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Lake Resources NL (ASX:LKE) Corporate Update

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Lake Resources NL (ASX:LKE) provides the Company's latest presentation.

Four Lithium Projects - Four Potential Company Makers

- Kachi - Drilling Underway

o Large Project: 100% LKE

o Large Scale: ~50,000 Ha

o Results: April/May Onwards

o Near FMC & Albermarle

- Olaroz Adjoins Production

o Prime Location

o Adjoins Orocobre production

o Recent access

o Target 30km long basin margin

- Cauchari - High grades at lease boundary

o Adjoins SQM/Lithium Americas and Advantage Lithium.

o Recent access 11km basin margin

o High lithium grades immediately next to LKE leases

- Pegmatites - Past Production in Area

o Large Scale ~70,000 Ha
150km long Belt under option

o Target - Large swarm of pegmatites for bulk mining

- Paso - New Basin

o Next basin west from current production

o New discovery potential

o Good infrastructure - access to Chile

- News flow

o Drilling

o Recent access to Olaroz Cauchari to provide more drill targets

o Potential for Offtake / partner deals - proven value uplift

To view the full presentation, please visit:
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Steve Promnitz
Managing Director
Lake Resources N.L.
T: +61-2-9188-7864
E: steve@lakeresources.com.au

IR (Ben) 
M: +61-4131-50448

Mithril Resources Limited (ASX:MTH) Half Year Report December 2017

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The Directors of Mithril Resources Ltd (ASX:MTH) ('Mithril') present their report together with the financial statements of the consolidated entity, being Mithril Resources Ltd ('the Company') and its controlled entities ('the Group') for the half year ended 31 December 2017 and the Independent Auditor's Review Report thereon.

Mithril's activities for the Half Year ending 31 December 2017 (the "Period") comprised target generation on the Company's new Billy Hills Zinc Project, the identification of high-grade nickel-cobalt mineralisation in historic drilling at the Kurnalpi prospect, and reverse circulation (RC) drilling for gold and zinc mineralisation on the Murchison Project, all of which are located in Western Australia.

Exploration Overview

Billy Hills Zinc Project (Mithril 100%)

During the Period Mithril successfully applied for two Exploration Licences adjoining the Pillara Zinc Mine, 25 kms southeast of Fitzroy Crossing in the West Kimberley region of Western Australia.

At Pillara, zinc-lead mineralisation occurs within a series of fault breccia zones that cut a sequence of Devonian limestones and had a reported pre-mine resource of 18.05 million tonnes at 7.7% zinc and 2.4% lead and produced 10.3 Mt @ 6.9% zinc, 2.3% lead from June 1997 to October 2003. Mining briefly resumed during 2007 / 2008 and the mine is now on care and maintenance.

A review of historic data has identified a priority target zone at Billy Hills comprising significant historic drill intersections and a 1.2-kilometre-long gossan (Snake Bore Prospect), directly along strike from previous drill intercepts of more than 10% (zinc + lead) over multiple metres at the Pillara West Prospect, adjacent to Mithril's tenements.

The zone also coincides with a poorly drill tested linear gravity feature that defines the western edge of the rock sequence that hosts the Pillara deposit and can be seen in geophysical data for over 12 kilometres within Mithril's tenements.

With tenement grant expected during the September 2018 Quarter, Billy Hills represents a high-priority exploration opportunity for Mithril.

Kurnalpi Nickel-Cobalt Prospect (Mithril 100%)

A review of historic drilling data has identified a new high-grade nickel-cobalt target at the Kurnalpi Prospect, approximately 70 kms east of Kalgoorlie, WA.

On the tenement, historic drilling (predominantly aircore) has returned strong nickel-cobalt intercepts over an area 250 metres wide by 600 metres strike within weathered ultramafic rocks including; 42m @ 1.25% nickel, 0.07% cobalt from 24 metres including 6m @ 1.78% nickel, 0.20% cobalt from 28 metres, and 19m @ 1.08% nickel, 0.07% cobalt from 33 metres including 6m @ 1.17% nickel, 0.11% cobalt from 35 metres.

Maximum values from any one single sample are 2.04% nickel, 0.33% cobalt and 0.28% copper with the presence of elevated copper potentially indicative of nickel sulphide mineralisation within the area.

An EM geophysical survey carried out at the end of the Period has identified several EM conductors and at the time of writing, a follow-up RC drilling program was underway.

Murchison Copper Gold Project (Mithril 100% - E U s 20/846 and 51/1615 and earning up to 75% on EL' s 51/1040, 51/1270, and 20/797 - "Nanadie Well JV")

RC drilling undertaken during the Period at the Kombi and Fenceline Gold Prospects (located approximately 55 kms south east of Meekatharra, WA) returned anomalous gold (e.g. 4m @ 0.95g/t gold from 28 metres, 4m @ 0.29g/t gold from 52 metres, and 4m @ 0.17g/t gold from 20 metres) within favourable structural zones at both locations. This follows an earlier drilling program undertaken by Mithril which returned 4m @ 12.76g/t gold from 20 metres and 1m @ 5.44g/t gold from 20 metres at Kombi.

RC drilling of a historic ground EM conductor at the adjacent Sandman Zinc Prospect intersected zinc anomalism within a sequence of felsic and mafic gneisses, and minor banded iron formation; 12m @ 0.26% zinc from 97 metres including 1m @ 2.36% zinc from 97 metres, and 5m @ 0.59% zinc from 118 metres.

Kombi and Sandman lie on EL's 51/1040 and 20/797 which are subject to a Farmin and Joint Venture Agreement with Intermin Resources Limited whereby Mithril can earn an initial 60% interest by completing expenditure of $2M by 14 April 2019 (approximately $1.3M spent to date). Mithril can earn an additional 15% by completing further expenditure of $2M over a further 2 years.

Fenceline lies on EL51/1615 which is 100% - owned by Mithril Resources.

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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

Speedcast (ASX:SDA) Launches Electronic Distribution of eNavigation Charts Through Partnership with SRH Marine

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Speedcast International Limited (ASX:SDA), the world's most trusted provider of remote communication and IT solutions, is partnering with SRH Marine to provide Maritime vessels with Navigation as a Service (NaaS), a simplified electronic distribution of electronic navigational charts and updates. Speedcast NaaS is powered by Speedcast's SIGMA Gateway platform and SRH Marine's Pilot.

