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The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Monday. ---------- SMALL-CAP - WINNERS ---------- First Class Metals PLC, up 12% at 2.40 pence, 12-month range 0.62p-5.75p. Its 2024-2025 winter exploration programme produced ‘exceptional’ results, identifying multiple high-priority targets across its Ontario gold projects, particularly at North Hemlo and Sunbeam. ‘The winter work programme was an operational success and the results it has produced are exceptional,’ says Chief Executive Officer Marc Sale. ‘We remain encouraged with the potential of the Roy structure at Sunbeam after the property visit with a renowned structural geologist potentially a eureka moment.’ ---------- SMALL-CAP - LOSERS ---------- Petra Diamonds Ltd, down 3.0% at 19.59p, 12-month range 19.05p-43.84p. The diamond mining firm announces sales worth a total of $53 million in tender 5 and 6, which took place in April and June. In tender 5 and 6 of 2024, sales totalled $93 million. In tender 4 of this year, held in February, sales of $39 million were achieved. Year-on-year, the average price per carat fell to $86 from $127. ‘Like-for-like rough diamond prices, excluding single stones, for goods sold improved by 3% on tender 4 FY 2025 across most product categories. YTD like-for-like prices are down 16% compared to the equivalent six tenders of FY 2024, mainly from smaller size categories,’ it adds. ---------- Copyright 2025 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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