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MMJ PhytoTech Ltd (ASX:MMJ) Signs Definitive Agreement with Harvest One (CVE:WON)

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MMJ PhytoTech Limited (ASX:MMJ) ("MMJ" or the "Company") today confirms that it has signed a definitive agreement with Canadian-based Harvest One Capital Corp. ("Harvest One") (CVE:WON). The definitive agreement outlines the sale of 100% of issued and outstanding shares (collectively, the "Purchased Shares") of United Greeneries Holdings Ltd ("UG") and Satipharm AG ("Satipharm") to Harvest One. Completion of this transaction will constitute Harvest One's "Qualifying Transaction" in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange").

- Definitive agreement signed with Harvest One to vend in 100% of issued capital of United Greeneries Holdings and Satipharm AG

- Represents a key milestone for MMJ and unlocks considerable shareholder value

- MMJ will hold ~70% of Harvest One and benefit from the Company's continued growth and development, plus access to North American capital markets

- Harvest One to be renamed Sol Growth Corp (CVE:SOL) following successful recapitalisation

Prior to completing the Qualifying Transaction, Harvest One will complete a consolidation of its issued and outstanding common shares (the "Harvest Shares" and each a "Harvest Share") at a 1.179 for 1 consolidation ratio.

As consideration for the Purchased Shares, Harvest One has agreed to pay C$2 million and issue 53,333,333 common shares in the capital of Harvest One (on a post-consolidation basis), to a wholly-owned subsidiary of MMJ. This will be at an ascribed price of C$0.75 per Harvest Share, representing approximately 98% of the issued and outstanding Harvest Shares pre-financing.

Completion of the Qualifying Transaction is subject to, among other things, (i) approval from the Exchange and MMJ shareholders, which will be sought at a meeting of shareholders on 9 January 2017; and (ii) completion of a financing for a minimum of C$15 million. Post financing, MMJ will own approximately 70% of Harvest One.

Following the completion of the Qualifying Transaction, Harvest One will be renamed Sol Growth Corp. (CVE:SOL).

The binding agreement represents a key milestone for MMJ and unlocks considerable value for shareholders, who will gain exposure to a 70%-owned publicly-listed entity that will have the necessary financial flexibility to grow and expand the UG and Satipharm assets. Importantly, Sol Growth will also have access to the large North American capital markets to underpin future advancement of both subsidiaries.

MMJ PhytoTech's Managing Director, Andreas Gedeon, commented: "This development will deliver considerable value to MMJ's shareholders, and subject to final shareholder approval, means the Company will now benefit from far greater exposure to the much larger and faster-growing North American cannabis market, and further benefit from access to larger pools of capital. This will provide us with the necessary financial flexibility to significantly scale up Sol Growth's operations and join the ranks of the larger North American cannabis companies.

"MMJ is in excellent shape and we look forward to finalising this transaction during Q1 2017 and updating shareholders on other developments in the near term."

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

Strategic Elements Ltd (ASX:SOR) Nanocube Technology Development

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ASX listed Strategic Elements (ASX:SOR) is pleased to provide an update on the development of the Nanocube Memory technology.

The Company is currently in the process of completing a patent application over further Intellectual Property developed in conjunction with its research and development team.

Further details are expected to be able to be released after January 2017.

As announced, the Company has formed a research and development agreement with the partner of choice for global companies seeking to commercialise Printed Electronics, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, (VTT) to conduct development of the Company's printable memory ink technology. VTT is one of world's leading research and technology companies.

VTT is working in close cooperation with researchers from the University of New South Wales and the initial program of work has been extended through to the end of January, 2017.

Further information on development of the technology will be released as appropriate.

Charles Murphy
Managing Director
Phone: +61-8-9278-2788
Email: admin@strategicelements.com.au
www.strategicelements.com.au

Ardiden Ltd (ASX:ADV) More Strong Spodumene Intercepts at Seymour Lake

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Lithium and graphite explorer Ardiden Limited (ASX:ADV) is pleased to advise that further substantial zones of spodumene-bearing pegmatite have been intersected at its majority owned Seymour Lake Lithium Project in Ontario, Canada as the resource drilling program wraps up and the rig moves on to begin drilling at the nearby Manitouwadge Graphite Project.

HIGHLIGHTS:

- More shallow spodumene-bearing pegmatites logged in drill core from a further 10 completed diamond drill-holes, with collective mineralised zones up to 18m wide encountered.

- Pegmatite zones extended both west and east at the North Aubry prospect - with the mineralisation remaining open to the east, west and at depth.

- Multiple substantial secondary sills of mineralisation identified beneath and parallel to the known pegmatite exposures at North Aubry.

- Multiple spodumene-bearing pegmatites intersected at the Central Aubry prospect, remaining open to the north, east and at depth.

- 27-hole resource drilling program at Seymour Lake now completed with first assay results expected soon. Maiden JORC 2012 Mineral Resource targeted for Q2 2017.

- Drill rig to mobilise immediately to the Manitouwadge Graphite Project, to commence the maiden resource drilling program.

Ardiden has made excellent progress over the last few weeks with the 27-hole program comprising a total of 1,728m of diamond drilling, now completed. Since the last update on 23 November 2016, a further 10 diamond drill holes have been completed, with encouraging visual results reported by the Company's geological team.

The continued intersection of multiple high quality spodumene-bearing pegmatite zones reinforces the potential to establish a maiden JORC 2012 Mineral Resource estimate for the Seymour Lake Project next year.

NORTH AUBRY PROSPECT

The most recent diamond drilling has intersected multiple near-surface zones of pegmatite mineralisation over varying widths, as seen in drill hole SL-16-71, which intersected a total of 18.31 metres of spodumene-bearing sills over a total down-hole width of approximately 102m, and drill hole SL-16-72, which intersected a total of 16.96 metres of spodumene-bearing sills over a total down-hole width of approximately 101m.

The final two diamond drill holes, SL-16-72 and SL-16-73, confirmed extensions of the known mineralisation both to the east and west at North Aubry. These extensions are yet to be fully evaluated and remain open. Unfortunately, Ardiden was unable to undertake further drilling on these extensions due to mechanical issues with the excavator at site and the onset of winter snowfall, which meant that access and drill pads could not be established.