The Maritime world is becoming increasingly digitalized and Speedcast Navigation as a Service will simplify the delivery of electronic navigational charts and updates to assist navigation across the oceans. Speedcast Navigation as a Service, with its remote monitoring and data analytics capabilities, brings Maritime navigation into the digital age and will enable simpler eNavigation regulatory compliance.

"Speedcast Navigation as a Service is an excellent example of our increased focus on innovation that brings the benefits of leading-edge technologies to our customers," said Tim Bailey, Executive Vice President, Products, Marketing and Business Development, Speedcast. "Speedcast NaaS represents the next step in eNavigation, ensuring that vessels receive chart updates faster and with greater cost efficiency."

Commercial vessels rely on distribution of physical media across the globe to keep a vessel's electronic charts up to date. This method is time consuming and expensive, with updated chart media frequently not reaching its target vessel in a timely way. This can potentially cause regulatory and safety issues. Speedcast NaaS efficiently distributes relevant eNavigation charts and updates to a vessel via Inmarsat Fleet Xpress, Fleet Broadband or Speedcast's Ku network. NaaS is a fully managed value add solution, supplied via SIGMA Gateway or SIGMA Xtreme and is provided as part of a monthly communications service. The single invoice approach provides simplified manageability for vessel owners and operators.

"SRH Marine is excited to deliver the future of digital services with Speedcast via NaaS, with SRH Pilot and SIGMA Gateway. NaaS will revolutionise the electronic navigation world, helping vessels navigate safely and more cost effectively and ensuring customers' return on investment," said Panayiotis Giannoulis, COO SRH Marine.

Speedcast NaaS is available through Speedcast's SIGMA Gateway and SIGMA Xtreme and requires no additional hardware. This announcement furthers Speedcast's increased focus to streamline operations and provide an exceptional customer experience. With 1,300 employees, customers in more than 100 countries, more than 250 field engineers globally and four 24/7 worldwide customer support centres, plus a few regional ones, Speedcast is changing the way customers see remote communications providers.

About SRH MARINE SAIT

SRH is a leader in marine electronics established in Greece with subsidiaries in UK, Cyprus, Middle East and Spain. SRH operations are based on sales of navigation and communication equipment, spare parts, distribution of digital services, technical services, full maintenance agreements and a global after sales service/support network for more than 20 years, 24/7 remote support and 26 service engineers along with 50 back office staff guarantees the timely and efficient delivery of SRH solutions. For more information about SRH Marine SAIT, visit http://www.srhmar.com

Toni Lee Rudnicki
Vice President, Global Marketing	
Speedcast International Ltd
ToniLee.Rudnicki@Speedcast.com 
+1-832-668-2634

Cardinal Resources Ltd (ASX:CDV) (TSE:CDV) Technical Report on Namdini Gold Project Filed on SEDAR

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Cardinal Resources Limited (ASX:CDV) (TSE:CDV) (OTCMKTS:CRDNF) ("Cardinal" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has filed a National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") Technical Report in respect of the Preliminary Economic Analysis ("PEA") announced on 5 February 2018.

To view NI 43-101 Technical Report, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/VQ3S2Z43

Archie Koimtsidis
CEO / MD
Cardinal Resources Limited
P: +61-8-6558-0573

Alec Rowlands
IR / Corp Dev
Cardinal Resources Limited
P: +1-647-256-1922

Mustang Resources Ltd (ASX:MUS) Caula Graphite and Vanadium Project on Track for First Production in Mid-2019

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Mustang Resources (ASX:MUS) (OTCMKTS:GGPLF) is pleased to announce that a strategic review led by new Managing Director Dr Bernard Olivier has found that the Company's Caula Graphite Project in Mozambique is well on track for first production by the middle of next year.

The review also established that Stage 1 of Caula will produce vanadium concentrate which can be either sold or stockpiled for further processing to high purity vanadium products as part of Stage 2.

The extensive review was conducted alongside the Concept Study, which is set for completion in the June 2018 quarter.

Dr Evan Kirby, who recently joined the Mustang Board of Directors as a Non- Executive Director and consultant and has significant graphite and vanadium experience, assisted Dr Olivier in the review.

The key findings of the review were:

- Caula contains an exceptional combination of both high-grade (13% TGC) and large flakes sizes (~55% large, jumbo and super jumbo).

- Concept Study on track for completion by Q2 2018.

- The vanadium content of the ore represents an additional cashflow opportunity, especially given the structural shift in the vanadium market.

- The most effective way to develop Caula involves a two-stage process:

- Stage 1 Development Strategy:

o Stage 1 Development Strategy comprises a robust, low-cost mining operation producing ~100,000tpa of ore for 10,000 to 15,000tpa of high-grade (97% C+) graphite concentrate.

o From the start of operations, vanadium will be extracted to a concentrate. This will be sold to a vanadium producer or stockpiled for future production of refined vanadium pentoxide chemicals (98% and 99%+ V2O5).

o The Stage 1 Graphite Plant is being designed to allow future incorporation of all processing equipment into the larger Stage 2 graphite plant.

o Sale of graphite and vanadium products produced in Stage 1 will be used to secure binding off-take agreements and associated finance required for Stage 2 development.

o Stage 1 of the project development is expected to be completed and producing sellable products in H1 2019.

