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Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance.com (CRYPTO:BNB) Lists Pundi X (CRYPTO:NPXS)

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Introduction

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Queensland Bauxite Ltd (ASX:QBL) Company Transformation Announcement

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The Board of Queensland Bauxite Limited (ASX:QBL) (the "Company") is excited to announce that the Company and its subsidiary, Medical Cannabis Limited ("MCL") have entered into a legally binding heads of agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Medcan Australia Pty Ltd ("Medcan") ("Medcan HOA"). Medcan is the holder of an Office of Drug Control ("ODC") Medical Cannabis Production License (Australian Cultivation & Production Licence) with an experienced management and production team with a contract to supply already in place, which enables the MCL group to legally grow and cultivate high THC and CBD medicinal cannabis products in Australia to supply the new Australian and the burgeoning global markets.

PART ONE - THE ACQUISITION OF 100% OF MEDCAN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD BY QBL

HIGHLIGHTS

- QBL has entered into a legally binding heads of agreement to acquire a 100% stake in medical Cannabis company 'Medcan Australia Pty Ltd'

- Medcan has an ODC Medical Cannabis Production License to legally cultivate and produce high THC / CBD chemovars and cultivars to make medicinal Cannabis products in Australia

- MCL now has access to an ODC medicinal cannabis production license which will enable value maximisation of MCL's established seed bank, unique cannabis genetics and medical cannabis distribution divisions

- MCL is now able to complete its second locally vertically integrated business from 'seed to consumer' in medicinal cannabis. MCL is the only Medicinal Cannabis company in Australia with two complete fully vertically integrated businesses: Nutritional Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis

- Medcan's ODC license assists to realise MCL's vision to be able to be a supplier of the highest Australian quality, GMP standard, high THC/CBD medical cannabis and other formulations of medicinal cannabis

- Medcan's ODC license assists MCL to realize and fulfil its aim to cultivate medical Cannabis in Australia and manufacture its own GMP pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and therapeutics for distribution and sale to the Australian market and international export market, with the potential to return significant revenues for MCL

- Medcan has achieved a DA approval for a detailed planned 'state of the art' Cannabis cultivation and production facility. QBL will invest the funds required to complete to maximum capacity, the pharmaceutical grade centre, fully staffed for cultivation and production of high THC/CBD medicinal Cannabis products.

Material Milestone

The Directors of Queensland Bauxite Ltd view this acquisition as significant for the Company as it marks a material milestone for MCL and completes the journey of fully integrating MCL's medical division, confirming MCL firmly as a leader in the Australian and Global Cannabis industry.

Medcan identified the prospect of securing an ODC licence pursuant to the Narcotics Drugs Act 1967 to enable it to legally cultivate and produce medicinal Cannabis products and in November 2017 was granted an Australian Cultivation & Production Licence. Medcan was one of the first medical Cannabis companies to receive an ODC MC license pursuant to the recent legislation changes.

The Directors of MCL are very excited to have Medcan's directors join MCL's medical cannabis team, as they will add their extensive technical expertise to the MCL team.

Medicinal Cannabis 'State of the Art' production facility

Medcan, after working extensively with local council, have secured a DA approved facility to allow the GMP production of medicinal cannabis products. This highly secure facility will have the ability to produce medicinal Cannabis dried flower, full extract oil, tinctures, capsules and the CannTab XR pill, amongst other products.

The Medcan facility, will utilise the latest 'state of the art' automated cultivation techniques allowing complete control of the growing environment. Through climate control systems monitoring temperature, humidity, CO2 levels and ATP, and advanced nutrient delivery systems reducing the error rate of manual watering, the facility will provide controlled, reproducible conditions optimising the ability to provide the highest level of Medicinal Cannabis product for both the Australian and International market. The facility is intended to begin operations by year end.

Medcan's professional management team retained by QBL

Medcan was founded by its directors Craig Cochran and Gareth Ball. Craig and Gareth are well respected experts in the Medicinal Cannabis industry. They have worked in both Australia and Canada and have broad and extensive knowledge of the Cannabis plant and will be continuing as executive directors of Medcan to drive the company forward.

Craig Cochran is an early mover in the Australian and International Medicinal Cannabis industry, Craig has an in-depth knowledge and understanding of current Australian and global legislation, licensing and regulation. With a focus on patient access, Craig has dedicated years to understanding the needs of individual patients. With a network of contacts through Australia, Canada, Europe and the USA, Craig has an ear to the ground understanding of both local and international Medicinal Cannabis market trends, business models and access pathways.

Gareth Ball is an enthusiastic cannabis advocate and is passionate about bringing much-needed medicine to the people who need it so they can improve their quality of life. Gareth is highly skilled in contract negotiations, inventory management, yield maximization, business operations, business to business sales and commercial management. He will use his 20 years of sales and marketing experience to drive the business forward.

Vertically integrated strategy

MCL management believe this vertically integrated model is a major competitive advantage for MCL in the Australian market. It allows the best value to be obtained from our own lawful recognised seed bank of over 25 varieties of unique cultivars, chemovars and genetics legally developed over two decades. This acquisition also allows the ability to produce cannabinoids, refined concentrates and isolates for the scientific and research communities, both locally in Australia and overseas. MCL already has exclusivity to produce and distribute the GMP, pharmaceutical grade, CannTab extended release pain relief pill in Australia and Asia.

Medcan is currently in negotiations to manufacture a number of other products for Licensed Producers (LP's) of Medical Cannabis.

MCL has also been approached by overseas manufacturers to be their supplier of choice.

This acquisition would enable the supply of Australian produced medicinal cannabis products in world markets.

Material terms of Medcan acquisition

As noted above, the Company and MCL have entered into a legally binding heads of agreement with all other shareholders of Medcan, being Craig Cochran and Gareth Ball ("Medcan Shareholders"), to acquire, subject to conditions, 100% of the shares in Medcan held by them, as well as 100% of the issued units in the Medcan Australia Unit Trust ("Trust"), currently held by Cochran Industries Pty Ltd as trustee for the Innacovenant Family Trust, an entity controlled by Craig Cochran, and Gareth Ball ("Unitholders") (together with the Shareholders, the "Vendors"). Medcan is currently the trustee of the Trust.

The acquisition of Medcan is subject to the following material terms and conditions:

- Conditions: The acquisition of Medcan is subject to obtaining all necessary shareholder, regulatory and third-party approvals pursuant to the ASX listing rules and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) to allow the Company to lawfully complete the acquisition, and ASX providing a letter of approval for QBL shares to be re-instated to trading on ASX, on conditions acceptable to QBL (Conditions). If the Conditions are not satisfied or waived by 31 August 2018, the parties may terminate the Medcan HOA by written notice to each other.

- Consideration: The consideration payable to the Vendors for the acquisition of their Medcan shares and units in the Trust will be satisfied through the issue of 250 million QBL shares, in proportion to their share and unit holdings. Upon completion of the acquisition, and the Company's proposed acquisition of MCL, this will represent an approximate 8% shareholding in the final merged entity (see part two of this announcement for further detail).

- Management contracts: The parties have agreed to negotiate arm's length management contracts for Craig Cochran and Gareth Ball for the first two years following settlement. The remuneration for the management contracts will, subject to QBL seeking the appropriate ASX waivers, include quarterly issues of QBL shares (1.25 million for Craig Cochran and 1 million for Gareth Ball) for the first two years following settlement, but with the inclusion of CPI in year 2. Medcan will also agree to pay a performance bonus to these parties (divided pro-rata) of 10% of Medcan's net profit, less the remuneration already received as salary. QBL has agreed to guarantee these obligations of Medcan for the first two years post settlement.

- Settlement: Settlement of the acquisition is expected to occur within 5 business days following satisfaction of the Conditions. MCL has been nominated by the Company (as purchaser) to hold the shares and units acquired from the Vendors. On completion of the acquisition, Medcan will be 100% owned by MCL and become its wholly owned subsidiary.

The board believes this deal represents significant material value for QBL shareholders, with the company able to implement cost and revenue synergies on multiple fronts. MCL was able to achieve favourable terms given the clear and executable revenue and cost synergies that both parties will benefit from.

This acquisition of Medcan, and associated acquisition of MCL (see part two of this announcement), is subject to QBL shareholder approval due to, among other things, the proposed change to the nature of the Company's activities. Approval will be sought at a general meeting of QBL shareholders, expected to be called next month.

The directors of QBL have spoken to the largest shareholders of QBL and are confident that these vital acquisitions have the support of QBL's largest shareholders. All the directors of QBL and MCL unanimously approve and recommend these acquisitions for the benefit of all QBL and MCL shareholders.

A huge milestone achieved for MCL

Andrew Kavasilas, Founding Director of MCL stated, "With Medcan integrated into the broader MCL group, we intend to produce high CBD and other THC rich variations of Medicinal Cannabis, as well as other cannabinoid variations to be used in research to manufacture patient specific products in accordance with the existing legislative framework. This is another step forward for patient access in Australia and globally, with patients to have direct access to legally produced Australian GMP Manufactured products of the highest standard and quality control."

Pnina Feldman, Executive Chairperson of QBL concludes, "The value of MCL and Medcan combined is greater than the sum of the individual businesses. Both parties achieve value uplift with clear and deliverable synergies - MCL has access to an ODC license and a DA approval for a state of the art cannabis cultivation and production facility, and the Medcan staff having the ability to improve and fast track its market reach and its grow of Cannabis, given access to MCL's genetics and its unique lawful Australian seed bank, MCL's knowledge, contacts, expertise and international reach, and together with QBL, ready access to the capital markets. Medcan's experienced management, their expertise, motivation and dedication, will enhance the broader success of MCL. MCL, with this acquisition, is now able to fulfil its vision to become a fully vertically integrated Cannabis company with the ability to develop its own products and to produce for patients much needed product to the highest standard. This should ensure the generation of further significant short term revenues for the Company as we continue to implement our business plan."

PART TWO - QBL ACQUIRES 100% OF MEDICAL CANNABIS LIMITED
THE MERGER OF MCL AND QBL

Acquisition of MCL

With due consideration given to the QBL (mining) and MCL (Cannabis/hemp) investors, and as a direct result of the MedCAN transaction, the Board of QBL has elected not to float MCL but to obtain approval from QBL's shareholders at a general meeting (pursuant to Listing Rule 11.1.2) to purchase the remaining 45% of MCL and completely incorporate MCL into QBL for the benefit of all QBL shareholders.

The Directors of QBL are confident after discussion with major shareholders, that this significant merger will be approved by shareholders. By purchasing 100% of MCL and merging MCL into QBL, all QBL shareholders will have the value of not only existing QBL current projects, but will also have full value of MCL and all its burgeoning activities and potential profits, as the hemp and medicinal cannabis industries develop from infancy to fruition worldwide.

It has been determined by the Directors of QBL that it is preferable for all current QBL shareholders to have the benefit of QBL owning 100% of MCL, rather than MCL floating separately and QBL potentially losing the bulk of the value of MCL.

Material terms of MCL acquisition

The Company has entered into a binding heads of agreement with MCL and MCL's major shareholders ("MCL Shareholders") to make offers to acquire, subject to conditions, the balance of 45% of MCL ("MCL Shares").