The identification of these previously unrecognised extensions is an important development which increases the Company's confidence in the potential of the Seymour Lake Project to host a significant lithium deposit. The extensions will be further evaluated during the next round of drilling.

The proximity of the pegmatites to surface at North Aubry prospect is also considered to be a strategic advantage, potentially allowing easier access to high-quality mineralisation in a future mining scenario, reducing the required pre-strip and resulting in a lower extraction cost and improved project economics.

The drilling has also continued to intersect multiple and substantial secondary layers of pegmatite mineralisation (beneath and parallel to known exposures) up to 15 metres thick at North Aubry, as seen in drill holes SL-16-71, SL- 16-72 and SL-16-73 (see Table 1 in the link below). The deeper drill holes have confirmed the presence of multiple pegmatite mineralisation zones between 44m to 97m down-hole.

While these additional layers are deeper than other zones intersected in recent drilling, they are still considered to be of potential significant value to the Company given the North Aubry prospect is located on the side and crest of a hill.

To date, Ardiden has still only drill tested an area of approximately 250m in length at Seymour Lake, representing approximately 5 per cent of the total strike length of the known pegmatite exposures, which extend about 5km to the south of the North Aubry prospect.

The drilling has continued to validate the interpreted extensions of the known mineralised zones and define the boundaries of the main outcropping spodumene-bearing pegmatite structures at the project. The Company notes that drill holes which intersected less than 5 metres of spodumene pegmatite were not reported in this announcement.

The recently completed Phase 1 drilling program was designed to underpin an initial partial maiden JORC 2012 Mineral Resource for the North Aubry prospect, which is targeted for completion by Q2 2017. Phases 2 and 3 of the resource delineation drilling program will be designed to further expand the Mineral Resource to include areas around the Central Aubry, South Aubry and Pye prospects.

CENTRAL AUBRY PROSPECT

Initial drilling at the Central Aubry prospect has successfully intersected substantial multiple near-surface layers of pegmatite mineralisation of various widths, as seen in drill hole SL-16-68, which intersected a total of 16.48 metres of spodumene-bearing sills over a total down-hole width of 52m and drill hole SL-16-69, which intersected a total of 10.70 metres of spodumene-bearing sills over a total down-hole width of 52m.

The Central Aubry prospect is located approximately 500m south of the North Aubry prospect and about 200m north of the South Aubry prospect and is comprised of two main exposures. Mapping of the Central Aubry prospect shows strong presence of spodumene mineralisation over the majority of the exposures surface.

Once again, the proximity of the pegmatites to surface at the Central Aubry prospect is considered to be a strategic advantage, potentially allowing easier access to high-quality mineralisation in a future mining scenario, reducing the required pre-strip and resulting in a lower extraction cost and improved project economics.

The drilling results provide the Company with further evidence that the Seymour Lake Project can host multiple, sizeable and good quality lithium deposits. The Central Aubry pegmatites structures are yet to be fully drill tested and remain open to the north, east and at depth. Unfortunately, due to the limited access into the Central Aubry prospect, Ardiden was only able to complete two diamond drill holes, during this phase of the drilling program. Ardiden will aim to drill test these newly identified mineralisation zones during the next round of drilling at Central Aubry.

Ardiden expects to start receiving drill core assay results from Actlabs shortly.

MANITOUWADGE GRAPHITE PROJECT

The diamond drill rig has been de-mobilised from the North Aubry prospect and has returned to Thunder Bay for servicing and maintenance. Ardiden's geological team is completing the reports associated with this drilling program and finalising preparations to commence the upcoming drilling program at Manitouwadge.

The rig is expected to mobilise to the Manitouwadge site and commence the initial resource delineation diamond drilling program within a week.

Ardiden looks forward to providing further updates as they come to hand.

To view tables and figures, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/L7CH2J64

Brad Boyle
Ardiden Ltd 
Tel: +61-8-6555-2950 

Nicholas Read 
Read Corporate
Mobile: +61-419-929-046

Thomson Resources Ltd (ASX:TMZ) Drilling Commenced at Bygoo

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Thomson Resources (ASX:TMZ) is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced on a fourth phase of drilling at its Bygoo tin project near Ardlethan, NSW. The program is designed to follow up, confirm and extend the outstanding results from previous Thomson drilling.

The program will mainly target extensions to the Bygoo North and South greisen discoveries. Two holes will be drilled to verify the thickness of the greisen at Bygoo North and a number of further holes will target potential new greisens in the general Bygoo area.

About 1200m of drilling is planned in 10 to 12 holes and is scheduled to be completed prior to Christmas. Results are expected in early February.

Thomson Resources Ltd
T: +61-2-9906-6225
E: info@thomsonresources.com.au
WWW: www.thomsonresources.com.au

Amaysim Australia Ltd (ASX:AYS) Video Interview with MD and CEO Julian Ogrin

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amaysim Australia Limited (ASX:AYS) is Australia's fourth largest mobile service provider. The Company's success is underpinned by its unique ability to provide its customers with simple, transparent and high value plans and DIY-customer service.

amaysim has come a long way in six years to become Australia's fourth largest mobile services provider. CEO and Managing Director, Julian Ogrin provides an update of key business focus and priorities and 2017 focus.

About Julian Ogrin

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

- Julian Ogrin has over 20 years' experience in the telecommunications industry.

- Prior to joining amaysim in 2013, Julian was the CEO of Tele2 Croatia and prior to that was the Chief Commercial Officer of Meteor Mobile Communications Ireland.

- Julian also has senior executive experience in the telecommunications industry, which has seen him based in Sydney, London and Hong Kong with organisations such as Allphones Retail Group Australia, SAS, Vodafone and Cable and Wireless Group.

- Julian holds a Bachelor of Business from the Avondale College.

