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Central Petroleum Limited (ASX:CTP) Palm Valley PV13 Drilling Update

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Central Petroleum Limited (ASX:CTP) ("Company" or "Central"), as Operator and 100% owner of Palm Valley Gas Field, announces that the Palm Valley 13 well ("PV13"), as of 13 October 2018 at 09:00 Hrs Australian Central Standard Time, has ceased drilling and the Company has called an early Total Depth ("TD") to the well after reaching 2,242 metres Measured Depth ("MD").

Palm Valley 13 is an in-field appraisal well for the Palm Valley Gas Field located in the Amadeus Basin. The well is located inside Operating Licence 3 (OL3). The Pacoota sandstone is the productive interval, with gross and net pay intervals of 280 metres and 85 metres respectively.

Following an initial flow test announced on 5 October 2018, a further flow test was undertaken at a test interval of 1,842 metres to 2,122 metres MD and 1,780 metres to 1,962 metres true vertical depth (TVD). The well was tested through a 3.25 inch orifice and stabilised after three minutes and was tested for 12 minutes at 12.1 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd). Only gas was recovered during the test, no water or oil was recovered. Palm Valley Gas Field is an existing gas field which produces from natural fractures. No hydraulic stimulation (fracking) is required in the well.

Central had originally planned to drill to a TD of 3,471 metres MD but the well has already encountered commercial flow rates of gas. As such, the incremental gas contribution that may be possible from further drilling does not justify the additional cost and mechanical risk associated with increased lateral length.

The Company is proceeding to immediately complete the well and initiate surface tie-in activities to bring PV13 online in early 2019 at which time full production testing and well performance analysis can be undertaken.

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

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Collaborate Corporation Ltd (ASX:CL8) Launch of Private Owner Income Guarantee

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Collaborate Corporation Limited (ASX:CL8) (Collaborate or the Company) is pleased to announce that its DriveMyCar business unit has launched a guaranteed rental income offer for private vehicle owners.

DriveMyCar has years of insights gained from working with top earning owners to understand how they have maximised their earnings from renting out their under-utillised vehicles. DriveMyCar has identified the key elements of availability, price, location, promotion and responsiveness that ensure higher income potential for the vehicles in its fleet. DriveMyCar has also received feedback from commercial vehicle owners that the DriveMyCar platform has delivered higher income returns on their vehicles when compared to other alternatives.

Private vehicle owners who list their car on DriveMyCar and meet the eligibility criteria will receive guaranteed income of $2,500 per annum. DriveMyCar believes that the rental income guarantee will provide greater confidence for private vehicle owners to list their vehicles for rent in the DriveMyCar fleet. The income guarantee terms will also incentivise vehicle owners to make their vehicles available and accept bookings in order to qualify for the guarantee - thereby increasing the overall availability of vehicles in the DriveMyCar fleet.

Chris Noone, Collaborate CEO, commented "We know what makes a vehicle attractive to renters and our guaranteed rental income offer demonstrates the confidence we have in delivering a great financial return for private vehicle owners. We are so confident of our platform that we have created the most generous offer in the market."

DriveMyCar is also pleased to confirm that further to the ASX release of 8 October 2018 announcing the Cricks Tweed launch, the first batch of vehicles are now available for rental in the Tweed Heads/Coolangatta and Gold Coast regions.

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

Australian Bauxite Ltd (ASX:ABX) ALCORE Reaches 1st Milestone - December Production on Target

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Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx)'s (ASX:ABX) wholly-owned subsidiary, ALCORE Limited has completed the design phase of the Stage 1 project on schedule and has commenced acquiring the equipment for production to commence before year-end, ahead of schedule.

- ALCORE's patent (pending) application technology is designed to refine raw bauxite to produce Aluminium Fluoride (AlF3) and other valuable co-products - see Figures 1 & 2(see link below). AlF3 is a key electrolyte ingredient in the production of aluminium metal at aluminium smelters.

- Global demand for AlF3 and associated co-products continues to increase as aluminium smelter production increases and the use of AlF3 in lithium ion batteries increases.

- Site construction works for Stage 1 of the ALCORE project commenced on 1 July as planned at ALCORE's pre-approved Pilot Plant site in Berkeley Vale, Central Coast NSW.

- Stage 1 is designed to produce AlF3 test samples for pre-qualified aluminium smelter customers & then produce Corethane, which is pure hydrocarbon powder refined from low-value coals.

- Corethane has been used to provide thermal and electrical power. It has been used as a gas-substitute to fuel a standard large gas turbine for 14 months and achieve accreditation as a turbine fuel to generate electricity with very low CO2 emissions.

- Corethane has also been used as a diesel substitute for fuel security purposes and is ideally suited for use as a sulphur-free bunker fuel.

- Corethane also has industrial applications and several potential customers have already requested test samples for their industrial plants.

- Graphite refining to a very high purity for use in high-efficiency batteries will also be tested.

- Discussions continue with governments, agencies and major companies in the aluminium industry.

ABx CEO, Ian Levy commented: "ABxs subsidiary ALCORE is sufficiently funded to deliver Stage 1 of the ALCORE project, thanks to strong support from seed capital investors. ALCORE's powerful new bauxite refining technology can lead to Australia's first production of AlF3 products to provide security of supply for Australasian aluminium smelters. ALCORE Limited is expected to unlock considerable value for ALCORE and ABX shareholders in the short and medium term.

"In addition to Corethane for energy and fuel security, ALCORE Technology will be tested to produce valuable co-products including silica fume for the cement industry that ABx already supplies cementgrade bauxite, as well as ultra-pure AlF3 for Lithium-ion batteries, iron oxide pigments and titanium oxide pigments. Further potential exists for developing ultra-pure products such as high purity alumina ("HPA") for the manufacture of scratch-resistant sapphire glass for phones and computer screens.

"ABx is also pressing ahead with its three core bauxite projects; the Tasmanian mine, the large Binjour Project in central QLD and the Penrose refractory bauxite project 90km inland of Port Kembla NSW. Planning is underway for trial mining and processing testwork at the Binjour Project."

About ALCORE Limited

Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) has incorporated ALCORE Limited as a wholly-owned subsidiary to fund and manage the ALCORE Project, to lead to the construction of an ALCORE Production Plant to produce Aluminium Fluoride (AlF3) and valuable co-products, using patent (pending) new technology. The ALCORE Technology is designed to convert low grade bauxite worth $50 per tonne into a suite of valuable products worth more than $800 per tonne. Site construction works for Stage 1 of the ALCORE project commenced on 1 July as planned at ALCORE's pre-approved Pilot Plant site in Berkeley Vale, Central Coast NSW.

Stage 1 is designed to produce AlF3 test samples for pre-qualified aluminium smelter customers & then produce Corethane, which is pure hydrocarbon powder refined from low-value coals and has been used to provide thermal and electrical power with low CO2 emissions when used as a gas-substitute to fuel large gas turbine. Corethane has also been used as a diesel substitute for fuel security purposes and is ideally suited for use as a sulphur-free bunker fuel.

To view figures, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/D6NFM2HG

Ian Levy
CEO and MD
Australian Bauxite Limited
Telephone: +61-2-9251-7177
Mobile: +61-407-189-122

Alligator Energy Ltd (ASX:AGE) 2018 Annual Report

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Alligator Energy Ltd (ASX:AGE) provides the Company's 2018 Annual Report.

Highlights 2017/18

Tin Camp Creek Project

- TCC4 confirmed as a standout drill target with coincident high levels of Uranium geochemical pathfinder elements, S.A.M. conductors, preferred Cahill basement host rocks and large fault structures.

- Access re-opened to Myra Camp and pre-work undertaken in preparation for future drilling.

