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Analytica have patented their unique medical device in one of the worlds most populous markets. The People’s Republic of China recently granted Analytica’s patent application for the company’s “Peri-Coach" pelvic floor force sensing device. The Peri-Coach can eliminate urinary incontinence, a condition afflicting nearly 230m Chinese women according to the company. 

Well known mining focused private equity firm Resource Capital Funds has taken a plunge at ASX junior Hammer Metals with its latest $2b mining fund. RCF has taken a $1.75m placement in Hammer Metals at 7c a share representing the lion’s share of the company’s latest $2.25m capital raise. The funds will be spent on Hammer's100% owned Mt Isa copper gold project. 

Medical device company Analytica has attracted further interest from Virgin Islands based investment fund INOV8 who will stump up $500k at .007c a share to take their second placement in the company. INOV8 have tripled their $500k plunge at Analytica back in March when they successfully picked the bottom of the company’s share price graph at just .00255c a share.

In a sign that ASX listed Shark Mitigation Systems are getting serious about taking their unique shark deterring wetsuits to market, surf wear industry specialist Simon O’Sullivan has been appointed as General Manager of the company. O’Sullivan was most recently the Australian Chief Operating Officer of well known surf brand Rusty with responsibility for the Australian operations.  

With the gold price at record highs, Blackham Resources appear to have timed their transition from explorer to miner exquisitely. After a couple of years of excellent exploration success, the Bryan Dixon led Matilda Gold Project in Wiluna W.A is once again a mining operation. It is expected to churn out $300m in free cash over the next ten years and thats just the warm up period. 

Analytica have achieved patent protection in the world’s biggest medical device market for their unique “AutoStart Burette” medical device after receiving advice from the US Patent and Trademarks office that their patent had been granted and will be operable until the 17th January 2031. A "burette" is the little chamber that is inserted into a medical drip to administer medicine. 

Blackham Resources took a bit of a punt at the Matilda Gold project recently which looks like it may pay off. The company drilled their deepest hole yet at the project and intersected gold mineralization at over 400m with the hole still open at depth.  Deeper drilling results at the M1 pit of 2m @ 6.98 g/t from the 419m mark confirm the continuation of mineralization at depth.

Troy Resources recent drilling program from the pit floor at the Karouni gold mine in South America has turned up a number of stellar intersections including one grading over 4 ounces to the tonne gold with visible gold evident in a number of samples. Around half of the 29 drill intercepts from the latest program occured below the current pit design. 

ASX listed Analytica has received approval from the powerful US Food and Drug Administration to sell their unique “PeriCoach” incontinence medical device without the need for a prescription in the USA. The PeriCoach is a proprietary medical device developed by Analytica to assist women to exercise their pelvic floor muscles in order to reduce or eliminate urinary incontinence.

ASX listed nano-satellite developer Sky and Space Global has successfully applied to register their own frequency spectrum with the United Nations’ “International Telecommunications Union”. The company says registering its own frequency spectrum is a crucial element to cretaing their own nano-satellite based affordable global telecomminications network. 

The recently released feasibility study into Neometals' patented "Eli' process that downstream processes Lithium, shows that for a $158m capital outlay, the project will return a wave of cash averaging $82m a year before tax every year for the next 20 years. It shows a net present value of AUD$638m which equates to around $1.14 a share on a fully dispersed basis. 

Anti cancer specialist drug developer Pharmaust, has successfully altered the taste of their promising new anti-cancer drug known as Monepantel to make it taste better on the eve of a new trial of the drug in dogs. The trial will commence immediately at The University of Cambridge who were responsible for inventing the jet engine and identifying the structure of DNA.

There’s nothing quite like confirmation that the drill rig has been booked for a maiden drilling campaign to get the gold bulls sniffing around. It becomes even more tempting for the bulls when the ground to be drill tested sits just 35km along trend from a nearby project that just produced a 63m intersection grading 2.2 grams per tonne gold and 0.19% copper.

After posting a stellar 242% year on year revenue increase in FY 16, ASX listed financial payments player Stargroup, has given its strongest hint yet that FY17 might be its maiden dividend year. The company’s growth seems unstoppable after it produced yet another record revenue result during the June quarter, its 10th record quarter in a row. 

With the Lithium boom well and truly captivating the market right now, Neometals have kicked the ball out of the park with a 160% upgrade to their Lithium resource at the Mt Marion project near Coolgardie. The resource is now the third biggest in the world at 60.5m tonnes grading 1.36% Lithium whereas it was previously sitting at just 23.24m tonnes grading 1.39%.

Terrain Minerals continue to make good use of historic exploration data to zero in on interesting targets. A recent review of historic data at the company’s Gimlet project, which adjoins Mt Ridley’s project in the Fraser Range, has unearthed an interesting gold target that looks to have never been properly tested which shows gold mineralization from 15PPB to 30PPB.

