Quetzal Capital, to be renamed Tap Global Group, intends to join the AQSE Growth Market. Tap Global is an innovative and fully integrated provider of crypto settlement and fiat banking. It provides its customers with access to several major crypto exchanges through Tap Global’s app, allowing them to purchase up to 15 crypto assets and store them directly in the customer’s wallet. Tap Global also offers full fiat banking for both B2B and B2C and crypto services to its customers. Expected 9 Jan 2023.
Celsius Resources intends to join AIM. Currently ASX listed, Celsius is a natural resources exploration and development company principally seeking to explore and develop potential world-class copper-gold assets in the Philippines and a cobalt asset in Namibia. Amount planning to raise and anticipated market cap TBC. Expected late December 2022.
Conviction Life Sciences, a newly established closed-ended investment company managed by Plain English Finance Limited, is seeking to list on Premium Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, to invest in a conviction portfolio of life sciences and medical technology businesses, primarily in the UK, Europe and Australasia. The Company will invest in both Publicly Traded and Private companies - c. 70% and c. 20% of the total portfolio value respectively. The Company will target an annualised Total NAV Return of 20% over the long-term. Targeting to raise c.£100m. Date 16 December.
Kistos Holdings intends to join AIM. The Company was incorporated to act as a new holding company for the group companies 0f Kistos plc (KIST), a holding company with the objective of creating value for its investors through the acquisition and management of companies or businesses in the energy sector. Anticipated Market Cap £327m. Expected 22 Dec 2022.
Canadian Overseas Petroleum 12.45p £33.7m (COPL.L)
International oil and gas exploration, production and development company, with production and development operations focused in Converse and Natrona Counties, Wyoming, USA, has announced a costless restructuring of its West Texas Intermediate and Butane hedges effective 1 January 2023, as the Company prepares for senior debt refinancing in the first quarter of 2023.
Caracal Gold 0.975p £18.3m (GCAT.L)
Caracal Gold, the expanding East African gold producer with over 1.3m oz JORC compliant gold resources, has published a Scoping Study focused on the expansion of its flagship Kilimapesa Hill Gold Project in Kenya, which highlights robust project economics. The Scoping Study emphasises Kilimapesa’s robust economics (post tax, based on a gold price of US$1,700/oz for 3 months and then US$1,650 for remaining 10 years). With funding in place, the Company now plans to fast-track the expansion project with completion anticipated towards the end of H1 2023.
Cooks Coffee Company 21.5p £10.7m (AQSE:COOK)
The international coffee focused café chain has announced that it has issued shares at an issue price of NZ$0.36 (£0.18), to raise gross proceeds of approximately NZ$1,673,080 (approximately £836,540), pursuant to a shortfall placement associated with the Company's previously announced rights issue.
Ferrexpo 164.75p £969.8m (FXPO.L)
A producer and exporter of high grade iron ore pellets to the global steel industry has provided the following update on its operations in central Ukraine. Subsequent to the suspension of its operations in October 2022, the Group is now receiving sufficient levels of power to bring one pelletiser line back into operation. This will allow the Group, together with its stockpiled material, to meet the requirements of existing customer contracts. Despite interruptions to the Group’s production, shipments to customers during 4Q 2022 have continued at a run rate of approximately 250 kilotonnes per month.
Gama Aviation 57.5p £36.8m (GMAA.L)
Gama Aviation has given an update on H2/22 trading, liquidity and the progress in repaying its maturing credit facilities. The Group is enjoying a solid trading performance in the second half of the year, building on the recovery, strong revenue growth and solid financial performance reported in the first half. Whilst there have been some variances in the performance across the business units, the overall Group Adjusted EBIT is anticipated to be in line with management expectations. As at 19th December 2022, the Group held cash balances totalling $11.7m and Net Bank Debt stood at $12.5m. The Company is also reviewing its mid to long term financing requirements with a view to maintaining low debt levels in what remains a challenging market in terms of both the availability.
Kavango Resources 1.5p £10.6m (KAV.L)
Kavango has announced the appointments of Peter Wynter Bee and Jeremy S. Brett to the board of directors, effective from 01 January 2023. Peter Wynter Bee, 67, joins the Company as a non-executive director and is the Chairman of Moxico Resources, the majority owner and operator of the producing Mimbula Copper Project in Zambia. Peter is an experienced lawyer who has focused on financing and managing mining companies. Jeremy S. Brett, 55, joins Kavango as an executive director. He is a senior geophysical consultant with 28 years international mineral exploration in most commodities.
Poolbeg Pharma* 6.1p £30.5m (POLB.L)
Poolbeg, a leading infectious disease focused biopharmaceutical company, announces that it has successfully identified potential new drug candidates from its Respiratory Syncytial Virus artificial intelligence Programme with OneThree Biotech, Inc. The Company has prioritised compounds with existing Phase I clinical data and which could, if successfully validated, be repositioned as novel treatments for RSV infection.
Sanderson Design Group 117.5p £84.0m (SDG.L)
Luxury interior design and furnishings group has announced a new licensing agreement for its Morris & Co. brand with Ruggable LLC, the US-based company that markets machine washable indoor and outdoor rugs and doormats. This agreement is the second major licensing agreement for the Morris & Co. brand in the USA, following the agreement with US retailer Williams Sonoma for a broad range of tableware, cookware and kitchen accessories, and is in line with the Group’s international expansion. Under the terms of the licensing agreement, Ruggable will develop a range of washable Morris & Co. rugs, cushions and doormats for launch during the first half of next year.
Taseko Mines Limited 121p £358.6m (TKO.L)
Taseko has announced it has signed agreements with Mitsui & Co. to form a strategic partnership to develop the Company’s Florence Copper project, located in Arizona USA. Mitsui has committed to an initial investment of US$50m, with proceeds to be used for construction of the commercial production facility. The initial investment will be in the form of a copper stream agreement on 2.67% of the copper produced at Florence Copper. In addition, Mitsui has the option to invest an additional US$50m (for a total investment of US$100m) for a 10% equity interest in Florence Copper. The Equity Option is exercisable by Mitsui within a three-year period following completion of construction of the commercial production facility. If Mitsui elects to exercise its Equity Option the Copper Stream will terminate. As part of the arrangement, Taseko and Mitsui have entered into an offtake contract for 81% of the copper cathode produced at Florence during the initial years of production.
Zephyr Energy 5.9p £92.1m (ZPHR.L)
The Rocky Mountain oil and gas company focused on responsible resource development from carbon-neutral operations has announced the acquisition of the remaining 25 per cent working interest across the White Sands Unit in the Paradox Basin, Utah, U.S. In addition, the Company announces that it has acquired a working-interest in a further six wells in the Williston Basin, North Dakota, U.S. This accretive acquisition will provide the Company with further low-risk oil production and is expected to generate substantial cashflows for the Company which can be reinvested into the Paradox Project development. To fund the Williston Acquisition, the Company has secured an US$8m asset-backed bridge loan facility on attractive commercial terms from a U.S. based family office which has co-invested with Zephyr's management team on other projects on multiple occasions.
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