{"id":125978,"title":"Share Talk Weekly Small Cap Movers & Shakers, Saturday 16th August 2025","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2025-08-16T10:09:16+00:00","modified":"2025-08-16T10:09:16+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/share-talk-weekly-small-cap-movers-shakers-saturday-16th-august-2025/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/share-talk-weekly-small-cap-movers-shakers-saturday-16th-august-2025.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/share-talk-weekly-small-cap-movers-shakers-saturday-16th-august-2025.json","category":"Blogs","categories":["Blogs","Small Cap Review","Technology","Technology, Media & Telecoms"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Stencil-Google-Chrome-2023-04-19-at-2.47.43-PM.webp?fit=1200%2C600&quality=80&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"The **AIM All-Share** barely moved week-on-week, closing at **761.15**, as trading succumbed to the usual mid-August malaise. It was a similar story for the **FTSE 100**, the AIM’s benchmark, which edged up **0.8%** but on wafer-thin volumes.\n\n### **Risers **\n\n**Active Energy Group (AIM: AEG)** unveiled plans on Friday to enter the **battery storage sector** with a deal to develop a **150MW facility west of Cardiff**. The project is expected to generate an estimated **£300,000 annual income for 30 years**.\n\nThe market welcomed the unexpected pivot, sending the shares up **50% on the day** and leaving them **90% higher over the past week**.\n\n**Fiinu PLC (AIM: BANK)** surged **47%** on its return from suspension after unveiling plans for a **reverse takeover of forex trading platform Everfex**, in a deal valued at up to **£12 million**.\n\n**Surface Transforms (AIM: SCE)**, the specialist brake manufacturer, jumped **47% this week** and has nearly **doubled in value** since its recent trading statement signalled a turnaround.\n\nThe company reported that **revenues have more than doubled year-on-year**, reassuring investors that the business has gained traction after a challenging period.\n\n**Bezant Resources (AIM: BZT)** is set to acquire the **NLZM processing plant** for its **Hope and Gorob copper-gold project in Namibia**, a move expected to **accelerate production by at least two years** while cutting capital costs.\n\nThe deal, valued at **$2.5m plus royalties**, gives Bezant a **90% stake** in the plant-owning company. Investors welcomed the news, sending the shares up **37.3% to 0.0515p**.\n\n**OptiBiotix Health (AIM: OPTI)** said US weight-loss brand **Hydroxycut** is launching **Hydroxycut Hunger Control**, a supplement featuring its **SlimBiome appetite-reducing ingredient**.\n\nAn initial order of **five metric tonnes** has already been placed. Shares climbed **12.2% to 11.5p**.\n\n**Strategic Minerals (AIM: SML)** said drilling continues at its **Redmoor tungsten-tin-copper project in Cornwall**, with a **second drill hole now underway**. Early findings are consistent with the existing model, with the **first assay results expected in September**, feeding into a future **mineral resource update**.\n\nThe project currently carries an **NPV8 of $128m**, based on lower metal prices than today’s levels. Shares gained **10.5% to 0.315p**.\n\n**Union Jack Oil (LON: UJO)** has **spudded the Sark well in Oklahoma**, the first in a three-well programme in which it holds a **60% interest**. The project is seen as having a good chance of success and could be brought onstream relatively quickly.\n\nBroker **Zeus** assigns a **risked value of 1p per share** to Sark. Shares rose **4% to 26p** on the news.\n\n### **Fallers**\n\n**Mobile Tornado (AIM: MBT)** crashed **60%** after confirming plans to **cancel its AIM listing**, citing prohibitive costs and low trading liquidity.\n\n**EnergyPathways (AIM: EPP)** tumbled after UK authorities declined to grant a **gas storage licence** for the natural gas and hydrogen elements of its **MESH energy storage project**.\n\nThe company said a **Section 35 planning application** will be submitted for the project’s major elements, which, if accepted, would bring them under assessment by the **2008 Planning Act**. Despite the potential pathway forward, market makers focused on the setback, sending the shares down **51.4% to 2.6p**, leaving them more than **60% lower on the week**.\n\n**GoldStone Resources (AIM:GRL)** saw its value halve after its AGM, where shareholders voted a **key director off the board** and rejected a proposal to expand its **share issuance authority**.\n\n**Oracle Power (AIM:ORCP)** has raised **£500,000** at **0.014p per share** to fund exploration in **Australia** and progress its **Pakistan projects**. The placing, priced at the market level, saw the stock fall **20% to 0.014p**.\n\n**Touchstone Exploration (AIM: TXP)** reported **Q2 net production of 4,400 boe/d** but lowered full-year guidance by around **20% to 5,300–5,900 boe/d**. The company recently raised **$12.5m via convertible debentures** to support further drilling. Shares slipped **10.9% to 14.25p**.\n\n**Wellnex Life (AIM: WNX)** said joint chief executive **George Karafotias** has resigned and will be repaid his **A$705,000 loan** to the company. **Zack Bozinovski** will assume the role of sole CEO of the Australian consumer healthcare group. Shares eased **3.2% to 15p**, well below the **31.75p placing price** from March."}