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SIBANYE GOLD LTD. (SGL.JO), a mining company, Tuesday said it has entered into an agreement backed by AQUARIUS PLATINUM LTD.'S (AQPTY) board to buy all of the South Africa-focused platinum producer's shares for $294 million in cash.

At 1100 GMT, Aquarius Platinum shares were up 3.2 pence, or 40%, at 11.3 pence.

 

MOSMAN OIL & GAS LTD. (MSMN.LN), an oil and gas group, said it is ready to progress with its acquisition of 70% of the South Taranaki Energy Project in New Zealand and that the remaining 30% will be acquired by HIGH PEAK ROYALTIES LTD. (HPR.AU), after the cancellation of the previous agreement with WRDLS Pty Ltd.

Mosman Oil 7 Gas shares -1.4 pence, or 18%, at 6.1 pence.

 

OXUS GOLD PLC (OXS.LN), a mining company, said it has entered into a convertible loan note placing agreement with Darwin Strategic Ltd.

Shares -0.7 pence, or 15%, at 3.6 pence.

 

STANLEY GIBBONS GROUP PLC (SGI.LN), a retailer of collectable stamps and coins, said it is unlikely it will meet market forecasts for the full year as a result of weakness in its Asian operations and illiquidity in high value stock items.

Shares -41 pence, or 28%, at 103 pence.

 

INDEPENDENT RESOURCES PLC (IRG.LN) and NOSTRA TERRA OIL & GAS PLC (NTOG.LN) have agreed to create a joint venture to buy 50% of the oil-producing East Ghazalat concession in Egypt from TransGlobe GOS Inc. for $3.5 million.

Independent Resources shares +0.1 pence, or 17%, at 0.9 pence. Nostra Terra Oil & Gas shares +0.02 pence, or 21%, at 0.1 pence.

 

GREGGS PLC (GRG.LN), a bakery retailer, reported a 4.9% rise in own shop like-for-like sales for the 13 weeks to Oct. 3 and said it expects good sales growth for the full year, slightly ahead of previous expectations.

Shares +77 pence, or 7.2%, at 1,153 pence.

 

TED BAKER PLC (TED.LN), a fashion company, reported a 20% jump in first-half retail sales but said retail sales in August were adversely impacted by a number of external factors.

Shares -127 pence, or 3.9%, at 3,151 pence.

 

ROBERT WALTERS PLC (RWA.LN), a staffing company, said the outlook for the fourth quarter remains positive after reporting a 6% rise in third-quarter net fee income.

Shares -12.5 pence, or 2.8%, at 428 pence.

 

AVON RUBBER PLC (AVON.LN), a dairy and defense products company, said it anticipates that adjusted operating profit for the year will be significantly ahead of current market expectations.

Shares +25.5 pence, or 2.7%, at 986 pence.

 

FTSE Small-Cap +0.1%

 

AIM +0.1%

 

Write to Jana Simmons, Alex MacDonald, Razak Baba at uksmallcaps@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

October 06, 2015 07:44 ET (11:44 GMT)

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