FTSE 100 made a strong start to the day ahead of the Bank of England’s interest rate decision later today.

Among the large caps, Vodafone entered a strategic relationship with e&. The Emirates telecoms giant, which holds a 14.6% stake in Vodafone, will become a cornerstone shareholder in the London-listed firm.

Another FTSE 100 company, Rolls-Royce, said its transformation is “moving at pace” ahead of its AGM today. The turbine manufacturer confirmed trading is also in line with expectations.

Elsewhere, ITV reported a 10% fall in advertising revenue in the first quarter, although it added overall performance was in line with forecasts.

Among the small caps, Ilika said it made the first customer shipments of its stacked Stereax M300 batteries. The deliveries are part of a series planned to customers such as CubeWorks and Lura Health.

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Chris Gillespie, CEO of H&T Group PLC (AIM:HAT), discussed the thriving pawnbroking business in an interview with Chris Rhodes on Proactive London.

Despite the ups and downs, H&T Group has experienced record borrowing demand and an increase in customers paying off loans to retrieve their jewellery for celebrations. The need for small-sum credit remains strong, and the company expects continued growth in its core pawnbroking product.

Gillespie also emphasised expanding its geographic coverage by opening 15-20 new stores nationwide this year.

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SensOre Ltd (ASX:S3N) CEO Richard Taylor speaks with Proactive following the news the company has secured binding commitments for a $1 million placement to new and existing investors. Alongside the placement, a share purchase plan will also be offered to existing eligible shareholders raising up to $1 million. SensOre aims to become the top performing minerals targeting company in the world through the deployment of AI and machine learning (ML) technologies.

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Evion Group NL (ASX:EVG) MD Tom Revy tells Proactive the company has made progress on plans to supply graphite to the lithium battery industry, with tests confirming that its product is ideal for making battery anode material (BAM), a key ingredient in lithium batteries. Evion plans to establish a mine at Maniry, where it completed a definitive feasibility study last year, and has inked a collaborative agreement with leading BAM developer, Urbix Inc, USA, to assess the viability of developing a plant in Europe.

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Golden Rim Resources Ltd (ASX:GMR, OTC:GMRMF) MD Tim Strong tells Proactive that aircore drilling at the flagship Kada Gold Project in Guinea has returned numerous anomalous gold results at both the Sadan and Massan South prospects, including 22 metres @ 0.9 g/t gold. He says discovering gold at the Sadan prospect confirms the company’s view that Kada still has a significant amount of gold ounces to uncover. GMR is working towards an updated Massan MRE and maiden Bereko MRE this year.

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CytoMed Therapeutics Limited (Nasdaq: GDTC) chairman Peter Choo and chief operating officer Dr Wee Kiat Tan speak with Proactive following the company’s IPO on the Nasdaq in April 2023, which raised US$9,649,476. CytoMed was spun out from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore’s leading research and development agency in the public sector. It’s a pre-clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on using its licensed proprietary technologies to create novel cell-based immunotherapies for the treatment of human cancers.

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Nana Sangmuah, the CEO of Roscan Gold Corporation, discussed the company's key project and achievements in an interview with Proactive. Roscan Gold focuses on expanding its resource footprint in West Africa, specifically in southwest Mali, an area with similar geology to two large gold-producing mines. The company has made seven discoveries and completed over 15,000 meters of drilling to explore and expand on these zones. With a 400 square kilometer land package and shallow discoveries with confirmed deep roots, Roscan Gold aims to reach over 3 million to 5 million ounces of gold in the next five years. The company is also seeking strategic partnerships to support its growth.

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Sintana Energy (TSX-V:SEI, OTCQB:SEUSF) President and director Robert Bose joins Proactive to discuss the Annual Offshore Conference held in Namibia, attended by heads of exploration of super majors.

Bose highlighted the significant level of interest in the country's petroleum and natural gas sector, including the massive expansion of the conference and the announcement of TotalEnergies' plans to spend half its global exploration budget in Namibia in 2023.

He also announced that Galp has entered into a rate contract for two wells, with drilling to commence in Q4 of 2023. The rig for drilling will be in the country by early Q4, and drilling is expected to commence immediately, followed by core log and drill stem testing.

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NV Gold CEO John Seaberg joins Natalie Stoberman from the Proactive studios to discuss how the company plans to fulfill the Phase One drilling program at its 100% owned SW Pipe Gold project located in Lander County, Nevada.

Seaberg says during this first phase of drilling, a total of 700 - 800 meters will be drilled by Nevada based Envirotech Drilling. This phase is expected to take approximately 8-16 days to complete. The CEO adds that this drilling program will be following up on results from the geochemical study carried out in 2022.

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Power Nickel CEO Terry Lynch joins Natalie Stoberman from the Proactive newsroom to share the company's latest high grade discovery of platinum and palladium at its Nisk nickel project.

Lynch says the discovery revealed impressive results, including platinum, palladium, gold, and copper, although nickel was not found. This finding suggests the presence of multiple mineralization pods and confirms the potential for a significant project. Lynch adds that with the recent funding of $4.8 million, the company plans to conduct an airborne electromagnetic survey and ambient noise tomography to further explore and identify potential nickel and PGM deposits.

The Nisk property comprises a large land position of 20 kilometres of strike length with numerous high-grade intercepts.

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