

Valens Company ( TSE:VLNS) ( OTCQX:VLNCF) (FRA:7LV) receives Health Canada license amendment to sell dried cannabis products 3.05pm: Proactive North America headlines:Īlpine 4 Technologies Ltd ( OTCQB:ALPP) enters definitive agreements for registered direct offering for gross proceeds of approximately $50MĪequus Pharmaceuticals Inc ( CVE:AQS) ( OTCMKTS:AQSZF) (FRA:AEQ) says entrepreneur Marc Lustig will join board of directors Tiger Royalties and Investments PLC ( LON:TIR) confirmed it would receive 24.3mln shares in Bezant Resources PLC ( LON:BEZ) now the latter’s acquisition of Metrock Resources has gone through, in settlement of loans it had made to Metrock.īezant’s shares were 5.6% to the good at 0.245p. Rainbow Rare Earths Limited (LON:RBW), meanwhile, advanced 24% to 13.75p after it published the initial assay results of the auger drilling programme completed at the Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project. Goldstone Resources Limited ( LON:GRL) jumped 28% to 13.35p after it secured an environmental permit in Ghana that means it can begin construction work on the Akrokeri-Homase Gold Project. While big-cap miners have had a rough day – precious metals miner Fresnillo PLC ( LON:FRES) is off 1.8% at 1,012p as the price of gold ebbs – it has been a good day for some of the minnows of the sector. The index looks set to end the week on a firm note and is currently up 22 points (0.3%) at 6,551.

The FTSE 100 has put in what passes for a quickening of pace in the afternoon session. 3.20pm: Footsie set to end the week on a firm note The Nasdaq gained nearly 23 points at 14,048 On Monday, US and Canada markets will be closed. The broader based S&P 500 shed nearly seven points to stand at 3,923. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed nearly nine points at 31,421. Madden also highlighted that the BoE predicted there will be a "strong economic rebound this year as restrictions will be eased as the UK’s vaccination distribution process builds on its already solid success". That said, the British economy tanked by 9.9% in 2020 amid the pandemic - the worst contraction since the great frost of 1709. "The UK economy dodged a double dip recession as the economy grew by 1% in the final quarter of 2020, which was a pleasant surprise as economists were predicting 0.5% growth," noted David Madden, market analyst at CMC Markets. Rainbow Rare Earth jumps on assay results from the Phalaborwa projectįTSE 100 closed in the green on Friday as traders hailed news of a drop in the UK coronavirus R rate and digested last year's economic data.īritain's index of leading shares closed up around 61 points, or 0.94%, at 6,589.Goldstone Resources soars after Ghana permit comes through.
