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Subiaco-based manganese explorer Spitfire Resources Ltd is looking to more than double its existing land holdings in the East Pilbara region, by lodging four new tenement applications.

Norwegian company Tinfos has turned its attention to Subiaco-based manganese explorer Spitfire Resources Ltd after losing out in the takeover race for Consolidated Minerals Ltd.

Exploration company Spitfire Resources Limited has moved to diversify its asset portfolio and commodity base by acquiring an advanced coal project in Tasmania.

Exploration company Spitfire Resources has finalised its move to take on advanced coal projects in Tasmania with two key exploration licences, covering the Langloh and Avoca thermal coal projects, being granted.

Spitfire Resources chairman James Hamilton has assumed interim day-to-day management of the company, following the death of managing director John Mackenzie.Mr Hamilton was managing director at Sandfire for three years until Mr Mackenzie took over the role in 2010.

Subiaco-based Spitfire Resources has entered into an agreement to buy the White Lion limestone project in Zambia in a deal worth $6.3 million.

Boyd Timler has been appointed as the chief executive officer of Medusa Mining. Mr Timler has over 30 years of progressive international mining experience and has most recently served as the chief operating officer of Beadell Resources.

Subiaco-based minerals explorer Avanco Resources has signed an earn-in agreement with Canadian Jaguar Mining for the Gurupi gold project in Brazil, while Spitfire Materials has acquired 100 per cent of a gold project in Western Australia.

Perth-based Spitfire Materials is seeking to grow its gold exploration portfolio through the acquisition of a private company led by Pilbara Minerals directors Neil Biddle and John Young, in a scrip deal worth $4.7 million.

Nicholas Clark has retired as executive director, strategy at Alexium International Group to focus on his young family in the US following the unexpected loss of his wife last year. Mr  Clark will also be stepping down from all public and community roles.

Gold junior Spitfire Materials has entered into an agreement to merge with Victoria-based Aphrodite Gold in an all-scrip deal that values the target at about $32 million.

Takeover target Aphrodite Gold has flagged an impairment charge of up to $19 million against its self-titled gold project near Kalgoorlie, but says it will not affect the value of its all-scrip merger with Perth-based Spitfire Materials.

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Emerging Goldfields explorer NTM Gold Limited (ASX: NTM) (“NTM” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce it has raised $1.5 million in a heavily oversubscribed placement of new shares. The new shares were priced at 5¢, a modest 8% discount to NTM’s pre-trading halt close of 5.4¢ on January 11.

Dreamscape Networks is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Binding Heads of Agreement to acquire 100% of Hong Kong based hosting and domain business PacHosting from privately held Pacificnet Hosting Limited for a total consideration of USD$3.0 million. 

Capricorn Metals advises that the Share Purchase Plan described in the offer booklet dated 6 February 2019 closed on 21 February 2019. The SPP allowed eligible shareholders the ability to apply for up to $15,000 of new fully paid ordinary shares in Capricorn at a price of $0.063 per share.

Our daily board moves wrap includes Robert Ryan, John Young, Don Koch, Neils Wage, XiaoNing Lin, Chee Ho Ho, Nicholas Young, and Chris Hansen.

Our daily board moves wrap includes Neil Biddle, Vyril Vella, John Rowe, Robert Kirtlan, Ken Poon, Kobe Li, Michael Carli, Adam Clode, Michael Di Tommaso, Terry Gardiner, Jamie Myers, Jordan Carlin, David Palumbo, Nathan Lude, Andrew Willis, Jack Fazio, and Alwyn Vorster.

A summary of last week's smaller deals that did not get included in our daily news coverage.

A summary of last week's smaller deals that did not get included in our daily news coverage.

Our board moves wrap includes Rowan Johnston, John Young, Ashley Hood, Clive Jones, James King, Craig Read-Smith, ZeLing Li, JiaLin Li, and Craig Piercy.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Kate Glancy, Moshe Hukaylo, Andrew Francis, Bhavesh Morar and David Sumich.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Rouchelle Macdonald, Denise Cheir and Oliver Mortensen.

Our board moves wrap includes Neil Biddle and Sam Rodda.

Our board moves wrap includes Robert Ryan, Tim Goyder, Derek La Ferla, Jim Landau, Peter Marks, Jason Shaw, Louis Chien, DongMei Ye, Ric Jason, David Chapman, Lisa Mitchell, and Neil Meadows.