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Drilling of Aje 5 Development Well Commences Offshore Nigeria and Exercise of Warrants MX Oil plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas investment company, has announced that drilling has commenced of the Aje 5 production well located in the proven Aje Field on the OML 113 licence offshore Nigeria. Once Aje 5 has been drilled […]

Amazon’s share price (NASDAQ:AMZN) hit an all-time high of 580.57 today following its Q2 results for the period ending 30 June. The report indicated a 20% year-on-year increase in revenues to $23.18 for the quarter. Opinion on the street was that Amazon would report a second-quarter loss. Instead, it announced a $92 million net profit.  The […]

It has been only 18 days since ADVFN published “The Obamacare Effect Starts U.S. Merger Frenzy” on 06 July, in which we reported that U.S.-based healthcare insurer, Aetna (NYSE:AET), announced that it would be acquiring all outstanding shares in Humana (NYSE:HUM). At that time,  the New York Times and others had forecasted that that acquisition would be merely the first ripple...

“Nobody can predict the future. A Harvard PhD and a high school dropout have equal skills at prophecy.” – James Altucher It’s no longer a secret that Forex market is the biggest and the fastest-growing market in the world. It’s also not a secret that majority of Forex traders end up sustaining negativity, simply because […]

Result of Open Offer Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas company with a combination of producing and exploration assets in Europe, announced on 6 July 2015 that it had raised £1.4 million by the issue of 20,000,000 New Ordinary Shares pursuant to a Firm Placing and 2,630,000 New Ordinary […]

Appointment of Interim CEO FinnAust Mining plc, the AIM listed exploration company with a multi-project, copper, zinc and nickel portfolio in Finland and Austria, has announced the appointment of Roderick McIllree as its non-Board interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. McIllree is a graduate of Curtin University’s Kalgoorlie School of Mines, holds a Bachelor of Science […]

Manaila mine: fulfilment of conditions precedent Vast Resources plc, the AIM listed resource and development company, is pleased to announce that all the conditions precedent under the sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of a 50.1 per cent. interest in Sinarom Mining Group srl, the owner of the 1.8Mt polymetallic Manaila mine located in […]

Namib Lead Zinc Mine Bankability Strengthened Significantly following completion of further Metallurgical Testwork North River Resources has announced that, following supplementary metallurgical testwork, confidence in the planned ore processing solution for the Namib Lead Zinc Project in Namibia has been improved significantly. Highlights: · A critical milestone as North River moves towards...

Top Holdings Include IntraOp Medical, Pivotal, Turn, QMAT, and Wrightspeed Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. (NASDAQ:SVVC), a publicly-traded venture capital fund that invests in technology and cleantech companies, disclosed today that its preliminary NAV as of June 30, 2015 was $24.54 per share. The Fund also announced that its top five holdings as of that […]

Positive Results of Extended Well Test on Wressle Discovery, Onshore UK Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas company with a combination of producing and exploration assets in Europe, is pleased to note today’s update from Egdon Resources on the on-going Extended Well Test at the Wressle-1 oil and gas […]