The acquisition of MCL is subject to the following material terms and conditions:

Conditions: The acquisition of MCL is subject to the following conditions:

o QBL receiving acceptances under the Offer (which as above has already been agreed by the major shareholders of MCL to provide) that give it a relevant interest in at least 90% of all of the MCL shares on issue on a fully diluted basis to enable it to achieve 100% by compulsory acquisition;

o QBL obtaining all necessary shareholder, regulatory and third-party approvals pursuant to the ASX listing rules and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) to allow the Company to lawfully complete the acquisition;

o QBL entering into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of Medcan (which as above has already been entered into); and

o ASX providing a letter of approval for QBL shares to be re-instated to trading on ASX, on conditions acceptable to QBL, (together the "MCL Conditions"). If the MCL Conditions are not satisfied or waived within 6 months of the MCL HOA being executed, the parties may terminate the MCL HOA by written notice to each other.

- Consideration: The consideration payable to MCL Shareholders for their MCL shares is a total of 1,195,000,000 QBL shares. The value of the consideration payable has been determined by the parties to the MCL HOA with reference to the value attributed to MCL through QBL's trading price.

- Acceptance of Offer: The Major Shareholders, who together hold 38% of the total MCL shares on issue, have covenanted in favour of QBL that they will accept the offer made by QBL to acquire their MCL shares and sign all documentation, including restriction agreements as required by ASX, to complete the acquisition of their MCL Shares.

Pursuant to the ASX listing rules, nearly all of the new QBL shares issued to MCL Shareholders, will be subject to a 24-month escrow period.

Change to nature of activities and QBL shareholder approval

As a result of these significant transactions causing a change in scale and nature of QBL's activities, the Company pursuant to listing rule 11.1.3 will re-comply with Chapters 1 and 2 of the Listing Rules.

The issue of QBL shares in consideration for the acquisition of MCL shares will also require QBL shareholder approval. As noted above, the Directors of QBL anticipate after discussion with the major QBL shareholders that this approval will be forthcoming.

Capital raising

To assist the Company to re-comply with Chapters 1 and 2 of the Listing Rules and support the Medcan and MCL acquisition costs, the Company plans, subject to the approval of the Company's shareholders, to conduct a capital raising under a prospectus to raise up to $5 million, at a price of 8 cents per share.

The directors of QBL have determined that QBL shareholders will have the exclusive right to participate in this raising by way of a priority offer. The capital raising will further enable the merged entity to implement its growth objectives.

Currently no fees have been agreed to be paid by QBL to any person for finding, arranging or facilitating the proposed acquisitions of MCL and Medcan. It is expected that fees may be payable to third parties as part of the capital raising on ordinary commercial terms.

- THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR A CONSOLIDATION OF THE COMPANIES SECURITIES.

- The directors have no current intention to request a consolidation of QBL's securities.

Company Overview and Business Model, including MCL and Medcan

Following the integration of Medcan and MCL into QBL, QBL will be comprised of two separate operating divisions, Mining and Cannabis.

Cannabis

MCL has a clearly defined focus in the industrial hemp and medical cannabis industries.

The inclusion of Medcan into MCL will see the creation of local Australian Cannabis Production facilities. Further, the production facilities are expected to generate income near term, in 2H 2018. This completes the vertical integration for both the nutritional hemp and medical cannabis divisions.

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Queensland Bauxite Ltd (ASX:QBL) and MCL Will Merge to Become a Major Global Player on the World Scene in Medical Cannabis

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Pnina ('Diamond Rose') Feldman's Queensland Bauxite Limited (ASX:QBL) has announced today that QBL is undertaking a significant transformation of the Company from a mining exploration company with a Medical Cannabis subsidiary to a new major global Cannabis player through a 100% merger of its 55% owned subsidiary, Medical Cannabis Limited and the new 100% acquisition of Medcan Australia.

The 100% merger of MCL and QBL, which is expected to be approved by its shareholders, will allow the Company to complete two fully vertically integrated businesses with its Hemp Seed Food Division and Medical Cannabis Division. QBL will also be keeping its mining interests by setting up a separate Mining Division.

QBL today announced that it has made a 100% acquisition of the Australian Medical Cannabis company Medcan Australia. Medcan has an Office of Drug Control (ODC) approved Cannabis cultivation and production license and a secured DA approved facility, which when outfitted will boast as having one of the largest multi-million dollar 'state of the art' automated medical Cannabis cultivation and production facilities, to be found anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere. The Company also intends to develop and manufacture sought after Cannabis products in addition to its range of CannTab XR Medical Cannabis pills at this centre, for distribution to Australia and Asia. With this new ODC Medcan licence, MCL now has access to the full suite of Licenses enabling it to grow, produce and distribute low and high-grade THC/CBD Cannabis medical products and all Australian grown hemp seed nutritional products.

MCL's VitaSeed Division, presently has some of Australia's largest broad-acre hemp farms in New South Wales and Victoria, where it grows its Hemp Seed crops for the Australian Consumer. VitaSeed produces the Hemp Seed for MCL's subsidiary, VitaHemp.

Mrs Feldman, as the Executive Chairperson/ Business Development Manager for QBL: MCL and her "dedicated team of professionals" is very excited to oversee this significant transformation of the business from two separate entities into one multi-tiered company. QBL has invested a lot of time and resources searching the globe, to enlist the services of some of the world's leading specialists in the medical Cannabis field who will oversee and manage QBL's new Medical Cannabis Division. The team, led by Australian Cannabis researcher, Andrew Kavasilas, will include world-renown specialists from Israel, America, Canada and Australia. MCL is proud to have Dr David (Dedi) Meiri and his dedicated scientific team, at the Cannabis research centre at the Haifa Technion, Israel, conducting Advanced Medical Cannabis Research on behalf of MCL.

Pnina is confident, within the next 5 years, under the direction of the Board and the Executive management team, that the new look QBL with its Hemp Food, unique Cannabis seedbank, Medical Cannabis Pharmaceuticals/Therapeutics, and Mining Division will become one of Australia's leading ASX companies, as the company becomes a leading force in the burgeoning multi-billion dollar medical Cannabis global market.

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WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) Acquires US Parcel Shipping TMS Provider, Pierbridge

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Global logistics solutions group, WiseTech Global (ASX:WTC) (OTCMKTS:WTCHF), today announced the acquisition of Pierbridge, a leading parcel shipping transportation management solution (TMS) provider to medium and large shippers in the United States.

Headquartered in Massachusetts with development offices in the UK and Finland, Pierbridge offers an enterprise-class, multi-carrier, parcel shipping solution, which streamlines carrier selection, booking, label printing, tracking, invoice reconciliation and BI reporting. Pierbridge provides its parcel shipping TMS direct to customers and through solutions providers including Pitney Bowes, Logistyx and others. Pierbridge's technology automates many large shipping operations across the manufacturing, healthcare, financial, technology and e-commerce sectors for end-users including Overstock.com, Siemens, US Homeland Security, BNY Mellon Bank, Texas Instruments, Genentech, Mazda, Home Depot and Menards.

WiseTech Global Founder and CEO, Richard White, said "E-commerce is driving significant parcel shipment growth internationally and domestically. Pierbridge's parcel shipping TMS offering allows freight forwarders, warehouses and shippers, such as online retailers, to more efficiently manage high volumes of parcel shipments, and will enable our customers to ship with US-based global couriers. Pierbridge's parcel TMS is a scalable technology we can converge and expand with our next-generation e-commerce solutions as we drive deeper into global e-commerce fulfilment."

"Across the WiseTech Global group we are building out the cargo chain ecosystem to deliver real-time visibility, control over margins, faster movement, more efficient use of resources and error reduction across all transport modes for our customers. Bringing the Pierbridge parcel shipping TMS expertise and multi-region development teams into the WiseTech Global group now, expands and accelerates the development of our scalable high-volume domestic and international fulfilment e-commerce solutions. Along with our deep cross-border and international logistics capability and global execution platform, this transaction ensures we are well-placed to solve the increasingly large international e-commerce problem set."

Pierbridge's Managing Director, Bob Malley, said "Becoming part of the WiseTech Global group is an exciting step forward for Pierbridge. E-commerce is driving worldwide demand for smaller, more frequent, last-mile delivery of shipments across borders. By integrating our parcel TMS solutions with WiseTech's CargoWise One platform, we will enable Pierbridge customers and partners to extend control of parcel shipping processes well beyond North America. With their global infrastructure, cross-border logistics expertise and deeply integrated logistics capabilities, WiseTech Global provides Pierbridge with a unique opportunity to address complex international parcel shipping worldwide. Together we will develop advanced solutions for the exponential growth in volumes to come."

Remaining under the leadership of Bob Malley, Pierbridge will continue to work with its partners to deliver innovative parcel shipping TMS solutions to shippers worldwide. Pierbridge will also have access to the 7,000 logistics providers across the world who utilise WiseTech's integrated supply chain execution solutions.

Pierbridge's parcel TMS platform, Transtream, can be deployed on premise in locations that are shipping hundreds of thousands of parcels each day, or can be accessed from the cloud to enable e-commerce businesses to streamline omni-channel shipping processes from suppliers, stores, offices and warehouses. Transtream automates rating and delivery times in shopping carts, controls costs, and provides better shipping visibility for customer service. Pierbridge and its technology partners, Logistyx and Pitney Bowes, have achieved FedEx Compatible Platinum certification, based on shipping volume throughput, support of FedEx's most current service offerings, and other key certification criteria. Pierbridge has also earned UPS ConnectShip Platinum certification status.

Across 130 countries, CargoWise One enables logistics service providers to execute highly complex transactions in areas such as freight forwarding, customs clearance, warehousing, shipping, tracking, land transport, ecommerce, 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 logistics solutions acquisitions in Canada, France, Belgium, Ireland, North America, Australasia, Italy, Germany, Turkey, the Netherlands, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Taiwan, and is in line with WiseTech Global's clearly stated strategy of accelerating long-term organic growth through targeted, valuable acquisitions.

About Pierbridge Inc.

Founded in 2004, Pierbridge provides parcel shipping TMS direct to customers and through solution providers such as Logistyx, Pitney Bowes and others. Pierbridge solutions automate many large shipping operations across the manufacturing, healthcare, financial, technology and e-commerce sectors for end-users including Overstock.com, Siemens, US Homeland Security, BNY Mellon Bank, Texas Instruments, Genentech, Mazda, Home Depot and Menards. Headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, Pierbridge also has development offices in the UK and Finland, and has a team of 56 experienced logistics and technical professionals. For more information about Pierbridge, visit http://pierbridge.com

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Australian Potash Ltd (ASX:APC) Air-Core Drilling Strongly Confirms Continuity of Gold Mineralisation at Yamarna Gold Project

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Australian Potash Limited (ASX:APC) (APC or the Company) is pleased to provide an update on the recently completed Air-Core drilling campaign at the Yamarna Gold Project.

Highlights:

- The significant bedrock gold anomaly over a 2,500-metre strike length identified at Target 15a remains open and is similar in scale to early AC drilling at recently identified high-grade Ibanez prospect (see Note 1 below) 2 kilometres to the south

- Northern line of drill-program at Target 15d returned anomalous bedrock gold results over a 500-metre width

- 5 of the 6 lines drilled for a total of 7,027 metres returned anomalous bedrock gold

- Second stage program plan comprising a combination of AC and deeper Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling to test depth and primary mineralised structures is being finalised

Assay results from recent shallow Air-Core (AC) drilling have returned bedrock gold anomalism and confirmed a substantial and widespread gold mineralised system extending north from the Company's southern tenement boundary. A significant anomaly within target T15a stretches over 2,500 metres of strike and is open to the north-west and is up to 200 metres wide. The T15a anomaly is approaching the scale of the early stage AC anomaly at the Ibanez Prospect of southern neighbour Gold Road Resources Ltdi (see Figure 1 in link below).

