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Goldfields Money Ltd (ASX:GMY) Trading Update and Satisfaction of Conditions

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Goldfields Money Limited (ASX:GMY) ("Goldfields Money" or the "Company") is pleased to provide the following trading update for Goldfields Money and Finsure for the first half of the 2018 financial year. Both companies are working on the preparation of auditor reviewed results, which are expected to be completed during February 2018.

The Company is also pleased to announce that several conditions precedent to the proposed merger between the Company and Finsure ("Finsure Transaction"), as outlined in the Company's announcement of 15 January 2018, have been met.

Goldfields Money Trading Update

Goldfields Money experienced strong growth during the 6 months ended 31 December 2017, with loan settlements for the period of ~$24 million, the largest 6 monthly settlement results recorded by the Company. As at 31 December 2017 Goldfields Money's total loan book grew to ~$201 million (compared to ~$183 million as at 30 June 2017).

Notwithstanding one-off costs incurred in responding to the Firstmac takeover offer and progressing the Finsure Transaction, pleasingly Goldfields Money expects to report a profit for the half-year ended 31 December 2017.

Finsure Trading Update

Finsure continued to grow from strength to strength during the 6 months ended 31 December 2017 with the total loan book at the end of the period growing to ~$30 billion (prior to the NHL acquisition), loan settlements during the period reaching more than $6 billion and its broker network growing to 1,370 loan writers.

Compared to previous half years, in H1FY18 Finsure generated record loan settlements ($6.3 billion compared to the previous record half of $5.9 billion in H1FY16) and a record number of loan volumes with 23,561 individual loans settled. Additionally, Finsure's total historical book size and total loan writer network numbers as at 31 December 2017 were the highest on record.

The charts below summarise the continued growth of Finsure over the last five years. (see link below)

Conditions Precedent

On 31 January 2018, Finsure completed a wholesale portfolio acquisition in satisfaction of a condition of the Finsure Transaction by acquiring wholesale mortgage manager Nationalcorp Home Loans ("NHL"), which manages a white-labelled loan book with a current balance of ~$725 million. The acquisition increases the size of Finsure's wholesale portfolio to ~$2.2 billion and total historical book to ~$30.6 billion. NHL is expected to add ~$1.2 million of current run-rate cash EBITDA (excluding NPV of future trail income) to Finsure on a pro-forma consolidated basis.

In satisfaction of another condition of the Finsure Transaction, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited has provided its consent for the Finsure Transaction to proceed. Goldfields Money and Finsure are pleased to receive the continued support of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited.

Goldfields Money and Finsure continue to work towards satisfaction of the remaining conditions of the Finsure Transaction and a further update will be provided as progress unfolds.

If you require assistance, you can call the Goldfields Money Shareholder information line on 1300 308 375 (within Australia) or +61 8 6314 6314 (outside Australia) at any time between 9:00am and 5:00pm (AWST) on Monday to Friday.

About Finsure Holding Pty Limited

Established in 2011, Finsure had set out to build a competitive and holistic offering for mortgage brokers in Australia with the aim to become a dominant player in the industry. Since inception, Finsure has positioned itself as a leader in the market in offering a diverse lending panel, flexible commission models, lead generation and mortgage broker support services. Through the acquisition of LoanKit in 2013 and a growing brand presence in the marketplace, Finsure has become one of the fastest growing aggregation business in the industry. Finsure was also recently named Aggregator of the Year for 2017 at the Australian Mortgage Awards.

At the very core of the Finsure business ethos is the desire to provide the strongest value proposition to all partners and clients. It is this principle that underpins who Finsure is as an organisation, and why they are able to provide the maximum value to those who align with us. As at 31 December 2017, Finsure has a network in excess of 1,300 loan writers across Australia, and a historical book of ~$30 billion.

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Investor / Media Enquiries
Simon Lyons
Executive Director & CEO
Goldfields Money
slyons@goldfieldsmoney.com.au
Ph: +61-8-9438-8888
M: +61-417-178325

Andrew Rowell
Director - Investor Relations
Cannings Purple
arowell@canningspurple.com.au
Ph: +61-8-6314-6314
M: +61-400-466-226

Impact Minerals Limited (ASX:IPT) Squadron Increases Equity by Conversion of Notes

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Impact Minerals Limited (Impact) (ASX:IPT) advises that Squadron Resources Pty Ltd (Squadron) has increased its shareholding in the Company to 14.8% by conversion of the $2,000,000 of Convertible Notes (Notes) it held in Impact.

The Notes were held under the terms of the Investment Agreement with Squadron (see announcement dated 15 July 2015) and issued on 7 August 2015 with a term of 3 years from the date of issue.

Under the terms of the Agreement 148,148,148 shares will be issued within 5 business days.

Under the Agreement Squadron can convert the Notes into Impact shares at a conversion price which is the lower of 2.1 cents per share or 80% of the 30-day Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) prior to the date of the Conversion Notice which was 1.35 cents.

Dr Michael G Jones
Managing Director
Impact Minerals Limited
T: +61-8-6454-6666
E: info@impactminerals.com.au

Prospect Resources Ltd (ASX:PSC) Investor Presentation - Mining Indaba - Cape Town

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Prospect Resources Ltd (ASX:PSC) provides the Company's latest Investor Presentation.