- Stage 2 Development Strategy:

o Expansion of mining operations to between 300,000 and 600,000tpa of ore.

o Construction of a large full-scale processing plant capable of delivering 50,000 to 75,000tpa of high grade (97% C+) graphite concentrate

o Construction of a full-scale vanadium concentrate processing plant capable of producing refined vanadium products (99.9% purity vanadium pentoxide and other vanadium chemicals such as vanadium sulfate) for the fast-growing aerospace alloy and battery markets.

o With a hypothetical ore grade of 0.4% V2O5, a 600,000tpa mining operation could produce ~2,000tpa of V2O5 (98% and 99.9% purity vanadium pentoxide chemicals) with a current market value of >US$60 million p.a.(see Note 1 below)

1. Background

The Caula Graphite Project represents a unique combination of both high grade and large flake size that distinguishes the project from its peers (see Figure 1 in link below). The Caula project has delivered a maiden JORC Inferred Resource of 5.4Mt at an average grade of 13% TGC (6% cut-off) for more than 700,000 tonnes of contained graphite. The exploration results included exceptionally high-grade intercepts of up to 26% TGC. (see Note 2 below)

In addition, initial metallurgical test work has confirmed Caula can yield high percentages of Super Jumbo, Jumbo and Large flakes (~55% from the fresh ore) with carbon content up to 98% through simple flotation (average of 97% C across all size fractions). (see Note 3 below) Oxidised ore has also demonstrated excellent treatment characteristics.

In addition to the exceptional quality of the products, Mustang has already proven that its experienced team in Mozambique can both build and operate a mining project. The recent conversion of exploration licences to mining concessions on the neighbouring ruby project is further testimony to Mustang's abilities to execute project delivery successfully in Mozambique. Furthermore, Mustang constructed and commissioned the current 200tph processing plant being utilised on the Montepuez Ruby Project that borders the Caula Graphite Project (see Figure 2 in link below). Mustang is able to utilise the infrastructure and operations camp of the ruby project to fast track the graphite project development.

2. Concept Study Update

As announced on 5 February 2018(see Note 4 below), the Company has completed the 1,400m diamond drilling campaign which will underpin the Concept Study of the Caula Graphite Project. The Concept Study remains on track for completion in Q2 this year. Approximately 1.2 tonnes of diamond drill core, comprising 51 samples from the current drilling program, have been delivered to Nagrom Laboratories in Perth for graphite and vanadium recovery test work. The samples, representing oxide and fresh ore, will be tested both as composites and as individual samples to investigate orebody variability. Multi-element analysis of the samples is being performed by SGS South Africa and full results are expected shortly.

3. Development Strategy

Given the potential of both the graphite and vanadium component of the Caula ore, Mustang is developing a dual extraction flowsheet that will allow extraction of both graphite and vanadium from the feed ore. The two-stage development strategy also suits the team's operational skills and abilities as well as ensuring that binding off-take agreements can be secured to finance Stage 2 of the development plan which represents the vast majority of the development costs. Binding off-take agreements and associated project finance typically require considerable quantities of final graphite concentrates for product qualification and the Company considers that its staged development strategy will ensure delivery of cost-effective products within a very short timeframe. The Company estimates that, subject to the final results of the Concept study, it can fast track the Stage 1 development phase for completion and sellable product delivery in H1 2019.

3.1 Stage 1

Stage 1 consists of the establishment of a low-cost mining operation delivering approximately 100,000tpa of ore to a robust cost-effective processing plant capable of producing 10,000tpa to 15,000tpa of high-grade graphite concentrate. Notably, the required feed grade of 100,000tpa (~20 tonnes per hour) is considerably smaller than the Company's current 200tph processing plant located on the neighbouring ruby tenements.

Vanadium will be extracted to a concentrate from the inception of the project and the vanadium extraction process will be integrated into the Stage 1 plant. Vanadium concentrate will be sold to a vanadium chemicals producer or stockpiled for future production of refined vanadium chemicals (98% and 99%+ vanadium pentoxide products). The Stage 1 Graphite Plant is being designed to allow future incorporation of all processing equipment into the larger Stage 2 Graphite and Vanadium plant. Through the production of both graphite and vanadium concentrates, the Company is confident that it will be able to secure binding off-take agreements and associated finance required for Stage 2 development. Stage 1 of the project's development is expected to be completed and producing a sellable product in H1 2019.

3.2 Stage 2

Stage 2 comprises of the expansion of mining operations to between 300,000tpa and 600,000tpa of ore. Stage 2 is aimed at delivering a large full-scale processing plant capable of delivering 50,000 tpa to 75,000 tpa of high grade (97% C+) graphite concentrate as well as the integrated construction of a full-scale vanadium concentrate processing plant capable of producing refined vanadium chemicals for the fast growing high-tech markets (e.g. battery and aerospace markets).

Preliminary considerations indicate that the vanadium processing plant could potentially deliver between 1,200 to >2,000 tpa of V2O5 as high-purity products that will sell at significant premiums to ferro-vanadium or standard grade 98% vanadium pentoxide flake.

4. Graphite and Vanadium economical potential

The Caula ores are considered to be broadly similar to ore at the nearby Balama Project of Syrah Resources (ASX:SYR). In July 2014, Syrah published the results of its vanadium scoping study.(see Note 5 below) The outcome of the study was very positive and most of the conclusions drawn have relevance to the Caula Graphite Project. The following points were noted:

- The vanadium in the ore did not report to the graphite concentrate and graphite concentrate samples were below the detection limit for vanadium analysis.

- There was strong correlation between graphite and vanadium grades in the ore.

- Vanadium could be recovered to a concentrate by a combination of froth flotation and wet high intensity magnetic separation (WHIMS). These are well established processing methods commonly applied in the mining and minerals industry.

- A vanadium chemicals plant could be sourced from China where there is extensive experience with vanadium extraction from graphitic and carbonaceous ores.

During the last year, the supply and demand picture for vanadium has changed dramatically. Depending on the vanadium price and graphite basket price, Stage 1 of the development process is estimated to produce more revenue than the total all-in costs for the processing plant within the first 12 months of production. Furthermore, during Stage 2, with a hypothetical ore grade of 0.4% V2O5, a 600,000tpa mining operation could produce >2,000tpa of V2O5 (98% and 99%+ purity vanadium pentoxide chemicals) with a current market value of >US$ 60 million p.a.(see Note 6 below)

Worldwide, the major use of vanadium is as an alloying agent in full alloy and high strength low alloy steels. China has recently increased the minimum specification for reinforcing steel used in buildings and as a result, domestic vanadium consumption is expected to increase by 10,000 tonnes per year (Metal Bulletin, August 2017). The vanadium market has already experienced a structural shift, changing China from being a net exporter of vanadium to becoming a net importer of vanadium. The use of vanadium in vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB batteries), used for large scale energy storage is set to drive a further increase in demand. Consequently, vanadium supplies have tightened and the price of vanadium has increased sharply over the last two years to current levels of ~US$30,500/tonne, making it the best performing battery metal of 2017(see Note 7 below).

