Lift Global Ventures Plc (AQSE:LFT), an investment company focused on financial media, technology and the energy sector, announced the acquisition of shares in IntelliAM Al PLC, the appointment of David Richards MBE as Executive Chairman (currently Non-Executive Chair); and a proposal to change its name to Yorkshire AI PLC, reflecting its sharpened focus on artificial intelligence (AI), supported by its ongoing working relationship with Yorkshire AI Labs LLP.
LFT also announced its Final Audited Results to 30 June 2025. LFT said “Our core investment, Miriad, continues to provide solid financial performance and cash generation. Miriad, which trades as Zak’s Traders Café, has cemented its reputation as one of the UK’s most recognisable voices in small-cap financial media. Under the leadership of CEO Saqib “Zak” Mir, the business has remained profitable and cash positive, contributing steady income that supports the Company’s investment strategy.
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Capital Metals (CMET), a mineral sands company approaching mine development stage at its high-grade Taprobane Minerals Project in Sri Lanka announced a significant Mineral Resource Estimate upgrade in respect of the proposed Initial Mining Area only. As previously reported, the 2016 MRE in the IMA covered 47 hectares, however, the aircore drilling assay results received to date indicate the mineralisation extends substantially to the west and at depth and now extends across an area around 3.2 times larger at 152 hectares (using a bottom cut of 2% Heavy Minerals (HM)).
Comment: We already knew that CMET was on its way in terms of the low CAPEX, the situation in Sri Lanka, the boost for the sector this year, and the share price rise of 235% so far this year. The MRE becomes the icing on the cake.
Tekmar Group plc (TGP), a leading provider of asset protection technology and offshore energy services, is pleased to announce it has won a new contract valued in excess of €3.5 million to supply cable protection technology to a major offshore energy project in the Middle East, with delivery scheduled by June 2026.
Comment: The market may still be reticent as far as small cap companies are concerned, but a chunky contract is a chunky contract, and TGP shares have responded in kind.
Fiinu Plc (BANK), the fintech group and creator of the Plugin Overdraft®, announced an update on the Plugin Overdraft® partnership with Conister Bank Limited, a subsidiary of Manx Financial Group Plc, and the establishment of a new Employee Benefit Trust. The Company said it continues to make strong progress with its white label partnership with its Plugin Overdraft®, in collaboration with Conister Bank. Manx confirmed in its market update last week that the project remains fully on plan and progressing as scheduled. The joint development phase has now advanced to the final stages where the initial deployment and launch are scheduled to take place before the end of this year. This will mark the first live deployment of the Plugin Overdraft® product in the world, delivered under a white label arrangement with a licensed UK bank. Fiinu’s technology is technically able to access over 100 million personal bank accounts in the UK, and the Bank Independent Overdraft® platform has been extended to cover all EEA countries, with access to more than 500 million bank accounts across Europe.
Comment: While we are aware that BANK is making good progress, it is perhaps the addressable market both here and abroad that is the standout as far as the company’s Plugin proposition.
Critical Mineral Resources (CMRS) announced extremely encouraging results from its maiden core drilling programme at Agadir Melloul, confirming a significant new, shallow copper discovery and establishing the foundations for a potential district scale sediment hosted, copper-silver play.
Comment: Copper may not yet be the new gold, but once it does eventually take off companies like CMRS where the resource value is certainly not in the price, are set to be disproportionately rewarded.
IXICO plc (IXI), a global leader in neuroscience precision medicine and biomarker analytics, using its AI-driven platform to help advance drug development in neurological disorders, today announced that it has signed a new commercial contract with a global pharmaceutical company to provide imaging services for a worldwide Phase 3 clinical trial in Huntington’s Disease (HD). The total contract value is over £3.5m over four years.
Comment: Huntingdon’s Disease has certainly been in the news of late, and the winner is IXI to the tune of a significant win in the next few years. Once again we are reminded that 2025 is the year of the small biotechs as AI fuelled tech discovery starts to go exponential.
Empire Metals Limited (EEE), the AIM-quoted resource exploration and development company, announced that it was notified on 14 November 2025 that the following Directors purchased ordinary shares of no par value in the share capital of the Company. Dr. Neil O’Brien, Non-Executive Chairman, purchased 87,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 28.54 pence each, Mr. Greg Kuenzel, Finance Director, purchased 125,000 Ordinary Shares at an average price of 29.77 pence each and Mr. Peter Damouni, Non-Executive Director, purchased 89,335 Ordinary Shares at a price of 27.98 pence per share.
Comment: After the recent fundraise shares of EEE are now less than half their recent Lassonde Curve induced peak. Therefore, it is a great time for management to prove that Lassonde does not work by buying into the company.
WeCap plc (AQSE:WCAP) announced that its principal portfolio company, WeShop Holdings Limited (“WeShop”)—the pioneering social-commerce platform that allows users to earn ownership in the business through their shopping—reported on 14 November 2025 that its Class A ordinary shares have commenced trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol “WSHP.”
Comment: Holders of WCAP in the UK may be scratching their heads as to why the shares have not rocketed now that we have the US listing, and perhaps best of all, the validation of the company having gone through the process. Presumably, all of a sudden, the penny will drop, and the share price will re-rate…
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