UK small-cap RNS · 16 Oct 2026
Every announcement of UK small & mid caps under £2bn. The ones that started or moved a situation are marked – a click opens it.
Key = all announcements except routine filings (voting rights, buybacks, holdings, director forms), plus the ones that are part of a situation. Not investment advice.
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Pennpetro Energy PPP £11mSigning of Heads of Agreement for ICENERGYNon-binding Heads of Agreement set out the ICENERGY reverse takeover terms, giving the shell an operating target. But the deal is conditional on a £20m placing with no commitments yet, and it is a related-party deal.Large acquisition / reverse takeover £80.0m · 748% of mcap3 acquisitions in 3 months – usually less than 1 +0.0% on the dayMoved: Reverse takeover of ICENERGY: Target confirmed; presentation published, terms outstanding → Non-binding Heads of Agreement signed 16 Oct 2026
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Proposed Placing of Existing Ordinary Shares FundraiseDickson family and other holders sell 7.16% of existing shares at 51.0p via an ununderwritten bookbuild. The company gets no cash, and the sale adds supply to the stock.Moved: new: Dickson Concert Party sell-down – Accelerated bookbuild launched 16 Oct 2026
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Forgent PLC FORG £5.6mAdmission of Subscription shares FundraiseFurther to the announcement, on 30 September 2026, of the Subscription to raise £0.5 million, Forgent plc (AIM: FORG), the Australian-focused critical and precious minerals explorer, is pleased to announce that Admission is expected to become effective on 19 …Dilutive fundraise +0.0% on the day
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Capricorn Energy CNE £291mDNO Offer Court and General Meetings AdjournedThe DNO scheme meetings are adjourned indefinitely because the board now recommends the higher Increased Genel Offer. This formally sidelines the rival bid and leaves Genel's offer as the one to be completed.Takeover target +0.0% on the dayMoved: DNO offer for the company: Genel scheme: no new meetings needed; Egyptian Condition outstanding → DNO meetings adjourned; Genel scheme pending Egyptian Condition
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Gunsynd GUN £1.7mRe Share Price MovementA requisition for a general meeting arrives four days after the board's conversion-to-explorer circular. It puts board control and the plan at risk, and the Board has not yet confirmed the notice is valid.Moved: new: Requisitioned general meeting – Requisition notice received; validity under review · Conversion to operating gold explorer: Circular published; shareholder approval pending → Circular published; approval pending; requisition received
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Half-year Results ResultsInterim results show revenue down to £1.30m from £2.42m, but a £1.67m other gain turns a £0.77m operating loss into a £0.31m profit. The business was sold and the company is now a cash shell.Cash shell / net cash above market value £0.0m · 0% of mcapoutlook negativefirst in 1 year +0.0% on the dayMoved: Cash shell insolvency risk: Shares suspended; interim results deadline missed → Interims published; £250k funding backstop; shares suspended · Reverse takeover search: Evaluating opportunities; no candidate identified → Evaluating opportunities; no candidate identified
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Trading Update for Q3 2026 Trading updatePrice rises of 28% lifted Q3 revenue 19%, but volume fell 6.5% and growth slowed from +50% in Q1 and +43% in H1. Full-year share is now guided to about 14%, against 16.0% in Q1.Moved: Clinker line 6 capacity expansion: Contracts signed, structural works started, cash-funded → Under construction, on time and budget, funded
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Jarvis Securities JIM £1.7mUpdate re Financial Results ResultsCash has fallen to about £2.5m, there is no income and the board expects no value from JIML's administration. The cash shell must complete a Relevant Transaction within 6 months or be suspended.Cash shell / net cash above market value £2.5m · 147% of mcapoutlook negative, lowered −38.5% on the dayMoved: Return remaining capital and distributable reserves to shareholders after AIM ca: on_track → delayed – The planned AIM cancellation and return of remaining reserves is no longer firm, because the board will first consider any credible Relevant Transaction. Cash is now about £2.5m. · Group wind-down and AIM cancellation: Cash shell; removed from FTSE AIM All-Share → Cash shell; cancellation decision on hold
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Iofina IOF £90mQ3 2026 UpdateQ3 output fell year on year and H2 guidance is cut to 440-455MT because water volumes at legacy plants were low and IO#11 and IO#12 were delayed. The H2 range depends on water supply recovering.Moved: IOsorb plant build-out to 2000MT target: IO#12 commissioned; IO#13/14 to be built → IO#11 pipeline done, IO#12 handed over, IO#13/14 agreed
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Result of Retail Offer brings Gross Proceeds of Fundraise to £7 million FundraiseThe Firm Placing (£2.4m) is part of a roughly £7m raise at 25p that funds the 20,000m Namibia drilling, but it adds new shares equal to about 83% of the existing share capital.Moved: new: £7m fundraise for Namibia drilling – Retail offer closed; awaiting shareholder approval · new: Namibia 20,000m drilling programme – Funded subject to approval; mobilisation pending