To view the video, please visit:
http://www.abnnewswire.net/press/en/85934/amaysim

amaysim Australia Limited
T: +61 2 8019 9366
F: +61 2 8019 9370
E: info@amaysim.com.au
WWW: www.amaysim.com.au

FINANCE VIDEO: Minbos Resources (ASX:MNB) Merger of Cabinda Phosphate Project

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This transaction has been a long time in the making and has cleared the path for Minbos to accelerate the development of their high grade Cacata Phosphate Project. The merger will streamline the decision making process regarding the preferred development option for the Cacata Project (study due 1Q17), as well as makes future negotiations regarding financing and offtake much simpler.

In a show of support for the transaction the company's major shareholder exercised $3.8m worth of options. With 310m options outstanding (1c exercisable before the end of 2016), and Petril being given the same rights as the option holders as part of the merger, Minbos could have more than $14m in cash by 1Q17 if all rights are exercised. This could see Minbos fully funded through to the completion of the BFS, as well as having a significant portion of funds required for Cacata's development.

Valuation: We value Minbos at $0.031 / share (share price $0.008 / share). We applied a 40% risk weighting discount to our valuation given the current stage of development, however will reduce this discount at the completion of the option study (1Q17) and subsequent BFS.

We also see long term upside in the company's growing development and exploration assets that we have only applied a notional valuation for at this time. With a total resource in excess of 600Mt (JORC and non JORC), there remains good potential for the company to advance multiple production centres throughout Angola in the long term. We will review our valuation for these assets in the future.

The information is general information only. Any advice is general advice only. Neither your personal objectives, financial situation or needs have not been taken into consideration. Accordingly you should consider how appropriate the advice (if any) is to those objectives, financial situation and needs, before acting on the advice. Adam Kiley (AR No. 458224) is an authorised representative of Intelligent Financial Markets Pty Ltd (AFSL No. 426359).

To view the video, please visit:
http://www.abnnewswire.net/press/en/85938/mnb

TSI Capital Pty Ltd
M: +61 404 945 234
adam.kiley@tsicapital.com.au
www.thesophisticatedinvestor.com.au
 
Minbos Resources Limited
WWW: www.minbos.com

Bluechiip Ltd (ASX:BCT) CEO Interview / Open Briefing

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Bluechiip Ltd (ASX:BCT) is pleased to provide the script of the Open Briefing interview with the MD/CEO.

In this Open Briefing(R) Andrew discusses:

- Pipeline growth and accelerating conversion

- Geographic and product market update

- Genea Biomedx and Planet Innovation progress

- Over temperature chip

1. Andrew, can you update us on Bluechiip's (BCT's) pipeline of potential partners and the conversion rate into sales of test kits and OEM sales?

MD Andrew McLellan:

We've had excellent growth in the size and quality of our pipeline in the last several months and are converting at an accelerating rate.

When we spoke in September we had 15 partner opportunities. This has doubled in the last 3 months to over 30 partner opportunities that have progressed beyond the first phase, which is the signing of a non-disclosure agreement.

Conversion to revenue is also accelerating. In the last 6 months we have sold 9 developer and starter kits to partners in a number of target markets. We also now have two partners progressed to become full OEM partners. This is a tangible endorsement by our customers of both the OEM strategy we introduced last year and of our patented, unique technology.

2. Where have the growth in the pipeline and sales of starter and development kits come from and how indicative is it of the potential end markets for BCT's existing technology?

MD Andrew McLellan:

The accelerating growth has come across a broad geographic base and in each of our target markets. Geographically, we have sold developer and starter kits into North America, Europe and Asia.

Over the last six months we have:

- Made a repeat sale of developer kits into the Chinese CDC;

- Sold 2 developer kits into SIAD in Europe;

- Sold to an OEM partner providing solutions into the general biobank marketplace;

- Sold into an Automatic ID and Data-Capture company in North America, who are traditionally bar code suppliers;

- Sold to a very large North American consumables manufacturer.

Each of these OEM partners has the potential to lead to multi-millions of dollars in annual sales.

3. Earlier this year you announced development of an over temperature chip and registration of IP for that. What stage of development is this chip at?

MD Andrew McLellan:

BCT currently has 24 confirmed patents and the technology to identify and measure the temperature of each individual sample it touches. BCT is the only company in the world that has the technology to deliver that in cryogenic storage conditions.

The addition of the over temperature chip is very exciting. Mid-last year we had feedback from a very large blood bag manufacturer that had said they would be willing to pay ten times what they pay for our existing chip for a chip that detects if a sample's temperature deviates above its limit, or goes "over temperature". We immediately saw the potential in this technology. We launched a project with the University of Melbourne Centre for Neural Engineering, co-funded by the Australian Governments Research Connections Grant, and jointly created the core technology over the next 9 months. We registered a provisional patent application in Australia in August, and in mid-November we announced to the ASX that we had been approved joint Government funding for the 2nd stage of that project, continuing to work with University of Melbourne to turn the initial concept into proof of prototype and working prototype.

While it is still early days, we are making good progress. The end market potential is huge, well into the billions of dollars. Market applications include not only biological sample storage, but also food industry transport cold-chain logistics. For example, if you ship frozen seafood you want to know if it's been over temperature anywhere in the logistics chain.

4. Genea Biomedx and Planet Innovation were your first two OEM customers, can you update us on the status of those two contracts?

MD Andrew McLellan:

Genea Biomedx, our first OEM partner, signed on a year ago and are now incorporating BCT's product into their Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) and IVF products. We expect sales to begin this financial year.

Genea Biomedx IVF products are distributed globally through Merck Serona, and in July we displayed our technology European Society of Human Reproductive Embryology (ESHRE) trade show in Helsinki with Genea Biomedx as part of the Merck Serono stand.

Planet Innovation (PI) are based in Melbourne, have 160 employees, and have been selected by Business Review Weekly as Australia? most innovative company for the last 3 years. They are the manufacturer for Genea Biomedx's IVF products, and work with a number of world-class medical device companies globally with whom we are now actively pursuing partnerships.

PI also took equity in BCT during the last capital raise. Their involvement as both an OEM partner and investor in Bluechiip highlights that they see the value of our product and the opportunities that we offer to the marketplace.

