Proactive - Interviews for investors

Fiinu Plc (AIM:BANK) CEO Dr Marko Sjoblom talked with Proactive about the company's plans to transform access to overdrafts through its unbundled banking technology, its commercial partnerships and the potential for expansion across the UK and Europe. Speaking at the One2One Investor Forum, Sjoblom explained how Fiinu aims to separate overdraft facilities from traditional current accounts, allowing customers to access short-term credit without switching their existing main bank. The CEO highlighted the opportunity created by changes in the UK overdraft market following regulatory reforms in 2020. He said access to arranged overdrafts had become increasingly limited, with only 10% of...

Henderson High Income Trust Portfolio Manager David Smith talked with Proactive at the One2One Investor forum about the investment trust's strategy for generating sustainable income, delivering long-term capital growth and identifying opportunities in UK equities. Smith outlined how a diversified portfolio of UK shares and bonds supports the trust's income objectives, with a current dividend yield of approximately 5.5%. Smith explained that the trust, established in 1989, focuses on dividend sustainability rather than simply targeting the highest-yielding stocks. The investment approach prioritises financially strong companies with attractive valuations, resilient cash flows and the potential to grow dividends over time. The portfolio...

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European Green Transition PLC (AIM:EGT) CFO Jack Kelly and Wind Services Platform Managing Director David Broadbank talked with Proactive at the One2One Investor Forum about the company's growth strategy, its expanding UK and Ireland wind services operations, and its medium-term ambition to reach £50 million in annual revenue. Kelly outlined European Green Transition's strategy of building a capital-light critical infrastructure services business, focusing on recurring revenues, organic growth and strategic acquisitions. The company acquired its wind services business in February 2026 for £3.5 million and has reported strong performance since completion. The wind services platform currently maintains approximately 900 turbines across the UK...

Christie Group plc CEO Daniel Prickett and CFO Simon Hawkins spoke with Proactive at the One2One Investor Forum about the specialist business services group’s growth strategy, financial performance and European expansion. The team also discussed the group’s medium-term ambitions to achieve £100 million in revenue and a 10% operating margin. Prickett outlined how Christie Group supports clients buying, operating, developing, financing, insuring and selling businesses across specialist sectors, including hospitality, healthcare and retail. The group operates through five established brands, including Christie & Co, Christie Finance, Christie Insurance, Pinders and Venners. Prickett highlighted the benefits of combining these services, using the s...

Meren Energy Inc (TSX:MER, STO:MER, OTCQX:MRNFF) CEO Dr Oliver Quinn spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about strong third-quarter financial results, renewed drilling activity in Nigeria and plans to accelerate operations during 2027. Meren reported quarterly EBITDA of more than $110 million and free cash flow of $59 million, with higher commodity prices supporting performance. Cumulative EBITDA for the first nine months also exceeded the company's full-year 2025 total, despite slightly lower production. Quinn explained that Meren's return to drilling follows an 18-month pause, which allowed its joint venture to assess new subsurface data and complete engineering work. A rig is now...

Suyo Mining Inc. (TSX-V:SUYO) Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Development James C. Tworek spoke with Proactive about plans to expand existing mining operations and explore a 31,000-hectare land package in South America. Unlike many junior miners, Suyo is already generating revenue through a processing plant commissioned in 2023, with current capacity of 50 tonnes per day. The company aims to increase this to 110 tonnes per day, with permits allowing for a potential expansion to 350 tonnes. Tworek highlighted the importance of around 35 offtake agreements with local artisanal miners, built on relationships developed over more than a decade. Following completion of...

bioAffinity Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:BIAF) President and CEO Maria Zannes spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about record testing volumes for the company's CyPath Lung test, growing physician adoption and plans to expand its commercial reach. The company performed 235 CyPath Lung tests in October, a monthly record and equivalent to approximately 45% of all tests conducted in the previous quarter. Zannes said the increase reflected both new physicians adopting the non-invasive lung cancer test and greater use among existing customers. She highlighted the role of doctors sharing their experiences with colleagues in driving wider uptake. The company is expanding its sales team...

Ariana Resources PLC (AIM:AAU, ASX:AA2, FRA:4A6) managing director Dr Kerim Sener talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company's approved secondary listing on Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), a proposed US$3 million to US$5 million fundraising and plans to advance its flagship Dokwe Gold Project. Sener described the listing as a major strategic milestone, opening access to Zimbabwean institutional investors and US-dollar capital to support development of the 1.6 million-ounce gold project. The fundraising includes cornerstone investor Dendere Asset Management, which has committed US$1 million and agreed to use its best endeavours to subscribe for up to...

