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Tech Today: Glass Lewis backs Nanoco delisting plan, Oxford Instruments, Crimson Tide, Vantiva

A proxy adviser's endorsement of Nanoco Group (AIM:NANO)'s proposed London delisting led the small-cap tech agenda, while Oxford Instruments reported a sharp rise in order intake that nonetheless left its shares lower, and Crimson Tide secured a meaningful commercial win.
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Oil & Gas Today: Zephyr Energy clears Paradox pipeline for gas export push, Vaalco Energy, Afentra, Wildcat Petroleum

A busy session for small-cap oil and gas saw Zephyr Energy clear a key infrastructure hurdle on its Utah gas project, while Vaalco Energy returned the Baobab field to production after a nine-month refurbishment and Afentra confirmed a heavily oversubscribed capital raise.
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Mining Today: Thor Energy, Alien Metals, Jubilee Metals, Orosur Mining ...

Natural hydrogen stole the headlines in Tuesday's small-cap mining session, with Thor Energy delivering Phase-2 surface results that pushed readings to 3% hydrogen at its South Australian project and sent the stock sharply higher.
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Shore Capital pitches a Buy rating for Halfords citing margin recovery

The UK stockbroker sees its price target above 200p, arguing the services-led retailer can drive a meaningful margin recovery despite consumer and geopolitical headwinds.
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Afentra confirms US$42.7m raise after retail offer was oversubscribed

It raised US$40 million from a placing and a further £2 million via an oversubscribed retail share offer.
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Celsius Resources strengthens Tambuli team

Its subsidiary Tambuli Mining has named Dr Attilenore "Nene" Manero as interim chair and president and intends to appoint Peter Hume as technical adviser.
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Alien Metals highlights free-carried optimism after last year's deal making

The London-listed small-cap completed binding joint ventures with West Coast Silver (ASX:WCE) and GreenTech Metals (ASX:GRE) that deliver cash and equity while leaving Alien with 30% free‑carried interests in two Pilbara projects.
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Time Finance gross lending book tops £250m ahead of Q4 trading update

It reached a record £250m, marking 20 consecutive quarters of growth for the book, as the lender confirmed it had pencilled in a full-year trading update for 25 June, ahead of results in September.
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Small Caps Today: LBG Media slashes guidance on Meta and AI traffic hit, Nanoco, Cindrigo, Zephyr Energy, Crimson Tide ...

A profit warning from LBG Media dominated the small-cap session, with the publisher shedding more than a quarter of its market value after flagging a sharp drop in indirect revenues tied to Meta's algorithm changes and AI-driven search disruption.
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Tesco is "well placed" for rising UK inflation says analyst

Deutsche Bank repeated a Buy rating and highlighted some defensive qualities, ahead of Tesco's next quarterly trading update, which is due later this month.
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Costain shares are too cheap according to bullish broker

Panmure Liberum repeated a Buy rating for the infrastructure firm, following a site visit and a new £700 million TfL deal.
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Bellway sticking to guidance is reassuring says analyst

Mark Crouch, market analyst at eToro, says Bellway’s trading update is reassuring because management has stuck to guidance for volumes and profits despite higher mortgage rates and rising input costs.
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Rockfire posts high-grade assays at Molaoi as upgrade drilling continues

The mining exploration group reported strong analytical results from drill hole HMO-016 and high portable XRF readings from HMO-018 as diamond drilling to upgrade the 100%-owned Molaoi zinc deposit progresses.
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London BTC stakes 111 Nevada claims to launch US gold hedging strategy

It has established its first US gold asset with surface sampling underway and assays expected by mid-June.
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Oxford Instruments' Advanced Technologies secures FY27 revenue coverage after 28% order intake rise

“With a strong order book, a robust balance sheet and clear priorities, we are confident in our ability to deliver attractive sustainable growth and value for all our stakeholders,” Chief Executive Richard Tyson said.
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Cindrigo lifts Eich geothermal exploitable energy estimate by 50%

Cindrigo Holdings Limited's subsurface modelling raises the Eich licence exploitable energy potential to 157.8 MW and identifies possible production of 7,230 tpa lithium carbonate equivalent.
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LBG Media shares plunge after earnings guidance cut

The decline was attributed to changes to Meta's Facebook algorithm and reduced search traffic from AI Overviews
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Thor Energy shares rocketed after preliminary Phase‑2 surface hydrogen results

Its Phase‑2 soil‑air survey at its 80.2%-owned HY‑Range project in South Australia returned readings up to 3% natural hydrogen, validating priority anomalies and advancing the licence towards seismic imaging and drilling target maturation.
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Wildcat Gold appoints Niclas Biornstad as technical advisor

Wildcat Gold has appointed Niclas Biornstad as Technical Advisor to the board on 9 June, with the intention that he will join as a non-executive director after admission to the Aquis Exchange and the completion of an initial gold project, subject to due diligence.
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MJ Gleeson warns on profits after major land sale slips

It said the disposal of the site will reduce adjusted group profit before tax for the year to 30 June by approximately £7.5m versus current market expectations.