5. How should investors think of BCT's revenue model and how sales translate into cash flow and earnings?

MD Andrew McLellan:

BCT's revenue model incorporates three phases in the life-cycle of the client:

- The short-term model is to build the pipeline and sell developer kits. Our pipeline has doubled in the past three months and sales are accelerating.

- In the medium term, as these partnerships progress, we sell licences and receive fees.

- Over the long term we sell equipment (readers) and consumables (chips), the "razor/blade" model. Our OEM partnership with Genea Biomedx will mature to this stage this financial year.

As you can see, each partnership opportunity leads to small early stage revenues and ultimately to sale of products in multiple units with significant gross margins. Each of the OEM agreements we have in the pipeline has the potential to deliver millions of dollars in sales annually.

Andrew McLellan
Managing Director / CEO
Phone: +61-457-823-470
Email: andrew.mclellan@bluechiip.com 

Media:

Richard Allen
Phone: +61-3-9915-6341
Oxygen Financial PR

Traditional Therapy Clinics Ltd (ASX:TTC) Acquires an Additional Clinic

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Traditional Therapy Clinics Limited (ASX:TTC) through its wholly owned subsidiary, Fuqiao (Chongqing) Holdings Co. Limited, has entered into a contract to acquire an additional clinic from its franchised clinic base in line with a key element of the business strategy which is to grow its owned clinic network and increase revenues and profit. The signing of the contract to acquire the new clinic located in the city of Xingyi in Guizhou Province takes the number of clinics acquired by TTC since listing on the ASX in September 2015, to 13 and the total number of owned clinics to 24. This clinic will be TTC's second selfowned clinic in Guizhou. As previously advised, TTC had signed 38 new franchise agreements for the period from 1 January 2016 to 8 Dec 2016. TTC is also in the final stages of due diligence and negotiation for the acquisition of further clinics.

The purchase price for the new clinic will be paid in cash by TTC and totals RMB 6.9 million which equates to AUD 1.34 million at an exchange rate of 5.15 (AUD:RMB). The total purchase price represents an average EBITDA multiple of 3.2 based on the clinic's earnings in the 2016 financial year.

TTC is focused on building on its established market position and expanding its owned clinic network in key strategic areas of its business coverage. Settlement of the acquisition is expected to be completed during Jan 2017. The total number of franchised and owned clinics and new franchise licences granted and clinics acquired by TTC during 2015 and 2016 calendar years is shown in the link below.

TTC's Growth Strategy

TTC's multi-pronged growth strategy includes focusing on:

- Growing its number of franchised clinics; and

- Expanding its owned clinic network through the acquisition of existing clinics (from third parties or franchisees) or developing greenfield owned clinics in suitable locations.

The "owned clinic" model is one key focus of the company given the ability to generate a greater return on investment and its added advantage of assisting with projecting TTC's brand and further demonstrating the high standards of quality and service within the TTC network.

To view tables and figures, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/50QOSL1N

Mr Geoff Ross
Chairman
Mobile: +61-407-780-683 
Email: geoff.ross@bridgechinaadvisors.com

Mr Nicholas Ong
Company Secretary
Mobile: +61-424-598-561
Email: nicholas.ong@minervacorporate.com.au

Fertoz Ltd (ASX:FTZ) Investor Conference Call, Organic Fertiliser Sales Traction

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Organic phosphate supplier Fertoz Ltd (ASX:FTZ) ("Fertoz" or the "Company") is pleased to advise of recent sales and marketing progress in North America.

Highlights

- Fertoz fertiliser sales commenced to distributors and growers in Alberta, Canada

- Discussions commenced with Canadian distributors and manufacturers to blend Fertoz rock phosphate

- Testing of large samples of sulphur blends underway

- Investor Conference Call - Wednesday 14 December at 10:30am AEDT

The Company's management have been attending organic conferences, and just finished a large conference in Calgary. These events have attracted more than 1000 North American organic distributors and growers.

Fertoz's efforts in marketing its high-availability organic rock phosphate at these conferences have resulted in significant traction toward sustainable sales.

Purchase commitments from growers

The Company has achieved several milestones toward the establishment of a pool of buyers among farmers, blenders and fertiliser distributors.

Fertoz has sold rock phosphate product to a long-established Canadian grain and fertiliser distributor that intends to make Fertoz's rock phosphate product a key component in its organic fertiliser plans.

In addition, Fertoz has received commitments from organic growers in Alberta to purchase rock phosphate. Some growers intend to apply the product directly, while others with more basic soil types will blend it with sulphur to improve the availability of phosphate to the plants.

A long-established US-based soil amendment company, which plans to extend its large eastern US network into the western US, has also provided a commitment to purchase product.

Testing commitments with organic industry players

Due to the benefits of blending rock phosphate with sulphur in basic soils to improve the phosphate performance, Fertoz has commenced testing of its phosphate rock product with several sulphur manufacturers, including a respected, long-established company and a new, rapidly growing manufacturer.

Logistics

The Company has obtained extensive rail freight quotes which have identified attractive rail rates to transport product cost effectively to market. The quotes include multiple potential load points for Wapiti product, with one load point identified at Beaverlodge in Alberta, within immediate proximity to the Company's processing facility, and another load point which can be accessed using highway 43 identified at Grand Prairie, approximately 45 km east of the Company's Beaverlodge processing facility. The Company has also obtained rail freight rates from rail locations for the Company's Fernie project.

The quotes were obtained for potential target markets in western US, Washington, Oregon, California, the Midwest and ultimately to the eastern US.

Marketing

Fertoz is developing an extensive information package relating to the competitive advantage of its high-availability rock phosphate. The Company will distribute these at meetings, by direct mail and through promotion on the Fertoz website, which is set to be relaunched soon.

Fertoz Executive Chairman, Pat Avery, said:

"We will continue to ramp up sales, targeting the Spring growing season, and resume mining at Wapiti and Fernie in late Spring in anticipation of stronger sales during the spring, summer and autumn crop rotation seasons. The North American winter will provide us with an ideal opportunity for distributor and grower meetings, market education and sales initiatives, so the Company can build on its order book in the coming months.

