Mikey Couch

RMA Global (ASX:RMY) has announced the successful completion of its 1 for 6.1 pro-rata accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer on 20 January 2023.

RMA Global says the retail component of the offer raised approximately $1.4 million and with the institutional component, the entitlement offer raised approximately $5.1 million.

It says the new shares issued under the entitlement offer will rank equally in all respects with existing RMA Global fully paid ordinary shares.

RMA Global says it's seeking to place the retail entitlement offer shortfall of $0.4 million.

Pro Medicus (ASX:PME) has signed a $25 million, 7-year contract with the University of Washington's UW Medicine to replace the legacy PACS throughout their network with their cloud-engineered Visage 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform.

The contract includes Visage 7 Open Archive and Visage 7 Workflow in addition to Visage 7 Viewer, and planning for the rollout is to commence immediately with initial go-lives targeted for the second half of 2023.

The contract will provide Pro Medicus with a strong presence in the Northwest region of the United States and further expand their presence in North American Tier 1 academic institutions.

InvestSMART Group (ASX:INV) has provided an update for the quarter ending December 31, 2022.

Total operating income grew by 4%, with funds management fees increasing by 7% and subscription income decreasing by 1%.

Funds under management (FUM) increased by 4.3% to $513 million.

The company completed a secondary offer for the Intelligent Investor Ethical Share Fund (ASX: INES), raising $4 million.

The number of accounts for the Professionally Managed Accounts (PMA) Platform increased by 0.5%, and Intelligent Investor ASX listed ETFs increased by 7%.

Total staff costs decreased by 7% due to leave provision decreases.

The company is focusing on building awareness of their services through digital advertising, search engine optimisation, and media coverage.

They are refreshing their creatives for a coordinated Fundlater marketing campaign in the second half of FY2023.

The half-year results are expected to be released on February 23, 2022.

Magontec (ASX:MGL), a global manufacturer of specialist magnesium products, has announced that Mr John Talbot has retired as Company Secretary, and Mr Dean Taylor has been appointed to the role.

Mr Taylor has a background in accounting, finance and governance, and Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Nicholas Andrews, has expressed his gratitude to Mr Talbot for his service.

The announcement was made on 19 January 2023 and has been authorized by Mr Nicholas Andrews.

Northern Star Resources (ASX:NST) has reported its operational and financial results for the December 2022 quarter, with gold sold of 404,287oz at an all-in sustaining cost (AISC) of $1,746/oz.

The company says the performance was in line with expectations while all three production centres initiated steps to sustainably address the higher-cost operating environment, and it maintains its FY23 production and cost guidance.

Northern Star Resources says during the quarter, it spent $179M on growth capital and $32M on exploration.

Following the announcement, shares of Northern Star Resources (ASX:NST) were up 1%.

Patriot Battery Metals (ASX:PMT) has announced core assay results for 14 additional drill holes from its 2022 drill campaign at its wholly owned Corvette property in the James Bay region of Quebec, Canada.

Patriot Battery Metals says it received the widest, highest grade lithium drill intercept returned to date at the CV5 Pegmatite of 156.9m at 2.12% Li2O (176.4m to 333.4m) including 25m at 5.04% Li2O or 5m at 6.36% Li2O.

Its VP of Exploration, Darren Smith, says it's hard to find words to adequately describe the impressive nature of the lithium mineralisation:

"Visual estimates of spodumene abundance may give you a sense, but assays are the true measure and have certainly astounded with this hole."

Following the announcement, shares of Patriot Battery Metals were up 19%.

AGL Energy (ASX:AGL) has appointed Damien Nicks as their Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

Patricia McKenzie, AGL's Chair, was impressed by Mr Nick's leadership of the business and his commitment to accelerating the energy transition and delivering value for AGL’s customers.

Mr Nicks has 27 years of energy, customer and multinational experience.

Gary Brown has also been appointed as Chief Financial Officer.

The key terms of their employment arrangements include a total fixed remuneration of $1,400,000 per annum, short and long-term incentives, and a 12-month notice period.