the potential treatment for C.diff.
Tracsis (TRCS) has won a major, multi million contract with a train operating company, covering all its individual franchises. The flow of revenues is difficult to predict.
Alpha FX (AFX) says that its 2018 figures will be ahead of expectations. The growth came in the UK and internationally.
WANdisco (WAND) has secured its first multi-cloud contract, valued at $565,000. The contract with the telecoms company was won with Amazon Web Services.
Richland Resources (RLD) is seeking to obtain investment to recommence mining at Capricorn Sapphire and it is in talks with one party about the sale of the project. The £400,000 convertible loan facility has been extended to the end of February.
Central Asia Metals (CAML) has consolidated borrowings into one facility of $151m, which is provided by offtake partner Traxys. The debt will be repaid monthly within a four year period.
ECR Minerals (ECR) has submitted nine exploration licence applications in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia.
Ethiopian authorities have reconfirmed their support for the development of the Tulu Kapi gold project and KEFI Minerals (KEFI) has taken the first steps for the community resettlement programme.
MAIN MARKET
Circassia Pharma (CIR) has gained shareholder approval for the move to AIM, which will happen on 4 February. Circassia has completed the acquisition of full US commercial rights to Tudorza and the FDA is expected to approve the transfer of the licence by the end of March. There was £41m in the bank at the end of 2018.
Nanoco (NANO) is partnering with Plessey Semiconductors to use quantum dots to shrink microLED pixels by 87%. This will lead to smaller, higher resolution displays.
Gresham Technologies (GHT) has won orders for Clareti software from two major, world banks. Revenues should start to be recognised this year. Over five years the contracts should be worth more than £7m, with £1.8m likely to be recognised in 2019. However, 2018 revenues will be lower than expected at £20m and profit will be below expectations.
Andrew Hore