- Subsequent to end of year, funds raised and drilling program undertaken on TCC4 Project, confirming presence of Cahill formation beneath unconformity and extensive alteration, with detailed geology and stratigraphy to feed into future model updates and programs.

Beatrice JV Project

- Alligator acquired remaining 41.65% interest in the Beatrice Project from Cameco Australia taking AGE ownership to 100%.

- BT 12 remains a stand-out drill target characterised by a very large and very strong uranium geochemical pathfinder anomaly and preferred Cahill formation basement host rocks under Kombolgie sandstone.

Other Projects

- Exploration applications (Nabarlek North Applications Package) lodged over an area of interest 5km north of the historic Nabarlek Uranium Mine site continues through application and NLC review process. This has a similar stratigraphic and structural setting to the historic Nabarlek mine, and has an existing nearby high grade uranium intersection.

Energy Minerals - Piedmont Ni-Co Project, northern Italy

- Alligator expanded its exploration and development strategy to include nickel-cobalt projects.

- A binding Heads of Agreement executed with Chris Reindler and Partners to earn up to 70% interest in the Piedmont nickel-cobalt project in northern Italy.

- On-ground geological and structural mapping and extensive geological sampling was undertaken. Post year end initial sample assay results released confirming high grade nickel ranging up to 2.5% and cobalt ranging up to 0.17%, plus evidence of copper and gold.

- Planning underway for a targeted drill program at Piedmont during 2019.

Corporate

- Greg Hall, a Director of Alligator, agrees to a 12 month contract as CEO effective April 2018.

- A successful share placement of $ 693,000 completed in March 2018 in support of the enhanced nickel-cobalt strategy.

- Continued R&D on innovative exploration techniques.

- Exploration incentive credits totaling $ 150,707 distributed to Shareholders.

- Rights Issue raising $1.146 m before costs to advance the Piedmont project work and maintain access and applications for ARUP uranium projects.

- Post year end Alligator agreed a placement with BW Equities to raise $1.75 m before costs to undertake a drilling program on the TCC4 prospect in ARUP.

- The 50:50 Joint Venture with Torch Energy, forming a pre-eminent uranium industry team to focus on acquiring advanced stage uranium projects in Australia and globally.

To view the full report, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/W7NNT17O

Mr Greg Hall 
Executive Director and CEO
Alligator Energy Ltd 
Email: gh@alligatorenergy.com.au

Mr Mike Meintjes
Company Secretary
Alligator Energy Ltd
Email: mm@alligatorenergy.com.au

Lithium Power International Ltd (ASX:LPI) Appoints Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

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Lithium Power International Limited (ASX:LPI) (OTCMKTS:LTHHF) ("LPI" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of a new CEO and Managing Director, Cristobal Garcia-Huidobro. The appointment of this highly qualified Managing Director, together with the appointment of Martin Borda as Non-Executive Director (announced on 30 August 2018) adds considerable breadth of experience to the Board as LPI moves into the critical development phase of the Maricunga Project, which is regarded as one of the highest quality pre-production lithium brine projects in the world.

Highlights

- Mr Cristobal Garcia-Huidobro, currently a Non-Executive Director, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and Managing Director of Lithium Power International ("LPI").

- Mr Garcia-Huidobro is a highly respected member of the Chilean business community and will also retain his role as CEO of the joint venture company, Minera Salar Blanco S.A. ("MSB").

- This appointment consolidates the already seamless connection between LPI and MSB.

Consistent with other Director appointments, Mr Garcia-Huidobro and Mr Borda will each be granted 2,000,000 unlisted options with an exercise price of $0.60 and a term of three years. The grant of options is subject to approval at the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held on 28 November 2018.

- Mr Cristobal Garcia-Huidobro - Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

Mr Garcia-Huidobro was appointed a Non-Executive Director of LPI on 3 September 2018 and is now being appointed as CEO and Managing Director. He will also continue as the CEO and Director of LPI's joint venture company, Minera Salar Blanco S.A. ("MSB") thus ensuring excellent synergies between the two entities.

Mr Garcia-Huidobro has an unrivalled reputation and a very strong commercial network in Chile, along with a deep understanding of the operational and political background and requirements of the Maricunga Project.

His appointment has been approved by LPI's joint venture partners in MSB, as required under the joint venture Shareholders Agreement and was further cleared of any potential conflicts of interest under Chilean law and/or regulations.

Mr Garcia-Huidobro was instrumental in the finalisation of the joint venture shareholder and investment agreements for the Maricunga Project. He leads MSB's exploration and development program of the Maricunga Project.

Mr Garcia-Huidobro is a qualified civil engineer and holds an M&A certificate from Chicago University, with 18 years' experience in the development and financing of mining, energy, infrastructure, finance and property projects. He was formerly the CIO of Centinela, an investment company with a global portfolio of investments. He has been involved in the development of a wide range of projects mainly related to hydroelectric and wind power generation, oil and gas exploration and production, real estate developments and mining. He also served as a board and committee member on several mining, property and agricultural funds in North and South America.

Mr Garcia-Huidobro's appointment as CEO and Managing Director takes effect on 16 October 2018.

LPI 's Chairman, David Hannon, said:

"Mr Garcia-Huidobro brings a wealth of experience and specialised skills to LPI which will be invaluable as the Company moves through the next stages of developing the Maricunga Project. The Managing Director appointment of Mr Garcia-Huidobro has taken time to secure and finalise, requiring corporate and regulatory approvals, and indicates the importance that the Board places on the overall strategic and operational needs of both LPI and MSB.

The appointment of Mr Garcia-Huidobro as CEO is a natural extension to his role as CEO of MSB and was approved by LPI's joint venture partners. It follows LPI's recent acquisition of an additional 1% of MSB in September 2018 and provides a strong, politically strategic outcome for both LPI and MSB.

On behalf of the existing Directors, I am delighted to announce Cristobal's appointment as CEO and to welcome him to the LPI Board in the capacity of Managing Director."

To view the release, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/KI38C036

David Hannon - Chairman or 
Andrew Phillips - CFO / Company Secretary
Lithium Power International
E: info@lithiumpowerinternational.com
Ph: +61-2-9276-1245
www.lithiumpowerinternational.com
Twitter: @LithiumPowerLPI

DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO) Order for DroneGuns for Western Governmental Agency

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DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO) (OTCMKTS:DRSHF) ("DroneShield" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its distributor CDS has purchased two units of its DroneGun(TM) product, for use by a governmental agency of a major Western country allied with the United States, to be deployed by the agency for drone threat mitigation.

Oleg Vornik, DroneShield's CEO, commented "While financially the revenue from this order to the overall DroneShield business is immaterial, this is now our third order for use by a major country in two weeks, following the orders placed by our distributors with us for their Latin American and Asian governmental endusers earlier this month. This order also follows a recent $3.2 million order for DroneGuns(TM) for use by a Middle Eastern Ministry of Defence, which was approved by the US regulator approximately three weeks ago. We feel that our global distribution network and marketing build-out efforts of the recent year and a half have started to pay off, and our sales and adoption momentum is gaining substantial traction. We look forward to updating the market as further sales "dominoes" fall in the coming weeks and months."

To view figures, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/04YJIZ91

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

WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) Acquires UK Logistics Management Software Provider, DataFreight

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WiseTech Global (ASX:WTC) (OTCMKTS:WTCHF) today announced the acquisition of LSI Sigma Software ('DataFreight'), a leading provider of customs, freight forwarding and warehouse management software solutions in the United Kingdom.

