Yesterday Patagonia Gold’s technical director Marc Sale resigned from the board with immediate effect after the company was forced to declare that he had made a series of trades in the company without informing the market.

Quindell shares have had a boost today on the decision to buy out their telematics joint venture with RAC called Connected Car Solutions. The shares are currently trading up 8% at 182p following official conformation of the story which was first rumoured by the FT about a month ago.

The onshore oil and gas sector of the UK has been controversial of late with the start of exploration using non-conventional fracking methods which have raised emotions amongst locals who are worried about the effects of well fluids on ground water, seismic disturbances and so on.

Plenty of news from some of the favourite AIM and small cap LSE oil and gas companies over the last few days.

Quindell, the insurance claims processor and telematics specialist has had a pretty volatile trading day today. Falling as low as 183p in early deals and now down 8% at 193p after the publication of its interim results for the period ending 30th June 2014.

After the excitement prior to the result of the Darwin East well in April 2012, the subsequent period has been pretty painful for shareholders in the South Falklands basin oil and gas explorer, Borders and Southern (BOR).

Back on 20th June, Zambian focused tailings miner Berkeley Mineral Resources (BMR) which is listed on AIM got investors really excited when it announced that its 100% owned Zambian subsidiary, Enviro Processing Ltd (EPL), has today learnt via the Zambian press that approval for the processing operations at Kabwe has been granted.

Tangiers Petroleum Limited the ASX and AIM listed oil and gas exploration company with assets offshore Morocco has had a rough few weeks. Its shares are down around 70% in the last week…

Today’s announcement that Cameroon Oil and Gas explorer, Bowleven, had the formal decree awarding the Etinde Exploitation Authorisation (EA) signed by the President of Cameroon appears to have been brushed off by investors with the shares barely rising.

Some rather uncomfortable reading for shareholders in IT outsourcing company, Quindell, this morning with the FT reporting problems with its joint venture with the RAC, sending its shares down around 13% to 180p.