Prospect Resources Background

Prospect Resources Limited (ASX:PSC) an African Battery Minerals Company

Company has been built around core team made up of:

Africa Team - focus on exploration and development

- Strong and experienced local team with a track record of discovering, proving, building and operating mining projects in Africa

- Significant majority of the Prospect team based on the ground in the region

Australia Team - focus on transactions, financing, investor relations and corporate governance

- Small and focused Perth Based head office team

- Deep financial market and transaction experience

- Strong networks in China and region

Focus and Projects:

- Arcadia Lithium Project - taking into development stage

- Exploration - ongoing assessment and engagement on other relevant energy mineral opportunities currently undertaking exploration work:

o Good Days (Lithium - Zimbabwe)

o Tombolo (Copper/Cobalt - DRC)

o Chishanya Carbonatite (Rare Earth Elements - Zimbabwe)

- Prospect Resources Limited (ASX:PSC) is a battery minerals company based in Perth with operations in Zimbabwe, and exploration activities in Zimbabwe and the DRC

- Zimbabwe, under a new Government, is again a focus for international investors; Prospect is receiving significant domestic support for its plans and operations

- Prospect's Arcadia Lithium Project is one of the largest hard rock lithium resources in the world

- 7 year offtake for 100% of Phase 1 Production with Sinomine (strong Chinese partner) which includes full finance for the construction of the Mine and Plant also become major shareholder in Prospect via a share investment of A$10 million in the coming months - subject to conditions

- Drilling and exploration work expected to commence in DRC in coming months

- Oversubscribed $10M placing undertaken January 2018 - to allow further exploration work and to fund working capital

To view the full presentation, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/022331SU

Hugh Warner
Prospect Resources Ltd
Executive Chairman
T: +61-413-621-652

Harry Greaves
Prospect Resources Ltd
Executive Director
T: +263-772-144-669
WWW: www.prospectresources.com.au

Cardinal Resources Ltd (ASX:CDV) (TSE:CDV) Investor Presentation - Fast Tracking Development Exploration in Northeast Ghana

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Cardinal Resources Ltd (ASX:CDV) (TSE:CDV) (OTCMKTS:CRDNF) provides the Company's latest Investor Presentation.

WHY INVEST IN CARDINAL?

- Flagship Namdini Gold Project

o 4.3 MozAu Indicated at 1.1 g/t

o 3.1 Moz Au Inferred at 1.2 g/t

o Cut off grade -0.5 g/t

o Single open pit

o Discovery Cost ~ US$6 per oz

- Significant regional land package (900km2)

o Further exploration upside

- Proven board and management team

o Experienced exploring and developing mines in Africa

o Extensive in-country and international expertise

- Robust balance sheet

- Global institutional shareholders

NEW FRONTIER: NORTHERN GHANA

- Mineral-Prolific Region

- Paleoproterozoic Granite-Greenstone Belt

o Underexplored compared to Southern Ghana

- Well-Established Local Infrastructure

o 30km-National HV hydro grid power

o 7km-Continuous water supply -White Volta River

o 25km-Sealed national highway

- Excellent Community Relationships

o Facilitates rapid development objective

- Open Savannah Grassland

o Low population density

- Mining License Granted for 15 years renewable

To view the full presentation, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/N136E4K8

Archie Koimtsidis
CEO / MD
Cardinal Resources Limited
E: archie@cardinalresources.com.au

Alec Rowlands
IR / Corp Dev
Cardinal Resources Limited
E: alec@cardinalresources.com.au

Mustang Resources Ltd (ASX:MUS) 121 Investor Presentation - An Emerging Miner and Explorer in Mozambique

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Mustang Resources Ltd (ASX:MUS) (OTCMKTS:GGPLF) provides the Company's latest Investor Presentation.

Montepuez Ruby Project - New Discovery

- The Montepuez region in Mozambique represents a substantial share of the lucrative global ruby market

- Mustang's initial bulk sampling confirms significant new ruby discovery on licences with scope for expansion

- Shallow secondary deposit, with initial bulk sampling delivering gem quality rubies

- Consistent recovery of full quality range including premium category stones

- Mustang has 143sqkm of highly prospective ground and extensive secondary ruby mineralisation proven over 3,300m strike (open ended)

Montepuez - A World-Class Gem Field

- Commercial potential highlighted by Gemfields' success in generating ~US$335 million in ruby sales up to December 2017

- Vast majority gem/facet quality rubies come from secondary deposits (colluvial/elluvial)

- The Montepuez ruby field is very extensive, offering prospects of long mine lives

- Montepuez ruby deposits are typically
- Formula for low-cost, high-margin mining operations

Key Investment Takeaways

- Premier ruby project in a world-class gemstone province

- Management team with in-country experience & "skin in the game"

- Ruby Sales and market development progressing well

- Outstanding exploration upside and growth potential on both projects

- Significant additional upside from Tier-1 High Grade Caula graphite project

To view the full presentation, please visit:
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Mustang Resources Ltd
E: info@mustangresources.com.au
WWW: www.mustangresources.com.au

Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (ASX:LNG) CWC Japan LNG & Gas Summit Presentation

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Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (ASX:LNG) (OTCMKTS:LNGLY) provides the Company's latest Presentation at CWC Japan LNG & Gas Summit.

Corporate structure

LNGL is an Australian public company (ASX:LNG) (OTCMKTS:LNGLY)

- Developer of mid-scale LNG export terminals

- Developments to be project financed and rated

- Patented OSMR(R) liquefaction process technology

- 16 - 20 mtpa of capacity under development

Delivering competitive and innovative LNG projects to the global market

A LNG Buyer's Future LNG Portfolio: 40-40-20

- 40% - 20-year contracts

- 40% - three to five year contracts

- 20% - spot pricing

o Demand for long term contracts with LNG spot prices expected to increase

o Global LNG demand will continue to increase as additional markets and uses are found for the fuel (such as LNG bunkering)

o Offtakers without long-term agreements leave themselves open to price volatility and unknown market dynamics

Future LNG project portfolios must balance buyer's needs with producer's ability to finance new projects

LNG Developers Bringing Costs Down

- Mid-scale LNG projects are emerging as the sweet spot

- Minimize costs by siting LNG plants in places with existing infrastructure, i.e. pipelines, storm protection, dredging, and power supply

o The Magnolia LNG site in Lake Charles, Louisiana

- U.S. Gulf Coast developers can offer cost stability and relative assurance through gas priced at Henry Hub