In the Lithium business it can be very profitable to own a mine, however, turning that Lithium into battery grade chemicals, commonly known as downstream processing, can be even more lucrative. Market darling Pilbara Minerals have given a hint of their medium term strategy after signing an MOU to move into the Lithium downstream processing business with the Chinese. 

Blackham Resources have identified a new source of high grade gold accessible from their existing underground infrastructure just 30m away at the Matilda Gold project in Wiluna. Latest results include 3.47 grams per tonne gold from 104m deep, 6m @ 8.99 g/t from 119m, 19m @ 6.71 g/t from 128m, 18m @ 4.88 g/t from 181m and 5m @ 10.8 g /t from the 134m mark.

MGC Pharmaceuticals have done what few other medical cannabis companies have managed to do – make money.The company received first revenues from its “MGC Derma” medical cannabis based line of anti-ageing cosmetics this week from their Californian distributor who has committed to buy 1.2m Euro's worth of product in the first year. 

ASX listed biotech PharmAust, is rapidly making its mark on the anti-cancer drug industry with its promising ant-cancer drug known as “MPL”. The company recently announced they would partner up with the same UK university that was first responsible for splitting the atom and the discovery of stem cells in their upcoming phase 2 trial of MPL in canines.

ASX listed Sky and Space Global have signed a deal with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic to launch a “constellation” of up to 200 of its nano-satellites into space aboard Branson’s visionary space craft “Launcher One.” Virgin Galactic created LauncherOne specifically to focus on launching nano-satellites into space in an affordable way. 

It seems that Blackham Resources can walk and chew gum at the same time. Even though the company is furiously preparing for the commencement of mining in 3 weeks at the Matilda Gold Project in Wiluna, they have still managed to add another 106 000 ounces of gold to their mining inventory since the delivery of their Definitive Feasibility Study just 4 months ago.

Many companies that list on the ASX do so with the promise of “going global” once they are listed but don't manage to live up to that promise. One recent ASX listing that looks like it might be good for its word is Perth based Shark Mitigation Systems who have just secured a contract to protect the world's best surfers with their “Clever Buoy’ shark detection technology. 

Fresh from exploration success at their Ugandan base metals play, Sipa Resources are now about to drill their highly prospective new West Australian project in the Paterson region as the wet season takes hold in Uganda. The area is attracting the interest of the majors with Rio Tinto recently agreeing to spend $60m on neighbouring Antipa Mineral's ground to earn a 75% interest.

Junior explorer Hammer Metals has accessed a little known Federal Government program to give their shareholders a tax windfall worth nearly half a cent per share. Hammer successfully applied for inclusion in the federal Government’s “Exploration Development Incentive Scheme” which effectively allows exploration companies to pass on some tax losses to their shareholders. 

Perth based Pharmaust has received a $250k Federal grant to conduct a research program into a little known illness known as Leishmaniasis disease. They will work in partnership with a Swiss not for profit who will retain rights to any drugs produced for humans with Pharmaust retaining the rights to any drugs developed that cure Leishmaniasis in animals. 

Sipa Resources might be onto something at their Akelikongo Nickel/Copper prospect in Uganda. The company recently completed a 12 hole RC drilling program returning solid numbers across very wide intercepts at the project, many of which start from surface. With mineralized intersections up to 120m thick, if they find something at Akelikongo it is likely to be damn big. 

Perth based MGC Pharmaceuticals have planted their first medical cannabis crop at their licensed growing facility in Slovenia. The company’s first crop will be around 5000 square meters in area and will be used to evaluate the best soil, nutrients and growing conditions for the planting of future large scale crops. The harvest will be used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes. 

Red Mountain Mining have released the results from their much anticipated pre-feasibility study into the Batangas Gold Project just two hours drive south of Manila in the Philippines. The PFS shows the mine will churn out $46m in free cash over the initial 7 year mine life and produce gold at USD$735 an ounce from a maiden reserve of 128 000 ounces of gold. The project has plenty of upside from a further 320 000 ounces still sitting at inferred status.

Blackham Resources will make the leap from explorer to producer in September this year after the final approval to crank up the old Wiluna Gold plant was granted this week at the company’s Matilda Gold project in W.A. The company says the mine will churn out $234m in free cash over the initial 7 year mine life and will produce 100 000 ounces per annum. 

Sky and Space Global have passed a major milestone in their quest to catapult three miniature satellites, known as “nano-satellite’s” into space. European aerospace company GomSpace, who are contracted to manufacture the company's first three nano-satellites, recently announced that the Preliminary Design Review for the first three nano-satellites was complete.

Avid market followers will no doubt look to punt Legend Mining’s stock today at around .008c/.009c a share after the company announced they were commencing a 1050m drilling campaign to identify the source of three conductors at the Fraser Range. The ground is just 120km from Sirius Resources goliath Nova Bollinger nickel find and it is on a simular gravity tenor ridge.