Headquartered in Southampton, DataFreight provides integrated logistics solutions, including HMRC customs software, specialist consultancy for UK customs compliance and freight forwarding solutions for all modes of transport, along with warehousing capabilities for managing bonded and un-bonded warehouses in the UK. Their scalable solutions are used by large and small organisations including customers such as TNT International, Allport Cargo Services, Charles Kendall Freight, COSCO Shipping, DACHSER, Maersk Lines, and many other logistics providers and organisations.

WiseTech Global Founder and CEO, Richard White, said "Regardless of whether the outcome is a hard or soft border for Brexit, WiseTech is uniquely placed to facilitate trade and deliver cross-border compliance for logistics providers in the UK and Europe. With DataFreight, we will continue to expand our lead in cross-border capability geographically, further strengthening our local market capacity to move swiftly ahead of UK and EU regulatory evolution. Along with DataFreight's long-term UK cross-border compliance and logistics expertise, and existing involvement on HMRC move from CHIEF to the new CDS platform, we see their UK customs capability as valuable while the outcomes of Brexit are determined. In any event, with our powerful global development capacity, we are well positioned to address the changes to come."

"The DataFreight team will fit well within the WiseTech group and, over time, enhance the benefits for UK logistics providers of our comprehensive EU coverage with our leading customs-compliance solutions in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Turkey and Spain and our extensive capabilities with the UK's other major trading partner countries, China and the US."

DataFreight's Co-Founder and Managing Director, Ian Brown, said "Becoming part of a leading global group like WiseTech will help us fast-track our product innovation and build out solutions that will make cross-border compliance, forwarding and warehousing management in UK, and internationally, safer, quicker and more efficient for our customers. Together, we are committed to our customers and their business requirements, as we work with WiseTech Global to enhance and scale up our product capabilities."

Remaining under the leadership of Ian Brown, DataFreight's operations will be integrated within the WiseTech Global group and DataFreight will continue to deliver its customs management solutions directly to its own customers, along with WiseTech's integrated global logistics platform, CargoWise One.

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

About DataFreight (LSI Sigma Software Ltd)

Since 1988, DataFreight has been a leader in providing an integrated suite of software applications for the forwarding, customs and warehousing sectors in the UK.

Headquartered in Southampton, DataFreight has a team of 12 experienced customs, logistics and technical professionals and provides a highly scalable set of solutions used by large and small organisations. It is currently deployed in the United Kingdom as well as locations in the United States, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Ghana, India, South Africa, Nigeria, Republic of Ireland, Netherlands, Bahrain, Dubai, Oman, Hong Kong and Thailand. Customers include TNT International, Allport Cargo Services, Charles Kendall Freight, COSCO Shipping, DACHSER, Maersk Lines, and many other logistics providers and organisations.

For more information about DataFreight solutions, visit http://www.datafreight.co.uk

Media
Piers Shervington
T: +61-2-8001-2200
E: piers.shervington@wisetechglobal.com

Venus Metals Corporation Limited (ASX:VMC) Youanmi Vanadium Project Metallurgical Test Results Confirms Significant High Grade Beneficiation of Oxide Samples

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The Directors of Venus Metals Corporation Limited (ASX:VMC) ("Venus" or the "Company") are pleased to announce the results of preliminary beneficiation testwork on an oxide composite sample from the Youanmi Vanadium Project, Western Australia.

HIGHLIGHTS:

- The grade increased from 0.58% V2O5 to 0.80% V2O5 with a recovery close to 80% of the Vanadium.

- At -1 mm more than 40% of the mass can be rejected whilst recovering 80% of the Vanadium.

- Mass rejection of gangue minerals decreases downstream processing volume and is expected to reduce acid consumption.

- Assay by size data suggests the oxide sample can be significantly beneficiated without the need to grind the sample.

- Crush sizes tested showed minimal variation in the beneficiation potential.

- Further testwork is planned for hydrometallurgical studies on a beneficiated sample.

Metallurgical Testwork

The Company commissioned METS Engineering Group ("METS") to develop a series of metallurgical tests aimed at beneficiating an oxide composite formed using different intervals from the deposit (see Table-1 in link below) (see Figure 1 in link below). The oxide composite was formed from shallow intervals spanning five diamond core holes seen in the table below (see link below). Only half of the mass for each interval was utilised, with the remaining kept in reserve. A total composite mass of approximately 48 kg was formed. The representative composite encompassed various weathered zones and a range of different spatial locations throughout the deposit.

Beneficiation testwork focused on low cost methods that avoided grinding. The testwork was conducted at three crush sizes: -3.35 mm, -2 mm and -1 mm (refer Appendix-1 JORC Table) (see link below). Due to the friable nature of the oxide ore these crush sizes are expected to be achievable using a combination of comminution technologies.

Detailed size by assay tests illustrated that a significant portion of the mass reports to the fine size fractions and contains very little vanadium. Simple rejection of fines resulted in an increase in Vanadium grade from 0.58% V2O5 to a maximum grade of 0.83% V2O5. The beneficiation process was not overly sensitive to crush size, suggesting fine crush sizes may not be required. The grade-recovery profiles for each crush size can be seen in Figure 2 (see link below).

A key outcome from this testwork was the high Vanadium recovery achieved. The grade-recovery profile illustrates that the material can be beneficiated to 0.80% V2O5 whilst recovering close to 80% of the Vanadium.

This compares to conventional magnetic separation, which typically struggles to achieve high vanadium recoveries on oxidised material.

Mills can contribute a significant amount of capital and operating expense, with much of the power utilised in milling consumed by the grinding of gangue minerals. This alternative beneficiation process avoids milling and the associated costs.

Further Metallurgical work

- Hydrometallurgical studies will be completed on a beneficiated sample in order to assess direct vanadium extraction using sulphuric acid from the beneficiated sample without the need to roast at high temperatures.

- Higher grades may be achieved at finer sizes, and future work will aim to assess the maximum grade achieved by crushing within the limits of modern comminution technologies.

To view tables and figures, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/U6VP8I0V

Matthew Hogan
Managing Director
T: +61-8-9321-7541 

Barry Fehlberg
Executive Exploration Director
T: +61-8-9321-7541

Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) Patent Granted for Kaolin to HPA Production Process

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Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has received the Certificate of Grant for an Innovation Patent from the Australian Patent Office (IP Australia), for the Company's process of producing high purity alumina (HPA) from kaolin (aluminous clay). Altech originally filed the patent titled 'A Method for the Preparation of Alumina' in October 2014.

Highlights

- Patent granted to Altech for its kaolin to HPA production process

- Affords protection to Altech and its unique 8 step production method

- Altech now in a strong position to defend its intellectual property rights

The granted patent covers the production of alumina from all types aluminous clay including kaolin, using hydrochloric acid and includes the following steps:

1. treating kaolin or aluminous material to reduce particle size and increase the alumina content;

2. calcining the kaolin or aluminous material;

3. leaching the aluminous material with hydrochloric acid;

4. solid liquid separation to provide a pregnant liquor;

5. crystallising aluminium chloride hexahydrate by adding hydrogen chloride gas;

6. precipitating and separation of aluminium chloride hexahydrate;

7. dissolving the aluminium chloride hexahydrate in water and repeating the crystallisation process; and

8. roasting and calcining aluminium chloride hexahydrate to provide alumina.

The grant of the patent acknowledges that Altech's process for producing HPA from aluminous material such as kaolin is unique. Other potential new entrants into the HPA industry that have publicised the proposed use of a process similar to Altech's for the production of HPA from kaolin, will need to take extreme care not to breach the Company's patent.

Altech Chemicals managing director Iggy Tan said, "The journey to patent grant was quite arduous. We commenced the process in 2014 and have now received the Certificate of Grant - 4 years later. The patent will help protect the Company's unique HPA production process and the technology that we have developed.