- People matter: LNG projects led by experienced personnel with technical, project execution and business savvy who have had the ability to plan longterm and deliver to market

- Actions and operations matter: Magnolia looking broadly to minimize project costs, seeking to implement an overall business model with optimized overhead and reduced long term operational costs

Minimizing total project costs is vital to enabling LNG to compete and complement other primary energy sources

To view the full presentation, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/8005354L

Americas/Europe
Mr. Micah Hirschfield
Sr. Manager, Communications and Investor Relations
Liquefied Natural Gas Limited
T: +1-713-815-6920
E: mhirschfield@lnglimited.com

Australia/Asia
Mr. Andrew Gould
Group Development Manager and Joint Company Secretary
Liquefied Natural Gas Limited
T: +61-8-9366-3700
E: AGould@lnglimited.com.au

Intermin Resources Limited (ASX:IRC) Excellent First Pass Drilling Results from Blister Dam

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Intermin Resources Limited (ASX:IRC) ("Intermin" or the "Company") is pleased to announce first pass drilling results from Intermin's 100% owned Blister Dam gold project, located on the Zuleika and Kunanalling shear zones, 54km north west of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in Western Australia (see Figures 1 and 2 in link below).

HIGHLIGHTS

- First pass drill program completed at the 100% owned Blister Dam gold project, 54km northwest of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in the Western Australian goldfields

- Drilling comprised 46 holes for 4,180m to an average depth of 90m at nine of the 21 high priority targets identified in 2017

- Five new prospects generated in the project area: Argo, Seven Seas, Syledis, Atlantic and Tasman on the prolific Zuleika shear zone (see Figure 1 in link below)

- Significant high grade RC downhole intercepts included (see Note below):

o 5m @ 4.12g/t Au from 46m (BDRC17050 - Argo)

o 1m @ 19.90g/t Au from 24m (BDRC17006 - Argo)

o 1m @ 36.00g/t Au from 35m (BDRC17025 - Seven Seas)

o 4m @ 3.33g/t Au from 43m (BDRC17046 - Seven Seas)

o 2m @ 1.31g/t Au from 67m (BDRC17056 - Syledis)

o 8m @ 0.53g/t Au from 30m (BDRC17016 - Tasman)

- Initial drilling confirms two distinct gold mineralisation styles: strongly developed high grade quartz veins and broader lower grade shear hosted gold mineralisation

- Large scale new discovery and follow up drilling program planned for the first half of 2018

Commenting on the Blister Dam drilling results, Intermin Managing Director Mr Jon Price said:

"With these excellent first pass results, Blister Dam has certainly staked its claim as one of the most exciting assets within our portfolio to deliver a significant new discovery. We now look forward to the large scale follow up program commencing shortly in an area on the Zuleika shear zone that has had very little modern exploration and remains virtually untested at depth."

Overview

The program was designed after compilation and review of the large geological data base comprising geochemical, geophysical and historic drilling datasets in order to prioritise targets for ranking and drill testing. An Induced Polarisation ("IP") survey, geological mapping and rock chip sampling were also completed by Intermin to refine and test multiple priority targets.

Of the 21 targets identified at Blister Dam, nine of these were subject to first pass drilling. The program was completed in December 2017 with 46 Reverse Circulation ("RC") holes drilled for 4,120m to an average depth of 90m (see Note below).

Several targets occur on the highly prospective Zuleika Shear (see Figure 1 in link below), where historic drill holes have intersected two distinct gold mineralisation styles: thin high grade quartz veins and shear zones hosting broad widths (>40m) of disseminated lower grade gold mineralisation.

The drilling intersected mineralisation in the majority of drill holes and confirmed the dominance of ultramafic and sedimentary rock types with quartz and pyrite regularly logged. The successful campaign identified a number of new prospects including Argo, Seven Seas, Syledis, Tasman and Atlantic.

At Argo, drilling tested an area along strike from an historic RC hole which returned 1m at 4.64g/t Au and 4m at 4.82g/t Au. Significant mineralisation included 5m at 4.12g/t Au from 46m, 1m at 19.90g/t Au from 24m, 10m at 1.02g/t Au from 20m and 2m at 1.28g/t Au from 35m. Results in holes BDRC17050 and 17009 appear to be unrelated to the historic hole and could form part of a new untested gold structure. Follow up drilling in this area has been prioritised.

At Seven Seas, drilling intersected both oxide mineralisation and mineralisation on the contact of a graphitic black shale unit. Significant results included 1m at 36.00g/t Au from 35m, 4m at 3.33g/t Au from 43m, 3m at 1.39g/t Au from 15m, 11m at 0.90g/t Au from 13m and 4m at 1.38g/t Au from 30m.

Hole BDRC17025 intersected a narrow, high grade quartz vein at 35m and drilling directly beneath this returned 1m @ 4.24g/t Au from 85m (BDRC17044). Given the coarse, spotty gold observed from panning, this result is highly encouraging. One of the primary exploration targets at the Blister Dam project is to locate narrow ("Kundana style"), high grade veins as observed in BDRC17025. Follow up RC holes targeting this vein at >150m vertical depth has been scheduled this year.

At Syledis, two RC holes were located behind the historic hole BDA169 (4m @ 0.75g/t Au from 35m). Holes BDRC17028 and BDRC17056 recorded 1m @ 0.91g/t Au and 2m @ 1.31g/t Au down dip of BDA169. Drilling identified a 20m unit of barren, tertiary lake clays on the surface, typically these clays can overlie a depletion zone which varies from 5 - 20m wide. The Syledis mineralisation is associated with poorly developed quartz veins. Intermin intends to follow this up and drill these veins to test the potential for grade improvement at depth.

