Producer from precious metal recovery facilities in South Africa and Ghana, Goldplat* (GDP) has announced results for its year ended 30^th June 2020 and noted “a good platform to drive our strategic initiatives during the next period and to return value to shareholders again”…

From the FCA’s spreadsheet of short positions required to be disclosed to it, the following shows the shorted AIM shares with positions from 2019 and thus far in 2020 (by net short position %, those in bold not on the list at the start of 2020) – and if this position has increased (red), reduced (green) or remained unchanged (black) since last week…

Analyst Alasdair Macleod believes, unlike our beloved Government, in sound money. As such he does not read too much into November’s gold slippage.

My five slam-dunk sells for 2020 have been all over the place. One headed for the exit as expected but as things stand two are still at bonkers valuations which will surely not last. Will gravity be defied to the end of the year?

Hello Share Shifters. You don’t hear of the fabled Santa Rally these days. After all, we do have more important virus-related issues to consider. However, there will be the usual Christmas boost to most shares and added to the joy of new vaccines that should see a bigger seasonal boost than ever to our shares. Though, as always, the opportunity to make money will be limited as the New Year should bring the usual market hangover.

I asked you to help raise £3500 for the Woodlarks Christmas Grotto appeal. You have been most generous. As you can see here, we have raised £5,185.15, with Gift aid £5,807.89. Nick Richards from Woodlarks and I would like to thank each and every one of you who chipped in. You are heroes. And I promise that, other than an en passant mention in Bearcast later, I shall not mention Woodlarks again until Christmas.  Nick says that the extra cash will go to even better presents for the online Grotto. Once again, I thank you.

Ariana Resources (AAU) “is pleased to announce the conditional agreement for the sale of its remaining projects in Turkey to Zenit” – and the shares have currently responded higher to 5.5p…

A “Trading Update & Evoko Naso Launch” announcement from Smartspace Software (SMRT). It argues the launch “a major milestone for SmartSpace”, but there’s no financial specifics on that – and, for a company capitalised at £28 million, the trading update?…

I start with Joshua’s Advent calendar day 4. Then it is onto Ironveld (IRON), Telit (TCM), Bluebird Merchant Ventures (BMV) and Anglesey Mining (AYM) whose shareholder base means I shall be raising another £50 for Woodlarks on January 1 2023.

Previously writing on security and industrial inspection X-ray screening systems company Image Scan Holdings (IGE), I concluded with the shares at 2.5p I’m still reiterating previous bank gains and now only on the watchlist stances. The shares last closed at 2.15p, but are currently back towards 2.5p on the back of a results announcement…

I am a great believer in what goes around comes around, karma. The tweet and photo of loathsome Sir Phil Green below is perfect karma. Welcome to the photographer’s tale…

Block Energy (BLOE) is typical of so many AIM listed oil and gas companies, which sound great on paper but usually have spent years failing to live up to expectations whilst burning through considerable amounts of cash in the process.

Wishbone Gold (WSBN) has followed an “Excellent Initial Results from Exploration” announcement with “New Tenement Application – Queensland, Australia” news – and the shares have responded positively, to currently 10.40p…but there is much, much more to come.

Centamin (CEY) has updated on actions it is taking to ‘unlock its potential’ – including expanding and extending an existing drilling contract and commencing a waste contract. However, more pertinently here is the outlook on production…

Trader and writer Kevin Muir sees numerous bubbles evident, emerging and inflating very quickly. This, he argues, is due to the entire world speeding up communication as these bubbles seem to form almost overnight. If you want to trade these, you need to do so quickly, and he outlines what is behind these market forces. The driver, of course, is how governments are moving towards direct fiscal stimulus and why this is likely to create growth. This growth will fuel the commodity sector and, eventually, inflation will occur as governments become direct competitors to the private sector.

Hello, Share Mongers. Probably like you, my penny shares are, on the whole, bettering my Footsie giants. I’m now very glad I always split my holdings into two camps – the jumbos for safety (ha-ha) and the minnows. It’s the virus that’s decimated the biggies, of course, especially my over-invested oil interests, like Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) and BP (BP.). But I’m not selling either share. And here’s why…

Shares in manager of promotional and retail merchandising space SpaceandPeople (SAL) have surged from 4.25p on the back of a “Prestigious Property Wins” announcement. Ramptastic?…

That put an end to his nursery day halfway through the practice for the Carol service. Anyhow, he is now back here with me and Maddie Moate and recovering. In today’s podcast, I discuss a change of name from Concepta (CPT) to My Health Check (MHC) and Wishbone (WSBN) en passant then am upset that Powerhouse (PHE) is still not answering my questions about related party (no sniggering at the back) transactions. Then, in more detail, DeepVerge (DVRG) and Zoetic (ZOE).

Concepta has announced a change of name to MyHealthChecked (MHC) and, more interestingly, jumped on board the Covid testing bandwagon. I am, as you know, a sceptic on many things relating to a disease where 99.95% of those under 70 recover and where the average age of death is, at 82, one year more than UK life expectancy. However…

Fully-listed Golden Prospect (GPM) has announced that the Subscription Trustee has exercised all the outstanding subscription shares for Golden Prospect (GPSS) and raised £4.77 million for the company as a result. Good news for the company, and perhaps a little good news for former holders who did not pony up the 46.14p per subscription share to convert into ordinary shares – although we will have to wait and see just how much will be returned to former subscription shareholders, as we are not told. But it is not such good news for ordinary shareholders who will be diluted and thus the potential NAV per share as of Tuesday night drops from 67.56p to 60.43p.