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(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers on AIM on Thursday.
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AIM - WINNERS
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Strategic Minerals PLC, up 22% at 0.27 pence, 12-month range 0.080p-0.34p. The mineral explorer & producer, with a portfolio of projects in the US, UK, and Australia, reports an extension of access to Cobre magnetite stockpile in New Mexico to the end of March 2029 from March 2027. "From 2017, Strategic Minerals has repeatedly extended access to the magnetite stockpile at Cobre, New Mexico, through its wholly owned subsidiary Southern Minerals Group, providing a long-term revenue stream for the company. The latest extension demonstrates the continued high-level of operational performance maintained by the SMG team on the ground and will allow SML to explore opportunities to optimise revenues and cash flow going forward," Strategic Minerals says. The timing of the extension coincides with a new purchase order for 2025 of up to 30,000 tonnes, the firm notes. The order came from "one of SMG's major clients".
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eEnergy Group PLC, up 7.3% at 4.99p, 12-month range 4.50p-9.82p. The digital energy efficiency services provider wins a GBP975,000 deal with Newcastle College Group. eEnergy will deliver full LED lighting conversion across 10 buildings in Newcastle and Carlisle. Newcastle is located in the north east of England, and Carlisle, which borders Scotland, in the north west. "This project supports eEnergy's strategy to accelerate energy efficiency solutions through competitive tenders, reducing sales cycles and delivering results faster, while extending its reach within the education sector to include the university segment," eEnergy says.
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AIM - LOSERS
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James Latham PLC, down 9.2% at 1,172.00p, 12-month range 981.00p-1,550.00p. The distributor of timber, panels and decorative surfaces says pretax profit in the half-year to September 30 declines 17% to GBP13.6 million from GBP16.4 million a year prior. Revenue falls 2.3% on-year to GBP186.6 million from GBP190.9 million. The firm says: "We were expecting the market to show signs of improvement in the second half of this year but so far this has not materialised. We have seen considerable challenges in our marketplace, including a significant competitor going into administration and others looking to quickly turn inventories into cash, which has affected short-term margins in some product groups. This has created opportunities to increase our market share and enabled us to take on three new brands of melamine and laminate panel products as well as some key specialist salespeople to help promote these new products." Nonetheless, it expects results for the full-year will "fall slightly below last year's results". An expected improvement in market conditions is now not expected "until the middle of 2025".
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By Eric Cunha, Alliance News news editor
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