Proactive - Interviews for investors
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Standard Uranium begins first drilling at Rocas project in Athabasca Basin
Standard Uranium Vice President of Exploration Sean Hillacre joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce that drilling has officially commenced at the Company’s Rocas Uranium Project, located approximately 75 kilometres southwest of the Key Lake Mine and Mill facilities. The Rocas Project is subject to a three-year earn-in option agreement with Collective Metals, which can earn a 75% interest by funding CAD$4.5 million in exploration expenditures. Under the agreement, the current drill program is fully funded by Collective Metals and operated by Standard Uranium. The exploration team mobilized to site on March 16, with diamond drilling now underway on the first-ever hole at...
Pinnacle Silver and Gold discovers new polymetallic zone at El Potrero
Pinnacle Silver and Gold CEO Robert Archer joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce the discovery of previously unknown silver-lead-zinc mineralization on the southern block of its high-grade El Potrero gold-silver project in Durango. The discovery was made during the early stages of a mapping and prospecting program designed to follow up on historic workings identified through a recently completed airborne LiDAR survey. The survey covered the entire 1,074-hectare property, confirming known structural trends while also identifying previously unrecognized features, including six shafts, 64 adits, and 51 prospecting pits across the project’s two claim blocks. Follow-up fieldwork began in early February on...
Active Energy eyes rapid growth with new capacity as it acquires second project in Abu Dhabi
Active Energy Group PLC (AIM:AEG, OTCQB:ATGVF) CEO Paul Elliott talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company’s agreement to acquire a second energised grid connection asset that will take its secured capacity to about 13 MVA of grid capacity and how this development accelerates its growth strategy. Elliott explained that securing energised capacity significantly shortens the path to revenue generation, enabling the company to move much faster than traditional infrastructure buildouts. The company is now targeting a substantial expansion to 100 megawatts within the next 12 to 18 months, leveraging both acquisitions and modular data centre deployment. He highlighted that non-operational as...
IP Group CEO on 2025 highlights, NAV uplift, Pfizer royalties & capital allocation
IP Group PLC (LSE:IPO) CEO Greg Smith talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company’s 2025 results, highlighting 13% growth in NAV per share and the strategic developments across its portfolio. The discussion focused on how IP Group’s exposure to Pfizer’s acquisition of Metsera could generate significant long-term royalty income for shareholders. Smith explained that the company licenses the fundamental intellectual property behind an anti-obesity programme to Pfizer following the pharmaceutical giant’s acquisition of Metsera. The exposure has already been recognised with a £130 million asset valuation, equivalent to around 14p per share. The conversation also covered several portfolio...
Empire Metals MD says high-grade titanium zone boosts Pitfield economics
Empire Metals Ltd (AIM:EEE, OTCQX:EPMLF) managing director Shaun Bunn talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the latest drilling results at the Pitfield project, highlighting the confirmation of a near-surface high-grade titanium zone at the Thomas prospect and its implications for project economics and development. Bunn explained that recent diamond drilling has enabled the company to gain a much clearer understanding of the mineralisation, noting that the campaign intersected “really good thick interval between 10 and 20, 30 meter intervals, up around 10% TiO₂ in situ.” These results validate earlier exploration and demonstrate the consistency and scale of the high-grade zone. He emphasised the si...
Buccaneer Energy CEO on cash-flow boost from Carlisle-1 acquisition & next milestones
Buccaneer Energy Plc (AIM:BUCE, FRA:LMU1) CEO Paul Welch talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company’s latest acquisition and how it is set to strengthen near-term cash flow while unlocking longer-term production growth. Welch explained that the newly acquired Carlisle-1 well increases Buccaneer’s production to around 155 barrels of oil per day, providing a meaningful boost to revenue generation. At current oil prices, the asset is expected to generate around $50,000 per month in net free cash, highlighting the importance of the acquisition for the company’s financial position. Welch noted that the well benefits from particularly low operat...
Team Internet CEO on 2025 transition, Commerce Media and DIS sale
Team Internet Group PLC (AIM:TIG, OTCQX:TIGXF, FRA:4CN) CEO Michael Riedl talked with Proactive about the company’s 2025 transition year, progress in reshaping the business and what investors should watch for in 2026. Riedl explained that the company delivered results at the high end of analyst expectations, while significantly reshaping its revenue mix. He highlighted that around 80% of EBITDA now comes from the Domains, Identity and Software (DIS) and comparison platforms, areas that are largely unaffected by changes in the search division. The CEO also discussed the company’s move away from legacy monetisation in its search business. According to R...
First Phosphate CEO on $16.7M in federal funding for Bégin-Lamarche phosphate project
First Phosphate Corp. (CSE:PHOS, OTCQX:FRSPF, FRA:KD0, OTC:FPHOY) CEO John Passalacqua talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company's newly secured C$16.7 million non-repayable contribution from the Government of Canada and how it will support development of the Bégin-Lamarche phosphate project in Quebec. Passalacqua explained that the funding is a significant milestone for the company because it allows First Phosphate to advance its project through key development stages without needing to raise additional dilutive capital. The Bégin-Lamarche deposit is described as a rare igneous phosphate deposit specifically suited for the production of high-purity phosphate used in...
European Green Transition raises £7.5M for Earthmill acquisition
European Green Transition PLC (AIM:EGT) executive chair and co-founder Cathal Friel talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company’s recently announced conditional £7.5 million fundraising and its acquisition of wind turbine maintenance and monitoring businesses, including Earthmill Maintenance. Friel described the raise as a strong result in what he called a “tricky market,” noting that the fundraising was significantly oversubscribed and ultimately scaled up from an initial £5 million target to £7.5 million. The capital will support growth initiatives following the company’s acquisition of assets from Arena Capital Partners, including Earthmill, WEP, Silverford Engineering and a majority stake in analytics company AMO...
HIVE Digital Technologies CEO on AMC Robotics collaboration, AI robotics and GPU cloud growth
HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd (TSX-V:HIVE, NASDAQ:HIVE, FRA:YO0, BVC:HIVECO) President & CEO Aydin Kilic talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company’s expansion into AI-powered robotics and the growth of its global GPU cloud infrastructure. Kilic discussed HIVE’s collaboration with AMC Robotics, a company developing security-focused robotic dogs powered by advanced AI vision systems. The partnership highlights how HIVE’s GPU cloud infrastructure can support complex video processing requirements for moving robotic cameras. The CEO explained that the company has been steadily expanding its GPU and cloud offerings over the past three years. A recent milestone includ...
