Proactive - Interviews for investors

Pantheon International PLC (LSE:PIN, FRA:PAA0) chair Tony Morgan tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion that the company has completed a £224 million secondary portfolio sale and will use at least 80% of the proceeds - around £180 million - for share buybacks. The numbers are striking: "Since 2022, PIN has returned over £350 million to shareholders and, following the completion of the buyback we've ann...

Frontier IP Group PLC (LSE:FIPP, FRA:8WT) new CFO Shaun Claydon tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion that his City background — spanning PwC, investment banking and broking, with a focus on SME fundraising, IPOs and M&A — makes him well placed to help the technology commercialisation group drive value from its portfolio. Claydon says several of Frontier IP's 17 or 18 portfolio companies are now "gain...

CelLBxHealth PLC (AIM:CLBX, FRA:DWV) CEO Peter Collins tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion that a major restructuring — cutting costs by more than £6.6 million and consolidating facilities — has repositioned the business for commercial growth just as demand for circulating tumour cell analysis accelerates. Collins is direct about the opportunity: "The need for circulating tumour cells as an importan...

Fineqia International Inc (CSE:FNQ) senior associate Matteo Greco tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion that April's crypto ETP rebound was encouraging but largely price-driven, with genuine inflows still limited as geopolitical tensions and macro uncertainty continued to weigh on sentiment. Basket products were the standout, outperforming single-asset ETPs with what Greco describes as "some genuine d...

Caledonia Mining Corporation PLC (AIM:CMCL, NYSE-A:CMCL, VFEX:CMCL) CEO Mark Learmonth tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion that a tough first quarter on production was more than rescued by the gold price, with EBITDA up 50% and free cash flow tripling to over $12 million despite output coming in at 14,700 ounces on weaker grades. Learmonth is confident the second half will be stronger: "We expected...

Nextech3D.ai CEO Evan Gappelberg joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce the launch of the Krafty Labs AI Event Marketplace, a new AI-integrated platform designed to help event organizers, exhibitors, and sponsors deploy experiential activations supported by analytics and engagement tools. Gappelberg explained that the Krafty Labs Event Marketplace creates a centralized environment where c...

Gunnison Copper Corp President and newly appointed CEO Craig Hallworth joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss his promotion to Chief Executive Officer and the company’s broader leadership expansion as it advances the flagship Gunnison Copper Project toward key development milestones. The company announced a series of senior leadership and technical appointments aimed at strengthening its o...

Brixton Metals CEO Gary Thompson joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce the fourth batch of drill results from the company’s ongoing exploration campaign at the Langis Silver Project in the historic Cobalt mining camp. The 2026 drill program is focused on both infill and expansion drilling targeting established high-grade silver zones. To date, Brixton has completed 13,845 metres across 6...

Enlivex CEO Oren Hershlovitz joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company’s dual strategy of advancing late-stage clinical drug development while building a digital asset treasury initiative tied to decentralized prediction markets. Hershkovitz explained that Enlivex continues progressing development of Allocetra for osteoarthritis while simultaneously gaining exposure to the growing...

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure's executive chairman Steven Marshall and Kevin Moroney, managing director of Broadcast Infrastructure, tell Proactive's Stephen Gunnion that 5G broadcast has the potential to fundamentally change how video content reaches audiences - delivering TV to any device with a 5G chip, with no mobile data required and no dependence on traditional network coverage. The conver...

Alvopetro Energy CEO Corey Ruttan joined Steve Darling from Proactive to provide a comprehensive operational update, highlighting solid April production and Q1 results, thanks to the ongoing development progress in Brazil, and improving natural gas pricing under the company’s long-term sales agreement. Alvopetro reported April sales volumes of 3,133 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), drive...

Giyani Metals Corp (TSX-V:EMM, OTC:CATPF, FRA:KT9) interim executive chair Nigel Robinson tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion that the company has effectively passed Phase 2 battery testing with US specialist C4V, describing the results as "a very good testament to the quality of the product that we've produced." The testing involved single-layer pouch cell analysis across multiple charge and discha...