Notes:

1 Based on 13 March 2018 pricing of US$13.9/lb (US$30,500/tonne) for 98% purity Vanadium pentoxide delivered in China. Source: vanadiumprice.com

2 Refer to ASX Announcement dated 1 December 2017 "Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate Completed for Caula Graphite Project" inclusive of all the JORC Tables listed in the Appendix

3 Refer to ASX Announcement dated 13 December 2017 "Outlook for Caula graphite project continues to grow with increased recoveries of large to super jumbo flake" inclusive of all the JORC Tables listed in the Appendix

4 Refer to ASX Announcement dated 5 February 2018 "Concept study drilling completed, intersects additional wide shallow zones of graphite at Caula" inclusive of all the JORC Tables listed in the Appendix.

5 Refer to Syrah Resources' ASX Announcement dated 30 July 2014 "Vanadium Scoping Study Finalised"

6 Based on 13 March 2018 pricing of US$13.9/lb (US$30,500/tonne) for 98% Vanadium pentoxide delivered in China. Source: vanadiumprice.com

7 "Best performing battery metal of the year isn't cobalt", Mark Burton. Bloomberg. January 26, 2018

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Managing Director:
Bernard Olivier 
E: bernard@mustangresources.com.au 
M: +61-4-08948-182
T: +27-66-4702-979

Media & Investor Relations:
Paul Armstrong
E: paul@readcorporate.com.au
T: +61-8-9388-1474

Image Resources NL (ASX:IMA) AU$25M Equity Raising Closed Fully Subscribed

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Image Resources NL (ASX:IMA) (OTCMKTS:IMREF) ("Image" or "the Company") is pleased to announce its Equity Raising (see ASX release 11 March 2018) has closed fully subscribed. The AU$25m Equity Raising was launched on 11 March 2018 with Euroz Securities Limited, the Sole Lead Manager and Sole Bookrunner. Demand has come from new and existing investors.

In accordance with the Subscription Deed with Vestpro International Limited ("Vestpro") (see ASX release 11 March 2018), Vestpro will be subscribing for 131,936,921 Shares (AU$13,193,692.10) under the Equity Raising.

New shares under this placement will be issued using the Share Placement Facility approved by Shareholders at the general meeting held on 13 February 2018. Settlement is schedule for 23 March 2018 and allotment on 26 March 2018.

The closing of the Equity Raising is the final part of the total project funding required for the Boonanarring Project.

Mr Bob Besley, Chairman commented, "The Company remains encouraged by the strong support shown from existing and new shareholders and institutions and in particular Vestpro International. Completion of the equity raising paves the way for the completion of development of the Boonanarring project and the robustness of the project continues to strengthen as market prices for mineral sand commodities continue to rise."

On 8 March 2018 the Company announced it had entered into a Loan Note Subscription Agreement ("LNSA") with Pala Investments Limited and Castlelake IV, L.P. and CL V Investment Solutions LLC which are entities controlled by Castlelake L.P. to raise AU$50M (see Note below) from the issue of senior secured loan notes.

Boonanarring is fully permitted, requires project capital costs of only AU$52M, and has a construction lead time of an estimated six months. In addition, the Company already owns the processing equipment required to make an HMC product, and owns the land covering the first two years of ore reserves as well as the area required for the construction of the processing plant and related facilities. Importantly, the Company has also secured a binding off-take agreement for 100% of HMC production for the life of the mine.

Construction of the Boonanarring Project will commence immediately. Initial mining pre-strip and construction of the wet concentrator plant and associated production facilities are expected to be completed near the end of the 3rd Qtr. 2018, followed by commissioning and first production during the 4th Qtr. 2018.

This announcement is intended to end the suspension of trading of the Company's securities.

Note: US$ denominated Loan Notes equivalent to AU$50M at signing of the LNSA.

Patrick Mutz
Managing Director
T: +61-8-9485-2410
E: info@imageres.com.au
www.imageres.com.au

Collaborate Corporation Ltd (ASX:CL8) Launch of Car Rentals for RACV Insurance Customers

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Collaborate Corporation Limited (ASX:CL8) (Collaborate or the Company) is pleased to announce that it has today launched a car rental solution to support RACV members impacted by the hailstorm that affected Melbourne in December 2017.

Following the fierce storm which battered Melbourne's south-east with large hailstones the size of golf balls, damaging tens of thousands of vehicles, repair centres were quickly established in Mt Waverley, Notting Hill and Bayswater to provide convenient assessment and repair services for RACV members.

As the assessment phase concludes and the repair phase gathers momentum, Collaborate is working with RACV to deliver a bespoke RACV DriveMyCar solution that provides rental vehicles for RACV members while their hail damaged vehicles are being repaired.

This will enable RACV members to get back on the road while their vehicle is being repaired. RACV members can book a rental car online and collect it from the repair centre when they drop off their own vehicle for repair. RACV members will have access to a range of quality vehicles provided by DriveMyCar from $29 per day including Subaru XV, Holden Astra, Camry Hybrid and shortly a range of Peugeot vehicles from the sporty 2008 to the luxurious 508.

This is DriveMyCar's first car rental solution developed specifically for the vehicle insurance market. This is an established market that is currently highly fragmented with a large number of suppliers charging relatively high prices for the provision of rental vehicles. DriveMyCar provides a wider choice of vehicles at a significantly lower price point, delivering a great solution for drivers waiting for their vehicle to be repaired.

Chris Noone, Collaborate CEO said "We are excited to expand RACV DriveMyCar in Victoria through this significant new demand channel and now also serve the needs of RACV insurance members.

"This is another example of the synergies that exist between RACV and Collaborate and the ability of both companies to identify and leverage new opportunities that deliver benefits to customers on the supply and demand sides of online marketplaces. We look forward to continuing to work with RACV to launch additional product offerings to meet the needs of RACV's large member base".