At Atlantic, historic drilling highlighted a broad sequence of low grade gold zones developed in a sedimentary/ultramafic succession (PDRC004 - 46m @ 0.66g/t Au from 85m) and strongly developed quartz veins (BDA153 - 14m @ 2.90g/t Au from 62m). Significant intercepts included 4m at 3.13g/t Au from 80m, 22m at 0.92g/t Au from 55m and 3m at 1.45g/t Au from 65m as part of the 2016 program. BDRC17035 (1m @ 0.91 ppm Au) and BDRC17038 (3m @ 0.3 ppm Au) were drilled about 900m from Atlantic with both holes returning anomalous results.

Next steps

The next phase of drilling at Blister Dam has now been designed after review of all results and further detailed geological assessment. As part of the $4 million, 50 - 60,000m new discovery and resource growth program planned for 2018, over 7,000m has been allocated at Blister Dam in H1 2018 with up to an additional 7,000m as required in H2 2018.

This will comprise 2,400m of drilling to test the remaining 12 targets outlined in the 2017 program and 3,600m to follow up the latest results at all five prospects including Seven Seas (see Figure 4 in link below). The drilling will test for mineralisation both along strike and at depth where little to no drilling has been completed.

In addition, 1,000m of drilling will be completed to test four IP targets after the Company was awarded $60,000 in Exploration Incentive Scheme ("EIS") co-funding from the Western Australian Government.

Note: See Table 1 on Page 5, Competent Persons Statements on Page 6, Forward Looking Statement on Page 7 and JORC Tables on Page 8 (see link below)

To view tables and figures, please visit:
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Jon Price 
Managing Director
Tel: +61-8-9386-9534
E: jon.price@intermin.com.au

Michael Vaughan
Media Relations - Fivemark Partners
Tel: +61-422-602-720
E: michael.vaughan@fivemark.com.au

Regeneus Ltd (ASX:RGS) Announces Successful Results in Acne Study

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Regeneus (ASX:RGS), a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company, today announced that topical use of Sygenus gel for 6 weeks in adults with acne was well tolerated and showed a significant effect on the appearance of acne lesions as early as 3 weeks.

- Sygenus topical gel improves the appearance of acne in adults

- Sygenus gel was well tolerated when applied twice daily for 6 weeks

- Significant reduction seen in the appearance of non-inflammatory lesions such as blackheads and whiteheads, and inflammatory papules

- Significant reduction noted in acne global severity score at 6 weeks

Sygenus is a patented allogeneic cell secretions technology platform that comprises cytokines, growth factors and exosomes from adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). These bioactive molecules work to reduce pain and inflammation and encourage accelerated healing and repair.

Study results

The tolerance study, performed by RCTS, a dermatology testing company in Texas, aimed to look at the tolerability of Sygenus in 33 healthy volunteers with mild to moderate facial acne. The study endpoints to assess tolerability involved the change in acne lesions over the 6-week period. Sygenus gel was applied topically twice a day throughout the study. No intolerance was observed and there was an overall improvement in the appearance of acne, as early as 3 weeks. Statistically significant reductions in the total number of inflammatory and non-inflammatory acne lesions were noted from baseline to week 6. Further the acne global severity score showed significant reduction (improvement) at week 6 compared to baseline.

These promising results will help in the partnering of Sygenus gel for the acne market and other inflammatory skin conditions. With few treatment innovations or improvements without significant side effects in the treatment of acne over the last 10 years, the demand for new improved acne treatments is high.

Regeneus has received granted patents in Australia, Europe, China, USA and Japan covering the composition, manufacture and use of the Sygenus technology for the topical treatment of acne. The company also has patent applications for the use of Sygenus for a broad range of other inflammatory skin conditions.

More about Sygenus

Sygenus is a patented allogeneic cell secretions technology platform that utilises the molecules (including cytokines, growth factors and exosomes) that are secreted by donor adipose-derived MSCs and work to reduce pain and inflammation and encourage accelerated healing and repair. Regeneus has developed technology and intellectual property for the scalable production of secretions of MSCs which have the potential to be used as an off-the-shelf treatment for multiple indications and in a range of delivery methods.

A key area of research focus is the use of Sygenus technology for the treatment of pain. The company reported on 26 September 2017 that a preclinical post-operative pain study has shown that topical application of Sygenus has significantly and longer lasting analgesic effect than an injection of morphine. The company is investigating the use of its stem cell technologies for the treatment of pain in an ARC Linkage program with the University of Adelaide and Macquarie University.

Sandra McIntosh
Company Secretary and Investor Relations
T: +61-2-9499-8010
E: investors@regeneus.com.au
W: www.regeneus.com.au

Environmental Clean Technologies Ltd (ASX:ESI) Shareholder Update - Coldry Solid Fuel Commercial Trials

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Environmental Clean Technologies Limited (ASX:ESI) (ECT or Company) is pleased to provide the following update on the progress of Coldry solid fuel commercial trial activities in the Victorian and Tasmanian markets.

Key points:

- Performance Testing: Coldry solid fuel commercial trial program continues to deliver on targeted fuel performance and comparative efficiencies across various types of boiler systems.

- Value Proposition: Trials confirm Coldry solid fuel provides better value when compared with existing in-situ boiler fuel options including briquetted coal, biomass, LPG, diesel, waste oil and natural gas, providing a sustainable and cost-effective option for energy-intensive businesses.

- Coldry Adoption: Program participants across Victoria and Tasmania have indicated their intent to progress to Coldry solid fuel trials and if those are successful, to supplement or replace their use of existing solid fuels.

- Test Product Sales: Initial trial success has led to preparation of the maiden shipment of test product to Tasmania (see photos below). Further orders will be reported as they occur, along with long term volumes as contracts are finalised.

