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The Premarket Brief: PZ Cussons upgrades profit guidance, Smiths News wins £125m News UK deal, Social Housing REIT, AO World

A profit guidance upgrade from PZ Cussons (PZC) and a landmark distribution contract win at Smiths News headlined Wednesday's pre-open news flow, while a flurry of drilling mobilisations across the critical minerals and energy exploration space underscored continued appetite for early-stage resource
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Georgina Energy pays drill rig deposit ahead of Q3 Hussar well campaign

The helium and hydrogen explorer has paid a deposit to secure the Ensign 970 rig for its Hussar EP513 well in Western Australia, keeping a third-quarter 2026 spud date on track.
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Switch Metals starts maiden drilling at Issia targeting tantalum and lithium pegmatites

The AIM-listed critical metals company has mobilised a reverse circulation rig at its Issia Project in Côte d'Ivoire, with about 2,500 metres of drilling planned across two priority hard-rock targets.
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80 Mile secures Greenland mineral rights protection as Disko drilling set for July

The AIM-listed explorer has received regulatory confirmation that no third party can be granted overlapping mineral rights at its Jameson Land hydrocarbon concessions.
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Likewise Group revenue up 17% year to date with expansion projects on track

The UK floor coverings distributor reports accelerating sales growth and reaffirms full-year market expectations despite global uncertainty.
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Meridian Mining hits second VMS layer at Santa Helena with visible gold

A new gold-silver and zinc-lead mineralised zone discovered below and east of the Santa Helena Central resource keeps the system open for further expansion.
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Oriole Resources to start maiden drilling at Cameroon limestone project

A 1,000-metre diamond drilling programme at the Wapouzé project targets a JORC resource estimate at a limestone deposit Oriole believes could supply Cameroon's cement industry.
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GEO Exploration flags MAG001 target and uranium anomalies at Gorge Project

“The modern datasets now being generated are helping us move from historical prospectivity towards systematic target generation,” Omar Ahmad, Chief Executive Officer, said.
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Social Housing REIT agrees £108.3m purchase of ReSI senior living portfolio

“The Board believes that senior living is a natural extension of our existing strategy," said chair Jos Short.
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Hercules launches The Skills Gulf whitepaper in Parliament

It has unveiled The Skills Gulf in the Houses of Parliament, a whitepaper that recommends actions to close an estimated 250,000-worker shortfall in the UK construction and infrastructure sectors.
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Speedy Hire shows pretax loss citing higher interest costs and ProService deal

The tools and equipment hire group reported an adjusted pretax loss of £9.8m for the year ended 31 March, against a profit of £8.7m a year earlier, as higher interest costs from fleet investment and the ProService transaction weighed on earnings.
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Acuity RM Group raises funds for AI product and sales push

The cyber risk software company is raising approximately £400,000 through a placing, director subscription and retail offer to accelerate its Risk OS product and expand sales capacity.
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Pan African Resources to join FTSE 250 after Emmerson acquisition

Pan African Resources will be added to the FTSE 250, FTSE 350 and FTSE 350 Lower Yield indices from the start of trading on 23 June following its proposed stock acquisition of Emmerson Resources.
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Frontier IP launches placing and subscription to raise minimum £4m

Frontier IP Group has launched a proposed placing and subscription to raise minimum gross proceeds of £4.0 million, split between a £3.88m placing and a £0.12m subscription.
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Mining Today: Galileo Resources sells Kalahari licences, Vast Resources, Forgent, Great Southern Copper

Corporate activity dominated small-cap mining news, with Galileo Resources striking a deal to sell two Botswana copper licences to a Sandfire unit for up to $83m in the headline transaction of the day. Elsewhere, Vast Resources moved to keep its Gulf International Minerals reverse takeover alive, Fo
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Health & Bio Today: BSF Enterprise, Cizzle Biotechnology, Poolbeg Pharma, Istesso, Inspiration Healthcare

A busy day for health and biotech small-caps was headlined by a novel validation story from BSF Enterprise, whose cultured-leather T-Rex handbag demonstrated the commercial credibility of its engineering platform even as its auction reserve went unmet. Elsewhere, regulatory and patent milestones dro
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Tech Today: Cirata revises IBM deal to embed Symphony in Big Replicate, IQE, TPXimpact, Pri0r1ty Intelligence Group

A clutch of technology deals and strategic updates dominated Tuesday's small-cap tech session, with Cirata's revised IBM agreement the standout event of the day. Elsewhere, a broker upgrade on IQE's Tower Semiconductor supply deal, a turnaround target from TPXimpact, and an AI rollout from Pri0r1ty
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Oil & Gas Today: Gulf Marine Services holds EBITDA guidance as vessels return, Synergia Energy

A day of operational resolution and strategic retreat in the small-cap oil and gas sector. Gulf Marine Services (LSE:GMS) confirmed all four vessels evacuated from a Gulf country have returned to hire, allowing it to hold its full-year earnings guidance, while Synergia Energy (LSE:SYN) moved to exit
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Sainsbury is holding its own says broker ahead of Q1 trading update

The UK supermarket chain's first-quarter FY27 trading update is slated to come at the end of the month, and this analyst is expecting to see that Sainsbury's has competed well, despite weak consumer confidence and other headwinds.
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Cizzle Biotechnology Holdings shares skyrocketed after US CLIA approval

"Validating CIZ1B in a U.S. CLIA-certified laboratory is a pivotal milestone as we move toward broader clinical availability," said Bill Behnke, Founder and CEO of Cizzle Bio.