Mark Geraghty, RACV General Manager - Motor Insurance said "This partnership demonstrates how RACV is expanding its offering to members to ensure they have more options to get around at a time when they need it the most."

Today's launch follows RACV's $1 million strategic investment in Collaborate in April 2017 and the launch of the RACV DriveMyCar co-branded website on 25 September 2017, which targets RACV's 2.1 million members and new customers.

About the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV)

RACV exists to improve the lives of Victorians and in particular, their 2.1 million members, by addressing their needs and acting as their advocate in the areas of mobility, home and leisure. RACV provides products and services including emergency roadside and home assistance, insurance and finance, resorts and travel services, home security, drive school and vehicle inspections. RACV's growing mobility portfolio provides a range of options such as Melbourne 3 Bike Share, operated on behalf of Public Transport Victoria, and RACV Car Share, powered by Thrifty, to help Victorians get around conveniently, efficiently, sustainably and cost-effectively. As a mutual, the value in the organisation is returned to members through discounts and benefits. For more visit http://www.racv.com.au

Collaborate Corporation Limited
Tel: +61-2-8889-3641
E: shareholder@collaboratecorp.com 
W: www.collaboratecorp.com

Thomson Resources Ltd (ASX:TMZ) Half Year Financial Report

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The directors submit their report for Thomson Resources Ltd (ASX:TMZ) for the half year ended 31 December 2017.

Review and results of operations

The net results of operations after income tax expense for the half year was a profit of $317,102 (2016: loss $236,144).

Thomson continued its exploration at the Bygoo Tin Project with successful drilling during the half year intersecting high grade tin of similar tenor to those previously recorded at both North and South prospects. Further significant funding was also received under the amended Farm-in and Joint Venture Agreement. Where a North American private investor can earn a 51% equitable interest of the Bygoo Tin Project on contributing $A3,000,000 in a series of staged payments by 30 June 2018. They then have an option to contribute additional funds to earn a further 25% interest. The option will be exercisable until 1 October 2018 at an exercise price of A$22,000,000, with an initial payment at commencement of A$4,000,000. Further drilling at Bygoo and other prospects in the regional area is planned to commence in the first quarter of 2018.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the Company is exploration for the discovery and delineation of high grade base and precious metal deposits specifically within the Lachlan and Thomson Fold Belt of NSW and the development of those resources into cash flow generating businesses.

To view the full report, please visit:
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Thomson Resources Ltd
T: +61-2-9906-6225
E: info@thomsonresources.com.au
WWW: www.thomsonresources.com.au

Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) Presentation at Australian Energy and Battery Conference

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Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) provides the Company's latest presentation at Australian Energy & Battery Conference.

Our Vision: World leading producer of high purity alumina (HPA) - 4,500 tonnes pa

What is HPA?

- Purified alumina (Al2O3)

- 99.99% (4N) purity or greater

- Smelter Grade Alumina (SGA) ~ 99.5% (5,000ppm impurities, mainly sodium)

- Bayer Process uses sodium hydroxide (NaOH)

- Sodium impurity is problem for electronics industry

Altech Growth Performance

- 10 x steady market cap growth (3 years)

- Ave trade value $2k/day to $350k/day

- 350% increase in shareholders to 2,500

- $9 m cash, no debt

- 420 m shares on issue

To view the full presentation, please visit:
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Altech Chemicals Ltd
Iggy Tan, Managing Director
T: +61-8-6168-1555
E: info@altechchemicals.com
WWW: www.altechchemicals.com

Lake Resources NL (ASX:LKE) Drilling Advances at Kachi Lithium Brine Project

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Lithium exploration company Lake Resources N.L. (ASX:LKE) ("Lake" or "LKE") has advanced the first rotary drill hole to a depth of 240 metres with encouraging indications of conductive brines in two thick sandy aquifers at the Company's 100%-owned Kachi Lithium Brine Project in Catamarca.

- Drilling has advanced in the first rotary drill hole to a depth of 240 metres with encouraging indications of conductive brines in two thick sandy aquifers at Lake's 100%-owned Kachi Lithium Brine Project in Catamarca Province, Argentina

- The rotary drill hole will continue to a further depth up to 300 metres and then be cased and sampled

- The additional drill rig has commenced operations on a drill hole 6 kilometres to the south east to assess whether the same conductive sandy aquifers can be intersected

- High grade and potentially economic lithium brine results and flows were announced within a short distance of Lake's lease boundary at the Cauchari Lithium Brine Project in Jujuy.

Kachi Lithium Brine Project, Catamarca - Update on drilling

This drill hole will continue to a suitable depth where a clay horizon is intersected up to 300 metres depth and then will be cased, logged with downhole geophysics, and sampled.

The additional larger rotary drill rig has commenced operations on a new rotary drillhole 6 kilometres to the south east of the current drilling to assess whether the same conductive sandy aquifers can be intersected.

Olaroz - Cauchari Lithium Brine Project, Jujuy - Update on nearby drilling

High grade and potentially economic lithium brine results with good flows rates of brines were reported recently from the leases immediately adjoining Lake's leases at the Cauchari Lithium Brine Project in Jujuy province. Advantage Lithium and Orocobre announced the results from their drilling of lithium bearing brines on their adjoining Cauchari Project. It is Lake's intention to target the same aquifers.

To view figures, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/MVJU3A98

Steve Promnitz
Managing Director
Lake Resources N.L.
T: +61-2-9188-7864
E: steve@lakeresources.com.au

Hastings Technology Metals Ltd (ASX:HAS) Rights Issue Completion of Shortfall Take Up By Underwriters

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Hastings Technology Metals Ltd (ASX:HAS) advises that the take up by underwriters of the shortfall shares under the fully underwritten (one for seventeen) non-renounceable rights issue announced on 2 February 2018 is now complete.

The rights issue raised approximately $12.2 million before costs.