Over the past 18 months it has been quite frustrating to read a number public announcements from other companies aiming to be HPA producers that have included HPA process flow diagrams that appeared to be blatant copies of Altech's process - some even using the same unique icons developed by the Company. Now that this patent is granted, Altech is in strong position to defend its intellectual property rights with the assistance of WRAYS, our patent attorney", he said.

To view figures, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/29T7430Z

Corporate
Iggy Tan
Managing Director
Altech Chemicals Limited
Tel: +61-8-6168-1555
Email: info@altechchemicals.com 

Shane Volk
Company Secretary
Altech Chemicals Limited
Tel: +61-8-6168-1555
Email: info@altechchemicals.com

Investor Relations (Europe)
Kai Hoffmann
Soar Financial Partners
Tel: +49-69-175-548320
Email: hoffmann@soarfinancial.com

White Cliff Minerals Ltd (ASX:WCN) Renounceable Rights Offer to Raise up to $2.3 Million

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White Cliff Minerals Limited (ASX:WCN) ("White Cliff" or "the Company") is pleased to announce a partially underwritten renounceable pro rata offer of two New Shares (2) for every one (1) White Cliff Share held, at an issue price of $0.015 per New Share to raise up $2,309,754 (Rights Offer). For every New Share issued, shareholders will receive one free attaching option exercisable at $0.045 on or before 30 September 2020. ASX listing of the option will be sought. A total of 153,983,628 New Shares together with 153,983,628 New Options are to be offered under the Rights Offer.

Key Highlights of the Offer:

- Two for one renounceable rights issue to raise up to $2.3m

- Attractively priced at $0.015, a discount of 40% to closing price pre offer

- One free option issued for every new share, exercisable at $0.045 on or before 30 September 2020

- ASX listing of new options will be sought

- Shareholders may apply for additional new shares, above their entitlement

- Offer partially underwritten by CPS Capital

- Funds raised to focus on:

o The high grade Aucu gold deposit (3Mt at 5.1 g/t containing 484,000 Oz gold) and;

o Defining cobalt-nickel resources at Coronation Dam and Ghan Well

The Rights Offer is underwritten to the amount of $500,000 by Perth based CPS Capital Group Pty Ltd ("CPS"). The Offer is open to all eligible shareholders who have a registered address within Australia or New Zealand, and who hold White Cliff shares at 22nd October 2018 (the "Record Date"). The Offer will close on 8th November 2018 (unless extended). The shares offered are attractively priced at 40% discount to the previous close plus the value of the free (to be listed) option.

The funds raised by the Rights Offer will be used primarily for:

- Drilling to define further gold resources at the Company's gold deposit in Central Asia (the deposit already contains a resource of 3 Mt at 5.1 g/t gold containing 484,000 Oz of gold from surface).

- Pre-development studies including metallurgy, environmental, economic and licence conversion

In Western Australia funds will be used for:

- Resource estimate for the Coronation Dam Cobalt and Nickel Deposit

- Preliminary metallurgical test work on Coronation Dam Cobalt and Nickel Deposit

- Drilling to define cobalt and nickel resources at the Ghan Well Cobalt-Nickel project

- General working capital

All New Shares issued will rank equally with existing Shares on issue and the Company will apply for official quotation of the New Shares and New Options. A prospectus in relation to the Rights Offer will be lodged with ASIC during the course of today. Existing Option holders are not entitled to participate in the Rights Offer without first exercising their options to be registered as a Shareholder in Australia or New Zealand before the Record Date, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the options.

Prospectus and Entitlement & Acceptance Form

A prospectus setting out details of the offer will be dispatched to you on the 25th October 2018 and accompanied by a personalised application form with instructions how to accept your entitlement.

White Cliff Managing Director Todd Hibberd said: "The Company has delivered two significant exploration outcomes this year with a 60% increase in the gold resource at the Aucu gold-copper project in the Kyrgyz Republic (now 3Mt at 5.1 g/t containing 484,000 ounces of gold) and the identification of extensive and high grade cobalt and nickel results from the Coronation Dam project in Western Australia.

Both projects have substantial economic potential and provide a platform for further strong positive news flow and resource updates.

By undertaking a rights issue, all existing shareholders will be given the opportunity to acquire New Shares at the same price with a free attaching option for which the Company will seek ASX quotation. If the maximum funds are raised the Company will be funded such that its primary focus can be on defining cobalt and nickel resources via drilling in WA and defining further gold and copper resources at the Aucu Gold project."

INDICATIVE TIMETABLE

The following are indicative dates in respect of the Rights Offer:

Event: Announcement of Offer
Date: 16 October 2018

Event: Lodgement of Prospectus with the ASIC
Date: 16 October 2018

Event: Lodgement of Prospectus & Appendix 3B with ASX
Date: 16 October 2018

Event: Notice sent to Optionholders
Date: 17 October 2018

Event: Notice sent to Shareholders
Date: 18 October 2018

Event: Ex date
Date: 19 October 2018

Event: Rights start trading
Date: 19 October 2018

Event: Record Date for determining Entitlements (5:00pm WST)
Date: 22 October 2018

Event: Prospectus and personalised Entitlement and Acceptance Forms sent out to Eligible Shareholders
Date: 25 October 2018

Event: Rights Trading Ends
Date: 1 November 2018

Event: Securities quoted on a deferred settlement basis
Date: 2 November 2018

Event: Last day to extend the Closing Date
Date: 5 November 2018

Event: Closing Date (5:00pm WST)*
Date: 8 November 2018

Event: ASX notified of under subscriptions
Date: 13 November 2018

Event: Issue date. Deferred settlement trading ends
Date: 15 November 2018

The above dates are indicative only and may be subject to change. The Directors may vary these dates subject to any applicable requirements of the Corporations Act or the Listing Rules.

Todd Hibberd
Managing Director
T: +61-8-9321-2233
E: todd@wcminerals.com.au
W: www.wcminerals.com.au

Environmental Clean Technologies Ltd (ASX:ECT) Company Update - India Project and Local Activities

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Environmental Clean Technologies Limited (ASX:ECT) (ECT or Company) is pleased to provide the following update on the progress of its project in India and local activities.

Key points

India

- Research Collaboration Agreement

o ECT Meetings concluded with NMDC CMD N. Baijendra Kumar and NLCIL CMD Rakesh Kumar

o ECT Chairman met with Add. Secretary for Ministry of Steel, Rasika Chaube, to present and discuss the India project

o External due diligence report delivered to NLCIL and NMDC ahead of finalisation of the Research Collaboration Agreement (RCA)

o NLCIL planning for additional Board meeting before 9th November

o NLCIL and NMDC representatives invited to attend ECT AGM on 30th of November

- Project promotion

o ECT presented the India project at NMDC International Conference on October 8th-11th

o ECT attended the India-Australia Business and Community Awards (IABCA) as finalist

Local Activities

- Steam package contracts

o Installation of bespoke Coldry solid fuel handling system completed

o Commissioning due to commence this week

o Contract steam services due to commence by late October

o Turnkey solution provides the customer with fixed price steam delivery

- Boiler package contracts

o Coldry solid fuel provides a hedge against rising gas price and the challenges of pure biomass fuel use

o Establishment of key service partners to deliver steam and boiler packages

o First major tender for boiler package submitted

o Feasibility study started for demonstration biomass boiler at the High Volume Test Facility (HVTF) at Bacchus Marsh.

Research Collaboration Agreement (RCA)

Over the past 2 weeks, ECT Chairman, Glenn Fozard, together with CMD ECT India, Mr Ashley Moore, and Chief Operating Officer, Jim Blackburn have been in India to attend meetings with NLC India Limited (NLCIL), NMDC Limited (NMDC) and Indian Government representatives and to oversee the conclusion of the final compliance and legal review of the Research Collaboration Agreement (RCA) as outlined in the Company's 1 October 2018 announcement.

