Readers will know that I have gradually been top slicing my holding in AIM-listed Turkish gold miner Ariana Resources(AAU)  – not because it was no longer cheap, but because having seen the shares roofing it over the past couple of years my holding had simply become far too big. It has been an awkward time as a ShareProphets writer as we have very strict rules about disclosure and selling tipped stocks, and whilst I have always retained my bullish view I have wanted to offload a few along the way. But I have a dirty little secret.

I start with an admission that I am having PC problems which make it a nightmare recording sessions for MineProphets. to tackle this I went to Wrexham to PC World today and report on the true retailaggedon occuring here in Wales. I should be up andrunning and recording by tonight so grab your seat HERE.  Then onto Boohoo.com (BOO) and thoughts on last night's bombshell HERE. Then onto Manolete (MANO). I rebut its pathetic rebuttal HERE but in this podcast deal with its attempted PR hit job on Shareprophets which brings the spinners at Instinctif into utter disgrace.  

Last week I published a detailed dossier on Manolete (MANO) explaining why the shares, then 515p, were worth 80p. Today the company has published an attempted rebuttal which starts with upper class twit PR scumbags Instinctif trying to smear ShareProphets. The shares are off another 15p at 395p.  The PR men may find smearing journalists almost as entertaining as mutual masturbation behind the bike sheds at Eton, but the markets are not convinced. I shall deal witrh that smear in bearcast later. First why the rebutall is so weak.

Filta Group (FLTA) has updated including “May turnover some 14% up on April and June a further 38% up on May” and “launch in May of our sanitisation and protect service, FiltaShield… with the number and value of customer quotations continuing to increase, we are optimistic that, as our markets in the US and UK continue to reopen over the coming weeks and months, we will see an increasing contribution from that service”. The shares have currently responded to 93.5p, more than 8% lower...

Okay, this is not a £226 million investor mislead. But as near insolvent Supply@MECapital (SYME) tries to ramp its shares ahead of some sort of financial bailout I can state categorically that someone is telling a 100% slam dunk outright lie.

Fever-Tree (FEVR) has updated emphasising “consistently strong performance through our Off-Trade channels” and “pleased to announce the acquisition of Global Drinks Partnership, the group's sales agent in Germany… providing us with an ideal platform to take advantage of the opportunity within the German market and accelerate our growth”. The shares have currently responded to around 2300p, circa 5% lower...

On Saturday 18^th July anyone serious about mining stocks will be tuning in to MineProphets. The conference will last all day but the, more than 30 videos will stay up until just after Christmas. Tipsters, CEO and a swathe of mining gurus and experts will be presenting and most of those who do present will also be there on the day to chat to attendees in dedicated chat rooms. And already I have one stock I am almost certain to buy

If you read everything but the first couple of lines of today’s trading update from DFS Furniture (DFS) for its year to the end of June, you might think that everything was kind of workable for the sofa company. Apparently online order intake is up 77% year-on-year between the 23rd March and the 12th July, whilst in the physical showrooms - post re-opening - demand was up 69% between 1st June and 12th July. Sofa frenzy! Of course though, the reality is captured in those first two lines of the update...

Last night, at no-one-is-watching o’clock (four minutes to six pm) it was announced that Mr Samuel Dayani, a NED at AIM-listed CentralNic Group (CNIC) has been dumping shares – the best part of £155,000 worth. We are told that he still has a boat-load of the stock (11.36% of the shares) but nonetheless that’s quite a bit of cash especially when the company has recently done a 'Capital Markets event' and seen paid-for researcher Edison produce a gushing note last month. Goodness me, that was good timing!...

Longboat Energy (LBE) is a company that I actually like and hope does well longer term but, having seen its share price double, I’m finding it hard to see where the value is up here and would be inclined to at least bank some profit...

Writing on Remote Monitored Systems (RMS) on Friday as its Chairman left “effective immediately, to pursue other opportunities”, I suggested forget previous cash raised to support growth of the group's core areas of business, it needed to keep the lights on and more is to be required. With that from a market cap of £1.5 million, natch bargepole / sell. That was with the shares down from a prior closing 0.28p to 0.23p...

Hello, Share Swingers. I’m not sure why I’m not invested in Tritax Big Box (BBOX), as I certainly think it's a company that's on the up. The latest numbers confirm that view...

Boohoo (BOO) stated on 8 July that it was “shocked and appalled by the recent allegations that have been made” about suppliers in Leicester using what amounts to slave labour. Really? On the Iain Dale show on LBC yesterday, Tory MP Andrew Bridgen – who has led this expose – stated that a main centre of this trade was the Dunlop Building. He means the Dunlop Business Centre.

I have had a bad day trying to record videos for MineProphets - just 2 of a scheduled 5 completed. But they were stormers. I guess the 3 will be redone in the 4 days I have left. Anyhow it will be a great show so buy your £2.99 access (which lasts until Christmas) HERE. In today's show I discuss Versarien (VRS), Eqtec (EQT), Boohoo (BOO), Quiz (QUIZ), Photo-Me (PHTM), Supply@ME Capital (SYME) and Manolete (MANO).

Previously writing on fast-fashion company Quiz plc (QUIZ), last month I noted with the shares at 7.5p with its retail store portfolio uneconomic anyway, “Restructuring” utilising COVID-19 excuse – concluding noting “is in discussions with regards to securing a longer-term bank facility”. With a viable business still needing to be demonstrated here, despite the prospective release of various liabilities, at this juncture I certainly continue to avoid. Now a “Response to Media Reporting” announcement, commencing “QUIZ is extremely concerned by information recently reported in the media regarding an alleged instance of non-compliance with National Living Wage requirements in a factory making QUIZ products in Leicester”...

“Image Scan, (AIM: IGE) specialists in the field of X-ray imaging for the security and industrial inspection markets, announces signature of a partnership agreement with a major security technology company that will lead to the launch of a new range of security X-ray screening systems for the international market” – and the shares have currently responded to 2.65p, more than 55% higher!...

Remember from episode 1, this is all about ramping the shares ahead of October 17. The higher the share price then the greater the size of the multi-million quid bonus pool for Novacyt (NCYT) bosses notably CEO Graham Mullis. Oink Oink. Ching. Ching.

Writing on self-styled “a leading supplier of functional acceleration ethernet adapter cards” Ethernity Networks (ENET) last month, we concluded despite the shares down to 21.5p that they still a stonking sell with a rescue placing needed ASAP and recently-appointed joint broker VSA Capital needing to get to work or would Arden Partners have to lead from the front?… although its standing can't be helped by its role in the 2017 IPO at 140p per share! Today - quelle surprise - a “pleased to announce… placing and subscription”...

Fully-listed Egyptian gold miner Centamin (CEY) has produced its Q2 report this morning and the numbers read well – the only thing missing was a hint as to the size of the forthcoming interim dividend. But despite the Covid crisis, Centamin is awash with cash and everything seems to be proceeding in line with expectations.

Our response to Coronavirus divides us ever more. I argue that wrecking the world economy will cause untold misery and was the wrong response to a virus that largely polished off fplks who were already on St Peter’s short list for a fairly imminent interview. For this I am  branded “irresponsible” by one reader today while others accuse me of callously wishing to deny many more years of happy and active life to their 95 year old grandparents or parents. So what if deaths across Europe are falling to sod all, the lockdown jihadists warn of an imminent second wave. But deaths, even in the US, are falling. This pandemic is tailing off which is a problem if you are Avacta (AVCT)