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Quoted Micro 8 December 2025
- BY: Andrew Hore |
- POSTED: 08/12/2025 |
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE
Amazing AI (AAI), whose shares are suspended because its corporate adviser has resigned, is asking for shareholder approval to leave Aquis. Considering the negative publicity this is not a surprise.
Delta Gold Technologies (DQG) joined Aquis on 1 December 2025 when it raised £2.5m at 10p/share. The company is developing quantum computing technology that can be licenced. This involves nano-space gold and other materials. The share price improved 28.75% to 12.875p. Bitcoin mining company Sterling Digital (ASIC) was the other company that joined Aquis on 1 December, and it raised £5m at 5p/share. The cash will fund a 3MW Bitcoin mining facility in Texas powered by flared gas. The share price reached 5.25p on the first day but ended the week unchanged at 5p.
Valereum (VLRM) is progressing with the agreement to raise $200m of royalty and streaming capital from new special purpose segregated portfolio company, Valereum QGP-SP, which is being formed to list on a US National Exchange. The new company has been established, and 12.6 million shares have been issued to Quorium Global Photonics SPC at par value. These shares have to be retained until the $200m of capital is released. The deal is subject to compliance and regulatory approvals. Valereum is applying to join the OTCQB Market, having sold its stake in London BTC Company (BTC), which had previously prevented qualification.
Time to Act (TTA) is interested in acquiring the assets of Versarien, which has gone into administration. Subsidiary GreenSpur Wind has won a design contract with Severn Estuary Tidal Bar, which is developing Very Low Head tidal turbine systems. There will be an assessment of GreenSpur’s axial-flux generator technology in relation to the turbine systems. This should be completed in January.
WeCap (WCAP) has provided an update on its shareholding in WeShop. The WeShop share price rose early in the week and then fell back to $126.61 and daily volumes are well below those in the first week of trading. WeCap is not allowed to sell shares before 15 November 2026. It will have to repay the £6.965m discounted capital bond by 24 May 2026. WeCap is talking to the bond holder.
Hot Rocks Investments (HRIP) has bought a further 500,000 WeShop shares, taking its stake to 537,500. It is paying 99 million shares and 173.1 million performance warrants exercisable at 1.2p each to Sidney PTC, but the shares cannot be transferred until the lock-in period ends on 15 November 2026. The initial 101.5 million of warrants can be exercised when the WeShop share price exceeds $213.34 and the rest when the price is higher than $426.67.
Alex Appleton, Sarah Gow and Pierre Villeneuve have resigned as directors of wind-based hydrogen production technology developer Energy B (NRGB), formerly known as Hydrogen Future Industries. This is leading to a review of the Bitcoin given the reduction in investor interest for this. Additional cash will be required for the business.
Ananda Developments (ANA) has received ethics and MHRA approval for the phase 2 clinical trial for the efficacy of MRX1 in treating Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy. The company has redeemed its 600,000 convertible loan notes in return for 150 million shares at 0.4p each. Charles Morgan’s stake is 56.3%. Shareholder approval for leaving Aquis is expected at the general meeting on 12 December.
Phoenix Digital Assets (PNIX) plans to redomicile from the UK to Gibraltar, which already has rules relating to distributed ledger technologies. There are also experienced advisers in Gibraltar.
Global Connectivity (GCON) investee company PLUG Group has raised £1.05m at £21/share. Global Connectivity director Michael Langoulant bought 5,000 shares. Global Connectivity acquired its 87,625 shares at 200p each.
B HODL (HODL) entered into two unsecured, zero-coupon Bitcoin denominated convertible loan with Adam Black and with CoinCorner Ltd. The combined amount covered is 2.1 Bitcoin and they last for three years. The conversion share price is 11.55p.
TechFinancials (TECH) has still not received the £250,000 of placing proceeds it has been waiting for because of transfer problems.
Global Chain, a company associated with NYCE International (NYCE) director Harmen Brenninkmeijer, bought 44,291 shares at 11.06p each, taking its stake to 20.97%.
IntelliAM AI (INT) says the retail offer was oversubscribed. It has raised £260,000.
Shortwave Life Sciences (PSY) consolidated 10 shares into one new share on 2 December.
The Smarter Web Company (SWC) has not raised any cash from share subscriptions in the past two weeks. Shareholders have approved share buybacks.
Mendell Helium (MDH) has extended the broker option over up to 10 million shares until 8 December. An additional subscription of £600 has been received.
JP JENKINS
The JP Jenkins 15 index rose 4.5% to 1147.2p in November, which is the largest monthly increase since March. There was a significant rise in THG Ingenuity. Quarterly reweighting will be in January 2026.
ASSET MATCH
Byotrol (BYOT) increased interim sales from £1.93m to £2.18m and reduced the loss from £672,000 to £319,000. There was a small cash inflow from operating activities and cash was £299,000 at the end of September 2025. The infection control products company has convertible loan stock of £962,000. Cash may be required by the middle of next year. Full year sales could be as high as £4.5m.
Brewer Wadworth (WAD) says like-for-like sales are 3% ahead with own beer sales 12% higher in the year to date. Wadworth has had to absorb £750,000 of additional costs in recent months because of the 2024 Budget. Christmas trading will be important for the full year outcome.
Gulfsands Petroleum (GPX) is seeking shareholder approval to restructure is capital to consolidate shares and get rid of shareholders with fewer than 200,000 shares. A share facility will be set up for those with fewer than 200,000 shares and for the fractional entitlement of those with higher numbers of shares. If the payment would be les than £25 the shareholder will not receive any cash. Investors can bid to increase their shareholding to one divisible by 200,000. There will be a subsequent subdivision and there will be 45.14 million shares in issue. The company wants to be in a position to resume operations in Syria.