First Graphene Ltd managing director and CEO Michael Bell talked with Proactive about three new orders worth a combined A$45,000, including a repeat PureGRAPH order for a US defence application and the company’s first commercial orders for its newly developed graphene oxide product. Bell said the US defence customer had been growing its demand over time, with the latest order reaching a level that First Graphene considered significant enough to highlight. He said the wider defence segment could represent an important longer-term opportunity for the company, particularly as graphene applications continue to develop across composites and carbon fibre. The tw...

Investment Markets CEO Darren Connolly talked with Proactive about how retirement is changing the way Australian investors construct portfolios, with a growing shift away from higher-growth strategies towards income, stability and capital preservation. Connolly explained that investors in their 20s, 30s and 40s have traditionally focused on growing their portfolios and have generally been more willing to accept risk because of their longer investment timeframes. As more baby boomers move into retirement, however, Investment Markets is seeing a significant change in the types of opportunities investors are researching. He said fixed-income opportunities have become increasingly important as interest rates have...

Pilbara Gold Ltd managing director Dr Peter Turner talked with Proactive about the latest drilling results from the company’s Mt York Gold Project in Western Australia’s Pilbara and what they could mean for the upcoming pre-feasibility study. Turner said drilling had continued to demonstrate the scale and continuity of the gold system at Mt York, where the current resource contains 2.1 million ounces of gold within a mineralised trend extending for around 4.2 kilometres. Extensional holes drilled beneath the current pit shell have returned wide zones of mineralisation, with Turner saying the latest work showed that mineralisation continued “very much at str...

Harmoney Corp Ltd chief executive and managing director David Stevens talked with Proactive about the online lender’s strong start to FY27, growth across Australia and New Zealand, the expansion of its intermediary channel and the company’s target of growing its loan book beyond $1 billion. Stevens explained that Harmoney provides personal and car loans through a fully online model, with loan sizes ranging from $2,000 to $100,000. The company uses risk-based pricing and its proprietary Stellare® platform to automate much of the credit assessment process, allowing eligible customers to receive approvals and funds rapidly. Discussing Harmoney’s recent performance, Stevens highlighted a group...

Pennpetro Energy plc (LSE:PPP) executive co-chairman and president of ICE Holdings Richard Spinks spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the first commercial production of ICE black pellets, initial shipments to Poland and plans to expand capacity. Spinks said the first full production run was completed on October 29, with the pellets bagged and shipped to Poland. A test container has arrived and is being divided between pellet stove and boiler manufacturers for testing. The shipment has also helped confirm logistics, delivery times and costs, with door-to-door delivery taking around 30 days. Poland is the initial target market, with more than 450,000 households...

Silver Range Resources CEO Mike Power joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss results from a three-dimensional induced polarization (3D-IP) and resistivity survey at the company’s East Goldfield Property in Nye County, Nevada. The survey identified a large zone of elevated chargeability associated with surface lithocap and ledge-style epithermal high-sulphidation mineralization. The inverted chargeability and resistivity data are considered reliable to depths of approximately 250 to 500 metres below surface, depending on the geometry of the source bodies. Conducted across the western portion of the property, the survey outlined an anomaly interpreted to define the limits of a high-sulphidation mineralized system, or...

ertiary Minerals PLC (AIM:TYM, OTC:TTIRF, FRA:TMU) managing director Richard Belcher talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about encouraging Phase 4 drilling results at its Mushima North project in Zambia, the start of deeper drilling and plans for a maiden mineral resource before year-end. The latest results confirmed wide, near-surface silver, copper and zinc intersections at the Discovery Zone, with mineralisation extending beyond the existing exploration target. Several holes also ended in mineralisation, suggesting further potential at depth. Phase 5 diamond drilling is now underway, targeting depths of up to 200 metres to test beneath the oxide zone and investigate the potential...

