Small caps round-up: Caza, Tower Resources, Noventa...
2nd Feb 2012 12:17
Mining firm Noventa says that operations have suffered from a "plague" of beetles as a result of tropical storms which have hit the firm's Marropino site in Mozambique over the past 10 days. The Rove Beetle is very poisonous and around 30% of the workforce at Marropino have been affected by the seve
Read moreValirx wins Canadian patent for 'gene-silencing' technology
15th Dec 2011 09:21
ValiRx, the AIM listed life sciences firm, saw its share price surge on news that its 'gene-silencing' technology has received patent approval in Canada. It already has patents for the US, Europe and Australia. ValiRx is developing treatments which "silence" so called rebellious genes that can cau
Read moreValiRx Begins Clinical Validation Of HPV Test
15th Jul 2010 07:40
LONDON (Dow Jones)--ValiRx PLC (VAL.LN), a life science company with a focus on cancer diagnostics and therapeutics for personalized medicine, said Thursday its human papilloma virus, or HPV, smear test to detect the onset of cervical cancer in women has now begun clinical sample validation. MAI
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Nyota Minerals, Mariana Resources, Bluestar...
17th Jun 2010 08:14
Miner Nyota Minerals said drilling at its flagship Tulu Kapi gold project in Ethiopia has confirmed the presence of a new mineralized structure beneath the inferred resource of 1.38m ounces of gold. Also in gold mining, Mariana Resources said it made an encouraging intersection of gold north of the
Read moreValiRx Completes 1st Yr Eurostars Program, All Milestones Met
17th Jun 2010 07:36
LONDON (Dow Jones)--ValiRx Plc (VAL.LN), a life science company with a focus on cancer diagnostics and therapeutics for personalized medicine, announced Thursday that it has completed the first year of a two year Eurostars grant program (total budget EUR1.2 million) in which all developmental milest
Read moreLondon afternoon: Back to square one
24th May 2010 13:42
Footsie has limped back into positive territory, helped by an about turn by the mining stocks. After spending the morning down in the dumps Rio Tinto is now the best performing mining stock as metal prices head northwards. Fellow mining stocks Xstrata and Anglo American join Rio on the rise but S
Read moreSmall caps: Cineworld, Aortech, African Eagle
24th May 2010 07:52
Cinema chain Cineworld has signed a deal with Quintain Estates for a new multi-screen cinema at Wembley City, the retail park next door to Wembley station. Cineworld has signed a 25 year lease for a new nine screen cinema which will seat 1,800 people in total and is scheduled to open in 2013. It w
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Chaarat Gold, Leed Petroleum, Zotefoams...
9th Mar 2010 14:31
Gold explorer Chaarat continues its year-long rally after increasing resources at its 100%-owned Chaarat deposit in the Kyrgyz Republic from 3.3m to 4m ounces. "This continues to demonstrate the significant potential of the deposit which will allow the company to pursue a low cost gold mining opera
Read moreSector movers: Chemical sector reacts to Johnson Matthey downgrade
14th Sep 2009 14:00
Johnson Matthey is helping drag the chemicals sector lower. The platinum refiner and catalytic converter maker was downgraded to 'equal-weight' from 'overweight' at Morgan Stanley. Elsewhere in chemicals, Plant Health Care falls back slightly after depressed agricultural markets resulted in widenin
Read moreSmall caps round-up: IS Solutions, Netservices, Plant Health Care...
14th Sep 2009 09:51
Higher revenues helped software services group IS Solutions post broadly unchanged profits in the six months to June 30. Pre-tax profits for the period totalled £184,000, compared with £189,000 the previous year, as revenues soared to £5.12m from £3.64m. During the year, the company completed the p
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