Zytronic (ZYT) says the buyer of its property is seeking to secure better financing terms. This will delay the sale. The distribution is still expected to be in the range of 48p-58p/share.
AIM
Zimbabwe is changing its royalty and tax regimes. There is an increase in the royalty rate from 5% to 10% when the gold price exceeds $2,500/ounce – applied to the full gold price – and the 100% upfront deduction for capital spending will be spread across the life of the project. This could affect the Bilboes gold project being developed by Caledonia Mining Corporation (CMCL), where production costs would be much higher, as well as its existing production. Cavendish has reduced its 2026 earnings forecast from 2.97 cents/share to 2.62 cents/share.
Health assessment technology developer GENinCode (GENI) has secured a collaboration agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific to distribute and manufacture the CARDIO inCode-Score® Polygenic Risk Score for the prediction and prevention of heart disease. This follows the New York approval of the test. The deal covers the US as well as Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The FDA approval process is progressing.
Wynnstay Group (WYN) is benefitting from the revised strategy of the new chief executive and trading is slightly better than expected. Feed and grain profit improved even though feed volumes were lower and grain trading was hit by a weaker wheat harvest. The arable division generated better profit on higher fertiliser sales. Like-for-like retail stores sales were flat, although margins improved. Non-recurring charges relating to the restructuring will be between £5.4m and £5.9m. Cash costs will be up to £2.5m. Net cash was £26.4m at the end of October 2025. Shore Capital raised its 2024-25 pre-tax profit forecast by 6% to £9m, compared with £7.6m in the previous year. Three directors each bought 2,891 shares at 345p each following the trading statement.
One Health Group (OHGR) did even better than expected in the first half. Interim revenues were 10% ahead at £15.5m, while underlying pre-tax profit rose from £895,000 to £1.28m. Earnings were flat at 6.89p/share because of the shares issued earlier this year when One Health switched from Aquis to AIM. Net cash was £9.7m at the end of September 2025. The interim dividend was edged up from 2.07p/share to 2.1p/share. Management is confident that the surgical hub can be up and running one year after full permissions are received.
Fulcrum Metals (FMET) has achieved more than 70% gold and silver recoveries at Teck Hughes in Canada. This is part of the phase 3 metallurgical work. Previous gold recovery levels were 59.4%. Full results from the tests are expected in the first quarter of 2026, and this will support a mineral resource estimate. This will be followed by a phase 4 preliminary feasibility study.
Iodine producer Iofina(IOF) has signed an agreement with Western Midstream Partners to develop its next IOsorb plant in the Permian Basin between western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Up until now Iofina has been producing iodine in the Anadarko Basin in western Oklahoma. The new plant will be twice as large as existing plants with a capacity to process 50,000 barrels of brine water per day supplied by Western Midstream. It will cost up to $9m to construct with annual production of up to 220 metric tonnes of iodine. The new plant could be producing before the end of 2026.
Advanced coatings provider Hardide (HDD) has received a significant order from a North American energy sector customer with a value of £1.75m. This is higher than expected and there could be more to come. The forecast revenues for 2025-26 have been raised by £1m to £8m and pre-tax profit increased from £600,000 to £1.1m – indicating the operational gearing.
North Sea oil and gas company Deltic Energy (DELT) recommended a 7.46p/share bid from Rockrose Energy, which is owned by Viaro Energy, at the end of June but completion is still dependent on the North Sea regulator NSTA. NSTA wants further information in order to reach a decision to grant the change of control of licences. The long stop of the bid has been extended to the end of March 2026.
Synergia Energy (SYN) is selling its 50% stake in the Cambay PSC for $14m and $500,000 has already been received. The initial payment is $6.5m with a further $7m 12 months after completion. This deal requires India government approval. Synergia Energy is asking for shareholder approval to leave AIM, and it will return cash to shareholders via a share buyback. A matched bargain facility may be put in place.
Anglesey Mining (AYM) shares trebled to 0.825p after it entered into a binding letter of intent with largest shareholder Energold Minerals Inc that will enable a restructuring of the business and improve the balance sheet. Two of Anglesey Mining’s investments will be swapped for the elimination of £4m of debt. Energold Minerals is paying £350,000 for non-voting exchangeable warrants to provide immediate cash. The focus will be the Parys Mountain project. Energold Mining president Brendan Cahill and Jim Williams are joining the board.
Barely more than two weeks after reporting its interims, musical instruments retailer Gear4Music (G4M) says trading has been very strong over the past weekend. This means expectations have been raised and the full year EBITDA forecast increased from £15.2m to £16.7m.
Quantum Blockchain Technologies (QBT) has entered into three non-disclosure agreements with ASIC manufacturers in relation to its Bitcoin mining technology. They have developed equipment that will be made available to QBT so that it can install and test its software. Another non-disclosure agreement has been signed with a Bitcoin mining pool. This could bypass the need to modify the operating system of mining machines using the pool.
MAIN MARKET
US cybersecurity company Narf Industries (NARF) has gained a contract worth $3.6m from a US government agency. This is for a two-year period and is to develop a way of accelerating computer system recovery after cyber-attacks.
New Frontier Minerals (NFM) has commenced drilling at the Harts Range heavy rare earths and niobium project. There will be up to 46 holes. This follows the recent fundraising.
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