Additionally, the northern most line of the 6 lines of new AC drilling returned anomalous results stretching over a 500 metre width. This anomaly is open along strike, where historical drilling was only selectively sampled.

Results received extend the mineralised system that has been identified in southern neighbouring tenements, into APC's Yamarna Gold Project. Gold anomaly levels are consistent with those reported from early AC drilling at the Ibanez and Stratocaster targets (see Note 1 below) where subsequent AC, Reverse Circulation (RC), and Diamond Drilling (DD) has revealed high grade gold mineralisation (see Note 2 below) (refer Figure 1 and 2 in link below).

Australian Potash, Executive Chairman, Matt Shackleton commented: "We are very pleased to report strong AC results from the drilling program following the targeting and lithological-geochemical work conducted by our consultants CSA Global. The purpose of the program was to explore for the continuity of the mineralised system successfully identified by our southern neighbour. As Figure 1 (see link below) shows, the continuity of the anomalous gold mineralised system and the large areas comprising each of the southern target areas indicate follow up drilling programs are strongly warranted. CSA Global are now modelling the full data set of assays from the program and we are working through the process of finalising drill plans for Stage 2 in conjunction with them."

Air-Core Drill Program

Through April and early May, a total of 139 vertical AC drill holes between depths of 27 metres and 72 metres were completed over selected targets within the Yamarna Shear Zone for a total of 7,027 metres. Drill holes were generally spaced at 80 metre intervals with provision to infill to 40 metres where field observation warranted it. The rock types logged, and assay results received are all consistent with results reported by other companies working along this frontier greenstone belt.

Litho-geochemical and spectral analysis are being conducted on samples from this program by industry leading consultants CSA Global to assist in evaluating targets for more extensive drill testing. The combination of analysis techniques provides a robust basis for understanding the anomalism encountered and provides a sound platform for additional drilling.

Located at the northern end of the Yamarna Greenstone Belt in the Eastern Goldfields Province of Western Australia, the project area commences c.60 kilometres north-west of the 6-million-ounce Gruyere mine development. The significance of the Gruyere deposit prompted the Company to explore the gold mineralisation potential of its 1,400km2 ground holding.

In 2017, the Company commissioned industry leading geological consultants CSA Global to conduct a structural review of its tenure covering the Lake Wells/Yamarna Shear Zone. The results of this initial review and targeting exercise were discussed in an announcement released to the market on 27 July 2017 (see Note 3 below), and identified that the broad Lake Wells project area was conducive to Archaean Lode/orogenic gold style mineralisation, with a structural analogy to the southern Abitibi/Timmins in Canada.

Following the structural review, and with the knowledge that large mineral systems have large alteration halos, a program of litho-geochemical analysis was completed using existing drill data. With data limited to only 527 drill holes reaching basement rocks within the project area (representing approximately one sample per two square kilometres of APC ground holding) geochemical analysis and alteration mapping was considered likely to be an effective tool to refine targets generated in the structural study. These two reviews lead to high quality, early stage drill targets as shown further in Figure 2 (see link below).

Additional targets are likely to be generated as further information comes to hand and other areas come under scrutiny for gold potential.

In selecting targets for initial drill testing the southern area of the Yamarna Gold Project was selected due to the proximity to neighbouring prospects and an interpretation of magnetic data that suggests continuation of lithology between the two areas (see Figure 1 in link below).

Air-Core (AC) drilling was selected as the most suitable technique to cost effectively collect samples of bedrock through the unconsolidated cover sequences such as sand, clay, and highly weathered rock expected to be encountered.

Samples collected during drilling were composited to 4 metre intervals and submitted for gold analysis, with the last meter of each hole submitted individually and subjected to both gold and a multi-element analysis by four acid digestion. Multi-element and subsequent geochemical analysis is used to define anomalies and alteration zones that will generate targets for further testing. This analysis is continuing to be conducted by CSA Global.

Technical Discussion

The most significant observation is the identification of a hydrothermal system and large-scale retrograde metamorphic alteration. The significance of this is that it is possible that this area could host a gold deposit of merit, as a hydrothermal system is required to produce orogenic gold deposits, and the timing of peak metamorphism is critical in preserving a gold deposit once created.

Peak metamorphism through the area drilled is visually estimated to be lower amphibolite facies based on the observations of rock chips and end of hole 'core'.

Notable gold deposits that are hosted in this level of metamorphic rock or higher include Tropicana (+8Moz, 215km to the SSE), Hemlo (+21Moz, Abitibi, Canada) and Big Bell (+5Moz, Murchison, WA). Confirmation of metamorphic grade and the relevance to mineralisation is being confirmed using spectral analysis where mineral species can be accurately identified and reported.

The critical factor determining the preservation of a gold deposit in high grade metamorphic rocks is the timing of the mineralisation as it is considered that a deposit is only likely to be preserved if it is emplaced after the peak of metamorphism at these levels. There is visual evidence from the rock samples of hydrothermal alteration having occurred at lower metamorphic grades, and this is considered particularly encouraging.

The majority of the Yamarna sequence within the area drill tested appears to be composed of a variety of metamorphosed felsic and intermediate volcaniclastic rocks. Mafic rock types including schist and basalt, were observed in lesser amounts. Intrusive rocks are mostly monzodiorite, diorite, and tonalite in likely sills or dykes within the sequence, with granite in the easternmost drilling.

Deformation appears to have occurred under simple shear at ductile conditions in high-strain zones during peak metamorphism. Peripheral to these, there are a minimum of two strong foliations imposed upon the rocks, which show weak crenulations in phyllites and cross-cutting foliation sets in more gneissic rocks. The degree of deformation is relatively consistent throughout the area, and between different lithologies. Some areas appear to show a repetition of rock types that could represent tight isoclinal folds, as interpreted by CSA Global from the aeromagnetic data.

While more drilling is required to confirm these observations of deformation, the convergence of geochemistry, magnetic interpretation, and geology is critical in confirming targets and guiding additional testing.

The Company has also adopted a more robust target naming convention that references the targets generated during the CSA Global studies and allows for future refinement as work progresses on each target. Prospect names will be assigned to specific targets at an appropriate time.

Next Steps

CSA Global will finalise the update of their geochemical/lithological models over the coming weeks. The results of this process will feed directly into further target refinement and drilling plans.

A combination of AC and deeper Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling is being considered.

The remaining 16,000 metres of the planned 23,000 metre AC program will be directed towards testing several of the other drill targets identified in Figure 2 (see link below).

RC drilling to test depth and primary mineralised structures at Target Area 15 is being prioritised and will be refined further on the completion of CSA's modelling.

Notes:

1. Gold Road Resources Limited (ASX:GOR) ASX announcement 2 November 2015 'High Grade Gold Intersected at Corkwood'.

2. Gold Road Resources Limited (ASX:GOR) ASX announcement 1 August 2017 'High Grade Mineralisation Confirmed at Ibanez: 8.20 metres at 11.63 g/t Au'.

3. Refer to ASX announcement 27 July 2017 'Yamarna Gold Assets Review and Exploration Plans'. That announcement contains the relevant statements, data and consents referred to in this announcement. Apart from that which is disclosed in this document, Australian Potash Limited, its directors, officers and agents: 1. Are not aware of any new information that materially affects the information contained in the 27 July 2017 announcement, and 2. State that the material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the 27 July 2017 announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed.

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Matt Shackleton 
Executive Chairman
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m: +61-438-319-841

Ardea Resources Ltd (ASX:ARL) Goongarrie Nickel-Cobalt Project Pilot Plant Trials to Commence

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Ardea Resources Limited (ASX:ARL) (OTCMKTS:ARRRF) ("Ardea" or "the Company") is pleased to announce it has engaged engineering firm Simulus to conduct pilot plant trials for the Company's flagship Goongarrie Nickel Cobalt Project ("Goongarrie").

Highlights

- Pilot plant program to derive process design and engineering data for flowsheet to produce nickel sulphate and cobalt sulphate

- Production of commercial samples for testing by potential customers

The pilot plant trial is being completed on 7.5 tonnes of representative mineralisation in the largest laboratory-scale autoclave in the southern hemisphere. The objective of the Research and Development program is to provide process design and engineering data on the planned Goongarrie flowsheet while producing sufficient industry standard specification of cobalt and nickel sulphate crystals. These marketing products will be required as a part of third party due diligence being completed by potential Strategic Partners (ASX Market Release - 14 June 2018).

Commenting on the pilot plant testing, Ardea Chair Katina Law said:

This is an important step in the development of the Goongarrie Nickel Cobalt Project. Piloting of the proposed Goongarrie flowsheet is the next technical step in the research and development programme and will allow Ardea to produce nickel sulphate and cobalt sulphate under operating conditions that mimic a commercial operation and provide marketing samples for eager battery market end users".

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Mr. Brett Clark
Managing Director
Ardea Resources Limited
Tel: +61-8-6244-5136

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Blackham Resources Ltd (ASX:BLK) Wiluna High Grade Free Milling Mineralisation Extended Further

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Blackham Resources Limited (ASX:BLK) (OTCMKTS:BKHRF) (Blackham or the Company) is pleased to present final results from the Wiluna free milling drill programme. During March'18 to May'18, Blackham's exploration team drilled 133 RC holes (11,612m) focused on delineating further free milling open pit reserves over the 3.7kms of strike at the Wiluna Mine. The results reported are from the final 66 holes received (5,326m). All Wiluna Mine drilling assays have now been received and will be incorporated into Blackham's next resources and reserves update anticipated in the September '18 quarter.

This is a follow up programme to the 77,000m of drilling completed during 2017, which successfully delivered probable reserves of 669,000oz (7.7Mt @ 2.7g/t Au) within Wiluna open pit cutbacks. The A$1,600 Au/oz pit optimisations shown below were completed immediately prior to the latest drilling, and confirm the potential for open pit cutbacks and new free milling open pits to be developed at the Wiluna mine site. These latest drilling results are expected to support substantial increases to open pit resources and reserves within open pits.

Highlights

- Latest drilling extends shallow oxide and transitional mineralisation close to the Wiluna CIL plant.

- Wiluna oxide and transitional ores scheduled to feed the Wiluna CIL plant in 2018 with strong recovered grades.

- Mining studies well advanced on the Wiluna free milling starter pits.

- Wiluna free milling resource and reserve updates to be completed in September '18 quarter.

East-West Cross Structures - High grade free-milling mineralisation confirmed near surface:

20m @ 4.84g/t from 5m incl. 9m @ 8.76g/t 97g*m WURC0622

19m @ 3.52g/t from 3m incl. 2m @ 10.63g/t 67g*m WURC0623

22m @ 2.97g/t from 11m incl. 7m @ 5.90g/t 65g*m WURC0619

14m @ 4.23g/t from 16m incl. 7m @ 7.66g/t 59g*m WURC0627

22m @ 2.38g/t from 3m 52g*m WURC0617

13m @ 3.58g/t from 48m incl. 3m @ 5.30g/t 47g*m WURC0630

15m @ 2.70g/t from 32m 41g*m WURC0624

19m @ 2.00g/t from 40m 38g*m WURC0625

Happy Jack - High grade free milling mineralisation confirmed around existing pit:

19m @ 6.36g/t from 35m 121g*m WURC0598

7m @ 7.62g/t from 35m 53g*m WURC0585

8m @ 4.65g/t from 112m & 10m @ 7.93g/t from 136m 117g*m WURC0603

12m @ 2.29g/t from 122m, 9m @ 6.83g/t from 147m 99g*m WURC0589

8m @ 2.30g/t from 2m, 23m @ 1.59g/t from 18m & 20m @ 8.70g/t from 72m 229g*m WURC0602

Bulletin and Essex - High grade deeper intercepts show potential for oxide and sulphide pit cutbacks:

6m @ 3.81g/t from 103m incl. & 13m @ 1.95g/t from 127m 48g*m WURC0600

11m @ 2.23g/t from 19m 25g*m WURC0605

Current drilling is focused on free milling ores above the top of fresh rock (generally top 60-80m) that metallurgical test work has confirmed are viable feed sources for the Wiluna CIL plant, with average leach recoveries on the oxide and transitional ores being 90.8% and 84.3%, respectively, after 24 hours.