- Market feasibility - LV Project: Current commercial trial program supports the continued development of market feasibility for a proposed first-of-a-kind, zero emission ~170,000 tonnes p.a. Coldry plant in the Latrobe Valley.

- High Volume Test Facility (HVTF) Upgrades: Conversion of current leads into contracts will also trigger the next round of upgrades at the HVTF which would allow up to a further 15,000 tonnes per annum of Coldry test product to enter the market for commercial trials.

Further to the Company's previous updates on its local market business development activities (1 & 15 Nov 2017), several trial participants have indicated their intention to enter supply contracts for Coldry solid fuel volumes if further solid fuel trials also prove successful. Confirmation of these contracts are expected to justify the next stage of upgrades at the Bacchus Marsh High Volume Test Facility.

The Company's maiden shipment of test product for a Tasmanian solid fuel trial customer has just been loaded, ready to transport.

ECT Chief Operating Officer, Jim Blackburn commented "The prospects for generation of revenues from our HVTF is an important element to our broader commercialisation strategy that wouldn't have been possible a few years ago. The local market pricing would not have supported test product sales, due to the higher cost of production associated with an R&D scale facility, which are typically non-commercial.

"However, the local market dynamics, inclusive of high gas prices, combined with the Stage 1 and Stage 2 upgrades at our Bacchus Marsh facility which have reduced our average production costs, present a strong opportunity for test product sales.

"Our team have worked in conjunction with logistics support partner Jebsens to develop leads. Several leads have progressed through testing, boiler system assessment and cost-benefit analysis, resulting in orders for live trials. We're now in the process of preparing to gear up production to service these customers.

"We have also partnered with independent boiler system specialist Paul Hoffman to assess and configure customers' existing systems for use with Coldry, in addition to helping end users specify, source, install and commission new boiler systems.

"Rounding off the turnkey approach is the ability to offer equipment finance through our subsidiary, ECT Finance Ltd."

Potential customers include large abattoirs as well as hydroponic and aeroponic facilities.

ECT currently plans to limit upgrades to the HVTF to a maximum 30,000-35,000 tonnes per annum capacity. Given the level of interest received to date, the Company is confident a sustainable market exists for a solid fuel here in Victoria and interstate, to supply energy-intensive industries currently having to manage increasing gas prices and/or limited or irregular supply of alternative solid fuels. As such the Company continues to develop its feasibility study for the establishment of a large scale Coldry demonstration plant in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, the scoping study component of which is anticipated to conclude in February 2018.

Importantly, the proposed large scale Coldry demonstration plant will leverage existing resources and infrastructure, with site selection at Yallourn power station announced on 15 November 2017.

The Victorian demonstration plant will be designed to an output capacity of ~170,000 tonnes per annum and will feature a zero CO2 footprint, having no direct emissions itself.

ECT Chairman Glenn Fozard commented, "Coldry solid fuel is an ideal solution to industries requiring large volumes of process heat.

"Further, it doesn't conflict with the Victorian government's renewable energy target, as neither wind nor solar are suitable for generating reliable, affordable process heat to such industries.

"In this respect, we are competing directly with the prices of natural gas and biomass alternatives, which given the current supply-demand profile, look like remaining high, and possibly escalating, well into the future.

"Beyond supplying these energy-intensive industries, we see potential to grow our Coldry capacity in Victoria over time to support any number of high value applications, including high-efficiency, low-emission (HELE) power generation to deliver reliable, affordable electricity, through to hydrogen production, and upgraded coal products such as activated carbon, PCI (pulverised coal injection) coal, and hydrocarbon liquids and gases.

"All these high value applications can generate jobs while bringing down the emissions intensity of Victoria's world-class brown coal resource."

The Company will continue to provide further updates on the above activities as they progress.

About Coldry

When applied to lignite and some sub-bituminous coals, the Coldry beneficiation process produces a black coal equivalent (BCE) in the form of pellets. Coldry pellets have equal or superior energy value to many black coals and produce lower CO2 emissions than raw lignite.

About MATMOR

The MATMOR process has the potential to revolutionise primary iron making.

MATMOR is a simple, low cost, low emission production technology, utilising the patented MATMOR retort, which enables the use of cheaper feedstocks to produce primary iron.

About the India R&D Project

The India project is aimed at advancing the Company's Coldry and Matmor technologies to demonstration and pilot scale, respectively, on the path to commercial deployment.

ECT has partnered with NLC India Limited and NMDC Limited to jointly fund and execute the project.

NLC India Limited is India's national lignite authority, largest lignite miner and largest lignite-based electricity generator.

NMDC Limited is India's national iron ore authority.

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Glenn Fozard
Chairman
Environmental Clean Technologies Ltd
E: info@ectltd.com.au
WWW: www.ectltd.com.au

Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance.com (CRYPTO:BNB) Lists ChatCoin (CRYPTO:CHAT)

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Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance.com (CRYPTO:BNB) advise that CHAT/BTC (CRYPTO:CHAT) and CHAT/ETH trading pairs are now available on Binance for trading. You can start depositing and trading CHAT now.

OpenChat is an open source organization founded by Google former employees. The main definition of blockchain based chat protocol Bimp. In the traditional XMPP protocol adds a digital asset can be transmitted in each IM function. BeeChat will give its full support to all OpenChat projects.

BeeChat is a decentralized application that runs under the protocol framework provided by OpenChat. BeeChat uses financial incentives to bring other digital services and applications into the decentralized OpenChat ecosystem in the form of communications & wallets. The OpenChat Reward Engine will provide ChatCoin as a natural incentive for digital service providers. In addition to ensuring common ethics and legitimacy of content and transactions, the ecosystem does not impose any unnecessary restrictions or charges on monetization strategies, which in turn encourages new partners to join the initiative. BeeChat now has hundreds of millions of users around the world, and BeeChat is committed to providing full support for the development of OpenChat, and OpenChat will continue to conduct a full range of decentralized research using BeeChat's support.

