Day: January 29, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 89bio, Inc. (“89bio”) (Nasdaq: ETNB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for the treatment of liver and cardiometabolic diseases, today announced the pricing of its previously announced upsized underwritten public offering of 21,671,428 shares of its common stock at a public offering price per share of $8.75 and, in lieu of common stock to a certain investor, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 6,900,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $8.749. The pre-funded warrants have an exercise price of $0.001 per share and are exercisable immediately. In addition, 89bio has granted the underwriters of the offering an option for a period of 30 days to purchase up to an additional 4,285,714...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic disease marked by high unmet medical need, announced today the pricing of an upsized underwritten public offering of 5,333,420 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $48.00 per share and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors that so choose, pre-funded warrants to purchase 1,958,247 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $47.9999 per pre-funded warrant, which represents the per share public offering price for the common stock less the $0.0001 per share exercise price for each pre-funded warrant. All of the shares and pre-funded warrants in the offering are being offered by Akero. In addition,...

Yokneam Illit, Israel, Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wearable Devices Ltd. (the “Company” or “Wearable Devices”) (Nasdaq: WLDS, WLDSW), an award-winning pioneer in artificial intelligence (“AI”)-based wearable gesture control technology, today announced the pricing of its “reasonable best efforts” public offering with a single institutional investor for the purchase and sale of up 2,500,000 ordinary shares (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) and warrants to purchase up to 2,500,000 ordinary shares, at a combined offering price of $1.00 per share and accompanying warrant (the “Offering”). The Company expects to receive aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $2.5 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses and assuming no exercise of the warrants. The warrants will have an exercise...

TORONTO, Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE: MUX) (TSX: MUX) is pleased to report full-year 2024 consolidated production of 135,900 gold equivalent ounces (“GEOs”)(1), within our guidance range for the year (press release dated Feb 12, 2024). During 2024, Gold Bar and San Jose produced 44,600 and 60,100 GEOs, respectively, slightly exceeding the top end of our guidance ranges for those operations. At the Fox Complex, we produced 30,150 GEOs, which was below annual guidance due to a stope failure in early 2024 impacting production.Table 1: Consolidated 2024 Production and 2025 Guidance Summary         Full Year2024(3)(4) 2024Guidance(4) 2025 GuidanceConsolidated Production    GEOs(1) 135,900 130,000 – 145,000 120,000 – 140,000Cash Costs/GEO     $1,550 – $1,750AISC/GEO     $1,800...

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vortex Energy Corp. (CSE: VRTX | OTC: VTECF | FRA: AA3) (“Vortex” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement of unsecured convertible debentures of the Company (the “Convertible Debentures”) for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of C$400,000 (the “Offering”). The Convertible Debentures are denominated in principal amounts of C$1,000 and will mature on January 24, 2026 (the “Maturity Date”). The Convertible Debentures will bear interest at a rate of 10% per annum from the issue date, calculated quarterly in arrears and payable on the Maturity Date. The Company may prepay the...

OAKDALE, Calif., Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Oak Valley Community Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oak Valley Bancorp (NASDAQ: OVLY) recently announced it has received regulatory approval to establish its 19th full-service branch. The new office will be located at 31 South School Street in downtown Lodi and is scheduled to open mid-2025. Established in 1991, Oak Valley Community Bank opened its first branch in San Joaquin County in 2005. The Lodi Branch will be the bank’s sixth location in the county and offer a full line of personal and commercial banking services, a traditional walk-up ATM, and night deposit service. The branch will also include offices for commercial lending and administrative personnel. “We are pleased to expand our branch network into Lodi. This adds another convenient location to our footprint,” stated...