A summary of shares on issue following completion of the issue of shares to underwriters is as follows:
  
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Event                                       Number of Shares 
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Shares Currently on Issue                        677,301,700
Shares taken up by the underwriters               33,710,975
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Total shares after rights issue                  711,012,675 
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Hastings Technology Metals Ltd
Telephone: +61-2-9078-7674 
Email: info@hastingstechmetals.com
Website: www.hastingstechmetals.com

Hastings Technology Metals Ltd (ASX:HAS) Investor Presentation March 2018

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Hastings Technology Metals Ltd (ASX:HAS) provides the Company's latest Investor Presentation titled "Future Producer of Neodymium & Praseodymium to the Permanent Magnet Industry".

Summary

- Experienced management team with rare earth production experience

- Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) completed Nov 2017

- Off-take MOUs signed with Thyssenkrupp, Germany and 3 Chinese RE producers

- Native Title Agreement signed

- Mining Lease granted for 21 yrs since March 2016

- MREC with high NdPr content

- DFS basket price:USD29.20/kg

- Mine construction 2Q 2018
Production Q1 2020

- Probable Ore Reserves 5.15m tonnes

- JORC Resource Estimate
currently @ 21.0m tonnes

- Market Cap A$240m

- NPV A$466m

- IRR 78%

- EBITDA payback 2.3yrs

- Cash post rights issue A$25m

- No debt

- EVs exponential growth of 5x from 2020 to 2040

To view the full presentation, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/IC55YZ17

Charles Lew
Executive Chairman
T: +65-9790-9008

Guy Robertson
Finance Director
T: +61-9078-7674

Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) Half Yearly Report

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The Directors present their report on Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) for the half-year ended 31 December 2017.

REVIEW OF OPERATIONS

During the half-year ended 31 December 2017 the Company made significant progress towards arranging the funding that will be required for the commencement of construction of its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA) plant and associated kaolin mine in Meckering, Western Australia (HPA Project).

On 15 December 2017 Altech was pleased to announce that it had been advised that the German government inter-ministerial committee (IMC) had reached a positive decision on its application for project finance export credit cover relating to the Company's proposed Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA) plant. Following the IMC decision, the Company was advised by German government owned KfW IPEX-Bank that it had successfully processed credit approval for a project finance debt package of US$190 million, comprising US$170 million of project finance export credit cover (available at long tenure and at highly attractive terms) and US$20 million at customary lending terms.

Subsequent to half-year end, the Company executed commitment, terms and conditions documentation with KfW IPEX-Bank to formalise the US$190 million debt package. A condition precedent to draw-down of the KfW IPEX-Bank debt is that the Company secures the necessary project equity. The final equity component of project funding will be determined as the Company works through various funding options, which may include the inclusion of mezzanine finance, and/or project level equity participation. Finalisation of this balance of project funding will be the focus of the Company during the first half of 2018.

The Final Investment Decision Study (FIDS) results for the Company's HPA Project were published in October 2017. The FIDS incorporated up-to-date project assumptions including the final capital cost estimate which includes a fixed-price lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract value for the proposed Malaysian HPA plant; a fixed-price lump-sum EPC contact value for construction of a container loading facility at Meckering, Western Australia; and the capital cost for the initial kaolin mining campaign. The financial metrics for the FIDS are extremely robust. Project Net Present Value (NPV) is US$505.6 million at a discount rate of 7.5%, payback (at full rate) is 3.9 years and annual EBITDA at full production is US$75.7 million. The internal rate of return (IRR) is 21.9% with a gross margin on sales of 63%. Publication of the FIDS results was a significant milestone for the Company. The FIDS results, combined with the extensive and detailed project due diligence conducted by bank appointed independent due diligence consultants, provided the foundation for the US$190 million debt package negotiated with KfW-IPEX Bank.

In October 2017 the Company was successful in arranging a $17.0 million placement of new shares to a variety of existing and new shareholders. Proceeds from the placement were used to continue the development of the Company's HPA project and will include payments for land at Meckering and Johor, plus final HPA plant design and engineering as well as working capital and corporate costs. The placement was strongly supported by the appointed EPC contractor for the proposed Malaysian HPA plant, German engineering firm SMS group, which subscribed to US$4.0 million (A$5.3 million) of shares; SMS group now holds approximately 9% of the Company's total issued capital. The Melewar group, an existing major shareholder, and associates subscribed to A$3.0 million of new shares.

Other significant developments during the half-year ended 31 December 2017 included:

- Works approval was received from the Western Australian Department of Water and Environmental Regulation for construction of the proposed kaolin screening and loading facility at the Company's Meckering kaolin deposit.

- The Company exercised its option to purchase the ~94Ha of freehold farm-land, within which sits granted mining lease M70/1334 which hosts its Meckering kaolin deposit.

- The design of the proposed Malaysian HPA plant was finalised. The final design resulted in an increase in plant capacity to 4,500tpa (was 4,000tpa) and the design now incorporates a flexible finished product line capable of producing HPA for both the synthetic sapphire industry and HPA for the lithium-ion battery industry.

- SMS group Gmbh, the German engineering firm appointed as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the Company's proposed HPA plant committed to US$15.0 million of equity support for the Company. US$4.0 million was provided to the Company as part of the $17.0 million share placement announced in October 2017. The balance of equity support (US$11.0 million) is proposed at project funding financial close upon satisfaction of the various conditions precedent to draw-down of the KfW-IPEX project finance debt.

- The Company launched a German language version of its website in response to the increased interest in its HPA project from European based retail and institutional investors and various German-based stakeholders.

To view the full report, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/0HA2KZK0

Altech Chemicals Ltd
Iggy Tan, Managing Director
T: +61-8-6168-1555
E: info@altechchemicals.com
WWW: www.altechchemicals.com

Sayona Mining Ltd (ASX:SYA) Presentation at Energy and Battery Minerals Investor Conference

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Sayona Mining Ltd (ASX:SYA) (OTCMKTS:DMNXF) provides the Company's latest Presentation at Energy and Battery Minerals Investor Conference.