"As sales progress we expect our product to be validated with positive crop responses, which will further support our sales initiatives and ultimately our cash flow position. Seasonal mining and sales into sustainable crop rotation, specialty crops, and warm weather agriculture areas, should grow and become more predictable, allowing us opportunities to grow market share."

Fertoz will provide further details of recent activities during an Investor Conference Call with Mr Avery next Wednesday 14 December.

Conference call details:

Time: Wednesday 14 December, 10:30am AEDT (7 30am AWST)

Conference ID: 3589 1894

Toll-free dial-in numbers:

Australia - 1800 123 296 (toll-free) / +61 2 8038 5221 (toll)

Canada - 1855 5616 766

US - 1855 293 1544

UK - 0808 234 0757

NZ - 0800 452 782

Singapore - 800 616 2288

Hong Kong - 800 908 865

Japan - 0120 477 087

China - 8008 702 411

India - 1800 3010 6141

For countries not listed, the Australian participant toll number can be used.

To ask a question, participants will need to dial "*1" (star, 1) on their telephone keypad.

Pat Avery
Executive Chairman
Fertoz Limited
M: +1-720-413-4520 

Tim Dohrmann
Investor and Media Enquiries
NWR Communications
M: +61-468-420-846

YPB Group Ltd (ASX:YPB) Signs 350 New Anti-theft Retail Outlets

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Brand Protection and Customer Engagement solutions company YPB Group Limited (ASX:YPB) is pleased to provide an update on its Australian PROTECT anti-theft business.

In addition to previously announced customers, such as Dan Murphy's and BWS which number around 2,200 retail stores, YPB's solutions will now be implemented at up to 200 Lorna Jane stores across Australia and USA.

The Lorna Jane implementation will bring to around 350 stores the new stores PROTECTED by YPB and three new major chains across Australia, New Zealand and USA.

In addition to Lorna Jane, YPB's solutions will also be implemented within an Australia wide chain of clothing, accessories and home furnishing products. This will include YPB developed bespoke solutions for the chain, including special wraps, which secure boxed items and bed linen, as well as solutions, which alarm themselves when tampered with or taken through the security gates. YPB also will provide this chain with a range of standard solutions including ink tags.

The third major win is with a leading chain in Australia and New Zealand with plans to aggressively expand into Asia. YPB has been awarded the security tag contract to supply all of the chain's suppliers to enable them to pre-apply security tags to products. The specific names of these chains cannot be announced due to confidentiality and security concerns.

YPB Executive Chairman John Houston said: "The penetration into the retail market of our anti-theft solutions continues to grow, providing a strong revenue platform for 2017 with solid growth potential, but more importantly a platform from which we can successfully introduce clients to YPB's wider PROTECT DETECT and CONNECT product offerings."

Mr. John Houston 
Executive Chairman
YPB Group Limited
T: +61-458-701-088 
E: john.houston@ypbsystems.com 

Mr. Gerard Eakin
Director
YPB Group Limited
T: +61-427-011-596
E: eakin@manifestcapital.com
W: www.ypbsystems.com

Media and Investor Enquiries

Matthew Wright
NWR Communications
T: +61-451-896-420
E: matt@nwrcommunications.com.au

Mustang Resources Limited (ASX:MUS) Ruby and Graphite Projects Update

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Mustang Resources Limited (ASX:MUS) ("Mustang" or "Company") is pleased to provide an update concerning the progress being made at its flagship Montepuez Ruby Project, as well as recent developments on its Balama Graphite Project.

Montepuez Ruby Project

- Bulk Sampling Mining Plant successfully moved to new location adjacent to the Alpha-Deposit & major underground water resources

- Plant commissioning well advanced with production re-commencing shortly

- Ability now to ramp up production to 350m3 per day (525tpd) per shift; working towards 2nd shift implementation in Q1-2017

- Focused on achieving 1st ruby sales in H1-2017

- Aggressive auger drilling program to start in January 2017 targeting maiden JORC

Resource as soon as possible thereafter subject to bulk sample variability

Balama Graphite Project

- 596m of diamond drilling completed at its Balama Graphite Project, Mozambique

- Drilling focused on Caula-Project (6678L; 80% interest) located in a closed anticline hinge

- Drilling to delineate graphite JORC Resource (H2-2017) with graphite mineralisation identified along strike from world-class development projects

- Metallurgical testing results & process flowsheet expected in Q2-2017

- Previous drilling intersected high-grade intersections in 8 RC holes drilled over extensive SkyTEM anomalies, with intersections of up to 22% TGC

Commenting on the developments on Montepuez and Balama, Mustang's Managing Director Christiaan Jordaan said: "We remain committed & fully focused on advancing our flagship Montepuez Ruby Project in Mozambique as we continue to rapidly fast-track its development. The Montepuez Ruby Project has produced excellent results in the year to date with 1st ruby sales targeted for H1-2017 and a maiden JORC Resource by H2-2017."

Furthermore, we are highly encouraged by the excellent results at Balama to date. We are very excited by the potential to unlock considerable value from our graphite assets in H2-2017 through the delineation of a JORC 2012 compliant Resource estimate and completion of metallurgical test work."

To view tables and figures, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/UO945EKZ

Mustang Resources Ltd
T: +61-2-9239-3119
E: info@mustangresources.com.au
WWW: www.mustangresources.com.au

White Cliff Minerals Ltd (ASX:WCN) SPP Raises $1.05 Million

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White Cliff Minerals Limited (ASX:WCN) ("White Cliff" or the "Company") is pleased to advise that its share purchase plan (SPP) closed raising a further $1,050,000 in equity capital. Applications for 139,666,667 shares at an issue price of $0.0075 were received from existing shareholders under the SPP.

The successful SPP combined with the recent $1.5 million placement has resulted in the Company raising $2.55 million in new equity; exceeding the Company's $2 million capital raising target that was set via 2 underwriting agreements with Novus Capital Limited.

Despatch of the SPP shareholding statements is expected to occur on Monday 12 December 2016.

The SPP included one free attaching option exercisable at $0.013 cents on or before 31 December 2018 for every 3 shares subscribed (SPP Options). Shareholder approval for the issue of the SPP Options was received at today's annual general meeting of shareholders.