Total Supply: 1,000,000,000

Circulating Supply: 550,000,000

ICO Price: $ 0.082

To view the Whitepaper, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/PO1Z7180

Website: 
http://openchat.co  
http://beechat.io

Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance.com (CRYPTO:BNB) Lists Steem (CRYPTO:STEEM)

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Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance.com (CRYPTO:BNB) advise that STEEM/BNB (CRYPTO:STEEM), STEEM/BTC and STEEM/ETH trading pairs are now available on Binance for trading. You can start depositing and trading STEEM now.

Steem is a cryptocurrency used to power the platform Steemit - an incentivized blockchain social media platform where users can share information, videos, opinions, photographs and more. Users create and curate content on Steemit just like other social news platforms and get rewarded in Steem for their work.

Steem is the first cryptocurrency that attempts to accurately and transparently reward an unbounded number of individuals who make subjective contributions to its community. Steem is the fundamental unit of account on the Steem blockchain.

Total Supply: 264,403,326

Circulating Supply: 247,429,232

To view the Steem Whitepaper, please visit:
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To view the SMT - Whitepaper, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/81338B35

To view the Steem Bluepaper, please visit:
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Website: http://steem.io

Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance.com (CRYPTO:BNB) Lists Nano (CRYPTO:NANO)

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Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance.com (CRYPTO:BNB) advise that NANO/BNB (CRYPTO:NANO), NANO/BTC and NANO/ETH trading pairs are now available on Binance for trading. You can start depositing and trading NANO now.

Nano (formerly known as RaiBlocks-XRB) is a cryptocurrency that aims to deliver near instantaneous transaction speed and unlimited scalability. Under a Block Lattice infrastructure, each user has their own blockchain, allowing them to update it asynchronously to the rest of the network, resulting in fast transactions with minimal overhead. Transactions keep track of account balances rather than transaction amounts, allowing aggressive database pruning without compromising security. Nano's feeless, split-second transactions make it the premier cryptocurrency for consumer transactions.

Total Supply: 133,248,289

Circulating Supply: 133,248,289

To view the Whitepaper, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/32754U64

Media inquiries
E: press@nano.co

Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance.com (CRYPTO:BNB) Lists Viacoin (CRYPTO:VIA)

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Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance.com (CRYPTO:BNB) advise that VIA/BNB (CRYPTO:VIA), VIA/BTC and VIA/ETH trading pairs are now available on Binance for trading. You can start depositing and trading VIA now.

Viacoin is an open source crypto-currency created in 2014, derived from the Bitcoin protocol that supports embedded consensus with an extended OP_RETURN of 120 bytes. Viacoin features Scrypt Merged mining, also called Auxiliary proof of work or AuxPoW, and 25x faster transactions than Bitcoin. The inflation rate of Viacoin is low due to minimal mining reward. As the block reward of Viacoin is low, miners are given incentive to mine Viacoin through Merged mining (AuxPoW). Viacoin is currently mined by one of the biggest mining pools (F2Pool) with a very high hashrate.

Other features include a mining difficulty adjustment algorithm to address flaws in Kimoto's Gravity Well (DarkGravityWave), Versionbits to allow for 29 simultaneous Soft Fork changes to be implemented at a time, Segwit and the Lightning Network.

Total Supply: 23,000,000

Circulating Supply: 22,977,342

To view the Whitepaper, please visit:
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Website: viacoin.org
Email: info@viacoin.org

MMJ PhytoTech Ltd (ASX:MMJ) Harvest One (CVE:HVST) Operational Update

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MMJ PhytoTech Limited (ASX:MMJ) ("MMJ" or "the Company") is pleased to advise that TSX-V listed Harvest One Cannabis Inc. (CVE:HVST) ("Harvest One"), of which MMJ holds 53,333,333 shares, has released an operational update on its wholly-owned horticultural subsidiary United Greeneries Ltd ("United Greeneries").

The update provides details on United Greeneries' expansion targets of 20,000kg dried cannabis flower capacity by YE 2018 and 70,000kg dried flower capacity by YE 2019 - which is anticipated to be fully-funded by Harvest One's existing cash position of approximately C$80 million.

About Harvest One Cannabis Inc.

Harvest One Cannabis Inc. (CVE:HVST) controls operations across the entire cannabis value chain through three business units, with Harvest One serving as the umbrella company over horticultural arm United Greeneries and medical arm Satipharm AG. Each business is strategically located in favourable jurisdictions with supportive regulatory frameworks in place. United Greeneries has received a Canadian medicinal cannabis cultivation licence, making Harvest One one of only a few companies globally with the capacity to commercially cultivate cannabis in a federally regulated environment.

To view the full copy of the Harvest One announcement, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/1QQR15C6

Andreas Gedeon
Managing Director
Phone: +1-250-713-6302
Email: agedeon@mmj.ca
www.mmjphytotech.com.au

WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) Acquires Belgian Logistics Solutions Provider Intris

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WiseTech Global (ASX:WTC) (OTCMKTS:WTCHF) today announced the acquisition of Intris, the leading Belgian provider of freight forwarding, customs and warehousing management solutions.

Headquartered in Antwerp, Intris provides its integrated software and cloud-based solutions to customers including Panalpina World Transport, Bollore Netherlands, Rhenus, Gosselin Support Services, AML and many other logistics services providers in Belgium and, more recently, the Netherlands. In addition Intris is the only Belgian integration partner for INTTRA eVGM.

The Intris product range includes TRIS Forwarding and Warehouse solutions which offer customers integrated data flows from order through to invoice, and the TRIS Customs Management System, which offers full customs compliance functionality, direct customs and port interfaces to European inland terminals. Their solutions provide process efficiency, productivity and improve risk mitigation for logistics services providers.