Hive Digital Technologies CEO Aydin Kilic joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company's second-quarter fiscal 2027 results for the three months ended September 30, 2026, highlighting growth in its high-performance computing (HPC) business and continued expansion of its global power capacity. HIVE reported revenue of $84.9 million, an increase of 7.3% sequentially, although down 2.7% compared with the same quarter last year. Gross operating margin was $30.2 million, representing 35.6% of revenue, while adjusted EBITDA reached $24.8 million, or 29.2% of revenue. HIVE's BUZZ High Performance Computing business generated $8.8 million in revenue during the quarter, up 25.3% from the previous quarter and 70.7% year over year. The growth was primarily...

Medicus Pharma CEO Dr Raza Bokhari joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company's third-quarter 2026 financial results, which showed a narrower net loss and lower general and administrative expenses as Medicus shifts its development focus towards CD228V, an antibody-drug conjugate licensed from Pfizer. For the three months ended September 30, 2026, Medicus reported a net loss of $15.2 million, or $11.64 per share, compared with a loss of $16 million, or $56.18 per share, in the same period last year. Medicus ended the quarter with $13.1 million in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, including $5 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents. Bokhari said the...

American Rare Earths CEO Mark Wall joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce the commencement of a small-scale continuous pilot plant program designed to produce neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) oxide, followed by NdPr metal, from material sourced from the company's Halleck Creek deposit in Wyoming. Rare earth concentrate from Halleck Creek has been delivered to Novex, where the pilot plant has been constructed at its research facility. The program is separate from, and significantly smaller than, the larger continuous pilot plant planned for the Saskatchewan Research Council in 2027. Wall told Proactive that the initiative is intended to deepen the company's metallurgical understanding...

Millennial Potash Chairman Farhad Abasov joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce another encouraging drilling result at the company's Banio Potash Project in Gabon, where drillhole BA-007 intersected approximately 132 metres of cumulative potash mineralization at the North Target. Completed to a depth of 624.65 metres, BA-007 is located approximately 2,400 metres northwest of BA-006 and 2,600 metres west of BA-002. The result represents one of the thickest intersections of potash mineralization recorded at the project to date and supports the company's geological model that the potash-rich sequence thickens toward the west. Abasov told Proactive that BA-007 is the westernmost hole drilled by the...

Bango PLC (AIM:BGO, OTCQX:BGOPF) CEO Paul Larbey talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company's new partnership with Ooredoo Group and the opportunity to expand its Digital Vending Machine (DVM) platform across the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. The group-level agreement gives Ooredoo's operating companies access to Bango's subscription bundling technology, potentially reaching nearly 150 million customers across its markets. Larbey explained how a shared platform will allow operators to offer tailored subscription bundles combining local and global digital services with existing mobile and fixed-line plans. The deal marks Bango's first DVM partnership in the Middle East...

FireFly Metals Ltd managing director Steve Parsons talked with Proactive about the latest high-grade drilling results from the company’s Green Bay Copper-Gold Project in Newfoundland, Canada, and how continued resource growth could feed into the upcoming feasibility study. FireFly Metals is continuing both growth and infill drilling at the Ming Mine, with the latest results showing that the project’s very high-grade zone continues both at depth and laterally. Several of the latest intersections sit outside the existing August resource, including results Parsons highlighted of around 16 metres at nearly 10% copper and seven metres at around 10% copper. He said these resu...

Lightning Minerals Ltd managing director Troy Brice talked with Proactive about the completion of Phase 2 diamond drilling at the company’s Mt Turner Gold Project in North Queensland and the pathway toward a maiden gold Mineral Resource Estimate in 2027. Brice said the drilling team had completed the program and demobilised after working through challenging conditions, with samples now sent to laboratories for assay. He said the company was pleased with the outcome and was moving into the next stage of assessment, geological review and preparation for further drilling. The Phase 2 campaign builds on Lightning Minerals’ 2025 drilling, which Brice said successfully vali...

Lumos Diagnostics Chief Commercial Officer Paul Kase joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the expansion of the company's FebriDx rapid diagnostic test across an additional 97 WellStreet Urgent Care locations, bringing the total number of participating clinics in the network to 141. FebriDx is a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test that uses a fingerstick blood sample to help healthcare professionals distinguish between bacterial and non-bacterial infections. The test is designed to support clinical decision-making, particularly when assessing patients with respiratory infections. Lumos began its relationship with WellStreet through a single-site pilot agreement in Atlanta, Georgia, in October 2025. WellStreet is one of the...

