A very warm welcome to you from London, where the FTSE 100 continues its upward trajectory this morning.

The ONS has reported a marginal 0.1% rise in UK unemployment in the three months to February. In equities, easyJet shares are up after announcing it may well outdo profit guidance of £260mln this year as strong booking figures continue into the summer.

GSK has announced its acquired late-stage biopharma firm Bellus Health for around £1.6bn, in a bid to strengthen its respiratory drug pipeline.

Moneysupermarket shares are also trading higher on news that its revenue rose 15% year-on-year to around £106mln during the three months to March as its travel and insurance wings saw strong recoveries.

Ernst & Young is poised to cut 3,000 jobs in the US to tackle overcapacity, affecting some 5% of its workforce and mainly hitting its consultancy wing.

And in small caps, AI medical firm Spectral MD rose 3.5% after being awarded a US$4mln grant in the US.

#ProactiveInvestors #FTSE100 #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Thor Energy (AIM:THR, OTCQB:THORF, ASX:THR) Managing Director Nicole Galloway Warland speaks to Thomas Warner from Proactive after announcing the results of the recent geophysics survey at the Alfred West project in South Australia, which was partially funded by the South Australian government.

She also mentions that Thor Energy is currently focused on its US uranium projects and will be conducting mapping and airborne radiometrics once weather conditions permit.

#ProactiveInvestors #GeophysicsSurvey #AlfredWestProject #SouthAustralia #MiningExploration #CopperGoldMineralization #ThorEnergy #CEOInterview #UraniumProjects #AmbientNoiseTomography #MiningIndustry #ResourceExploration #DrillingProgramme #SouthAustralianGovernment #AcceleratedDiscoveryInitiative #MiningNews #CEOInsights #MiningUpdates #ProactiveInterview #MiningTechnology #ResourceDevelopment #MiningInvestment #MiningResults #MiningOperations #MiningExplorationNews #MiningIndustryUpdates #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Futura Medical PLC (AIM:FUM, OTC:FAMDF) CEO James Barder speaks to Thomas Warner from Proactive after launching innovative erectile dysfunction (ED) treatment gel Eroxon in the UK market.

Barder highlights the opportunity by the UK market and looks to the future, saying that there are "more launches coming."

He also expresses optimism about obtaining regulatory approval for OTC sales in the US by the end of June.

#ProactiveInvestors #EDtreatment #ErectileDysfunction #OTC #EROXON #FuturaMedical #BootsUK #Men'sHealth #Healthcare #Wellness #SexualHealth #OTCMeds #UKLaunch #BootsPharmacy #Men'sWellbeing #EDHelp #OverTheCounter #HealthNews #FuturaMedLaunch #EDSolutions #BootsOnline #OTCTreatment #SexualWellness #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

OptionsDesk broker Richard Perry speaks to Thomas Warner from Proactive ahead of a busy week of what he calls "high impact economic data", including Chinese retail sales, industrial production, and GDP figures, along with UK inflation data and some more earnings statements from Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley.

He highlights that there is a possibility of a spike in volatility if there are any surprises in the numbers.

#ProactiveInvestors #optionstrading #economicdata #earningsreports #bankingsector #volatility #investing #tradingstrategies #ChinaGDP #UKinflation #BankofAmerica #GoldmanSachs #MorganStanley #stockmarket #financialnews #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Venture Minerals Ltd (ASX:VMS) managing director Andrew Radonjic chats with Proactive’s Elisha Newell about four emerging rare earth targets in WA. Among others, the company has picked up a 511-square-kilometre tenement package just next door to its Vulcan prospect, known to host to high-grade rare earths up to 125,165 parts per million total rare earth oxides. The newly acquired Brothers and Bandy prospects are primed for follow-up drilling as Venture broadens its rare earths portfolio.

#ProactiveInvestors #VentureMinerals #ASX #RareEarths #Acquisition

#invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Patriot Battery Metals Inc (TSX-V:PMET, OTCQB:PMETF, ASX:PMT) president and CEO Blair Way talks Proactive through the exploration and development roadmap for the company’s Corvette lithium asset in Québec. Patriot is conducting baseline environmental studies and preparing for a pre-feasibility study, with the company’s winter drilling program about to conclude. Way says there is plenty more news to come as the company advances its battery, base and precious metals vision through 2023.

#ProactiveInvestors #PatriotBatteryMetals #ASX #Lithium #PFS #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Kin Mining NL (ASX:KIN) managing director Andrew Munckton brings Proactive up to speed on the latest gold finds at the Helens-Rangoon fault within Cardinia’s Eastern Corridor. Results from a February drill program confirm that higher-grade, lode-style mineralisation extends between the Helens and Rangoon prospects over 3 kilometres of strike. Munckton says the Eastern Corridor deposits have been a key exploration focus in recent months, priming the gold stock to upsize its 1.4-million-ounce resource.

#ProactiveInvestors #KinMining #ASX #Cardinia #Gold

Radiopharm Theranostics Ltd (ASX:RAD) CEO Riccardo Canevari chats with Proactive after the company signed a milestone supply agreement for an isotope used in cancer therapy. The agreement will support the company’s RAD 602 asset, a potential first-in-class radiopharmaceutical for treating brain cancers. Canevari says the isotope could expand treatment options for patients living with cancer while giving Radiopharm a competitive advantage as it embarks on a Phase 1 clinical trial.

#ProactiveInvestors #RadiopharmTheranostics #ASX #Oncology #CancerTherapy

Nova Minerals Ltd (ASX:NVA) CEO Christopher Gerteisen sits down with Proactive’s Elisha Newell after boosting the global gold resource at Estelle in Alaska to a whopping 9.9 million ounces. Resources increased across the board, but the RPM North deposit — widely considered the Jewel in Estelle’s crown — made headlines with its 340,000-ounce, 2.3 g/t gold resource. With more than a third of Estelle’s resource now housed in the higher confidence measured and indicated categories, Nova can finalise detailed mine planning for its phase two scoping study, expected later this quarter.

#ProactiveInvestors #NovaMinerals #ASX #Estelle #Gold #Alaska

Polymetals Resources Ltd (ASX:POL) chairman David Sproule joins Proactive’s Elisha Newell to discuss the first batch of drill assays from the newly acquired Endeavour mine in the Cobar Basin of NSW. Strong zinc, lead, silver and gold was returned during the phase one program, designed to help Polymetals generate ore reserves and bring Endeavour back online. Sproule says results underscore the company’s production focus and are a shot in the arm for its near-term strategy.

#ProactiveInvestors #PolymetalsResources #ASX #Endeavour #CobarBasin