The Blackham management team believes the free milling ores within the existing Wiluna Mine footprint are an attractive feed stock for the currently operating mill and allows for fast-tracking mining approvals.

East-West Cross Structures Pit

Broad zones of shallow high grade mineralisation have been intersected surrounding the modelled East-West pit cutback, in Blackham's newly discovered cross structure zones that were not mined by previous operators. Better intercepts include:

20m @ 4.84g/t from 5m incl. 9m @ 8.76g/t 97g*m WURC0622

19m @ 3.52g/t from 3m incl. 1m @ 5.27g/t & 3m @ 5.62g/t & 2m @ 10.63g/t 67g*m WURC0623

22m @ 2.97g/t from 11m incl. 7m @ 5.90g/t 65g*m WURC0619

14m @ 4.23g/t from 16m incl. 7m @ 7.66g/t 59g*m WURC0627

22m @ 2.38g/t from 3m incl. 1m @ 7.10g/t & 1m @ 7.76g/t & 1m @ 6.48g/t 52g*m WURC0617

13m @ 3.58g/t from 48m incl. 3m @ 5.30g/t 47g*m WURC0630

15m @ 2.70g/t from 32m incl. 1m @ 5.89g/t & 1m @ 6.95g/t 41g*m WURC0624

19m @ 2.00g/t from 40m 38g*m WURC0625

The shallow high grade mineralisation is likely to be mined at a relatively low strip ratio and low mining cost, and consequently Blackham is fast tracking approvals with a view to mining this cutback in the December '18 quarter.

Happy Jack Pit

Infill drilling at the Happy Jack pit has delivered further high grade oxide and transitional intersections and enhanced confidence in the resource model interpretation. The potential for increased sulphide resources was also highlighted by several holes that extended into the deeper fresh rock. Better results include:

19m @ 6.36g/t from 35m 121g*m WURC0598

7m @ 7.62g/t from 35m & 9m @ 1.99g/t from 111m 71g*m WURC0585

8m @ 4.65g/t from 112m & 10m @ 7.93g/t from 136m 117g*m WURC0603

12m @ 2.29g/t from 122m, 3m @ 4.97g/t from 138m & 9m @ 6.83g/t from 147m 104g*m WURC0589

8m @ 2.30g/t from 2m, 23m @ 1.59g/t from 18m & 20m @ 8.70g/t from 72m 229g*m WURC0602

Drilling was also completed around the Adelaide, Moonlight, Essex and Bulletin pits with moderate tenor results received (see Table 1 in link below for full list of results). Cutbacks on these pits also appear viable and are being assessed for future mining. Best results were:

6m @ 3.81g/t from 103m incl. & 13m @ 1.95g/t from 127m 48g*m WURC0600

11m @ 2.23g/t from 19m 25g*m WURC0605

Further drilling is planned to close out open-pit mineralisation ahead of finalising mine designs for the free milling starter pits. Blackham's next resources and reserves update will incorporate these results and is expected to be completed in the September '18 quarter.

Blackham management are currently fast tracking pit designs and approvals to mine the high-grade East West Cross Structures and Golden Age North pits (see ASX release dated 12th June 2018 for Golden Age drilling results) in the December'18 quarter.

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Milan Jerkovic
Executive Chairman
T: +61-8-9322-6418 

Bryan Dixon 
Managing Director
T: +61-8-9322-6418

Jim Malone
Investor Relations
T: +61-419-537-714

Chantelle O Sullivan
Media Relations
Citadel-MAGNUS
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Collaborate Corporation Ltd (ASX:CL8) Update on Growth Opportunities

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Collaborate Corporation Limited (ASX:CL8) (Collaborate or the Company) is pleased to provide an update on the Growth Opportunities announced on 30 April 2018.

Short Term Car Rentals

The previously announced launch of short term car rentals of 3 days or more for DriveMyCar has been further improved by extending the functionality to now deliver 2+ day car rentals. This enhancement is expected to expand the addressable market, improve marketing effectiveness and increase revenue potential more than originally anticipated. Under the newly developed pricing model owners can now earn more income per day for short term rentals - up to 72% more income per day for 2 day rentals compared to a 7 day rental, whilst still ensuring a competitive offering to renters.

The functionality to enable owners to opt in for short term rentals was launched on 6 June and has seen over 160 vehicles opt in for the shorter rental periods. The majority of these are corporate fleet vehicles and we expect private vehicles to increase over time as owners update their preferences. Over 90% of cars are available for a minimum of 2 days.

The ability to book vehicles for 2+ day rentals will launch during the week commencing 25 June with updates to terms and conditions, damage liability waiver, extensions and cancellation policy and once testing has been completed.

Apartment Car Share Pilot

The technology solution for the Apartment Car Share Pilot has been confirmed and the proposal for launch is under review by the strata committee representing residents of the apartment development on Sydney's north shore that has been chosen for the pilot. As previously announced, DriveMyCar will provide booking functionality, along with administration and insurance for vehicles for the Apartment Car Share Pilot which will provide residents of apartment developments with the opportunity to share their own cars with other residents.

Dealer Rental Solution

The electronic direct mail and telephone marketing campaign to engage automotive dealers as supply and handover locations for vehicles commenced on 21 May and discussions are underway with a number of prospects identified in the early stages of this DriveMyCar campaign. Initial interest has been shown by larger dealers, which is positive from a scale and distribution perspective. Due to the often complex financing and ownership structures for vehicles held by automotive dealers the sign up process can be lengthy so priority will be given to identifying the dealers with the highest propensity for faster onboarding.

RACV & Melbourne Airport Location

As announced on 29 May 2018, DriveMyCar has engaged with Busy Beaver Airport Parking to expand the services provided by RACV DriveMyCar in Melbourne. The two key components of the service were launched in June 2018. RACV DriveMyCar is now providing Tullamarine airport pick up options for rental cars at Busy Beaver Airport Parking 24 hours a day, 365 days a year including a complimentary 6 minute shuttle bus to and from the airport. In addition, RACV DriveMyCar is offering a ManageMyCar service enabling RACV members and other Victorian vehicle owners to have rental of their vehicles managed on their behalf including rental handovers and storage between rentals. All vehicles located at the Melbourne Airport Location will be available for 2+ day rentals.

Marketing & PR

A news story featuring Mobilise customers received extensive coverage across national mainstream publications, print and digital editions including Daily Telegraph (Sydney), The Mercury (Tasmania), Courier Mail (Brisbane), Adelaide Now (Adelaide) and Herald Sun (Melbourne).

The Peugeot experiential marketing campaign and rental opportunity for DriveMyCar was featured in The Australian and leading automotive industry publication, Go Auto News.

Channel Ten have covered the launch of the RACV DriveMyCar operation at Melbourne airport and the story is expected to be broadcast on Ten Eyewitness News in the week commencing 24 June.

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

Emmerson Resources Limited (ASX:ERM) High-Grade Gold Intersected at Tennant Creek

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Emmerson (ASX:ERM) (OTCMKTS:EMMRF) is pleased to announce highly encouraging, drill results from Mauretania which provide additional geological and grade related information aimed at adding this project to our small to medium-sized mine portfolio (see Figure 1 in link below). This portfolio is now the subject of detailed studies by Emmerson's Tennant Creek strategic alliance partner, Territory Resources. This study includes the mining-related parameters of metallurgy, extraction and dilution, before negotiation of a "profit share" style agreement between both parties.

Highlights

- RC drilling at the Mauretania discovery has intersected thick, high-grade gold, silver and copper with elevated bismuth and cobalt.

- Drill hole MTRC023 intersected three distinct zones of mineralisation:

o 26m at 8.9g/t gold, 85g/t silver, 0.49% copper and 0.13% bismuth from 53m including a higher grade zone of 8m at 23g/t gold, 219g/t silver, 0.72% copper and 0.26% bismuth

o 12m at 2.1g/t gold, 11.8g/t silver, 0.24% copper from 97m including 3m at 6.6g/t gold, 11.9g/t silver, 0.28% copper and 414ppm cobalt

o 10m at 7.6g/t gold, 2.4g/t silver, 0.19% copper and 0.14% bismuth from 171m including 5m at 13.4g/t gold, 2.8g/t silver, 0.22% copper and 0.21% bismuth

- Drill hole MTRC027 intersected 12m at 10.4g/t gold and 0.27% bismuth from 48m including 6m at 18.9g/t gold and 0.46% bismuth.

- Drill hole MTRC025 intersected 19m at 1.85g/t gold, 28.7g/t silver, 1.25% copper and 734ppm cobalt from 101m including 9m at 2.6g/t gold, 22.8g/t silver, 2.3% copper and 0.12% cobalt.

- A single RC pre-development hole drilled at West Gibbet intersected 7m at 7g/t gold from 66m including 1m at 16.6g/t gold and 2m at 12.4g/t gold.

- Metallurgical test work to be completed on samples from both holes in support of the small and medium mine strategy.

- Drilling of new high-value copper, gold and cobalt targets within the Northern Corridor at Tennant Creek to begin next quarter following interpretation of recently completed airborne geophysical survey.

Emmerson's Managing Director; Mr Rob Bills commented: "The success of this first round of drilling at Mauretania has confirmed the potential for high grades and expanding both the shallow and deeper mineralisation. Our aim is to include the project in our small to medium mines portfolio in support of the recent strategic alliance with Territory Resources. This portfolio of small mines can be monetised via processing at the refurbished Warrego Mill on a profit share basis and provide funding to continue our exploration program targeting larger mines at Tennant Creek and in NSW.

"Encouragingly, much of the higher grade material at Mauretania is within the upper 100m and thus amenable to possible open pit mining. Further, the highly encouraging grades for both gold and copper once again highlight the potential for this style of hematite hosted mineralisation - a style that has been largely overlooked by previous explorers in Tennant Creek. Emmerson has now made four such discoveries, all with exceptional metal grades of either gold, copper, bismuth, silver and more recently, at Jasper Hills and at depth at Mauretania, high-grade cobalt.

"Emmerson's exploration programs are designed to discover more of these high-value deposits and we await with anticipation, the results of the now completed airborne EM geophysical survey over the Northern Corridor at Tennant Creek. This survey is aimed at detecting the signatures of these systems through either directly detecting copper sulphides or the associated clay alteration at the base of oxidation. Thus our next drill program will be particularly exciting as it will be focussed on new hematite hosted, high grade, multi-metal (gold, copper, cobalt, bismuth, silver) targets generated from this geophysical survey."

Mauretania

The twofold aim of the drilling at Mauretania was to provide a more refined structural understanding and test for extensions to the mineralisation. Pleasingly both were successfully achieved as now the continuity of the ironstone has been demonstrated, plus a new zone consisting of: 10m at 7.6g/t gold, 2.4g/t silver, 0.19% copper and 0.14% bismuth has been discovered in the footwall of the hematite ironstone.

