Jade Gas Holdings Limited (ASX:JGH) is pleased to announce drilling has commenced on the second Red Lake lateral gas production well. This second well immediately follows the successful completion of the first horizontal well1 at the Red Lake gas field, located in the South Gobi region of Mongolia.

State Gas Limited (ASX:GAS) (OTCMKTS:STGSF) is pleased to announce commencement of drilling at its Rolleston West Project in Queensland, with two new exploration wells underway within ATP 2062.

Altech Batteries Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) (OTCMKTS:ALTHF) is pleased to announce that an individual single-cell stresstesting program conducted by JV partner Fraunhofer IKTS has confirmed the safety and operational robustness of the CERENERGY(R) battery technology.

Basin Energy Limited (ASX:BSN) (OTCMKTS:BSNEF) is pleased to announce that two additional claims consisting of 22.3 km2 have been added to the Geikie Uranium Project, bringing the total project area to 373.1 km2.

Advance Metals Limited (ASX:AVM) is pleased to provide initial assay results for its maiden drilling program at the Myrtleford Project in the Victorian Goldfields, Australia.

African Gold Limited (ASX:A1G) continues to expand the high-grade resource potential at the Blaffo Guetto prospect within the Didievi Gold Project.

Horizon Minerals Limited (ASX:HRZ) is pleased to provide an update on the development of the Phillips Find ("Phillips Find") and Boorara ("Boorara") Gold Projects.

Vertex Minerals Limited (ASX:VTX) (OTCMKTS:VTXXF) is pleased to announce that its Ordinary Shares have been approved to trade on the OTCQB Venture Market ("OTCQB") in the United States of America (the "U.S.") and have commenced trading under the ticker VTXXF.

Proteomics International Laboratories Ltd (ASX:PIQ) (OTCMKTS:PIQLF), a pioneer in precision diagnostics has secured new intellectual property protection following the grant of a patent in Australia for the platform technology which precisely measures levels of oxidative stress.

Far East Gold Ltd (ASX:FEG) will undertake an extensive drilling programme at the Idenburg gold project in Papua. A total 3,670m, 32-hole diamond drill programme is planned to build upon the reported 540,000oz @ 4.1 g/t JORC compliant inferred gold resource at the Company's Idenburg project.

Raiden Resources Ltd (ASX:RDN) (FRA:YM4) is pleased to announce the commencement of Phase 2 drilling on the Vuzel Gold Project, located in Bulgaria.

Altech Batteries Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) (OTCMKTS:ALTHF) is pleased to advise that it is in the process of selling its land in Johor to help fund the ongoing development of the CERENERGY(R) battery project.