Hive Digital Technologies Executive Chairman Frank Holmes joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce a major infrastructure upgrade at the company’s Grand Falls data centre in New Brunswick, alongside a key milestone in its public market presence. Through its subsidiary Buzz High Performance Computing, HIVE has contracted a new fibre optic network overbuild and carrier transport upgrade for t...

Sunda Energy PLC (AIM:SNDA) CEO Andy Butler tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion that the Philippines represents one of the company's most exciting growth opportunities, with over 10 trillion cubic feet of prospective gas estimated in the Sulu Sea. Butler is direct about the appeal: the fiscal terms and returns on successful investments in the region are among "possibly the best in the world," and gr...

Standard Uranium CEO Jon Bey joined Steve Darling from Proactive to provide an update on the company’s exploration strategy, highlighting final-stage planning for its 2026 drill program at the Davidson River Project, alongside promising early results from the Rocas Uranium Project. At Davidson River, the company is preparing to drill across the Warrior, Bronco, and Thunderbird conductor corridors,...

EraNova Metals CEO Meredith Eades joined Steve Darling from Proactive to provide an update on the company’s Ruby Creek Project, a large-scale asset that combines a past-producing-stage molybdenum development project with significant polymetallic exploration potential. Eades explained that the 30,000-hectare property is anchored by a substantial molybdenum deposit that had previously advanced throu...

Maple Gold Mines CEO Kiran Patankar Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss a significant update to the company’s independent Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) for its Douay Gold Project and Joutel Gold Project. The updated estimate further reinforces the projects’ combined potential as a growing, district-scale gold system located in the prolific Abitibi Gold Belt. At Douay, both pit-constrained an...

Miivo Holdings CEO Alex Damouni joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce the launch of Miivo Sales Leads, a new standalone, self-serve solution designed to help small and mid-market businesses efficiently generate high-quality B2B sales leads using artificial intelligence. The newly introduced platform is built to significantly reduce the time and effort traditionally required for prospecti...

M2i Global CEO Alberto Rosende joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce that the company has been awarded a Tenant Use Agreement at the Hawthorne Army Depot, marking a significant step toward establishing a U.S.-based critical mineral repository. The Hawthorne Army Depot, located in Mineral County, Nevada, is the world’s largest ammunition storage facility, spanning nearly 150,000 acres and...

Light Science Technologies Holdings PLC (AIM:LST, FRA:9FD) CEO Simon Deacon tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion that the company has landed a healthcare contract worth more than £600,000 annually with an international blue-chip client — a significant step in its push into higher-margin markets. "We see healthcare, defence and medical as being the higher margin markets," Deacon says, outlining a deli...

Bango PLC (AIM:BGO, OTCQX:BGOPF) CEO Paul Larbey tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion that adding LinkedIn to its Digital Vending Machine platform is a significant step, describing it as "one of those really recognised, most trusted brands" and a sign that subscription bundling is expanding well beyond entertainment. Larbey explains the core proposition: a single integration that lets subscription pr...

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Ltd (LSE:CORD, FRA:86L) Chairman Shonaid Jemmett-Page and Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Executive Chairman Steven Marshall discuss CORD’s move to the London Stock Exchange main market, and why they see it as a major milestone. They outline how five years of portfolio growth, dividend delivery and NAV performance have positioned CORD for the next stage, while the m...

Foresight Solar Fund Ltd (LSE:FSFL, FRA:1F5) fund manager Toby Virno tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion that shareholders will vote at the AGM on 3 June on whether the company should continue in its current form, following a persistent share price discount to NAV of more than 10% during 2025. Virno is direct about the attraction for investors: "Based on the latest share price, FSFL is currently yie...

Active Energy Group PLC (AIM:AEG) CEO Paul Elliott tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion that the company has gone from concept to around 15.5MW of deployed, operational or secured capacity in under 12 months — and the pace is accelerating. Infrastructure originally prepared for the Bitdeer joint venture has been redeployed at the Ghummud site, which Elliott describes as "effectively plug and play," g...

hVIVO PLC (AIM:HVO) chief executive Yamin 'Mo' Khan tells Proactive's Stephen Gunnion that the company has secured its third human challenge trial contract in recent months, this time with a new European biotech client for an influenza study starting almost immediately. Khan describes a "significant uptick" in pipeline opportunities and contract conversions, a marked improvement on the slowdown se...