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Fundraise and Sakoose gold drilling update FundraiseRaises £285,010 at 1.1p for working capital and Sakoose drilling, extending funding but issuing 25.9m new shares; no discount to the prior price is stated.Moved: new: Sakoose drilling at Martello Gold Project – Funded; drilling expected by 30 November 2026 · new: Funding and possible retail investor facility – Placing done; retail facility being explored
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Tiris BFS Confirms Low-Cost, Near-Term ProjectThe BFS gives a post-tax NPV of US$500.3m, a 28% IRR and US$349.8m of capex, and lifts the Ore Reserve 11%. Financing is still unsigned, and cash has fallen to A$10.6m (2 quarters).Moved: Tiris FID and engineering: BFS released 16 Oct; pilot plant under construction → BFS released; pilot plant due on site · Tiris funding discussions: Due diligence and term sheet talks; nothing binding → Advanced DFC talks; nothing binding
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Nostrum Oil & Gas NOG £1.4mSale of Kazakhstan operations, redemption of SSNsSale of the Kazakhstan businesses completed on 15 October 2026, redeeming the SSNs in full and cutting SUNs to US$100m, but it ends the operating business ahead of a wind-down with little expected for shareholders.Moved: Sale of Kazakhstan operations: SPA signed; SUN approval condition delayed by OFAC → Completed 15 October 2026 (closed) · Delayed SSN and SUN coupon payment: Consent solicitation held up by OFAC licence → SSNs redeemed; SUN purchase pending
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eEnergy Group EAAS £1.1mReminder to vote at the upcoming General MeetingThe £8.3m raise (Placing, Subscription and Retail Offer) is needed to clear overdue creditors and keep the company solvent. Shareholders are urged to approve it at the 23 October vote; it was priced at a deep discount, with heavy dilution.Moved: Working capital funding for solar programme: Retail offer done; trading restored; vote pending → Awaiting shareholder vote; board urging approval
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Iofina IOF £90mIO#12 Iodine PlantIO#12 Iodine Plant in the Permian Basin CommissionedMoved: new: IOsorb plant build-out to 2000MT target – IO#12 commissioned; IO#13/14 to be built
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Rudyard Operational UpdateFurther to the Company's announcement on 3 September 2026, Helix Exploration PLC (AIM: HEX, OTCQB: HEXFF), the US-focused helium producer and liquefier, provides the following update on commercial operations at the Rudyard facility in Montana following the …Moved: new: Rudyard regulatory pause and restart – Approval granted; restart under way
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Halo Minerals PLC HALO £8.4mIncreased Ore Reserve and Improved EconomicsUpdated independent CPR lifts the Ore Reserve 5.4% and shows after-tax NPV10 of US$174.3m on reserves alone. Still a development-stage project; the financing and FID work remains outstanding.Moved: new: Playa Verde progress towards final investment decision – Updated CPR and Class 3 engineering done
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Quarterly Activities Report for September 2026BFS is out (post-tax NPV US$500.3m) and pilot plant is being built, but cash fell to A$10.6m, giving only 2 quarters of funding, while financing is still unsigned and FID is targeted by year-end.Moved: Tiris FID and engineering: BFS slightly delayed to mid-October → BFS released 16 Oct; pilot plant under construction · CFO succession: Successor named; starts early November → Successor named; starts early November · Häggån uranium legislation and permitting: Permit application pending → Permit pending; Swedish government change
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ECR Minerals ECR £5.5mMaddens Operations Advance as Decline ProgressesPlant commissioned and decline through the planned turn move Maddens closer to first gold; stockpile processing is targeted for end October and main ore for November, though these are still targets.Moved: new: Maddens underground and plant ramp-up to production – Plant commissioned; decline through planned turn · new: Brothers initial alluvial operations – Preparations advancing
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Acceptance Level UpdateOn 7 October 2026, Brave Bison announced the terms and conditions of its increased final* offer comprising of 180 pence in cash, 2.394 new Brave Bison Shares and 1 Bison CVR (which is a contingent value right which may deliver 20 pence in cash) (the “Final …Moved: Combine with System1 to create AIM's challenger marketing data and technology co: pending → on_track – Offer remains open to 26 October, but only 14,465 System1 shares have been validly accepted; the combination is far from certain. · new: Contested final offer for System1 – Final offer open; acceptances minimal
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African Pioneer AFP £9.0mDrilling commences on the Ongombo ProjectNot a new order: drilling has started under the existing Xinhai financing and technical services agreement. It is an execution step toward a mine development, with results still to come.Moved: new: Ongombo-Ongeama mine development drilling programme – Drilling started with one rig
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Shuka Minerals SKA £6.2mKabwe Drilling (“KBDD06-11”) Results ResultsShuka Minerals Plc (AIM/AltX: SKA), an African focused mine operator and developer, is pleased to announce that, further to the announcement on 23 September 2026, it has received laboratory results from ALS Labs for the balance of the holes (KBDD06- KBDD11), …Moved: Kabwe drilling programme: Phase 1 done; phase 2 planned → Phase 1 lab results complete; phase 2 planned