The CMD's of both NLCIL and NMDC continue to express clear, strong commitment to the project, acknowledging that the prospect of the project being the largest ever research and development (R&D) collaboration between Australia and India has the eyes of Government keenly directed towards them, driving the complexity of internal requirements and need to undertake rigorous review.

Importantly, ECT has supported this recent review process through the additional support and analysis work provided by ECT's advisers Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Legal advisers, Australia), Grant Thornton (Tax and Accounting, Mumbai) and Induslaw (Legal and Compliance, Mumbai).

ECT understands that the RCA review report from external consultant Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (L&S) has been completed, and the three companies (NLCIL, NMDC and ECT) will be meeting in Chennai today, October 16 to finalise discussions and agree on an updated RCA ahead of Board approvals.

Commenting from Neyveli, ECT Chief Operating Officer, Jim Blackburn said "As our shareholders are very much aware, this further round of review for finalisation of the RCA has been an important and detailed process, necessary to clear the way for seeking Board approvals from each of the partners scheduled for early in November. While we are aware that NLCIL conducted an earlier Board meeting last Tuesday (9 October 2018) in Delhi to attend to internal compliance matters, we have been told NLCIL will hold an additional Board meeting in the first week of November, seeking approval to proceed. While this is later than the target date previously set by both NLCIL and NMDC (30th October 2018), the parties have agreed that no further extension is required and that the MOU remains on-foot and effective.

"The Board and Executive of ECT are keenly aware that as we approach these final stages of the contracting process, there is increased attention given by our shareholders and the broader market to each detailed step in reaching financial close for the India project. This is to be expected yet does not detract from the need for management to focus on the project implementation as a whole, as it is this approach which will ultimately drive growth in shareholder value. Each of the parallel processes outlined previously including contracting and governance, financing, engineering, resource planning and the like each play a part in the successful delivery of the Pilot plant project and lay the foundation for our progress into commercialisation."

ECT COO, Jim Blackburn remains in India this week, and together with ECT India CMD Ashley Moore and Chairman Glenn Fozard, will ensure on-the-ground representation by ECT through to signing to provide any further support necessary to facilitate the consideration and approval of the RCA by the Boards of NLCIL and NMDC.

Prior to, and immediately following the expected partner Board approvals, key processes and milestones for the project will include:

- Formal arrangements for the signing ceremony and exchange of project documents expected during the week of the 19th to 24th of November

- Banking and transactional arrangements for the transfer of project funds

- Establishment and initial meeting of the Project Control Committee

- Opening of the ECT operational offices in Chennai and Neyveli

Senior delegates from NLCIL have expressed a desire to attend the ECT AGM on November 30, and both NLCIL and NMDC will be invited to attend to jointly present the project to ECT shareholders.

Project Promotion

As previously reported (1 October 2018), in the lead up to financial close of the India project, ECT has been active in a number of global forums in response to growing industry and media interest in the project and its Coldry and Matmor technologies.

These forums provide an important opportunity to develop key strategic links between the R&D stage of the India project and a future pathway for commercial projects.

In addition to media briefings, the following events have recently been completed.

- NMDC International Conference on Minerals and Metals; Outlook 2030

o 9-10 October 2018

o New Delhi, India

o Ashley Moore (CMD, ECT India) presenting

o 400+ delegates

Following the Chairman's meeting with the Additional Secretary for Ministry of Steel, Rasika Chaube, she presented to the conference in her closing remarks that, "Indian companies are encouraged to JV with foreign companies, particularly those foreign companies that are able to support technology transfer to India in its pursuit of the country's improving competitive position as the nation seeks to deliver an additional 200 million tonnes of steel output through to 2030."

Chairman Glenn Fozard commented, "not only does our collaborative project with NLCIL and NMDC meet 8 out of 10 objectives of the Ministry of Steel's Steel Development Fund's strategic R&D targets, it's also structured under preferred arrangements, as expressed by Ms Chaube, of the Government of India's policy for technology transfer."

This outcome is a testament to the collaborative approach ECT has taken in listening to its partners' needs and then converting that into strong commercial structures backed by comprehensive legal and tax planning.

- IABCA - India-Australia Business and Community Awards

o 12 October 2018

o Brisbane, Australia

o Delegates included Indian High Commissioner to Australia, Dr Gondane

o ECT was a finalist in the 'Excellence in Innovation' category

Chairman Glenn Fozard commented further in relation to the India project, "The development of this project has been a long and challenging process, and we acknowledge the patience and, often at times, frustration our shareholders have experienced along this journey. But this is not without reason and reflects the nature of our project as being the largest ever R&D collaboration between Indian and Australian companies. Make no mistake, this is not a throwaway comment, and all shareholders should be proud of the company's ability to persist and progress such a watershed project, where the recognition of this achievement, and what it means for our company, should only improve. The enormity of effort and work needed to complete a deal like this is difficult to appreciate and accounts for why no other company has achieved the size of R&D collaboration we are aiming to close on soon. We are acutely aware that there is no second prize in the pursuit of such lofty goals and much of the effort will be wasted if we were not able to finalise the project, but the Company and its Board and executive are confident that this will not be the case."

The Company looks forward to providing further updates as the above activities progress.

Local Activities

Steam Package Contracts - Update

Further to the Company's announcement of 9 August 2018 highlighting the signing of a $1.3 million, 5-year deal for the provision of a turnkey solution for steam services to a customer in Victoria, Australia, the Company is pleased to advise the first stage of the contract has been completed.

The contract entails:

- Installation of an automated Coldry solid fuel handling system

- The supply of Coldry solid fuel to power the generation and provision of steam via an existing boiler system

- Provision of operating and maintenance services in partnership with Australia's leading 'process steam' system operator, Mecrus

A key requirement identified during the scoping phase was the need to maximise the operational efficiency of the customer's boiler system, which was originally designed to run on low-grade biomass such as wood chips and briquetted rice husks, rather than higher-energy solid fuel such as Coldry.

As such, the first phase of the contract entailed the design, fabrication, installation and commissioning of an automated solid fuel feed system designed to optimise Coldry consumption.

Scoping estimates indicate the system will use around half as much Coldry solid fuel compared to biomass. This efficiency is due to Coldry's lower moisture content, and significantly higher energy value and combustion temperature.

The feed system (shown in link below) consists of a variable feed-rate hopper and incline screw conveyor, controlled via a computer-automated program.

Commissioning of the system will commence this week, with the provision of 'process steam' anticipated to commence under contract in late October.

Boiler Package Contracts - Update

ECT COO Mr Jim Blackburn commented "The Victorian energy market has changed dramatically in the past three years, with wholesale electricity prices trebling since 2015(see Note 1 below) and gas prices doubling(see Note 2 below) over the same period. This has driven many businesses, reliant on industrial scale process heat, to seek alternatives.

"Unfortunately, this has put pressure on local biomass supplies, resulting in shortages and price increases, in addition to existing issues regarding the security of consistent supply. Consumers are turning to expensive stop-gap measures such as diesel. Economically, this is unsustainable, driving business to seek alternative long-term solutions.

"This problem has created an opportunity to sell product from our Coldry R&D facility. Further, following extensive consultation with consumers, it's clear they want someone to provide a solution that delivers steam, and saves money, allowing them to focus on their core business. This has created an opportunity for ECT, together with leading boiler operator Mecrus, to deliver a turnkey solution tailored to the end user's equipment and needs."

