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Bloomberg.com : 8-February-2007
VANE Minerals Shares Surge After Company Raises 145,500 Pounds
2007-02-08 03:57 (New York)
By Stuart Wallace
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of VANE Minerals Plc rose the most in more than three weeks after the company raised 145,500 pounds ($286,000) in a share sale.
The company sold 1 million new shares to Geiger Counter Ltd. at 15 pence apiece, London-based Vane said today in a statement distributed by the Regulatory News Service. The money will be used to develop uranium projects in the U.S.
Shares of VANE rose 1 pence, or 6.7 percent, to 16 pence as of 8:46 a.m. in London, the biggest one-day gain compared with closing prices since Jan. 15 and the highest since August 2005.
The stock has gained 28 percent this year, valuing the company at 23.4 million pounds ($46 million).