Sayona - At a Glance

- Australian-based, ASX listed lithium exploration and development company

- Primary objective is to fast-track development of the advanced Authier Lithium Project

- Targeting first production at Authier in late 2019 / early 2020

- Significant portfolio of lithium exploration properties in Australia and Canada

Authier Lithium Project

- Located 45km from Val d'Or in Quebec, Montreal (500km SE)

- Located in established mining district

- 100% owned

- Simple deposit - 26,000m of drilling

- Environmental studies completed. Permitting advanced

- Well studied - PEA 2012, PFS 2017 - DFS underway

Sayona Investment Proposition

- Authier is an advanced, de-risked project. DFS underway

- Executing a plan to get into production and generate cash flow - low capital hurdle & competitive operating costs

- Located in a first world country with access to world-class, low-cost infrastructure

- Base case pre-tax NPV of A$227 million and low enterprise value per tonne of resources compared to industry peers

- Opportunity to value-add Authier concentrates and create significant shareholder value - $794m pre-tax NPV

- Board and management team have track record of delivering projects

To view the full presentation, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/R27J1KHA

Sayona Mining Ltd
T: +61-7-3369-7058
E: info@sayonamining.com.au
WWW: www.sayonamining.com.au

Ardiden Ltd (ASX:ADV) Half Yearly Report

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Your Directors present their report for Ardiden Limited Ardiden Ltd (ASX:ADV) (the 'Company') and controlled entity ('Consolidated Entity' or 'Group') for the half-year ended 31 December 2017.

CORPORATE

Acquisition of 100% interest in Seymour Lake Lithium Project

During the period the Company completed the successful acquisition of 100% of the Seymour Lake Lithium Project, with the final instalment payments of cash and shares being made to Stockport Exploration Inc., as per the Option Agreement announced by Ardiden on 6 January 2016. These payments comprised a cash payment of CAD$250,000 and the issue of 22,054,112 fully paid Ardiden shares.

The consolidation of the Seymour Lake ownership positions the Company to advance the project towards development.

Acquisition of 100% interest in Wisa Lake Lithium Project

During the period Ardiden completed the successful acquisition of 100% of the Wisa Lake Lithium Project in Ontario, with a re-negotiated reduced final cash payment made to the vendor, Alset Minerals Corporation (formerly Alset Energy Inc.)

After negotiations with Alset Minerals Corp, the parties agreed to modify the original option agreement announced on 19 December 2016. As a consequence, Ardiden has been able to secure 100% of the Wisa Lake property for an additional cash payment of $50,000. Therefore, the total consideration paid by Ardiden to acquire full ownership of this highly prospective project was reduced from $300,000 to just $80,000. Under the new terms, Ardiden is no longer required to issue $220,000 worth of shares to Alset Minerals Corp or provide Alset with a 2% net smelter royalty (NSR).

Ardiden now has 100% ownership of all four projects in its Canadian lithium portfolio.

Pickle Lake Option Agreement

During the period Ardiden secured an Option Agreement over the advanced Pickle Lake Gold Properties during the Quarter, adding a close proximity exciting new gold exploration opportunity to the Company's diverse project portfolio in Ontario, Canada.

The Option Agreement was signed with TSX-listed White Metal Resources Corporation ((CVE:WHM) - "White Metal Resources") and provides Ardiden with a low-cost, low risk opportunity to assess a highly prospective project that offers advanced development targets, as well as early-stage exploration opportunities.

The Properties consists of four separate gold properties offering both advanced development opportunities and early stage exploration. Over 25,000m of historical diamond drilling completed across the Pickle Lake Gold Properties, confirming the potential for multiple extensive gold mineralised zones at both Dorothy-Dobie Lake and Kasagiminnis Lake, with gold mineralisation remaining open along strike and at depth.

The Pickle Lake Gold Properties are located within the prolific gold-producing Meen-Dempster Greenstone Belt of the Uchi Geological Sub-province of the Canadian Shield, in close proximity to several of the Company's existing projects and to the regional mining centre of Thunder Bay.

Ardiden believes there is significant potential to expand the existing gold mineralised zones within the Pickle Lake Gold Properties, with many areas remaining underexplored and the properties located along strike from substantial historical gold mining operations.

Under the terms of the Option Agreement, Ardiden has 12 months to complete a due diligence review of the Pickle Lake Gold Properties. The Company can acquire a 100% interest in the Project claims for total payments of CAD$140,000 and the issue of 5,592,949 ordinary Ardiden shares, payable in staged payments over the 12-month due diligence period to White Metal Resources Corp. ("White Metal Resources") (CVE:WHM) and meeting the ongoing obligations of the underlying Option Agreements with Murchison Minerals Ltd. ("Murchison Minerals" - formerly Manicouagan Minerals Inc.) and Ken Kukkee.

The due diligence program is currently underway and is designed to verify the historical and current drilling and sample results, and obtain a better understanding of the various known gold mineralisation zones and the influence of the surrounding structures at the Pickle Lake Gold Properties. Ardiden expects to commence drilling activities early next year when the weather conditions allow better access to site.

No exploration activities were undertaken at the Pickle Lake Gold Project during this period, with the majority of the Company's focus being on the exploration work at the Seymour Lake Lithium Project and producing the Stage 1 Seymour Mineral Resource Estimate. Ardiden confirms planning is under to commence exploration and drilling activities during Q2 2018.

To view the full report, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/85I3349P

Ardiden Ltd
Brad Boyle, Executive Director
T: +61-8-6555-2950
F: +61-8-9321-3102
E: info@ardiden.com.au
WWW: www.ardiden.com.au

White Rock Minerals Ltd (ASX:WRM) Half Year Report

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The Directors present their report together with the consolidated interim financial statements of White Rock Minerals Ltd (ASX:WRM) ("the Company" or "White Rock") and its controlled entities ("the Group") for the half-year ended 31 December 2017 and the auditors review report thereon.

Review of operations

White Rock Minerals Ltd is an Australian exploration and development company whose activities are focussed on gold, silver and copper exploration and development in eastern Australia and zinc and silver exploration in Alaska, USA. The Company's two projects are 100% owned - the globally significant Red Mountain zinc VMS project in Alaska and the Mt Carrington gold-silver project located near Drake in northern New South Wales.

To view the full report, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/2R8N7SFE

White Rock Minerals Ltd
Tel: +61-3-5331-4644
Email: info@whiterockminerals.com.au
WWW: www.whiterockminerals.com.au

Investigator Resources Ltd (ASX:IVR) Half Yearly Report

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Investigator Resources Ltd (ASX:IVR) submit their report for the half year ended 31 December 2017.