Building Strong Relationships with Boiler Manufacturers and Service Providers

ECT is pleased to advise that in support of its strategic boiler and steam package offering to the Victorian and Tasmanian markets, the Company has teamed up with Hi-Tech QLD and John Thompson boilers in addition to Mecrus to provide a complete turnkey solution for biomass boiler systems, specifically designed to accept multi-feedstock fuel, including wood waste, crop stubble and municipal green waste, underpinned by Coldry as the baseload fuel.

This has led to ECT's first joint tender submission, along with Hi-Tech and John Thompson for the provision a 10MW(th) boiler system to a customer in Tasmania.

ECT is also working closely with these partners to undertake feasibility and pricing for a biomass boiler system on-site at its Bacchus Marsh test facility to replace the current waste oil boiler system.

The market for industrial steam and the boilers required to produce this steam are at a significant crossroad. Most users have turned away from 100% coal-based boiler systems, and gas-fired systems have become prohibitively expensive. This has seen the next wave of migration towards biomass fuel solutions.

There are still great challenges ahead for users of industrial steam when considering a pure biomass boiler system, including lower efficiency, single fuel dependency, transport and storage issues and shorter equipment lifetime.

ECT aims to solve some of these problems by offering a high-quality boiler system that can utilise variable biomass inputs while also using Coldry.

The intent behind this approach is to be able to deliver a steam solution that allows users the flexibility to choose the biomass that is most suitable (on the basis of cost, quality and supply), while being underpinned by a fuel stock (Coldry) that serves as a consistent, cost-effective base-load.

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Chairman Glenn Fozard commented that "there is an absence of a complete turnkey solution in the Victorian and Tasmanian markets that offers 'steam over the fence' to industrial users, while also delivering new equipment and often cheaper monthly operational costs. This requires assembling a high-quality team of end-to-end service providers, covering boiler plant and equipment, installation, operations and maintenance, fuel supply and management and financing. ECT now has that capability.

"The steam and boiler package approach, coupled with equipment financing solutions via our subsidiary, ECT Finance Limited, looks to deliver reliability and affordability, striking a chord in the local market.

"Following the successful rollout of our first contract, and the demonstration of our capability to deliver these packages we will continue to market our turnkey solution across Victoria and Tasmania."

The Company will provide further updates on its local market activity as projects progress.

About Coldry

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

About MATMOR

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

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

About the India R&D Project

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

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

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

NMDC Limited is India's national iron ore authority.

Notes:

1 Source: Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) - http://www.abnnewswire.net/lnk/S4UX88YY

2 Source: Australian Energy Market Regulator (AER) - http://www.abnnewswire.net/lnk/BJD1R3OA

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

Australian Bauxite Ltd (ASX:ABX) CEO Presentation at Brisbane Resources Round-Up

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In accordance with the requirements of Listing Rule 3.1 Australian Bauxite Ltd (ASX:ABX) submit the attached material is being presented at the 2018 Mining Resources Convention.

Mr Ian Levy, CEO is making the presentation. The public are welcome to attend the presentation.

Brisbane - Tuesday 17 October

Hilton Brisbane Hotel
190 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane City

The presentation will commence at 4:50pm.

To view the presentation, please visit:
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Ian Levy
CEO and MD
Australian Bauxite Limited
Mobile: +61-407-189-122

Argent Minerals Limited (ASX:ARD) Major Event for Pine Ridge Gold Mine Acquisition

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Argent Minerals Limited (ASX:ARD) (Argent, or the Company) is pleased to report a significant exploration update with the acquisition of the historic Pine Ridge Gold Mine and tenement area, which is located only 19 kilometres to the south of the large Kempfield project.

Highlights:

- Low cost acquisition of mine and surrounding area is proximal to the Kempfield Project and potentially very favourable for project economics.

- Extensive exploration prospectivity identified around established gold mine, testing large gold system.

- Pine Ridge analogous to a 2 million ounce ore reserves deposit 50 km to the north.

- Historical high grades (e.g. 1 m @ 62.9 g/t Au from 59 m in PR010) show strong gold system.

- Highly prospective gold targets ready for drill testing.

- Native Title clearance and land access completed ahead of planned drill programme.

The acquisition of the Pine Ridge Gold Mine is part of the strategy to develop higher grade gold and copper mineralisation, and significantly enhance the economics of the large Kempfield project on the path to production.

Argent has reviewed the historical Pine Ridge Gold Mine deposit data and conducted reconnaissance exploration over an area of approximately 1.3 square kilometres surrounding the historic mine footprint. The review shows the previously unrecognised distribution of gold mineralisation in iron-rich volcanics over a much wider area than an outlook limited to quartz vein-associated gold.

This latest data reveals strong similarities to the McPhillamys gold deposit 50 kilometres to the north, and possibly other Victorian examples at Ballarat and Bendigo.

The new findings from the reconnaissance exploration represent a significant increase in exploration upside at Pine Ridge Gold Mine and within the greater surrounding areas including Argent's Kempfield project area, where high grade gold mineralisation has been identified, including the spectacular 1,065 g/t Au interval intersected during drilling. This is believed to be a gold overprint related to the large regional gold system, forming at a later stage to the prospective volcanic-hosted massive sulphide (VHMS) related copper-gold footwall also to be drilled at Kempfield.

IMPACT ON KEMPFIELD ECONOMICS

The newly identified Pine Ridge project scope has the potential to provide a significant boost to the economics of the Kempfield project. Argent has been working diligently to improve the profitability of Kempfield project with improvements to the metallurgical processing that increase mineral recovery. These improvements are focussed on separating out mineral extraction streams and will enhance precious metal recovery from Kempfield and other satellite sources such as the Pine Ridge Gold Mine. The Company believes it is well positioned to exploit these new exploration opportunities in a way that will enhance the overall Kempfield project.

PLANNED DRILLING PROGRAMME

Argent has resolved significant issues since the original 2016 acquisition, including Native Title and land access, and is now ready to commence exploration. The last significant exploration programme was conducted approximately 20 years ago in 1998.

David Busch (CEO of Argent) says: "Not only have we secured a great gold exploration area for the Company, but we will be able to apply modern exploration tools and recent thinking to this prospect. The opportunity to fast-track the large Kempfield project through the developing Pine Ridge area as a satellite resource is an extremely attractive option. There is a lot of potential to test and we intend to proceed in a timely manner."

ABOUT KEMPFIELD

The Kempfield Polymetallic Project has a substantial JORC 2012 Mineral Resource of 21.8 million tonnes and 100 million ounces of silver equivalent contained metal.

Additional mineralisation potential of 58 to 190 million ounces at 80 to 130 g/t contained silver equivalent has been estimated as a JORC-compliant Exploration Target.

The Exploration Target received a significant update on 6 June 2018 to incorporate the impact of significant metallurgical breakthroughs - the successful separation of Kempfield primary material into potentially marketable commercial grade zinc and lead concentrates also containing silver and gold.

The significant Mineral Resource and Exploration Target together reflect the high standard of Argent Minerals' work on the project and provides the Company with a strong foundation to aggressively pursue the significant upside potential that it has identified at Kempfield and its surrounds.

Argent drilling has intersected combined lead/zinc grades of up to 17.9% immediately to the west of the existing Mineral Resource, and numerous high-grade gold intervals including a spectacular gold intersection of 1 m @ 1,065 g/t Au from 97 m by hole AKDD181, as well as copper including 1.8 m @ 1.2% Cu from 136 m - also in hole AKDD181.

The acquisition of the Pine Ridge gold mine is a further example of Argent's value-adding strategy for the Kempfield project. Further detail on the new Pine Ridge Gold Mine findings is provided in Appendix A, and details of the Kempfield Mineral Resource and Exploration Target in Appendix B(see link below).