WiseTech CEO, Richard White, said, "Bringing Intris into the WiseTech Global group is another step in deepening our reach and capacity in Belgium, one of Europe's largest and most important trade gateways. We welcome the Intris team and management, as we value their deep industry experience and product development knowledge. We understand the complexities and challenges borne by logistics providers facing EU trade changes, growing transaction volumes and increasing cross-border compliance requirements. This transaction, as part of the continued expansion of our global footprint and broader pan-European capability, will, over time, build further capabilities and productivity for all our customers."

Intris Managing Director, Patrick Van De Looverbosch, said, "This is the logical next step for Intris, as we are currently transforming our operations and technologies to better support the market and our customers, with whom we will continue to partner closely. With WiseTech's global strength and significant innovation capacity invested locally, we will accelerate our drive to improve our customers' forwarding, warehousing and customs management capability."

Remaining under the leadership of Patrick Van De Looverbosch, Intris operations will be integrated within the WiseTech Global group and Intris will continue to deliver its powerful logistics software solutions directly to its own customers, along with WiseTech's integrated global logistics platform, CargoWise One.

CargoWise One, enables logistics service providers to execute highly complex transactions in areas such as freight forwarding, customs clearance, warehousing, shipping, land transport and cross-border compliance and to manage their operations on one database across multiple users, functions, countries, languages and currencies.

This transaction follows WiseTech's other recent acquisitions in Ireland, North America, Australasia, Brazil, Taiwan, and the Netherlands, and is in line with WiseTech Global's stated strategy of accelerating long-term organic growth through targeted, valuable acquisitions across new geographies and larger, globally capable adjacencies.

About Intris

Founded in 1994, Intris N.V. is a leading provider of innovative, integrated freight forwarding, warehousing and customs management solutions in Belgium and the Netherlands. Headquartered in Antwerp, with a team of ~45 experienced logistics and technical professionals, Intris provides advanced software solutions for hundreds of customers from small businesses to multinational companies including Panalpina World Transport, Bollore Netherlands, Rhenus, Gosselin Support Services, AML and many other organisations and logistics services providers.

For more information about Intris and their TRIS range of solutions visit http://www.intris.be

MEDIA
Piers Shervington 
M: +61-404-538-177 
E: piers.shervington@wisetechglobal.com

DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO) Rolls Out Revolutionary Compact Radar

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DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO) (OTCMKTS:DRSHF) ("DroneShield" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the launch of RadarZero, a revolutionary compact drone detection radar product. At roughly the size of a paperback book, the product can detect drones up to 750m away and sells for a fraction of the cost of the larger longer-range more conventional radars.

- DroneShield launches a revolutionary compact, portable and mobile radar - RadarZero.

- A radar roughly the size of a paperback book.

- Complements the existing larger and longer-range RadarOne module / product.

- A stand-alone product as well as a module in DroneSentinel / DroneSentry multi-sensor systems.

Because of its small formfactor, RadarZero is portable and mobile.

RadarZero complements DroneShield's existing longer-range (larger formfactor) RadarOne product and is offered both as a standalone product and as part of the Company's DroneSentinel drone detection and DroneSentry drone detection and mitigation platforms.

RadarZero does not replace DroneShield's existing RadarOne module / product. Rather, it is offered as an alternative for relevant users and environments.

The details of RadarZero are set out in the attached summary (see link below). Its key highlights include:

- Significantly reduced formfactor (approximately 20cm x 16cm per unit), 1.25kg weight, making it suitable for tactical deployments.

- Resultant portability and mobility.

- A lower cost than larger radars.

- 120 degree coverage per unit, with complete coverage achieved through 3 units without requirement for mechanical movement.

- 3D data acquisition.

- 750m range.

For clarity, the product is not in development - it is fully commercialised and available.

RadarZero highlights the multi-sensor capability of the DroneSentinel and DroneSentry platforms. The roll-out of the product was undertaken in response to end-user requirements.

To view the details of RadarZero with figures, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/X3A2UAG3

Oleg Vornik
CEO and Managing Director
Email: oleg.vornik@droneshield.com
Tel: +61-2-9995-7280

Mithril Resources Limited (ASX:MTH) Strong Targets at the Kurnalpi Nickel-Cobalt Prospect

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Mithril Resources Ltd (ASX:MTH) is pleased to advise that an electromagnetic (EM) geophysical survey at its 100%-owned Kurnalpi Nickel-Cobalt Prospect (located on EL28/2567 approximately 70 kms east of Kalgoorlie, WA - see Figure 1 in link below) has identified multiple bedrock conductors.

- Geophysical surveys identify multiple conductors adjacent to, and along strike from zone of historic strong nickel-cobalt intercepts

- Drilling to determine significance of the EM conductors and nickel-cobalt intercepts to commence next week

- Data review identifies new zone of nickel-cobalt mineralisation in historic drill hole south of the main prospect area;

o 20m @ 0.69% nickel, 0.07% cobalt from 32 metres including 8m @ 0.96% nickel, 0.09% cobalt from 36 metres.

The west-dipping conductors are situated adjacent to, and along strike from a zone of high nickel-cobalt intercepts identified from historic drilling (see Figures 2 and 3 in link below). The historic intercepts include;

o 42m @ 1.25% nickel, 0.07% cobalt from 24 metres in KURC22 including 6m @ 1.78% nickel, 0.20% cobalt from 28 metres, and

o 19m @ 1.08% nickel, 0.07% cobalt from 33 metres in KURA42 including 6m @ 1.17% nickel, 0.11% cobalt from 35 metres.

Maximum values from any one single sample are 2.04% nickel (2 metre composite sample in KURC22), 0.33% cobalt (4 metre composite sample in KURA400) and 0.28% copper (2 metre composite sample in KURC42). The presence of elevated copper is potentially indicative of nickel sulphide mineralisation within the prospect area.