Drill hole MTRC023, a vertical hole through the alteration and ironstone provides an insight into the metal and alteration zonation plus highlights mineralisation both on the footwall and hangingwall of the ironstone - excitingly opening up the untested potential for additional mineralisation at depth (see Figure 2 in link below).

Whilst the highest gold grades occur above the base of oxidation, this new deeper gold, copper and bismuth mineralisation indicates further drilling will be required before mining studies are finalised. The intersection of 9m at 2.56g/t gold, 22.8g/t silver, 2.3% copper and 0.12% cobalt (drill hole MTRC025) highlight the likely true width of the mineralisation and potential for copper and cobalt credits.

This latest drilling together with the geochemical footprint, now suggests great potential for down dip and strike extensions to the mineralisation (see Figure 3 in link below). Metallurgical test work will be completed on samples from the recent drill program in support of future development.

West Gibbet

West Gibbet is an undercover target that is associated with a discrete magnetic anomaly coincident with an underlying, magnetite ironstone. It occurs along a highly mineralised, eastwest trending structural corridor referred to as the "wine line". This corridor hosts the Chariot, Malbec and TC8 mines - with all associated gold and copper mineralisation hosted in magnetite and/or transitional magnetite-hematite ironstone.

Previous drill results at West Gibbet intersected extremely high grades of 9m at 95.5g/t gold within the oxide zone, some 74m from surface (ASX- 26/05/2008). This recent hole drilled (WGRC052) was aimed at confirming the tenor of the historical drill hole and to provide a bulk metallurgical sample, ahead of converting this target to a small mine.

Drill hole WGRC052 intersected lower tenor mineralisation of 7m at 7g/t gold from 66m compared to Emmerson's previous drilling, indicating the mineralisation was likely associated with coarse gold. However, it did confirm the continuity and potential for a shallow underground mine. Interestingly the nearby Analytic target contains a historic intercept of 24m at 6.3g/t gold from 246m (including 3m at 48.3g/t gold) (ASX- 15/12/2008) - suggesting the possibility for deeper, high-grade gold at West Gibbet beneath the existing ironstone (see Figure 4 in link below). As similar to Edna Beryl, this potential is likely best realised once the underground development is established.

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For further information, please contact: 

Rob Bills
Managing Director and CEO
E: rbills@emmersonresources.com.au
T: +61-8-9381-7838
www.emmersonresources.com.au 

Media enquiries

Michael Vaughan, Fivemark Partners
E: michael.vaughan@fivemark.com.au
T: +61-422-602-720

iSignthis Ltd (ASX:ISX) Central Banking Facilities and SWIFT Membership

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Australian Securities Exchange and Frankfurt Stock Exchange cross listed iSignthis Ltd (ASX:ISX) (FRA:TA8) ("the Company"), the world leading RegTech for identity verification and payment services, is pleased to announce that it is now a SWIFT usership member (see Note below), with a SWIFT locatable BIC of ISEMCY22, post integration.

Once fully integrated, the Company will be able to dynamically issue International Bank Account Number (IBAN) based accounts for both its corporate, and future individual, eMoney customers. The Company will further benefit from SWIFT message interconnectivity with over 11,000 other financial instiutions globally.

- Signs Certification Agreement for Eurosystem Central Bank Facilities & Account

- iSignthis eMoney Ltd now a 'usership' member of SWIFT

- SWIFT Connected Bank Identifier Code (BIC) : ISEMCY21 / ISEMCY22

The Company is also pleased to announce that it has entered into certification arrangements with a Eurosystem Central Bank for a EURO (EUR) based Account, for funds settlement of incoming and outgoing SWIFT, STEP2, and RT1 payment systems, as well as Cards, SEPA Instant (SCT Inst), Direct Debit (DD) and Credit Transfer (CT).

Funds from SWIFT, SEPA, Cards and other payment systems will flow into the Company's central bank account. The Company will be able to allocate these funds to client segregated IBAN accounts generated under its own BIC of ISEMCY22. Funds will be held directly with the central bank, consistent with the European electronic money Directive 2009/110/EC, and the Directive for undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) 2009/65/EC.

John Karantzis, CEO of iSignthis, said "We are excited to be shortly able to offer full IBAN based accounts that are held with a central bank, as opposed to virtual IBAN's held with a commercial banking or credit institution. Central banking allows us to level the playing field with other EU banking institutions, as from a technological standpoint, we will soon be able to make payments under the same terms as banks or credit unions. Clearly, this is a much superior position than what we would enjoy as a eMoney or Payment Institution, piggybacking off of a commercial bank's payments infrastructure, that also sits atop a central bank or clearing house.

Central Banking also provides iSignthis with zero credit risk, as payments are made via the Company's own account held at the central bank. The central banking agreement allows iSignthis to manage costs on the same basis as a bank as our transactional volumes increase, and provide siSignthis with the ability to grow and transact independent of any other commercial entity's interests.

iSIgnthis' eMoney accounts will allow our corporate and merchant customers to facilitate payments from one IBAN to another internally within our service at low cost, whether to pay affiliates, sub-affiliates, suppliers or even their customers. The external payment services such as SWIFT and SEPA allow for payments to be made to bank accounts within the EEA and internationally. Coupled with our alternative payment methods and card acquiring facilities, which include Visa, Mastercard, JCB and AMEX, iSignthis continues to roll out a world class payments network."

Full Central Bank, SWIFT ISXPay(R) integration is estimated at 4-6 months, with initial services anticipated to go live to customers on a progressive basis within 2-3 months.

About Central Banking

Further general information on the role of Central Banks and Payments Systems can be found here >

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Kalamazoo Resources Ltd (ASX:KZR) Acquisition of Major Victorian Gold Project

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Kalamazoo Resources Limited (ASX:KZR) ("Kalamazoo" or the "Company"), is pleased to advise that it has been granted Exploration Licence EL006679 covering the Wattle Gully Gold Project, near the town of Castlemaine, in Victoria. In addition, Kalamazoo has made a further exploration licence application EL006752, to the east and south of the granted tenement, covering regional geological structures known to be associated with gold potential.

HIGHLIGHTS

- Kalamazoo has secured a 70km2 Exploration Licence (EL006679) containing the entire Wattle Gully Gold Project and the surrounding Castlemaine Goldfield in Victoria.

- A second exploration licence (EL006752) has also been applied for covering a further 218km2 with both tenements overlying major sub-parallel faults.

- Rare opportunity to secure an advanced regional gold asset, extensive exploration database and substantial drill core farm at minimal cost.

- The Castlemaine Goldfield produced 5.6Moz (see Note below) of gold across its life and is one of the richest gold fields in Australia, only minor exploration activity has occurred over the past decade with limited effective drilling below 400m.

- There is significant potential to apply modern exploration techniques as successfully applied at Kirkland Lake Gold's (ASX:KLA) Fosterville gold mine and Catalyst Metals (ASX:CYL) Tandarra gold project north of Castlemaine.

- Database reconciliation is being completed ahead of comprehensive exploration review, development of exploration targets and major drilling program. Program dates are:

o database reconciliation expected to be completed Q3, 2018

o exploration review and development of drill targets Q4, 2018

- Baillieu Holst, one of Australia's leading financial advisory firms has been appointed to assist with fund raising ahead of a major exploration program.

DETAILS

Tenements

Granted Exploration Licence 006679 ("Wattle Gully") lies immediately east and south of the town of Castlemaine and covers almost the entire historic Castlemaine Goldfield with a total area of 70km2. An application for a second Exploration Licence 006752 ("Wattle Gully South"), covers an area of 218km2, thus taking the total tenement holding (once granted) to 288km2.

Acquisition terms

Since listing on the ASX in early 2017, Kalamazoo has been continually investigating the acquisition of assets with inherent potential that can be exploited by advanced exploration and development technologies. Following this strategy Kalamazoo identified the highly prospective Bendigo Zone in Victoria as the focus for securing an extensive and promising tenement position.

Kalamazoo's Managing Director, Peter Benjamin, commented:

"Our project generation team identified an opportunity to secure the Castlemaine Project at minimal cost. Concurrently our due diligence and technical assessment has confirmed our belief in the project's significant potential."

"We now have the opportunity to cost effectively add modern exploration techniques through our upcoming work programs. This will enhance our understanding of the structural controls of mineralisation that are critical to drill targeting and unlocking the true potential of this style of deposit."

"What attracted us to the Castlemaine Goldfield was that it is the third largest gold field in Victoria, producing an estimated 5.6Moz of gold (Willman et al 2002, Geology Survey Victoria, Report 121). In particular, the Wattle Gully Gold Mine had our interest, as it produced 411,000oz of gold, from underground mining from 1.1Mt, at a very attractive, recovered grade in excess of 11g/t Au, during the period between 1934 and 1969 (from Mineral Resource Report, Castlemaine Project, CGT Report 08/001R, Castlemaine Goldfields Limited by W Edgar, B Cuffley & S Dominy, 2008). Other underground operations in the area produced about another 700,000ozs, across up to four known lines of reef, which were mined to a maximum depth of approximately 400 metres (KZR Unpublished Internal Technical Report, J Collier, April 2018).

Wattle Gully adds a significant gold project to Kalamazoo's portfolio, at an extremely low cost. The asset is in a supportive mining region which is becoming increasingly active with significant exploration and development success across multiple projects including Fosterville, Tandarra and Costerfield.

Strategically, the Castlemaine region is well supported with a number of gold processing plants within 80km haulage distance of the Wattle Gully Gold Project.

A detailed review of the substantial existing datasets for the project is well underway and is expected to lead to the generation of multiple new exploration targets across the project area. This will be the basis of a major exploration program targeting the potential for zones of high-grade mineralisation below current testing."

Bendigo Zone

The Bendigo Zone is the second highest producing goldfield in Australia having produced an estimated 60Moz from alluvial and continuous quartz reef mining activity from 1853 to 1954 (Willman et al 2002, Geology Survey Victoria, Report 121). From within this zone, the Bendigo Goldfield produced an estimated 22Moz primarily from quartz reef mining. The Ballarat Goldfield was the second largest with an estimated 10Moz produced (see Figure 4 in link below).

Castlemaine was the next richest goldfield in Victoria, having produced 5.6 million ounces since 1851 from both alluvial and underground sources (see Figure 4 in link below). Previous mining and exploration at Castlemaine targeted shallower areas primarily within 400m of the surface.

The recent exploration success that has been achieved by Kirkland Lake Gold (ASX:KLA) at the Fosterville Gold Mine demonstrates the substantial gold prospectivity that the Victorian systems can possess at depth (Fosterville Mineral Reserves increased approximately 247% from December 31, 2016 to 1.7Moz @ 23.1g/t - refer to (ASX:KLA) 3 May 2018). Successful exploration north of Wattle Gully along the Whitelaw Fault Corridor by companies such Catalyst Metals (ASX:CYL), Navarre Minerals Limited (ASX:NML), Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd and others has also resulted in a number of significant new gold discoveries such as Sebastian North, Tandarra, Four Eagles and Macorna Bore (see Figure 2 in link below). Also, the recent deep drilling success by the Canadian listed Mandalay Resources Ltd (TSE:MND) beneath its operating Costerfield gold-antimony mine is very encouraging for Kalamazoo as it lies to the north east of the Castlemaine Goldfield (see Figure 2 in link below). Centennial Mining Limited (ASX:CTL) is operating its Porcupine Flat gold processing facility at Maldon, only 20km to the northwest of Wattle Gully, which could also be a potential processing facility.