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David Busch
Chief Executive Officer
Argent Minerals Limited
M: +61-415-613-800
E: david.busch@argentminerals.com.au

The Hydroponics Company Ltd (ASX:THC) Positioned for Canadian Recreational Cannabis

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The Hydroponics Company Limited (ASX:THC) (OTCMKTS:HDRPF) (to be renamed THC Global Group Limited) (THC Global or the Company) provides the following information with respect to its Canadian operations.

Key Points

- THC Global welcomes legalisation of recreational cannabis in Canada - expansion of THC Global's addressable market

- THC Global incorporating new subsidiary in Canada - Vertical Canna Inc to undertake further investment in the Canadian market

- Crystal Mountain expanding warehouse complex and product range to support increased demand including rebranded website to be launched in days

On Wednesday 17 October 2018 it will be legal for adults in Canada to purchase, possess, or grow recreational cannabis:

- THC's wholly-owned subsidiary, Crystal Mountain (CM), currently manufactures and distributes hydroponic equipment and supplies, with Canada being its principal market;

- CM has expanded its warehouse complex and product range to meet expected demand resulting from the legalisation of recreational cannabis;

- THC Global CEO, Ken Charteris, is currently in Canada with Jason Colquhoun, the Global Head of CM to promote THC Global to the investment community and to further develop strategic alliances across THC Global's cannabis and hydroponics businesses;

- THC Global's various partnerships and alliances provide THC Global with market access to Canada in both the medicinal and recreational cannabis sector and through hydroponics equipment which is expected to be in high demand, driven by the multitude of new micro-cultivator and home-growers in Canada; and

- CM will launch a new website and undertake a corporate rebranding to target the Canadian micro-cultivator and home-grower markets.

THC is incorporating a new subsidiary, Vertical Canna Inc which will be used as an investment and operations entity for the Company's expanded Canadian operations over the coming months.

Ken Charteris commented from Canada,

"This is a historic time to be in Canada, on the eve of legalisation of recreational cannabis.

"Whilst our focus remains on revenue generation from our global medicinal cannabis operations, our expanding presence in the Canadian market through Crystal Mountain and our partners will enable us to take advantage of the broadening of the Canadian market. THC Global has a vertically integrated strategy, providing both the means to grow cannabis to micro-cultivators and home-growers from Crystal Mountain with a view towards selling cannabis products into the Canadian market".

Jason Colquhoun commented,

"We are excited to be able to expand our operations to take advantage of this new opportunity in Canada. Combined with the launch of our new website and additional focus towards the micro-cultivator and home-grow markets, we expect to see great results over the coming quarters".

Crystal Mountain (CM)

Crystal Mountain is located in Vancouver, Canada. It has been operating for over a decade. CM holds 9 trademarks and two patents. It manufactures and distributes wholesale across North America and is expanding into Europe.

CM has been able to compete with competitors while operating with a very low overhead. This allows CM to be competitive, nimble but also scalable. As a subsidiary of THC, CM is well positioned to take advantage of the rapidly changing cannabis market and growth in personal indoor farming.

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Henry Kinstlinger
Company Secretary
The Hydroponics Company Limited
P: +61-2-9251-7177
E: henry.kinstlinger@thcl.com.au

Michael Lovesey
Director Corporate Media Relations
MMR Corporate Services Pty Ltd
P: +61-2-9251-7177
M: +61-449-607-636
E: michaell@mmrcorporate.com

Collaborate Corporation Ltd (ASX:CL8) Update on Entitlement Issue Offer

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Collaborate Corporation Limited (ASX:CL8) (Collaborate or the Company) is pleased to announce that it has received applications and underwriting commitments totalling over $820,000 (including shortfall applications) under the partially underwritten 1 for 8 non-renounceable entitlement offer of fully paid ordinary shares to existing eligible shareholders at an issue price of $0.015 each (Entitlement Issue). Therefore, subscriptions under the Entitlement Issue have reached approximately 71% of the offer.

Underwriters of the Entitlement Issue, which include existing sophisticated investors and officers of the Company, have underwritten a total of $600,000 of the $1,160,846 being offered under the Entitlement Issue.

Under the Entitlement Issue eligible shareholders are entitled to subscribe for an additional 1 Collaborate share per 8 existing Collaborate shares held on the record date under the Entitlement Issue, at a subscription price of $0.015 per Share as well as shortfall under the offer. The Entitlement Issue price represents:

- a 21.1% discount to Collaborate's closing share price on 7 September 2018, the last trading day immediately prior to announcement of the Entitlement Issue offer;

- a 22.6% discount to the 20-trading day VWAP of Collaborate's shares ending on 7 September 2018.

CEO, Mr Chris Noone said "We are pleased with the continued support provided to the Company by shareholders and especially the strong support shown by top 20 shareholders including RACV, Hishenk and Scintilla Strategic Investments."

The Directors take this opportunity to remind eligible shareholders who wish to take up their rights under the Entitlement Issue and subscribe for shortfall under the offer to ensure that cleared funds are received prior to the closing date of 5:00 pm (AWST) on Monday, 22 October 2018. Collaborate also encourages shareholders of unmarketable parcels of shares (less than $500 worth) to subscribe for shortfall under the Entitlement Issue to top up their holding to a marketable parcel of shares.

Collaborate Corporation Limited
Tel: +61-2-8889-3641
E: shareholder@collaboratecorp.com 
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Classic Minerals Ltd (ASX:CLZ) Annual Report

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The directors of Classic Minerals Limited (ASX:CLZ) submit herewith the financial report for the financial year ended 30 June 2018.

Principal activities

The principal activity of Classic Minerals Limited during the financial year was the exploration of mineral resource based projects, focussing on gold and nickel.

To view the Annual Report, please visit:
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Classic Minerals Ltd
T: +61-8-6305-0221
E: contact@classicminerals.com.au
WWW: www.classicminerals.com.au

WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) Acquires Parcel Shipping and LTL TMS Solution Provider, SmartFreight

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Global logistics solutions group, WiseTech Global (ASX:WTC) (OTCMKTS:WTCHF), today announced the acquisition of IFS Global Holdings ('SmartFreight'), a leading parcel and LTL (Less Than Truckload) shipping software provider.

Headquartered in Sydney, SmartFreight offers multi-carrier shipping software solutions to over 3,300 customers across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa and Asia. Its solutions address traditional bricks and mortar, B2C and B2B customers across all industries including organisations such as 3M, Mazda, Hyundai, Seiko, Epson and Pandora Jewellery, as well as transport and logistics providers such as DHL, Australia Post Group, Parcelforce, TNT, Toll Group, Aramax and Royal Mail. In Australia alone, SmartFreight processes over 50 million parcels annually.

WiseTech Global Founder and CEO, Richard White, said "As e-commerce continues its rapid exponential growth, the importance of omni-channel parcel and LTL shipping for customers, and the logistics industry globally, will increase by an order of magnitude. We value the parcel logistics and technical expertise within the SmartFreight teams and their extensive coverage of parcel and LTL carriers and rates, with electronic connections to over 650 carriers, in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the UK and South Africa. These adjacent markets complement those covered by our other WiseTech businesses - parcel shipping TMS provider, Pierbridge, and specialist LTL TMS provider, SaaS Transportation, while our Gartner-rated specialist WMS, Microlistics, can beneficially partner with SmartFreight for e-commerce fulfilment domestically in these crossover geographies.

"Importantly, bringing SmartFreight into the WiseTech group will also accelerate the global expansion of our next-generation CargoWise One e-commerce offering for both international and domestic e-commerce fulfilments. This innovative solution is in pilot with a major air-freight forwarder and will soon be launched globally for country-of-origin depot functionality - a great fit with SmartFreight capabilities."

