Blue Star Capital (LON: BLU) investee company SatoshiPay have received certification for a R&D tax incentive programme and claims could generate more than €900,000. A bridge loan facility has been agreed until that cash is received. The Vortex platform has secured an international payments provider client. Blue Star Capital is in discussions regarding a potential minority investment in a business developing a decentralised browser. The share price jumped 21.4% to 4.25p.
Trinidad and Tobago-focused oil and gas producer Touchstone Exploration (LON: TXP) says third quarter sales volumes averaged 4,485 boe/day, which is predominantly natural gas. A second well on the WD-4 block is due to be drilled. There are also workovers planned at other locations. The share price increased 10% to 11p.
Zanaga Iron Ore Company (LON: ZIOC) had cash of $5.4m at the end of June 2026 and it has subsequently fallen to $3.7m. Some of this has been spent on a bulk sampling programme for the Zanaga project. The focus is moving towards a final investment decision. The share price rose 5.26% to 3p.
Quantum Blockchain Technologies (LON: QBT), which is developing Bitcoin mining technology, Method a is live mining on a Bitmain Antminer S9 mining rig on a public mining pool. Method B, a variant based on chaos mathematics, is live mining on Bitaxe Gamma Bitcoin miners, while Method C, the Company’s AI Oracle, is live mining on the Mining Development Kit of an ASIC manufacturer. The other two methods will soon be operating on the ASIC manufacturer’s Mining Development Kit through a generalised software layer. The share price gained 4.76% to 0.22p.
Reabold Resources (LON: RBD) welcomes the UK government Budget announcement of a British data centre covenant, which supports on-site power generation to enable faster data centre deployment. Reabold Resources has an integrated gas to compute project in West Newton using gas from the nearby gas field. This could be lower cost than taking gas from the grid. A feasibility study is underway. The share price is 4.13% ahead at 6.25p.
FALLERS
TV programmes producer Zinc Media (LON: ZIN) is planning to raise at least £2m at 30p/share with a retail offer potentially raising a further £250,000. There is a concert party that is willing to back the fundraising, but this requires a waiver under the Takeover Code. The directors will also participate. The cash will be used to fund large-scale productions and provide working capital required because of slow payments in the Middle East. There are discussions with Lloyds Bank about forgoing certain covenants for the bank facility. The share price slumped 26.4% to 32p.
Jubilee Metals (LON: JLP) says results of the completed phase 2 drilling programme at the Molefe mine in Zambia. This tested the eastern continuation of the mineralised structure and identify sites for infrastructure. The result show further expansion potential with multiple significant copper intercepts. The drilling was done by Gallileo Resources (LON: GLR) – share price unchanged at 0.675p – under a project development agreement. A mine development plan has been produced for consideration. The share price fell 9.76% to 1.85p.
Talon Resources (LON: TAR) says early assay results for the Eagle Lake gold project in Ontario. High-grade gold mineralisation was intersected at multiple targets. Hole EG-26-07 at Cedar Trench is described as “a fantastic intercept. There are more assays to be announced. The share price dipped 3.92% to 1.225p.
Ex-dividends
Fiske (LON: FKE) is paying a final dividend of 1.21p/share and the share price is unchanged at 62.5p.
NWF (LON: NWF) is paying a final dividend of 7.7p/share and the share price declined 8p to 163.5p.
Sylvania Platinum (LON: SLP) is paying a final dividend of 4p/share and the share price slipped 5.5p to 87.5p.
Yu Group (LON: YU.) is paying an interim dividend of 24p/share and the share price is 15p lower at £17.25.