My guest in this week's show which is sponsored by Open Orphan PLC (ORPH) is a former editor of this website Flip Flop Ben Turney. We discuss the problems with AIM, New World Oil & Gas, Nostra Terra (NTOG), touching on the mud being slung at Ben by some folks but on the real issues that company faces, on Touchstone Exploration, Big Sofa (BST) and many other matters, notably AIM PLC director expenses. I also discuss companies who switch Nomads too often. Yes that includes Versarien (VRS) and its forced change of today. If you like this podcast and can't wait seven days for more of the same and are tired of being a cheapskate you should listen to my Bearcast every day.

I suspect that ShareProphets readers already know the answer: that the news is really not all that great and thus it looks like a ramparoonie of the first order! Surely it could not be placing ahoy, could it?

In today's podcast I look aty one theory about the past 48 hourse at Great Western Mining (GWMO). i shall be asking the FCA to investigate. I pass on a rumour about Zenith Energy (ZEN) which, if true, will rapidly accelerate its already inevitable demise and I explain why directors of Dev Clever (DEV) should be in jail. Hell's teeth, Dev's year end is November 30 not December 31 as I thought, making this case of securities fraud even worse than I describe in the bearcast. Lock em up starting with boss Chris Jeffries. Again I shall be contacting the FCA.  I also look at NMC Health (NMC) and Novacyt (NCYT). Now that we are at 5 rogue bloggers for Woodlarks, with more rogue bloggers gto be announced soon, surely all listeners can spare a tenner to donate HERE

Recruitment and training company Staffline (STAF) has announced CEO Chris Pullen has “tendered his resignation to the board”. It seeks to reassure that he will “continue… during his notice period in order to facilitate an orderly succession and maintain business continuity”, that “the board's outlook for 2020 remains unchanged” and that it “expects to reach agreement with respect to revised terms that will remove the risk of covenant issues and ensure that the company retains sufficient liquidity headroom”. The shares are though still lower, below 45p…

Previously writing on bathroom and kitchen products company Norcros (NXR), in October I reviewed how’s ‘play it safe and bank the gain here. Sell’ looking approaching a year on? – concluding suggesting increasing difficulties with a reliance on winning market share. Meanwhile, acquisitions still bring greater elements of risk. Thus, whilst at a current circa 220p the shares look cheap, I currently remain on the sidelines here. The shares last closed at 291p but are currently sliding on a “Trading update and impact of the Coronavirus”…

Nine days ago shares in Eurasia Mining (EUA), having rocketed to 7.3p were suspended following “social media” comments which we revealed to be a suggestion that after months of promising to sign an engagement letter with Chinese bank CITIC, that it had signed and was well on the way to making massive disposals. Since then amid a lack of news there has been nothing and he rumour mill is in overdrive. A statement on some of the rumours is needed now as some investors fear they may lose everything while others consider how many Porsches they will be buyng. So what are the rumours?

Fully-listed Egyptian gold producer Centamin (CEY) was one of my tips of the year and my first target was 150p. With the shares now at 145.5p and with a rising gold price I thought it was time for an update.

Too many corporate updates of interest out today, but a review of three which particularly talked to me…

The Sound Energy (SOU) shareholder action group now has more than 300 members and speaks for 9.5% of the, in my view, almost worthless, equity. At 10% it can call an EGM and seek to oust the board. And if you own any stock in the company I urge you to contact me at tomat49@gmail.com NOW and here is why….

A gander at the website of AIM-listed Turkish gold-producer Ariana Resources (AAU) revealed a note from house broker Panmure Gordon, which has again upped its target from 3.6p to a new mark of 4.37p. Of course, as house broker, Panumure is effectively paid to put a good gloss on its clients but it  has hardly been ramping the shares in recent years and as far as I can see there is already huge upside to that valuation, based of Panmure’s own numbers.

Laura Ashley (ALY) “is pleased to announce that discussions between Wells Fargo and MUI Asia Limited relating to the group's immediate funding requirements have concluded and the group should be able to utilise requisite funds from its working capital facility with Wells Fargo to meet its immediate funding requirements” – and the shares have currently responded to 1.90p, around 15% higher. However…

Hello Share Scrimpers. Like me, you probably tolerate companies in your portfolio that you can’t be bothered to do anything about – either to sell or buy more of. One such firm for me is Glencore (GLEN), the big Footsie miner. There always seems to be some excuse why it’s not flying along. And yet the alarm bells are rarely there for me to call it a day...

In the wake of the Shetty shareholdings shenanigans at fully listed NMC Health (NMC), shareholders in fellow Shetty vehicle Finablr (FIN) might be wondering if they are about to discover a similar nest of undisclosed pledges, transfers and sales as the result of alleged dealings by Shetty and the Bin Buttis. The last we had heard was nine days ago when we were told the company was reviewing the situation. Well, this morning came a statement re. Shareholding…….

In today's podcast I look at Tertiary Minerals (TYM), Sunrise Resources (SRES), Bidstack (BIDS), NMC Health (NMC) and Sirius Minerals (SXX). Now that we are at 5 rogue bloggers for Woodlarks surely all listeners can spare a tenner to donate HERE

Photonic components and systems manufacturer Gooch & Housego (GHH) has updated including of “high levels of demand for fibre optics, hi-reliability fibre couplers used in undersea cables and our A&D and life science capabilities” and the shares have currently responded above 1350p, more than 6% higher…

Last week we noted a licencing agreement for LP_LDL, of OptiBiotix Health (OPTI), was clearly positive with the potential then significantly added to but that Uruguay itself is clearly not the largest of markets. The latter is not the case for the United States and Canada!…

A “Statement Regarding Current Situation in China” from domestic appliances, primarily kettles, safety controls group Strix (KETL) – and the shares have currently responded to 190p, 10.5% higher…

Shamed Dr Shetty outfit NMC Holdings (NMC), whose days in the FTSE100 are surely numbered, has updated on the latest apparent news from the good doctor, who waked the plank over the weekend. This is in relation to his holdings in NMC and those of Khalifa Bin Butti and H.E. Saeed Bin Butti held via BRS International Holding Limited.

Yesterday, for the third time in less than a month, Versarien (VRS) was forced by an article on this website and then by AIM regulation to come clean on something, this time a founder director dumping all his shares. Let’s go for a fourth win, the relationship, or lack of it, with BIGT. My letter follows.

I see this morning that the interim CEO of Metro Bank (MTRO), Dan Frumkin, has been given the job on a full-time basis. Well good luck to him! As I have detailed for much of the last two years (and most recently here), the company is a complete dog with risk control issues, write-downs, business reversals and a surprise money raising...all ultimately resulting in a bunch of senior management (including the Founder) exits. And, as I said at the link above, 'all it needs to do now is find someone desperate enough to work there, ideally with a winning strategy...actually that may still be Mission Impossible'…