Reverse Circulation drilling to determine the significance of the EM conductors and the nickel-cobalt drill intercepts will commence next week.

A new nickel - cobalt target.

A review of historic aeromagnetic and drilling data for the area to the south of the main prospect, has identified another zone of nickel-cobalt mineralisation within an historic aircore drill hole which appears not to have been followed up (see Figures 2 and 3 in link below). This mineralisation includes;

o 20m @ 0.69% nickel, 0.07% cobalt from 32 metres in KURA50 including 8m @ 0.96% nickel, 0.09% cobalt from 36 metres.

Significantly magnetic data shows that KURA50 (drilled in mid-1990's) lies adjacent to a discrete magnetic anomaly that may represent favourable ultramafic rocks (shown as "hot colours" on the magnetic imagery in Figures 2 and 3 in link below). The interpreted ultramafic rocks continue for several kilometres with only wide-spaced (drill holes nominally every 80 - 160 metres on traverses 320 metres apart) shallow aircore drilling previously undertaken over the area.

The KURA50 intercept and southern ultramafic extensions represent a priority target for field follow-up which Mithril will undertake at the same time as next week's drilling.

Mithril looks forward to updating the market once drilling has commenced and as further results come to hand.

Kurnalpi Nickel Cobalt Prospect - EM Survey Specifications

The 2018 ground TEM surveying at Kurnalpi was carried out by GEM Geophysics between the 18th and 24th January 2018. The data were acquired using a GEM GT-HO high-powered transmitter, SMARTem24 receiver, and Jessy Deeps HT-SQUID sensor. MLTEM data were acquired with a single turn 200 x 200m loop with nominal 50m station spacing on 100m-spaced lines.

Contractor Details

Operator : GEM Geophysics

Survey Date : 18th - 24th January 2018

Survey Design

Configurations : In loop

MLTEM Stn Spacing : 50m

MLTEM Line Spacing : 100m

Datum/Projection : GDA94/MGA51

Receiver

Receiver : SMARTem-24

Sensor : Jessy Deeps LT-SQUID

Component Directions : Z +ve up, X +ve East, Y +ve North

Transmitter

Transmitter : GEM GT-HO (100A)

MLTEM Frequency : 1.0 Hz

MLTEM Time Base : 200 msec

MLTEM Loop Size : 200 x 200m

MLTEM Current : 73-75A

The survey coverage is shown in Figures 2 and 3 (see link below) with survey locations summarised below. A total of 126 stations were recorded over 7.5 lines for a total of 5.9 line-km.

To view tables and figures, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/E6XGDKBA

Mithril Resources Ltd
David Hutton
Managing Director
E: admin@mithrilresources.com.au
T: +61-8-8132-8800
F: +61-8-8132-8899
www.mithrilresources.com.au

Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance.com (CRYPTO:BNB) Lists Bluzelle (CRYPTO:BLZ)

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Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance.com (CRYPTO:BNB) advise that BLZ/BNB (CRYPTO:BLZ), BLZ/BTC and BLZ/ETH trading pairs are now available on Binance for trading. You can start depositing and trading BLZ now.

Bluzelle is a decentralized, on-demand, scalable database service for dApps. To ensure developers get the highest throughput in performance, reliability and scalability, Bluzelle implements swarming technologies. A swarm is a large group of nodes (computers) that work together to store and manage data. Nodes in these swarms can go down and new nodes can come up with minimal impact on the network. Bluzelle fills a need to make the decentralized Internet complete, by improving efficiency and scale of data storage and management.

Total Supply: 500,000,000

Circulating Supply: 165,000,000

ICO Price: $ 0.12

To view the Whitepaper, please visit:
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Website: bluzelle.com

Central Petroleum Limited (ASX:CTP) Quarterly Webinar

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Central Petroleum Limited (ASX:CTP) (OTCMKTS:CPTLF) ("Company" or "Central") announces that a webinar presentation will be delivered by the Managing Director, Mr Richard Cottee, on Thursday, 8 February 2018 commencing at 4:00pm AEST to discuss the Quarterly Report for the quarter ended 31 December 2017.

Participants wishing to attend this webinar will need to register using the following link
http://www.abnnewswire.net/lnk/5IR357MO

To view the presentation, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/755II6U5

Central Petroleum Limited
T: +61-7-3181-3800
F: +61-7-3181-3855
E: info@centralpetroleum.com.au
WWW: www.centralpetroleum.com.au

Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance.com (CRYPTO:BNB) Lists Aeternity (CRYPTO:AE)

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Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance.com (CRYPTO:BNB) advise that AE/BNB (CRYPTO:AE), AE/BTC and AE/ETH trading pairs are now available on Binance for trading. You can start depositing and trading AE now.

Aeternity is a public, open-source, blockchain-based distributed computing and digital-asset platform that builds upon decentralized cryptographic P2P technology. Real-world data can interface with smart contracts through decentralized "oracles". Scalability and trustless Turing-complete state channels set Aeternity apart from other Blockchain 2.0 projects.

Aeternity provides a virtual machine which can execute scripts using a decentralized global network of public nodes maintaining the blockchain. State channels enable smart contracts to remain private and scalable as long as there is no disagreement between the counterparties. Inherently integrated in Aeternity is a value token called an "Aeon" or "AE token", which can be transferred between participants and is used to compensate participant nodes for computations performed. AE tokens are used to pay for space and computation time on the virtual machine and prevent spam on the network while allocating storage and computation time proportionally to the incentive offered by the request.

Total Supply: 273,685,830

Circulating Supply: 233,020,472

ICO Price: $ 0.05

To view the Whitepaper, please visit:
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Website: aeternity.com
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