The current focus on the highly prospective Bendigo Zone has led to other leading ASX listed gold companies targeting potential new gold discoveries in the area. Recently Chalice Gold Mines (ASX:CHN), announced it had secured an extensive strategic position in the highly prospective northern Bendigo Zone via exploration licence applications covering a total area of 3,350km2 (refer to (ASX:CHN) 26 April 2018) with a focus on regional faults, interpreted to be the controls for significant gold mineralisation.

Unlike the other major gold projects in the Bendigo Zone, the Castlemaine Goldfield has not been subjected to the same depths of drilling (see Figure 5 in link below). At Bendigo and Ballarat, mining and drilling have tested areas to much greater depths. Kirkland Lake's Fosterville Gold Mine is being profitably mined at depths of more than 800m with reports that the mineralised shoots are typically 4m to 15m thick, 50m to 150m up/down dip and 300m to 1,500m+ down plunge, and have average grades of 5-10g/t Au, with individual assays up to 60g/t Au (see Note 2 below).

Wattle Gully and Wattle Gully South Gold Projects

The Castlemaine Goldfield is located approximately 100kms northwest of Melbourne and is well serviced with infrastructure, available work force and by a network of roads, railway and air services. The project area lies within easy distance of the major regional population centres of Ballarat and Bendigo.

The Castlemaine Goldfield was the third most productive gold region in Victoria, with an estimated gold production of 5.6Moz. The majority of gold produced from the Castlemaine Goldfield was alluvial (4.7Mozs) and was considered to be one of the richest alluvial gold fields on earth. Hardrock underground mining produced an estimated 0.9Mozs of gold across four known lines of reefs, which were mined to a maximum depth of approximately 400m (see Table 1 in link below).

In comparison to the other fields within the Bendigo Zone, the Castlemaine Goldfield has not been tested comprehensively at depth leaving open the prospect of repetitions of mineralisation at deeper levels.

The previous Wattle Gully mining and exploration leases were controlled by Singapore-listed LionGold Corp Ltd (SGX:A78) following its acquisition of then ASX-listed Castlemaine Goldfields Limited (ASX:CGT) in 2012. As part of this transaction, LionGold also acquired CGT's operating Ballarat Gold Mine and since this time has largely focused its exploration efforts on near-mine targets around Ballarat.

Limited Recent Exploration

Kalamazoo had been monitoring the Wattle Gully leases and when LionGold failed to renew, Kalamazoo expeditiously applied for the project area with a new licence application. This granted exploration licence (EL006679) is valid for an initial period of five years with a minimum expenditure commitment of $265,000 over five years. Subsequently, Kalamazoo has applied for a second, larger tenement, EL006752, located east and south of the previously granted Wattle Gully tenement.

The tenement application over Wattle Gully South, covers areas which have the potential for extensions of important structures (fault lines) known to be potential hosts for gold mineralisation.

Kalamazoo has also been able to secure from CGT the project's 200GB+ database, including 3D models of various deposits and the entire drill core farm. The replacement value of this dataset is estimated by Kalamazoo to be well in excess of $20 million.

Only limited exploration has been conducted within the Castlemaine Goldfield since it was acquired by LionGold Corp in 2012. Certain modern exploration techniques, for example gravity and seismic surveying, have not been utilised within the project area but have proven to be very effective at Kirkland Lake's Fosterville Gold Mine.

Also, to the north, along the Whitelaw Fault corridor, (see Figure 2 in link below) Catalyst Metals has been very successful in locating new high-grade gold deposits beneath shallow Murray Basin sediments (Refer to (ASX:CYL) 17 October 2012). The potential of the Whitelaw Gold Belt was not fully realised until the Victorian Government's "Gold Under Cover" initiative in 2006 which used updated gravity data, amongst others, to show the location and importance of the Whitelaw Fault Corridor. The virgin discovery of the Tandarra gold mineralisation by Leviathan Resources Pty Ltd in 2006 (Refer to Navarre Minerals 2011 Prospectus, (ASX:NML)) and the Four Eagles gold mineralisation by Providence Gold and Minerals Pty Ltd in 2010 (Refer ERD Technical Forum in Melbourne, July 14, 2010) further confirmed the potential of the whole belt and the application of gravity surveying.

As part of its due diligence and technical appraisal, Kalamazoo has completed a number of site visits to the Wattle Gully Gold Project and Castlemaine Goldfield. In addition, meetings with Kirkland Lake and CGT have provided valuable insights that will be applied in Kalamazoo's upcoming exploration program.

Geology

The Castlemaine Goldfield is located within a north trending mineralised zone approximately 10km long and 4km wide within the highly mineralised Bendigo-Ballarat Zone of the western Lachlan Fold Belt. The Bendigo-Ballarat Zone is bounded east and west by the regional north trending Mount William and Avoca Faults respectively. In turn, the north trending Taradale and Muckleford Faults bound the Castlemaine Goldfield and the licences east and west, respectively.

Folded and faulted Lower Ordovician Castlemaine Group turbiditic sediments, predominantly underlie the licence area. These were deformed into regionally upright, tight, chevron-style folds. A strong axial plane cleavage has developed and folds are truncated by numerous reverse faults.

The important Schicer Gully and Harris Faults divide the Castlemaine Goldfield into two structural domains with the western domain (west of the Schicer Gully Fault) containing most of the major mineralised structures.

Mineralisation is predominantly associated with north striking quartz reefs and west dipping reverse faults with adjoining spur zones (see Figure 8 in link below).

Wattle Gully Mine

The Wattle Gully Gold Project is located approximately 5km south east of the town of Castlemaine. The Wattle Gully mine (see Figure 9 in link below) operated between 1934 and 1969 with hard rock production of 1.1Mt for 411,000oz of gold for a recovered grade of 11.1g/t Au (from Mineral Resource Report, Castlemaine Project, CGT Report 08/001R, Castlemaine Goldfields Limited by W Edgar, B Cuffley & S Dominy, 2008). This does not include earlier shallow production from the high-grade Phillips Reef which is the upward continuation of the Wattle Gully Fault Zone. Reprocessing of mine tailings in the 1980-90's supports estimates that the head grade from the mine was probably higher.

Gold mineralisation occurs as free grains in massive or laminated quartz reefs on west dipping faults, or as bedding discordant spur quartz veins. Mineralised quartz exhibits stylolitic 'laminated' textures with pyrite, arsenopyrite, base metal sulphides and numerous instances of visible gold.

Prospective Areas of Interest

An initial review by Kalamazoo of the Castlemaine Goldfields confirmed that the Wattle Gully, North Quartz Hill, Eureka, Vineyard and Cappers/Shellback projects were important sources for gold production (see Figure 10 in link below). Kalamazoo intends to initially focus on these areas for their potential to develop exploration targets, most likely at depth, via a dedicated techncial review process which is well under way.

The success of Kirkland Lake's Fosterville Gold Mine with known gold mineralisation to 1,350m depth (refer to Scotiabank Mining Conference, December 6, 2016, Kirkland Lake Gold), the modern virgin discoveries of Tandarra and Four Eagles along the Whitelaw Fault corridor and the nearby development of Mandalay's Costerfield gold-antimony mine, indicate that successful exploration and development of profitable gold mines is possible in Victoria.

Kalamazoo believes the combination of new exploration techniques and the knowledge that will be derived from the analysis of the extensive database and core farm will permit the company to outline an effective exploration strategy to identify areas with high grade gold potential.

Community Engagement and Environment

Kalamazoo considers community engagement important to all its activities and intends to develop relationships with all community stakeholders, including government agencies, local communities, interest groups and employees.

Kalamazoo is vitally aware of its environmental responsibilities regarding the local communities and the preservation of the natural biodiversity in all areas and states within which it operates. Consultation with local councils and stakeholders will be an early and ongoing priority.

Kalamazoo believes in minimising or mitigating any detrimental effects that works may have on the environment. This will be achieved through responsible planning and management of company activities and as a minimum standard, working within the Victorian Code of Practice for Mineral Exploration. (see Note 3 below)

Planned Work Program

Consolidation and reconciliation of the substantial Castlemaine Goldfield database is in progress.

This program once finalised will permit Kalamazoo to:

- Complete a technical review assisted by local consultants with a view to establishing exploration target(s).

- Refine the geology and structural controls to gold mineralisation; and

- Review modern exploration practices and techniques suitable for this style of mineralisation which may include; soil sampling, mapping, ground and airborne magnetic surveying, seismic and gravity surveying.

The overall aim is to identify and prioritise areas which will then be the focus of an exploration program to indicate gold potential and to establish a substantial gold mineral resource inventory by extensive drilling.

About the Wattle Gully Project

Kalamazoo's newest gold asset is the Wattle Gully and Wattle Gully South gold project, which covers almost all the historical Castlemaine Goldfields. The project area is located approximately 100 kilometres northwest of Melbourne and is well serviced by a network of roads, railway and air services. The project area lies within easy distance of the major regional population centres of Ballarat and Bendigo. It consists of one granted exploration licence and one exploration licence application. Castlemaine was one of the richest gold fields in Victoria, having produced 5.6 million ounces from both alluvial and underground sources. The Castlemaine Goldfield is a north trending mineralised zone approximately 10km long and 4km wide, located within the highly mineralised Bendigo-Ballarat zone of the Lachlan Fold Belt.

Notes:

1. Willman et al 2002, Geology Survey Victoria, Report 121

2. refer to Kirkland Lake Gold Website: http://www.abnnewswire.net/lnk/L61TJ38B

3. http://www.abnnewswire.net/lnk/45GHXBNQ

To view tables and figures, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/78B22Y6R

Mr Luke Reinehr
Executive Chairman
Kalamazoo Resources Limited
M: +61-413-866-611
E: luke.reinehr@kzr.com.au

Mr Peter Benjamin
Managing Director
Kalamazoo Resources Limited
T: +61-8-9481-8188
E: peter.benjamin@kzr.com.au

Rhinomed Limited (ASX:RNO) and US Based Columbia Care LLC to Develop Nasally Delivered Dose Controlled Cannabis Based Medicines

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Melbourne based nasal respiratory company Rhinomed (ASX:RNO) (OTCMKTS:RHNMF) is pleased to advise investors that it has signed a non-binding term sheet with Columbia Care LLC ("Columbia Care") to license Rhinomed's nasal platform for the delivery of medical cannabis and cannabinoid compounds, analogues and derivatives.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS:

- Rhinomed has entered into a non-binding term sheet with Columbia Care LLC , the largest medical marijuana operator in the United States.

- The companies aim to develop commercial solutions for nasally delivered medical cannabis.

- The program will leverage Rhinomed's patented nasal technology platform and Columbia Care's research and manufacturing capabilities to create a patent protected and exclusive range of reliable, dose controlled cannabis-based nasally administered medicines.

- The envisaged portfolio of variants will include OTC and clinical applications and aims to address significant unmet needs in the health and medical markets including cancer, sleep apnea, PTSD, severe/chronic pain and anti-nausea.

The non-binding term sheet sets out proposed terms for the licensing of the Rhinomed platform technology, and enable Columbia Care and Rhinomed to jointly develop a range of unique cannabinoid products targeting a wide range of significant and unmet clinical and consumer health needs in the United States.

The binding agreement (which the parties hope to complete in the next 90 days) will deal with the licensing of Rhinomed's platform technology, intellectual property, product royalties and supply of technology, exclusivity and other commercial issues. The program will leverage Rhinomed's nasal platform with development taking place in Columbia Care's research and manufacturing facilities nationally.

The companies believe that nasally delivered, dose controlled, targeted medical cannabis formulations open up a new pathway and opportunity across a range of indications for this class of medication within the clinical and over-the-counter consumer health settings.