As outlined in the SPP documents, the Company is required to offer these SPP Options by way of a prospectus which will be lodged with ASX forthwith. The Company will seek ASX listing of these options.

The funds raised pursuant to the SPP will be used to fund additional exploration at the Aucu gold prospect at the Company's Merolia gold project, and for general working capital.

Managing Director Mr Todd Hibberd commented "The Company is pleased with this level of support from existing shareholders. We are confident our planned exploration program will provide further positive exploration results to advance our suite of projects both in Western Australia and in Kyrgyz."

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

OtherLevels Holdings Limited (ASX:OLV) Again Recognised in Forrester Annual Review of Mobile Engagement Automation Solutions

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OtherLevels Holdings Limited (ASX:OLV) ("OtherLevels") has announced that it has again been recognised in the annual Forrester 2016 "Mobile Engagement Automation Solutions" report.

Specifically:

- 25 global vendors were featured.

- OtherLevels was one of only two vendors from outside the U.S and Europe/U.K., and the only vendor from Australia and New Zealand.

- Forrester estimates that in the U.S. alone there are 28 billion Mobile Moments each day.

Forrester commented that Mobile Moments have become the new battleground in the fight to win, serve and retain customers. Mobile Moments typically occur on smartphones, and occur within apps, mobile web, text and email, and are "nudges, blinks, beeps and texts" that deliver information "to let the consumer either process or act on it immediately."

Brendan O'Kane, the OtherLevels CEO commented, "We are exceptionally pleased to again be featured in Forrester's Mobile Engagement Automation Solutions report. OtherLevels is a global, Australian based company, and the only Australian company in the report. To again be benchmarked against global competitors such as IBM, Salesforce and Oracle, is a terrific endorsement of the OtherLevels platform, our vision to build a world class platform from the ground up, and the calibre of the OtherLevels team. This validates OtherLevels strategy to deliver multiple message formats, so as to reach 100% of an audience, while also integrating with existing leading CRM platforms.

We are very excited at the opportunities in front of the company as we enter 2017, specifically the expanding web and web/mobile messaging formats which are growing OtherLevels addressable market; the opportunity to leverage the platform investment made to date; and the growth in mobile moments that we are seeing from our existing customers. OtherLevels looks forward to a very exciting 12 months ahead."

Media Enquiries
W: http://otherlevels.com
E: media@otherlevels.com

Petsec Energy Ltd (ASX:PSA) Releases Preliminary Development Schedule for Hummer

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Petsec Energy (the "Company") (ASX:PSA) (OTCMKTS:PSJEY) is pleased to release the preliminary development schedule for the Company's Hummer Project at Main Pass Blocks 270/273/274 in which it holds a 12.5% working interest. This follows the successful production test of the Company's Main Pass Block 270 # 3 BP 01, Hummer discovery well, conducted over a 48 hour flow-back period beginning 16 November 2016.

During the test, flow rates were measured at restricted rates on variable choke sizes. Over the last three hours of the 48 hour test period the well flowed at an average rate of 19.88 MMcfpd (million cubic feet of gas per day) and 396 bcpd (barrels of condensate per day) through a 16/64th inch choke with an average flowing WHP (wellhead pressure) of 9753 psi (pounds per square inch) and no formation water. Production rates continued to rise over the duration of the test with a maximum gas rate of 20.5 MMcfpd recorded.

The next stage of development will use the results of the production test to design, fabricate and install a deck section with production facilities on the jacket, lay gas and oil flow lines and connect them to existing oil and gas sales pipeline transportation systems. The Company estimates first production from the Hummer project to commence mid-year 2017.

Petsec will continue to update the market on completion of key milestones in the development of the project.

The Main Pass Block 270 # 3 BP 01 well was perforated from 14,100 feet to 14,186 feet measured depth (MD), 14,058 feet to 14,144 feet true vertical depth (TVD) in a sand reservoir. Well logs indicate additional potential reservoirs in the well, which are yet to be tested. These untested sands will be targets of future drilling on the Hummer Project. Significant production occurs for similar reservoirs along trend. Peak production rates from those intervals can exceed 25 MMcfpd and 1000 bcpd.

Petsec's Chairman and Managing Director, Terry Fern, commented:

"The success of the Hummer production test confirmed that the Hummer Project is a substantial oil and gas discovery with resource potential significantly exceeding the Company's pre-drill mapped upper target estimates.

The Hummer development appears to be well timed as both gas and oil prices are substantially higher than at the beginning of the year. U.S. Henry Hub gas prices have moved above US$3.60/Mcf and US WTI above US$50/Bbl.

We look forward to first commercial gas and oil production from the Hummer Project in Mid-2017.

Participating working interests in the well are:

Petsec Energy Inc. 12.5%
Other Private Companies 87.5%

Details of the Hummer Development Project:

Discovery Well Name: OCS-G-22812 #3 BP 1
Type of Well Exploration, Pending Production Well
Location of Well: Offshore Louisiana, Federal Waters
Original TD: 16,041 feet MD/16,000 feet TVD
By-pass TD: 14,342 feet MD/14,300 feet TVD
Project Operator: Castex Offshore, Inc.
Petsec Working Interest: 12.5%
Petsec Net Revenue Interest: 10.24%

To view tables and figures, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/A7K27522

Mr. Paul Gahdmar 
Company Secretary & 
Group Financial Controller 

Mr. Manny Anton
Head of Investor Relations &
Corporate Development

Tel: (612) 9247 4605 
Fax: (612) 9251 2410

Pacific Environment Ltd (ASX:PEH) Change of Company Name and ASX Code

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We refer to shareholder approval granted at the Company's Annual General Meeting held 20 October 2016, to change the name of the Company from Pacific Environment Limited to EnviroSuite Limited.

The change of Company name process has now been completed and the Australian Securities & Investment Commission have recorded the change of Company name effective from 9 December 2016.

The effective date for the change of Company name on the ASX will be Wednesday 14 December 2016 and the ASX listing code will change from "PEH" to "EVS".