Blackbird PLC (AIM:BIRD) CEO Sumit Rai talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about his appointment, the company's next phase of growth and plans to expand its cloud-based video editing platform, elevate.io. Rai, who has led elevate.io's development since joining Blackbird in 2022, said the business is now shifting its focus from building the product to accelerating commercial growth. Since its launch last year, elevate.io has surpassed 1,000 paying users, giving Blackbird valuable insight into customer needs and its target market. Rai outlined two key priorities: continuing to develop the platform and expanding its customer base. Product plans include enhanced...

Sunda Energy PLC (AIM:SNDA, FRA:GHA0) CEO Andy Butler spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about its planned New Zealand acquisition, production growth opportunities and progress in Timor-Leste. The New Zealand business produces more than 1,000 barrels of oil per day from the Cheal fields, providing an established base for further development. Butler outlined plans for an appraisal well that could significantly increase reserves and potentially triple production within a couple of years. Other opportunities include workovers, bringing additional gas zones online, restarting the Puka field and advancing the Sidewinder gas storage project. Butler also discussed the regulatory approval process and...

Alvear Tungsten Limited (ASX:ATW) managing director and CEO Spencer Cole spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about plans to restart the historic Nueva Santa Clara tungsten mine in Argentina, and the company's proposed ASX listing. Historical production records indicate grades above 2% tungsten trioxide (WO₃), with Cole saying the existing data could help accelerate development. He also outlined the advantages of the project's wolfram mineralisation, which can be processed using gravity methods rather than the more complex flotation required for scheelite. The discussion covered tightening global tungsten supply, China's dominance of production and rising prices, as Western buyers seek alternative sources. Al...

Alvopetro Energy CEO Corey Ruttan joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company’s third-quarter 2026 financial results and operational progress across its Brazilian natural gas assets. The company reported a strong quarter, with sales volumes averaging 2,966 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), revenue of $19.3 million and funds flow from operations of $14.3 million. Alvopetro achieved a realized natural gas price of $11.49 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf), generating an operating netback of $60.87 per boe and an operating netback margin of 86%. Natural gas, oil and condensate revenue rose 36% from a year earlier to $19.3 million, on higher sales volumes and higher realized pr...

Nine Mile Metals CEO Patrick Cruickshank joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss encouraging assay results from drill hole DDH WD-26-12 at the company's Wedge Mine project in New Brunswick's Bathurst Mining Camp, where drilling has identified two distinct zones of high-grade volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) mineralization. Cruickshank told Proactive that the latest hole returned a combination of copper, lead, zinc, silver and gold mineralization, including a substantial zinc-lead-silver-rich lens extending across approximately 20 metres. The company also highlighted gold values across the same interval, along with three particularly encouraging copper samples, the highest grading 3.43% copper. Hole WD-26-12 was...

Fox Tungsten CEO Steve Gray joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce the commencement of a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the company's Fox Tungsten Project in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, marking an important step towards evaluating the project's potential development. Gray told Proactive that the PEA represents a significant milestone as Fox Tungsten moves beyond exploration and resource expansion towards assessing the project's potential economic viability. The company has assembled an experienced team of engineering, geological and metallurgical consultants to complete the study, with results targeted for the second quarter of 2027. Fox Tungsten has selected Ausenco Engineering...

VivoPower International PLC Chief Investment Officer Alex Cuppage joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company's first-quarter fiscal 2027 financial results, highlighting a return to profitability, growing data centre revenue and improved operating cash flow. VivoPower reported US$6.8 million in revenue for the quarter, compared with no revenue in the same period last year. The company's data centre business in Mo i Rana, Norway, contributed US$6.5 million, representing approximately 95.5% of total revenue. The electric vehicle business, Tembo, generated the remaining US$300,000 following the completion of its first batch of vehicle fleet deliveries during the quarter. Gross profit reached US$2.5 million...

Dennis Rowland, managing director of Strategic Minerals PLC (AIM:SML) subsidiary Cornwall Resources, developing the Redmoor tungsten, tin and copper project in Cornwall, spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the latest drilling results. Drilling has passed 7,500 metres across 13 holes, with three rigs now operating on site. The programme is on time and within budget, targeting the conversion of inferred resources into indicated resources while testing the potential to expand the deposit. Rowland said early results from the tungsten-rich eastern zone had confirmed expected higher-grade mineralisation, with grades consistent with previous findings. A notable development is the first visual identification of...