Columbia Care is the largest and most experienced provider of cannabis-based products and services in the United States, which is by far the largest medical marijuana and medical device market in the world. With licenses in twelve of the most populous states and territories, Columbia Care is positioned to offer its pharmaceutical quality cannabis-based medicines to more than half the U.S. population over the next 24 months.

Columbia Care is a vertically integrated operation encompassing cultivation and production, industry-leading research and development and retail direct to patients through its network of dispensaries across the US. Working in collaboration with some of the most renowned and innovative teaching hospitals and medical centers in the world, Columbia Care is the leader in cannabis-based product innovation. The Company is licensed in highly selective and regulated jurisdictions and has completed more than 750,000 successful patient interactions since its inception. Columbia Care is a patient-centered healthcare company setting the standard for compassion, professionalism, quality, caring, and innovation for a rapidly medical marijuana industry.

Rhinomed's patented nasal technology platform has broad application across a range of markets. Rhinomed has successfully commercialized two variants in sport and exercise (Turbine) and primary snoring and nasal obstruction (Mute) achieving wide user adoption and retail distribution in over 9000 retail outlets in the US alone. Rhinomed's unique nasal platform has broad application across a range of opportunities including nasal drug delivery and consumer health. The company's Mute technology is used by people around the world to help them to breathe more, snore less and sleep better.

Nicholas Vita CEO of Columbia Care said, "Rhinomed is a leader in the development of nasal and respiratory technology and Columbia Care is the leading medical cannabis product innovator and distributor in the United States. Marrying our respective core competencies gives us an immediate leadership position in the largest market in the world. Our partnership to develop a portfolio of truly innovative nasally administered dose-controlled cannabis-based formats furthers our mission to improve patients' lives. Columbia Care is driven to develop and commercialize clinically-relevant pharmaceutical-quality products that deliver a precise and targeted amount of medical cannabis to address specific unmet needs. We look forward to commercializing these differentiated and clinically validated products and positively impacting millions of lives throughout the United States."

Michael Johnson CEO of Rhinomed said, " We have steadfastly built a medical device platform that focuses on the role and importance of the nose. We have already built a significant global franchise as a leading consumer health brand in the global sleep market. In addition, our platform has obvious relevance across a range of other applications with nasal drug delivery being a key opportunity. We are delighted with the opportunity to partner with Columbia Care to bring a revolutionary range of nasally administered dose-controlled cannabis-based formats to the US market. By offering consumers and clinicians access to range of products that solve specific unmet clinical needs we firmly believe that we can modernise, and indeed, medicalise this market in a new and radical way."

The companies will immediately commence working on the binding agreement and provide an update to investors upon completion. Investors should note that the proposed program is subject to the parties entering into a binding agreement.

About Columbia Care

Columbia Care is the US's largest and most experienced manufacturer and provider of medical marijuana products and services. The Company is licensed in highly selective and regulated jurisdictions and has completed more than 750,000 successful patient interactions since its inception. Working in collaboration with some of the most renowned and innovative teaching hospitals and medical centers in the world, Columbia Care is a patient-centered healthcare company setting the standard for compassion, professionalism, quality, caring and innovation for a rapidly expanding new industry. For more information on Columbia Care, please visit http://www.col-care.com

Media Enquiries
Michael Johnson 
CEO & Director
T: +61-3-8416-0900
E: mjohnson@rhinomed.global

Alt Resources Ltd (ASX:ARS) High Grade Gold Intercepts at Final RC Holes at Emu Deposit

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Alt Resources Ltd (ASX:ARS), (Alt or 'the Company') is pleased to announce the results from the final 30 RC holes drilled at the Emu deposit, Bottle Creek Gold Project, WA. Emu lies approximately 4 km to the north of the VB pit Figure 1 (see link below) and the final results indicate continuity of the broad gold zones encountered at Emu (see Note 1 below). Gold assays have been received from drillholes EMRC034 to 038 and EMRC072 to 096 with individual assays up to 55.6 g/t Au (see Note 2 below). Significant results are listed in detail in Table 1 (see link below). High grade gold zones occur within and alongside broad, consistently graded zones such as 24m @ 5.8 g/t Au (see Note 3 below). These broad zones of Au mineralisation are a positive feature for potential future mining operations, ensuring a minimal 'nugget' effect and a more easily extracted bulk target.

HIGHLIGHTS:

- Results from the final 30 RC drillholes at the northern end of Emu intercept high grade gold across broad zones

- 8,500m of RC drilling completed for 96 holes at Emu with final results reported today

- Significant intercepts from the north end of Emu include:

o 11m @ 11.7 g/t Au from 82m, including 6m @ 18.4 g/t Au

o 24m @ 5.8 g/t Au from 56m, including 2m @ 27.5 g/t Au

o 18m @ 4.8 g/t Au from 58m, including 1m @ 31.8 g/t Au and 5m @ 5.8 g/t Au

o 10m @ 4.4 g/t Au from 39m, including 4m @ 7.8 g/t Au

o 7m @ 4.3 g/t Au from 65m, including 2m @ 11.7 g/t Au

o 18m @ 3.8 g/t Au from 53m, including 3m @ 8.4 g/t Au

o 9m @ 3.4 g/t Au from 95m

o 11m @ 2.6 g/t Au from 94m

o 13m @ 2.4 g/t Au from 39m, including 4m @ 6.7 g/t Au

- Broad high grade gold zones continue at the north end of the Emu deposit indicating mineralisation is open along strike and at depth

The final results from north Emu demonstrate that mineralisation is open to the north, with the northern most line of drilling including 9m @ 3.95 g/t Au (EMRC086) and 11m @ 2.57 g/t Au (EMRC087; Figure 2 and Table 1) (see link below). This zone of gold mineralisation at north Emu has not been closed off by either modern or historical drilling along strike towards the Southwark deposit, which lies 600m to the north.

Drilling at the un-mined Emu deposit was completed on the 10th May, 2018, for a total of 8,500m. The program was achieved well ahead of schedule and within budget.

Alt CEO James Anderson said; "The final results from this RC program clearly indicate that the Emu deposit is very robust. We have 600 metres of infill drilling planned between the north end of the Emu deposit and the south end of the Southwark deposit. This is scheduled to commence in July 2018 with POWs recently approved. We are expecting the maiden resource for Bottle Creek to be completed and announced on schedule in August."

Significant gold intercepts from Alt's new drilling at the un-mined Emu deposit are listed in detail in Table 1 (see link below), and include:

o EMRC034: 13m @ 1.8 g/t Au from 35m

o EMRC035: 11m @ 4.5 g/t Au from 60m

o EMRC036: 12m @ 2.0 g/t Au from 20m

o EMRC037: 10m @ 1.8 g/t Au from 39m

o EMRC038: 5m @ 4.3 g/t Au from 88m

o EMRC072: 9m @ 1.2 g/t Au from 104m

o EMRC073: 2m @ 4.8 g/t Au from 87m

o EMRC074: 11m @ 11.7 g/t Au from 82m

-- including 6m @ 18.4 g/t Au from 82m

o EMRC075: 5m @ 1.2 g/t Au from 31m

-- and 7m @ 2.0 g/t Au from 100m

o EMRC076: 7m @ 1.6 g/t Au from 19m

o EMRC077: 13m @ 2.4 g/t Au from 39m

-- including 4m @ 6.7 g/t Au from 43m

o EMRC078: 15m @ 1.1 g/t Au from 94m

o EMRC079: 18m @ 3.8 g/t Au from 53m

-- including 3m @ 8.4 g/t Au from 53m

o EMRC081: 8m @ 2.2 g/t Au from 17m

o EMRC082: 18m @ 4.8 g/t Au from 58m

-- including 1m @ 31.8 g/t Au from 58m

-- and including 5m @ 5.8 g/t Au from 64m

o EMRC083: 24m @ 5.8 g/t Au from 56m

-- including 2m @ 27.5 g/t Au from 57m

o EMRC084: 4m @ 1.3 g/t Au from 53m

-- and 9m @ 3.4 g/t Au from 95m

o EMRC085: 10m @ 4.4 g/t Au from 39m

-- including 4m @ 7.8 g/t Au from 41m

-- and 7m @ 4.3 g/t Au from 65m

-- including 2m @ 11.7 g/t Au from 66m

o EMRC086: 9m @ 4.0 g/t Au from 37m

-- and 3m @ 3.0 g/t Au from 85m

o EMRC087: 11m @ 2.6 g/t Au from 94m

o EMRC090: 6m @ 1.2 g/t Au from 119m

o EMRC093: 17m @ 1.3 g/t Au from 1m

-- including 2m @ 7.1 g/t Au from 7m

o EMRC094: 11m @ 1.4 g/t Au from 5m

-- Including 2m @ 4.5 g/t Au from 12m

o EMRC095: 11m @ 1.5 g/t Au from 3m

Figure 2 and 3 (see link below) show cross-sections with new drilling and significant intercepts through the north end of the Emu deposit. These sections are located approximately 4 km north of the VB pit and 600m south of the Southwark deposit. The location of new drillholes discussed in this release is given in plan view in Figure 4 (see link below). The potential for continuity of mineralisation along strike towards the Southwark deposit is evident, given these results are encountered at the northern margin of established mineralisation at Emu. Further potential is evident at depth, where gold mineralisation has not yet been closed out by current drilling.

Boags, VB, Emu and Southwark are all situated on a NNW trending magnetic lineament as illustrated in Figure 1 (see link below). This lineament parallels a shear zone observed in the pit walls at both Boags and VB. Evidence for this shear zone has also been observed in both RC chips and diamond core at Emu and Southwark during Alt's recent drilling.

This shear appears to have formed along a NNW striking carbonaceous shale which likely acts as a rheological contrast to the surrounding mafic metavolcanics ("greenstones"). A porphyritic felsic unit occurs along this zone and appears to be the primary source for gold mineralisation at both Emu and Southwark. Gold intercepts are commonly but not always on the shale/felsic contact but largely hosted in the shale. Weathering and later stage remobilisation of gold away from this contact has added some complexity to the above.

Most recently Alt have completed a 1,100m diamond drillhole program. This program along with petrographic analysis of lithologic units will provide further understanding of the Bottle Creek geology.

Regional Setting and Exploration History

The Bottle Creek gold mine lies 100 km north east of Menzies in the Mt Ida gold belt (see Figure 5 in link below). The gold mine is located on the northern extremity of the Mt Ida-Ularring greenstone belt extending from Davyhurst to Mt Alexander (see Figure 5 in link below). The Ularring greenstone belt forms the western part of the Norseman-Wiluna Province of the Yilgarn Craton. The location of mineralisation and local geology, is shown in Figure 6 (see link below).

During historical operation from 1988-1989, 90,000 oz Au was produced from two open pits (Boags and VB; see Figure 7 in link below). Significant historical drilling along a 9.8 km strike outlined the Emu, Southwark and XXXX deposits. However these were never mined. The historical RC drill fences were spaced at 100m, with infill drill line spacing at 50m and 25m at various locations. The majority of drilling targeted oxide mineralisation and reached no deeper than 80m vertically below surface.

Alt's new drilling results continue to provide confirmation of historical intercepts, improve confidence in historical data, proves the continuity and grade of mineralisation in key parts of the Emu deposit. Further, gold mineralisation appears to continue at depth, with several drillholes ending in mineralisation. Additional drillholes are being planned at Emu and other areas of the Bottle Creek Project to test the continuity of gold mineralisation at depth. RC drilling for resource definition is ongoing.

