Alecto Energy was up by almost half at one point this morning, forcing the resource sector investor to publicise current plans and confirm it is in talks about a number of potential investments and opportunities.The company said it could benefit from any upside at Bulgarian Mining Corporation following July's conversion of a £45,000 working capital facility provided to BMC into a 20% shareholding.It's also assessing "a range of sites" in Mauritania, West Africa, and progress has been "encouraging", with applications already submitted for a three-year exploration licence over five sites.Chiefs believe that much of the country is under-explored, prompting its interest in the three gold and base metal sites and two uranium projects.They also confirmed talks are taking place with a number of parties concerning potential investments and opportunities, although it stressed these are still at very early stages and no firm commitments or decisions have been made.