SmartFreight's Managing Director, Ken Aitken, said "The days of global supply chain solutions working in regional silos are over and the exponential growth in international e-commerce makes the need for total supply chain visibility and transparency a necessity for our customers. Joining the WiseTech Global group allows us to plug our 21 years of experience in first and last mile delivery into their leading integrated global platform, which is being continually enhanced and expanded. This is a great opportunity for us to improve and scale up our shipping solutions and grow in key markets."

SmartFreight solutions include SmartFreight, its flagship product for shippers of all volumes, SmartFreight Tracker to provide end to end visibility and SmartFreight Tracker4Transport for own fleet shipment tracking. Underpinning its broad selection of products is SmartFreight's ability to route optimise shipments through the selection of the best price, service time or lowest CO2 footprint to any destination.

SmartFreight also brings seamless integrations to over 170 WMS, ERP, e-commerce and accounting platforms along with dozens of online market places, such as Shopify, Magento 2, WooCommerce and PrestaShop to facilitate order fulfilment and tracking.

Remaining under the leadership of Ken Aitken, SmartFreight will continue to work with its partners to deliver innovative parcel shipping solutions to shippers worldwide. SmartFreight will also have access to the 8,000 logistics providers across the world who utilise WiseTech's integrated supply chain execution solutions.

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, e-commerce, 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 Argentina, Australasia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, North America, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey and Uruguay, and is in line with WiseTech Global's clearly stated strategy of accelerating long-term organic growth through targeted, valuable acquisitions.

About SmartFreight(R)

Founded in 1997, SmartFreight specialises in multi-carrier LTL and parcel shipping solutions. Customers include organisations such as 3M, Mazda, Hyundai, Seiko, Epson and Pandora Jewellery, as well as transport and logistics providers such as Australia Post Group, DHL, Toll Group, Aramax, Parcelforce, TNT, and Royal Mail.

SmartFreight provides its clients with an agnostic optimisation selection from their chosen transport providers, shipping by price / service / delivery time or CO2 footprint coupled with client branded end-end tracking visibility and final transport provider invoice reconciliation.

Headquartered in Sydney with distribution networks in New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland and the UK, SmartFreight has a team of over 50, together providing considerable logistics and technical expertise.

SmartFreight has won 10 Australian Business Award Wins in the last seven years.

'SmartFreight' refers to the parcel shipping solutions provider, IFS Global Holdings Pty Ltd.

For more information on SmartFreight visit http://www.smartfreight.com

Media
Piers Shervington
T: +61-2-8001-2200
E: piers.shervington@wisetechglobal.com

Hastings Technology Metals Ltd (ASX:HAS) Executes Acid Bake Kiln Contract with FLSmidth

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Hastings Technology Metals Limited (ASX:HAS) ("Hastings" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, through its wholly owned subsidiary Yangibana Pty Ltd, it has signed an agreement with FLSmidth Pty Limited (FLSmidth) for the Design and Supply of Acid-Bake Rotary Kiln and Technical Assistance, an essential rare earths processing component required to progress development of the Yangibana Rare Earths Project.

Highlights:

- Design and Supply of Acid-Bake Rotary Kiln and Technical Assistance with FLSmidth Pty Ltd

- FLSmidth Pty Ltd globally recognised supplier of engineering, equipment and service solutions

- Fixed price contracting consideration of AUD13.2million

- Significant milestone in development of Yangibana rare earths mine

Key conditions of the Design, Supply and Technical Assistance contract for the Acid-Bake Rotary Kiln include:

1. Fixed price contracting consideration of AUD13.2million, funded from Hastings existing cash reserves

2. Deed of Parent Company Guarantee entered into between Hastings and FLSmidth

3. Mechanical guarantee for Acid-Bake Rotary Kiln performance from FLSmidth

4. Delivery anticipated in Q1 2020

The Acid-Bake Rotary Kiln incorporates integral and associated acid concentrate mixing and feeding equipment, directs waste gas to a separate scrubbing facility, roasts product discharge and provides a natural gas fired heating system essential for the processing of rare earths.

Following receipt of tender submissions, Hastings awarded the Acid-Bake Rotary Kiln contract to FLSmidth, a market-leading supplier of engineering, equipment and service solutions to the global mining industry. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, with more than 11,700 employees worldwide, FLSmidth improves performance, drives down costs, and reduces the environmental impact of operations. FLSmidth is listed on NASDAQ OMXC20 Nordic Copenhagen (former Copenhagen Stock Exchange) and has offices in more than 50 countries.

Charles Lew, Executive Chairman of Hastings commented that "execution of the Acid-Bake Rotary Kiln contract with internationally recognised FLSmidth is a crucial step towards development plans for Yangibana. Combined with the appointment of KfW IPEX-Bank, and recent EPA progress, this is yet another important milestone in getting the Yangibana rare earths mine built so that we can satisfy global demand and supply high grade Neodymium and Praseodymium (NdPr) to our MOU offtake customers."

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

Neil Hackett
Joint Company Secretary
T: +61-8-6117-6118

White Cliff Minerals Ltd (ASX:WCN) Renounceable Rights Issue Prospectus

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White Cliff Minerals Ltd (ASX:WCN) provides the Company's Renounceable Rights Issue Prospectus.

Rights Offer

For a renounceable pro rata offer of two (2) New Shares for every one (1) Share held by Eligible Shareholders registered at 5.00pm WST on the Record Date, at an issue price of $0.015 per New Share, with one free attaching New Option (exercisable at $0.045 each on or before 30 September 2020) for every New Share subscribed, to raise approximately $2,309,754 before costs (Rights Offer).

Shortfall Offer

For an offer to the public (including Eligible Shareholders) to subscribe for the shortfall to the Rights Offer, at an issue price of $0.015 per New Share, with one free attaching New Option (exercisable at $0.045 each on or before 30 September 2020) for every New Share subscribed (Shortfall Offer).

Underwriter Offer

For the offer to the Underwriter or its nominees to subscribe for 1,500,000 New Options (exercisable at $0.045 each on or before 30 September 2020), at an issue price of nil, and 4,000,000 New Shares in consideration of $60,000 of the fee for acting as Lead Manager pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement (Underwriter Offer).

Partial underwriting

The Rights Offer and Shortfall Offer are partially underwritten up to an amount of $500,000 on a conditional basis.

Offer Period

This Offers open on Thursday, 25 October 2018 and closes at 5.00pm WST on Thursday 8 November 2018. Valid acceptances must be received by the Closing Date.

To view the Prospectus, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/660T4165

To view Letters to Shareholders and Optionholders, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/M5K7S3MJ

Todd Hibberd
Managing Director
T: +61-8-9321-2233
E: info@wcminerals.com.au
W: www.wcminerals.com.au

Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) Company Presentation

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Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) provides the Company's latest presentation.

Altech Growth Performance

- 14 x steady market cap growth (4 years)

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

- 480% increase in shareholders to 3,500

- Mar Cap $95m -572 m shares

- Cash - $14 m

- A$ 21 million raised

- Stage 1 construction commenced

- Construction concurrent with debt finance close

- Site clearance completed

To view the full presentation, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/03041646

Corporate
Iggy Tan
Managing Director
Altech Chemicals Limited
Tel: +61-8-6168-1555
Email: info@altechchemicals.com 

Shane Volk
Company Secretary
Altech Chemicals Limited
Tel: +61-8-6168-1555
Email: info@altechchemicals.com

Investor Relations (Europe)
Kai Hoffmann
Soar Financial Partners
Tel: +49-69-175-548320
Email: hoffmann@soarfinancial.com
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