Notes:

1 e.g. See ARS announcement, 27th March, 2018: http://www.abnnewswire.net/press/en/92549/

2 From drillhole EMRC074, 83-84m downhole

3 From drillhole EMRC083, from 56m downhole

To view tables and figures, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/W550U4UH

James Anderson
CEO Alt Resources Ltd
E: james.anderson@altresources.com.au

Peter Taylor
Investor Relations
E: peter@nwrcommunications.com.au
M: +61-412-036-231

MNF Group Ltd (ASX:MNF) to Acquire SuperInternet in Singapore

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The Board of Australian communications specialist MNF Group (ASX:MNF) is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement to acquire the SuperInternet Group, a fully licensed independent Facilities Based Operator (FBO) in Singapore, for S$2.0m.

The SuperInternet business is a niche operator generating around S$1.6m in revenue and is currently EBITDA break even. The business is Singaporean Government certified, with potential for new revenues in the near future. MNF Group plans to upgrade the existing network infrastructure with our software ecosystem, enabling the full suite of MNF wholesale, enterprise and government products to be delivered domestically, and globally. SuperInternet operates from headquarters in Singapore with an excellent and dedicated team of 10 (FTE) staff.

The acquisition is scheduled to complete once all customary regulatory approvals are received, which is expected before the 31st July 2018.

The acquisition of SuperInternet consists of:

- A Singapore domestic fully interconnected voice network infrastructure.

- Full national interconnection with NetLinkTrust (the Singapore NBN fiber wholesale company).

- Extensive domestic dark fibre transmission within the Singapore CBD.

- Specialist staff with extensive experience in marketing, sales and operations in the Singapore market.

MNF already provides enablement, networking and numbering services in Australia and New Zealand under the group's Domestic and Global Wholesale segments. The MNF Group also operates a point of presence in Singapore for the TNZI operation. This acquisition provides the group with additional capabilities to address the Singapore market, which will provide increased sales potential with existing and new wholesale customers. The company will also continue to invest in the enterprise and government sector in Singapore and deploy additional product capabilities into the market.

"The acquisition of SuperInternet in Singapore provides MNF a rapid entry into the complex Singapore market and is part of MNF's regional expansion strategy into Asia. This will allow the company to replicate its highly successful Australian and New Zealand based next-generation high margin recurring revenues in this additional market for consistent long-term growth and innovation potential.", commented Mr Sugo, CEO.

Funding:

MNF will fund the acquisition from its acquisition facility.

Re-affirming organic guidance:

The Board of MNF would like to re-affirm its current organic earnings guidance for FY18. The organic MNF business is performing well and MNF Group is expecting to earn $25.0m EBITDA and $12.5m NPAT in FY18.

Renee Halliday
Executive Assistant to CEO
E: renee.halliday@mnfgroup.limited
T: +61-2-8008-8231
WWW: www.mnfgroup.limited

Byte Power Group Limited (ASX:BPG) Mr Warwick Powell Concluding Consultancy Services Providing Strategic Support

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Byte Power Group (ASX:BPG) advises that Mr. Warwick Powell is concluding his consulting services that provide strategic support to Byte Power. Mr. Powell was appointed in November 2017 as the cryptocurrency exchange strategic advisor to support the enabling of a world class cryptocurrency exchange including design, fast tracking of its development and assist with ensuring appropriate compliances are achieved with all required regulations.

Since his appointment the following have been achieved -

- an Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) partner has been successfully identified and secured;

- an industry-leading "Know Your Client" (KYC) technology expert service provider was identified and has been secured;

- a development and service agreement with Noetic Synergy Sdn Bhd was executed;

- applications for registration with AUSTRAC have been submitted;

- a formal KYC / AML / CTF risk assessment and program development process has been instituted, laying the groundwork for best practices and continuous improvement.

Mr Powell's role will reach completion on 20th July 2018 being a one-month notice period to enable a smooth transition.

On behalf of the company and shareholders, the BPG Board thanks Mr Powell for his contribution.

Michael Wee
Company Secretary
Byte Power Group Limited
T: +61-7-3620-1688
www.bytepowergroup.com

Speedcast International Ltd (ASX:SDA) Provided Broadband Data Connectivity for the BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy 2018 in Mongolia

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Speedcast International Limited (ASX:SDA), the world's most trusted provider of remote communication and IT solutions, today announced it provided broadband data connectivity to Gahrens & Battermann GmbH & Co. KG (G&B) for the BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy 2018, which took place in Mongolia from 3 to 10 June, 2018.

The International GS Trophy is a motorcycle adventure where teams from all over the world battle it out in intensive daily stages and numerous challenges. Speedcast provided broadband data uplink for their media team, journalists, staff and participants in camp locations that change daily and in special stages of the challenges on the route scattered throughout Mongolia.

Speedcast received the initial request in February 2017 and supported a successful site survey in Mongolia a few months later, with the support of its partners Cobham and Inmarsat, who provided terminal hardware and an airtime allowance for this proof of concept phase. Both G&B and BMW Motorrad were impressed with the performance of the GlobalXpress service and the Cobham EXPLORER 5075 GX terminal, a lightweight yet rugged auto-acquire fly-away system, which perfectly met the customer requirements for ease of use, reliability and fast deployment for the nomadic nature of the project.

"This would not have been possible without the support of our partners, Cobham and Inmarsat, who helped us run a successful demonstration last year," said Erwan Emilian, EVP Enterprise & Emerging Markets, Speedcast. "The International GS Trophy poses an interesting challenge, as participants, journalists and media crew go off-roading for a week through some intense, sparsely populated environments. We were happy to step in and provide all with seamless broadband connectivity wherever they rode through Mongolia."

"This year, riders were traversing rough Mongolian landscapes and getting a taste of the nomadic lifestyle. We needed a connectivity partner that could produce flexible and fast uploading broadband services in the most remote areas so that live, high resolution social media posts were possible," said Maximilian Westarp, Technical Project Manager, from G&B. "We're glad we found a provider like Speedcast that was up to the challenge."

More information on the International GS Trophy under http://www.gstrophy.com

Toni Lee Rudnicki
Vice President, Global Marketing
Speedcast International Ltd
E: tonilee.rudnicki@speedcast.com
T: +1-832-668-2634

White Cliff Minerals Ltd (ASX:WCN) Investor Presentation

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White Cliff Minerals Ltd (ASX:WCN) provides the Company's latest Investor Presentation.

Quarterly Exploration Summary

- Exploration completed in June quarter

o 3,000m RC drill program at Coglia Well cobalt-nickel project

o 5,000m RC drill program at Coronation Dam cobalt-nickel project

- Extensive cobalt-nickel mineralisation identified including:

o 16 metres at 0.12% cobalt and 0.53% nickel from

o 17 metres at 0.11% cobalt and 1.01% nickel from 78 metres including;

o 6 metres at 0.22% cobalt 1.6% nickel

o Single metre cobalt grades of 0.49% and 0.29%

o Mineralisation 5,000 metres long, 1,000 metres wide, 10-20 metres thick

- Next steps

o Calculate JORC compliant cobalt-nickel resource

o Conduct metallurgical test work to establish recovery and leach kinetics

o Further drilling to expand cobalt-nickel resources

Cobalt-Nickel Investment Overview

- Multiple advanced Australian cobalt-nickel projects

o High cobalt grade and large scale resource potential

o Located near major nickel and cobalt refining infrastructure

o Multiple development options and 100% owned

- Focus: Drilling to define JORC cobalt-nickel mineral resources

- Investment rationale

o Extensive cobalt and nickel mineralisation already identified

o Highly leveraged to rising cobalt and nickel prices

o Restricted cobalt supply but high cobalt demand

o Ethical cobalt production from a Tier 1 country - Australia

- Initial drilling programs completed - results pending

To view the full presentation, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/17E79G4K

Todd Hibberd
Managing Director
T: +61-8-9321-2233

Mike Langoulant
Chairman
T: +61-8-9321-2233
E: info@wcminerals.com.au
W: www.wcminerals.com.au

MMJ PhytoTech Ltd (ASX:MMJ) Appointment of Joint Company Secretary

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MMJ PhytoTech Limited (ASX:MMJ) ("MMJ") is pleased to announce the appointment of MMJ's CFO, Jim Hallam, as Joint Company Secretary of MMJ effective immediately.

Investor and Media Enquiries:
Jason Conroy
Chief Executive Officer
T: +61-2-8098-0819
E: jconroy@mmjphytotech.com.au

Investigator Resources Ltd (ASX:IVR) Appointment and Resignation of Non-Executive Directors

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Investigator Resources Limited (ASX:IVR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew McIlwain as a non-executive director of the board effective as of 20 June 2018.

Mr McIlwain has extensive knowledge and experience in the minerals industry and has led teams that have developed new mines both domestically and internationally. Mr McIlwain has senior level board experience including management, governance, corporate development and management, strategic planning, asset acquisitions, corporate finance, project development and stakeholder relations. Mr McIlwain has served on the board of various ASX, AIM and TSXV listed companies and currently serves as Non-executive Chairman of Emmerson Resources Limited (ASX:ERM). Mr McIlwain will receive a total cash remuneration of $60,000 pa.

The Company announces the resignation of its Non-Executive Director, Bruce E. Foy effective as of 30 June 2018.

Mr Foy was appointed as a Director during March 2008 and has served on the Board for more than 10 years. He has provided considerable support over the past 10 years through the Company's development into an active, multi-commodity focused exploration and development company. The Board, management and staff of Investigator Resources wish Bruce well for the future and also express their gratitude for his valuable contributions and service.

Mr Angelo Gaudio
Company Secretary
Investigator Resources Limited
Phone: +61-8-7325-2222

Blackham Resources Ltd (ASX:BLK) Appointment of Mr Tony James as Director

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Blackham Resources Limited (ASX:BLK) (OTCMKTS:BKHRF) (Blackham or the Company) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Tony James as a Non-Executive Director of the Company. Blackham continues to strengthen the experience and composition of its Board and management team, which is focused on the successful delivery of the Company's near and longer-term mine plans.

Mr James is a mining engineer with considerable operational, new project development and corporate experience including roles as Managing Director of Carbine Resources (ASX:CRB), Atherton Resources (ASX:ATE) and Mutiny Gold (ASX:MYG). At Atherton Resources he achieved a favourable outcome for shareholders which culminated in a cash takeover by Auctus Minerals. At Mutiny he led the implementation of a revised development strategy for the Deflector copper-gold deposit in WA prior to the merger of Mutiny Gold and Doray Minerals (ASX:DRM).

Prior to this, Mr James held a number of senior executive positions with international gold producer Alacer Gold Corporation, including President of its Australian Operations following the merger between Anatolia Minerals (ASX:AQG) and Avoca Resources (ASX:AVO) in 2011. He also played a key role in Avoca's initial growth and success, leading the feasibility, development and operations of the Higginsville Gold Operations.

Blackham's Chairman, Milan Jerkovic, said:

"The appointment of Tony James to the Board comes at a time when Blackham is planning to transition its open pit mining operations from the Matilda Mine back to the free milling orebodies at the Wiluna Mine. Tony will provide valuable experience in peer reviewing our geological, mining and processing plans at Wiluna moving forward.

Tony's experience will also be extremely valuable as Blackham progresses its development and expansion plans for the Wiluna Operation's 6.5Moz of gold resources."

Milan Jerkovic
Executive Chairman
T: +61-8-9322-6418 

Bryan Dixon 
Managing Director
T: +61-8-9322-6418

Jim Malone
Investor Relations
T: +61-419-537-714

Chantelle O Sullivan
Media Relations
Citadel-MAGNUS
T: +61-8-6160-4900
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