Adam Gallagher
Director and Company Secretary
Pacific Environment Limited
+61 2 9870 0950

YPB Group Ltd (ASX:YPB) Signs Three-Year Contract with Top Tier Global Pharmaceutical Company

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Brand Protection and Customer Engagement solutions company YPB Group Limited (ASX:YPB) has signed a three-year contract with one of the world's top ten pharmaceutical companies.

- Three-year forensic services contract signed

- Customer is one of the world's top ten pharmaceutical companies

- Contract effective from December 2016

The agreement engages YPB's PROTECT offering, focused primarily on forensic laboratory services and IP solution design and implementation from YPB's Bangkok, Thailand regional hub, and will be available to the customer for its global operations.

The customer is a global pharmaceutical group headquartered and listed in USA with annual turnover of approximately US$40 billion. The three-year contract has guaranteed revenue to YPB of approximately US$300,000. Further details on the focus area, scope of the contract and the customer cannot be provided due to confidentiality reasons and the sensitive nature of the engagement.

Pharmaceutical companies are global targets for counterfeiters, with a recent report by Havoscope entitled 'Ranking of Counterfeit Goods by Losses' highlighting the global trade in counterfeit drugs has reached US$200 billion.

YPB Executive Chairman John Houston said: "This contract is strong validation from a top tier global pharmaceutical company of YPB's capability and product offerings, and we are proud to offer this new customer the ability to PROTECT against the scourge of counterfeit. We expect this initial engagement to lead to expanded opportunities with this customer and within the wider pharmaceutical sector."

Mr. John Houston 
Executive Chairman
YPB Group Limited
T: +61-458-701-088 
E: john.houston@ypbsystems.com 

Mr. Gerard Eakin
Director
YPB Group Limited
T: +61-427-011-596
E: eakin@manifestcapital.com
W: www.ypbsystems.com

Media and Investor Enquiries

Matthew Wright
NWR Communications
T: +61-451-896-420
E: matt@nwrcommunications.com.au

Sayona Mining Ltd (ASX:SYA) Option Underwriting Agreement Secures New Funds

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Sayona Mining Limited (ASX:SYA) (OTCMKTS:DMNXF) ("Sayona" or the "Company") announces that it has executed an option underwriting agreement for $450,000 in respect of its listed 3 cent options expiring on the 30 December 2016 ("Options").

The Company is pleased to have secured an early commitment to the Option exercise proceeds and is in discussions with several other parties to increase the underwritten commitments to the Options.

The proceeds of the underwriting, together with existing cash reserves, will be used to accelerate the development of the Authier project, including the planned drilling program for early 2017.

The underwriting agreement has been entered into with SMSF Specialists (SA) Pty Ltd and provides that the Underwriter will underwrite the exercise of $450,000 of Options, by subscribing for shares in Sayona at 3 cents each (the same terms as the Options that are not exercised) following the expiry of the Options on the 30 December 2016. The agreement provides for the payment of an underwriting fee of 6% of the value of the underwritten amount.

Corey Nolan
Chief Executive Officer
Phone: +61-7-3369-7058
Email: info@sayonamining.com.au
www.sayonamining.com.au

Invigor Group Ltd (ASX:IVO) Insights Visitor Revenue Grows with New Contracts and Growing Pipeline

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Leading big data solutions company Invigor Group Limited (ASX:IVO) ("Invigor") is pleased to report that the pipeline of new contracts for its Insights Visitor platform has strengthened significantly, with a strategic new contract being awarded in the Events sector. There is over $1m in annualised revenue from contracts together with those where we are in advanced stages of negotiations.

- Over $1M annualised revenue from new contracts, together with those where we are in advanced negotiations

- Strategic new contract in the Events sector

- Qualified pipeline of over $3M annualised revenue across multiple sectors including retail precincts, transport hubs, hospitality, tourism, conventions, stadiums and major events

- Level of inquiry and bidding activity is at record levels with 32 different groups assessing the platform

There is now a qualified pipeline of annualised revenue of $3m from Insights Visitor projects.

Contract terms are typically for a minimum of two to three years with Insights Visitor now starting to make a meaningful contribution to Invigor's overall revenue base as well as providing strong recurring revenue stream.

Invigor is very pleased to note that the level of inquiry for the Insights Visitor platform, and the conversion of inquiries into formal tenders, is at record levels. New contracts are currently being negotiated and tenders submitted across multiple industry sectors including transport, retail shopping precincts and centres, stadiums, hospitality, tourism, conventions and major events.

The Insights Visitor platform provides a deep understanding into who is frequenting a location or venue, how long they stay there, and which areas they visit. This information can then be used to shape marketing and promotional initiatives and at-site activities that relate to the specific consumer.

Insights Visitor is a unique analytics and customer engagement platform that caters for bricks and mortar locations and major population centres. The proprietary hardware and software uses WiFi and a range of other sensors to assist venue owners and operators in delivering additional revenue streams, reducing costs and increasing operational efficiencies by better understanding customer tastes and preferences as well as the utilisation of physical spaces.

Invigor's Chairman and CEO, Mr Gary Cohen, said: "The pipeline of new contracts and tenders for Insights Visitor is very encouraging and take up is at record levels. What is particularly noteworthy is the breadth of inquiry from different industry sectors with more than 32 different groups currently looking to deploy the platform to enhance their respective revenue streams.

"It is evident that shopping centre owners, event organisers, transport authorities and tourism bodies are now looking beyond providing free WiFi in order to achieve greater monetisation from this infrastructure.

This is what is underpinning the significant growth in new contract wins and the record pipeline of bidding activity for Invigor.

"We are confident that new revenue streams will continue to materialise and the pipeline of tenders will also rapidly scale up beyond current levels. Our investment in Insights Visitor is now starting to really deliver."

