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The following is a round-up of trading updates by London-listed companies issued on Wednesday, and Thursday last week, and not separately reported by Alliance News: ---------- Blackbird PLC - London-based video editing software for media and entertainment industry - Announces the launch of integrated royalty-free music from Epidemic Sound within elevate.io, Blackbird’s browser-based collaborative video editor. All elevate.io users now have access to Epidemic Sound’s music catalogue directly within elevate.io’s editor. ‘Elevate.io users can search, preview and add tracks seamlessly, with licensing of the music (which can be tailored to users’ requirements) handled when the video is exported,’ Blackbird says. Chair Ian McDonough adds: ‘Music is fundamental to great storytelling, it’s what gives video content its emotion and energy. So rather than sending creators off to find tracks elsewhere, we’ve built it straight into the elevate.io platform. World-class music, right there in users’ workflows. No interruptions, just creativity and complete peace of mind. This is a huge moment for the company and we’re incredibly excited.’ ---------- Alien Metals Ltd - minerals exploration and development focused on Australia - Joint venture partner West Coast Silver Ltd plans to begin its 1,500-metre diamond drilling programme in early April at the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project near Karratha, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The programme is expected to last four to six weeks, with assay results to be received progressively throughout the second quarter. Drilling will test for extensions of mineralisation along strike of the historical Elizabeth Hill high-grade underground silver mine, and structural targets along the Munni Munni Fault. Chair Bruce Garlick says: ‘Our previous 2025 drilling confirmed that silver mineralisation at Elizabeth Hill extends beyond the historical underground mine and associated with a broader structural corridor along the Munni Munni Fault. This current program of diamond drilling below Elizabeth Hill is designed to determine whether there are high-grade silver extensions below and south of the mine. The drilling will also test whether high-grade mineralisation repeats at depth; a model that, if confirmed, could materially expand the resource potential.’ Also, joint venture partner GreenTech Metals Ltd updates on exploration activities at the Munni Munni Platinum-Palladium-Copper-Nickel Project in the West Pilbara region of Western Australia. GreenTech has identified material upside potential not captured in the historic mineral resource estimate of 24 million tonnes at 2.9 grams per ton of platinum group elements platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold, for a total of 2.2 million ounces. Findings include: high-grade PGE zones above 4 g/t, under-recognised cooper and nickel mineralisation outside reef domains, and near-surface eastern mineralisation potentially suitable for open-pit mining. ---------- Physiomics PLC - Oxford, England-based mathematical modelling company supporting the development of new therapeutics and personalised medicine solutions - Chair Jim Millen asks shareholders to vote against the resolution to change its board composition ahead of the requisitioned general meeting on April 29. ‘The board rejects the suggestion that the company has failed to create value. In addition to delivering specialist services to clients, the company has built valuable intellectual property (Virtual Tumour and our personalised dosing tool which is in development), proprietary know-how, modelling capability, scientific credibility and customer relationships that represent important strategic assets of the business,’ Millen says. Adds that there is ‘a genuine risk that disruption to the current stewardship of the business, without appropriate continuity of relevant company and sector knowledge, could impair the company’s ability to commercialise the value it has created.’ ---------- Amigo Resources PLC - focussed on gold and rare earth mining opportunities in Africa, principally in Tanzania and Mauritania - Provides goals for the next twelve months. This includes: the launch of multiple processing hubs across Tanzania, Africa, and Latin America; scaling its mineral aggregation network through new artisanal and small-scale miners and semi-industrial partnerships; securing long-term agreements aligned with EU and US critical mineral requirements; and progressing ventures on high-scale assets confirmed through rapid validation protocols. Comments: ‘The synergy between Amigo’s visionary leadership and aggressive operational execution has created a platform of Tier-One potential. By controlling the processing nodes and the information layer of the African mineral economy, we are delivering a new standard of transparency and growth. We stand at a pivotal inflection point, uniquely positioned to capture the multi-billion-dollar industrial upside of African mineral beneficiation.’ ---------- Crystal Amber Fund Ltd - activist fund investing in small and mid-cap UK equities - Restarts buyback programme. Intends to repurchase 2.7 million shares, worth £3.0 million, under the authorisation granted on December 2. Says there is no guarantee that the programme will be implemented in full. ---------- Eden Research PLC - Oxfordshire, England-based developer of biopesticides and formulation technologies for the crop protection, animal health and consumer products industries - Confirms that all conditions relating to its conditional placing have now been satisfied. In February, Eden conditionally raised £7.6 million gross by way of a placing at 4.0 pence per share. The placing was conditional in part on changes to the enterprise investment scheme and venture capital trust legislation announced in the UK Government’s Autumn Statement passing into law. ---------- Quantum Helium Ltd - targets helium, hydrogen and hydrocarbons in the US and Australia - Begins extended production test at the Sagebrush-1 well in Colorado. Testing is expected to run over the coming weeks, with results to be announced once analysis has been completed. Chief Executive Officer Howard McLaughlin says: ‘Commencing the extended production test at Sagebrush-1 is a major milestone for Quantum and an important step forward for the company. This well has already demonstrated the presence of helium, and this programme is focused on confirming flow rates and commercial potential. The results will be critical in moving our prospective resources towards reserves and defining the pathway to development.’ ---------- Guardian Metal Resources PLC - London-based mining company targeting tungsten in Nevada - Receives notice of the exercise of options over 300,000 shares at an exercise price of 0.14 pence each, raising £42,000. ---------- International Consolidated Airlines Group SA - Madrid-based owner of British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Vueling - On April 2, Chief Financial and Sustainability Officer Nicholas Cadbury sells 225,000 shares at 362.3 pence each, worth total £815,175. ---------- Videndum PLC - Richmond, London-based broadcasting hardware and software provider - Independent non-executive director. Martin Cooke to step down 30 April 30. Deputy Chair Graham Oldroyd will revert to his former role as independent non-executive director. Chair Stephen Harris says: ‘Given that we now have a stable platform for growth the board will be focusing on business opportunities and returning to a more common governance structure...We are actively pursuing the recruitment of a permanent chief executive officer and will update shareholders on progress with this search as soon as we have something able to.’ ---------- Trustpilot Group PLC - Copenhagen, Denmark-based consumer review platform - On April 2, Aurore Blair, a person closely associated with CEO Adrian Blair, buys 48,844 shares at average 203.4 pence, worth total £99,349. ---------- Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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