The main activities during the half year included:

- Paris silver project - The Paris Pre-Feasibility Study ('PFS') is progressing with positive groundwater source and comminution results to date. A flotation/leach Metallurgical study is nearing completion with results due later in the March 2018 quarter. Preliminary high-level open-pit optimisation for the 2017 upgraded mineral resource has been undertaken.

A Paris silver expansion program with twenty five RCP holes completed for 2,688m in December aiming to find additional resources to build the 42Moz Paris resource. Induced Polarisation ("ÏP") surveying of satellite silver prospects commenced in December 2017 with February 2018 completion ahead of scheduled drill follow-up in March-April.

- Nankivel copper-gold prospect - Following the final heritage approvals received in mid-December 2017, the drill testing of the large Trojan IP geophysical target was undertaken in mid-February 2018. Three 400m-spaced reverse circulation percussion ('RCP') holes drilled to test the large Trojan IP target intersected pyritic metasediments without visible copper sulphide. The pyritic metasediment is interpreted as the southern pyritic halo to the .Nankivel porphyry system. Hence the location of a central copperprospective zone is revised and a joint venture partner will be sought to fund further exploration at the large target area.

- Maslins IOCG copper-gold target - The Company will participate in a regional magneto-telluric survey to cover the Maslins iron oxide copper gold target. Results will advance the understanding of the Maslins target and assist towards a decision to drill test the target during 2018.

- Cartarpo copper-cobalt-REE Target - The 100% held, Cartarpo tenement (EL5999) located 175km north of Adelaide, was granted to the Company in early August 2017. The results of a field visit and sampling undertaken in November 2017 at the Cartarpo Project recognised metals that point to a new deposit style in the corridor that is more akin to alkalic or carbonatite/kimberlitic intrusions. The Company considers the potential of the Cartarpo tenement is significantly raised by the verification of high cobalt grades and the new identification of rare earth elements at the historic Cartarpo copper mine.

- Thurlga joint venture - Having earned a 75% interest in the Thurlga tenement (EL 5419) during the year ended 30 June 2017, Gawler Resources Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, is the manager of the Joint Venture. A twelve month JV program was prepared for 2017/18 that also countenances infilling the Wide and Ironstone/Ironstone North silver targets with more detailed soil geochemical sampling following the promising 2017 drill results. Further drilling is contingent of the soil results.

- Other Regional Eyre Peninsula Projects - There has been limited activity on the other Regional Eyre Peninsula Projects, whilst the focus has been on other priority projects. During the reporting period Investigator's new applications for Coopers Hill, Yantanabie and West Pennas, were approved by the Minister.

To view the full report, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/O9L12424

Investigator Resources Ltd
T: +61-8-7325-2222
E: info@investres.com.au
WWW: www.investres.com.au

Prospect Resources Ltd (ASX:PSC) Half Yearly Report

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The directors of Prospect Resources Limited (ASX:PSC) (the "Company" or "Prospect") and its controlled entities (the "Group") submit herewith the financial report of the Group for the half-year ended 31 December 2017.

REVIEW OF OPERATIONS

The first half of the year focussed on infill drilling of the proposed Arcadia pit, bulk sampling and grade control, building our lithium carbonate laboratory, meeting potential offtake partners and potential financiers and investors and investigating additional lithium and cobalt acquisitions in the region.

The above resulted in

- the PFS being released;

- product samples being delivered to customers;

- 99.5% battery grade lithium carbonate produced from petalite at our in-house laboratory;

- A conditional Offtake and A$10m Placement and Framework Agreements with Sinomine Resources Exploration Co. Ltd. and Sinomine International Exploration (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd. (collectively "Sinomine");

- the Mineral Resource Estimate and Ore Reserve upgraded;

- Acquired option over Tombolo Copper/Cobalt Project;

- A$10m placement via Hunter Capital; and

- Option over the Good Days Lithium Project being exercised.

To view the full report, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/3CMIJZ2K

Prospect Resources Ltd
T: +61-8-9217-3300
E: info@prospectresources.com.au
WWW: www.prospectresources.com.au

MMJ PhytoTech Ltd (ASX:MMJ) Board Changes

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MMJ PhytoTech Limited (ASX:MMJ) ("MMJ") is pleased to announce the appointment of Doug Halley to the board, effective immediately.

Doug is an experienced company director, having served on a number of Australian public company boards, including most recently as Chairman of DUET Group which was a member of the ASX100 prior to it being taken over at an attractive share price premium last year. His experience and key appointment terms are summarised in the attachment to this release (see link below).

Jason Bednar has retired from the board of MMJ and will remain on the board of Harvest One Cannabis Inc. (CVE:HVST) ("Harvest One") as an independent non-executive director.

Commenting on these changes, MMJ's Chairman Peter Wall said "We are pleased to have attracted Doug Halley to our board. He is an experienced director with skills that complement those of the board and which will be valuable as MMJ continues to grow as a cannabis investment company. Doug also knows our CEO Jason Conroy and they had success together at DUET Group. Jason Bednar was a tireless and valuable contributor to MMJ and we are pleased that he will remain on the board of Harvest One, MMJ's largest investment."

To view the attachment, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/8R4NWQ9B

Investor Enquiries:
Jason Conroy
Chief Executive Officer
E: info@mmjphytotech.com.au

Media Enquiries:
Sam Burns
Six Degrees Investor Relations
M: +61-400-164-067

White Rock Minerals Ltd (ASX:WRM) Podcast of Interview with MD & CEO, Matt Gill on Big Review TV

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White Rock Minerals Ltd (ASX:WRM) ("White Rock" or the "Company") wishes to advise that the podcast of an interview with its MD and CEO, Matt Gill on Big Review TV is now available on its website.

To view the podcast, please visit:
http://www.abnnewswire.net/press/en/92419/WRM

Matt Gill (MD & CEO)
Phone: +61-3-5331-4644
Email: info@whiterockminerals.com.au
WWW: www.whiterockminerals.com.au
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