Gary Cohen
Chairman & CEO
Phone: +61-2-8251-9600
Email: info@invigorgroup.com
www.invigorgroup.com

XPED Ltd (ASX:XPE) Delivery of Production Samples Utilising ST Micro Processors

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Xped Limited (ASX:XPE) ("Xped" or "the Company") is pleased to provide an update in regards to the first delivery of Auto Discovery Remote Control ("ADRC") and "DiscoverBus" enabled products:

Highlights

- Latest generation ST Micro microprocessors utilized in ADRC production samples

- Channel partner and business development ramp up with ST Micro

- First production samples for ADRC enabled sensors to Vital Xense

- Inclusion of DiscoverBus(TM) to Xped's expanding IOT Platform

- Cloud services solutions utilizing ADRC(TM) currently running on Microsoft Azure Platform

Xped is pleased to advise that it has begun building samples of the first production ready ADRC(TM) and DiscoverBus(TM) enabled products for delivery to Vital Xense Pte Ltd ("Vital Xense") for demonstration and testing. This represents the first products released that utilise the production version of these technologies.

ADRC, utilising the One Tap feature, allows for rapid on-boarding of wireless sensor products, simplifying and significantly reducing the time needed to setup and maintain a wireless sensor network.

The latest addition to the expanding Xped IoT infrastructure platform is the "DiscoverBus" (patents pending) technology. This innovative solution allows for the rapid and simplified addition and discovery of devices over a wired network.

Sensors are automatically added to the network when plugged in and then communicate to an ADRC enabled hub over the wired network. The network does not need to be powered down to add or remove sensor nodes, eliminating the need to shut down networks when changes or maintenance is required. DiscoverBus uses Xped's RML technology to enable these wired nodes to be managed via the Device Browser app.

Once on-boarded using either a tap for wireless ADRC devices, or simply plugging in for DiscoverBus wired ADRC devices, data from the sensors can be remotely monitored using cloud services that are currently running on the Microsoft Azure platform.

ADRC and DiscoverBus products have been developed using the latest generation ST Micro microprocessors, allowing for ultra-low power battery based sensor systems that will run for several years without the need for battery replacement.

ST Micro has been very supportive of the development, providing development kits, chip samples and technical support over the development phase. Xped will continue to collaborate with ST Micro and continue to explore opportunities for new technology solutions, channel partner introductions, and business development in general.

The products being delivered to Vital Xense this month enable the monitoring of temperature, humidity and door open/close, which are key parameters in improving efficiencies in computer data centres. Xped is working with Vital Xense to allow them to commercially manufacture the product for release into Singapore and wider Asian regions under a profit sharing arrangement. The technology transfer has begun with the first of the schematics and bills of materials being provided last month and support will continue, allowing Vital Xense to customise the technology to their own requirements.

Products based on the same technologies are being developed by Xped for deployment into JCT Healthcare's Lightsview project for Disability SA. This is scheduled to be delivered in June 2017 and will be a showcase of these products for the disability care market and will be a stepping stone to a wider home health product offering.

Since the ASX listing in April, and the subsequent capital injection, the Company has resourced the engineering team to accelerate the expansion and development of the technology platform to a point where sample product is now being provided for field testing. "Delivery of these products to the customer for their testing represents a significant milestone for the Company", states Executive Director and Head of Engineering John Schultz.

Further updates are expected to occur during the month of December as information comes to hand.

For Xped Inquiries:
Company Secretary
T: +61-3-9642-0655
F: +61-3-9642-5177
E: info@xped.com
www.xped.com

Corporate Enquiries:
Cameron Low
T: +61-3-9245-6206
E: ir@xped.com

Global Geoscience Limited (ASX:GSC) Drilling Commences at Nevada Lithium-Boron Project

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Global Geoscience Limited (ASX:GSC) ("Global" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced at the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project in Nevada, USA.

Highlights

- Maiden drilling program has commenced at Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project

- Targeting high-grade searlesite-type mineralisation

- All holes outside of the current Resource

- Core samples to be included in the current metallurgical test work

The drilling program is targeting searlesite-type lithium-boron mineralisation of the same type that makes up the high-grade Searlesite Zone within the current South Basin Resource. The first two holes are being drilled at North Basin where drilling in the 1980's identified a thick, shallow and extensive zone of lithium-boron mineralisation. The North Basin mineralisation is not included in the current Resource. This will be followed by a minimum of two holes at South Basin which will target extensions to the Searlesite Zone.

Global's Managing Director, Bernard Rowe commented: "Our maiden drilling program is targeting high-grade Li-B searlesite mineralisation because it represents both the high value material within the deposit and the most likely to be amenable to simply, low-cost processing to produce lithium carbonate and boric acid."

Samples from the drilling program will be included in the metallurgical test work currently underway. The metallurgical program is aiming to produce a concentrate of the lithium and boron bearing methods whilst removing acid consuming gangue minerals. Dilute sulphuric acid is being used to leach lithium, boron and potassium from the concentrate.

About Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project

Rhyolite Ridge is a lithium-boron deposit located in southern Nevada. The deposit contains a Resource of 3.4 million tonnes of lithium carbonate and 11.3 million tonnes of boric acid, making it one of the largest lithium and one of the largest boron deposits in North America. The Resource is open in most directions and is likely to increase in size with additional drilling. In addition, the North Basin hosts lithium-boron mineralisation drilled by a previous exploration company in the 1980's that is not included in the Resource.

The Resource contains a high-grade Li-B zone referred to as the Searlesite Zone and comprising 65Mt at 1.0% Li2CO3 and 9.1% H3BO3 for a total of 650,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate and 5.9 million tonnes of boric acid - sufficient material to support a 3Mtpa mining operation over 20 years.

The mineralisation is hosted within sedimentary rocks, representing a potential third source of lithium - in addition to brine and pegmatite types. Lithium-boron mineralisation at Rhyolite Ridge occurs with the mineral searlesite - a sodium boro-silicate mineral that is leachable using dilute sulphuric acid.

Rhyolite Ridge is located close to existing infrastructure and is 25km west of Albermarle's Silver Peak lithium mine and 340km by paved road from the Tesla Gigafactory. It has the potential to be a strategic, long-life, low-cost and reliable source of lithium, boron and potassium. Global has the exclusive right to purchase 100% interest in the project.

To view tables and figures, please visit:
http://abnnewswire.net/lnk/5R8GQEF1

Bernard Rowe
Managing Director
Global Geoscience Ltd
Phone: +61-2-9922-5800
Email: browe@globalgeo.com.au
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