HANetf active ETF product specialist Vincent Chung spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about Canada's growing investment appeal, opportunities in energy and infrastructure, and how investors can diversify beyond the US. Chung highlighted Blackstone and major Canadian pension funds committing US$3.1 billion to LNG Canada, supporting an expansion that will double production capacity to 28 million tonnes a year. He said the investment underlined confidence in Canada's natural resources and export potential. The discussion also covered Canada's political and fiscal backdrop, including its relatively low net debt-to-GDP ratio, government incentives for business investment and the impact of US trade tariffs. For investors...

Chesnara PLC (LSE:CSN) CEO Steve Murray spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the group’s agreement to acquire MetLife UK’s closed-book life insurance business, adding 18,000 policies and £1.7bn in assets under administration. The deal, Chesnara’s fourth acquisition in two years, is expected to generate around £90m in lifetime cashflows and add approximately £45m to Own Funds and Contractual Service Margin. It is expected to complete in the first half of 2027, subject to regulatory approval. Murray said the portfolio was a strong fit with Chesnara’s existing UK operations, with administration already handled by its outsourcing partner SS&C Technolog...

Nano One Materials Corp Chief Operating Officer Denis Geoffroy joined Steve Darling from Proactive to provide an update on the company's Candiac Facility expansion, production plans and ongoing commercial discussions with potential customers. Geoffroy said the expansion project at Candiac was completed at the end of September 2026, with construction now underway and expected to be finished in the first quarter of 2027. Commissioning is targeted for the second quarter of 2027. The company is also implementing automation improvements to its Demonstration Line, which are expected to increase production capacity to approximately 800 tonnes per annum of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode material during...

Medicus Pharma CEO Dr Raza Bokhari joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss a proposed transaction involving the company's wholly owned subsidiary, SkinJect, which has entered into a non-binding letter of intent with an undisclosed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) for a potential business combination. The proposed transaction contemplates a US$135 million pre-money enterprise valuation for SkinJect, alongside a concurrent equity financing intended to support the company's SKNJCT-005 clinical study in patients with Gorlin syndrome and preparations for a potential New Drug Application (NDA). Bokhari told Proactive that the proposed deal is designed to establish SkinJect as a separately listed...

Diversified Energy Company PLC CEO Rusty Hutson Jr. joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company's financial and operational results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, highlighting production performance, portfolio optimization and progress on its planned acquisition of Birch Resources. Diversified reported average daily production of 1,189 million cubic feet equivalent per day (MMcfepd), or approximately 198,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, during the third quarter. Its production mix consisted of approximately 72% natural gas, 14% natural gas liquids and 14% oil. The company generated per-unit revenue of $4.36 per Mcfe, equivalent to $26.16 per Boe, and reported an adjusted EBITDA margin of 56%. ...

1911 Gold Corporation CEO Shaun Heinrichs joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss additional assay results from the company's ongoing underground infill and delineation drilling program at the True North Gold Project in Manitoba, where exploration is focused on strengthening mineral resources targeted for the early years of a potential mine restart. Heinrichs told Proactive that the latest drilling continues to support the company's work towards a potential restart decision in 2027. The program is designed to improve confidence in existing resources at the L10 Zone, which is accessible from Level 16, where underground development is advancing to provide access for planned test...

Solvonis Therapeutics PLC (LSE:SVNS, OTC:SLVNF) CEO Anthony Tennyson spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about a US patent allowance covering ketamine-based treatments for behavioural addictions and the commercial opportunities it opens up. The method-of-use patent covers ketamine, including both enantiomers, at therapeutic doses above 50mg. Tennyson expects it to be granted in the first quarter of 2027, giving Solvonis exclusive US rights for the specified uses. The company is initially targeting binge eating disorder and gambling disorder, which Tennyson said affect an estimated three million and nine million Americans respectively. He described the wider market as an opportunity spanning more...

Caledonia Mining Corporation PLC (AIM:CMCL, NYSE-A:CMCL, VFEX:CMCL) CEO Mark Learmonth spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about a US$150 million interim financing facility for its Bilboes gold project in Zimbabwe and progress towards full project funding. Learmonth said the facility would support procurement, early site activity and contractor payments, helping prevent delays as development advances. He described it as a key part of the company's four-pillar funding strategy, alongside gold price hedging, a convertible bond raise and traditional project financing. The first three elements are now in place, with long-term project financing still being finalised. Learmonth said discussions...