Alkane Resources — Capital/Financing Update 2009

Sep 30, 2009

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R ESOURCES L TD
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1 October 2009

Manager Announcements Company Announcements Office ASX Limited 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000

Dear Sir,

EXERCISE OF INCENTIVE OPTIONS

EXPIRING 30 SEPTEMBER 2009

The Directors are pleased to advise that a total of 4,393,996 unlisted incentive options have been exercised by directors, staff and consultants over the last three weeks raising over $1.3m in additional funds for the Company.

Appendix 3B new issue announcement/application for listing is attached in relation to the final tranche of options exercised.

Yours faithfully,

for ALKANE RESOURCES LTD

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D I Chalmers Managing Director

Registered Office: 129 Edward Street Perth WA 6000 Telephone: 61 8 9227 5677 Facsimile: 61 8 9227 8178 PO Box 8178 Perth Business Centre Western Australia 6849 www.alkane.com.au mail@alkane.com.au

Appendix 3B New issue announcement

Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5

Appendix 3B

New issue announcement, application for quotation of additional securities and agreement

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as available. Information and documents given to ASX become ASX’s property and may be made public.

Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 5. Amended 1/7/98, 1/9/99, 1/7/2000, 30/9/2001, 11/3/2002, 1/1/2003, 24/10/2005.

Name of entity

ALKANE RESOURCES LTD ABN 35 000 689 216

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Part 1 - All issues

You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough space).

• 1 +Class of +securities issued or to be Ordinary fully paid shares (ALK) issued

• 2 Number of[+] securities issued or to 1,281,570 ALK be issued (if known) or maximum (includes 500,000 ALK allotted 29 September 2009 number which may be issued and inadvertently omitted from Appendix 3B on that date) -50,000 ALKAY lapsed on expiry -6,004 ALKAU lapsed on expiry

• 3 Principal terms of the[+] securities As for existing ordinary fully paid shares (eg, if options, exercise price and expiry date; if partly paid +securities, the amount outstanding and due dates for payment; if +convertible securities, the conversion price and dates for conversion)

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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• 4 Do the[+] securities rank equally in all Yes - ALK. respects from the date of allotment with an existing[+] class of quoted +securities? If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state: • the date from which they do • the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment

• • the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment

• 5 Issue price or consideration $0.30 6 Purpose of the issue Exercise of unlisted directors and staff incentive (If issued as consideration for the options and expiry of unexercised unlisted acquisition of assets, clearly identify directors and staff incentive options those assets)

• 7 Dates of entering[+] securities into 1 October 2009 uncertificated holdings or despatch of certificates Number +Class

• 8 Number and +class of all 249,028,158 Ordinary fully paid +securities quoted on ASX shares (ALK) ( including the securities in clause 2 if applicable)

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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9 Number and +class of all +securities not quoted on ASX (_including_the securities in clause 2 if applicable) 10 Dividend policy (in the case of a trust, distribution policy) on the increased capital (interests) art 2 - Bonus issue or pr 11 Is security holder approval required? 12 Is the issue renounceable or non- renounceable? 13 Ratio in which the+securities will be offered 14 +Class of+securities to which the offer relates 15 +Record date to determine entitlements 16 Will holdings on different registers (or subregisters) be aggregated for calculating entitlements? 17 Policy for deciding entitlements in relation to fractions 18 Names of countries in which the entity has+security holders who will not be sent new issue documents Note: Security holders must be told how their entitlements are to be dealt with. Cross reference: rule 7.7. 19 Closing date for receipt of acceptances or renunciations	Number	+Class
	Nil Nil	Directors/officers exercisable at 30 cents vesting 19/4/08, expiring 30/9/09 (ALKAU) Employee/consultants options exercisable at 30 cents vesting 19/4/08, expiring 30/9/09 (ALKAY)
	No dividends have been paid by the company during this financial year and any dividends on the increased capital will depend on profits earned
	o rata issue

Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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20 Names of any underwriters 21 Amount of any underwriting fee or commission 22 Names of any brokers to the issue 23 Fee or commission payable to the broker to the issue 24 Amount of any handling fee payable to brokers who lodge acceptances or renunciations on behalf of+security holders 25 If the issue is contingent on +security holders’ approval, the date of the meeting 26 Date entitlement and acceptance form and prospectus or Product Disclosure Statement will be sent to persons entitled 27 If the entity has issued options, and the terms entitle option holders to participate on exercise, the date on which notices will be sent to option holders 28 Date rights trading will begin (if applicable) 29 Date rights trading will end (if applicable) 30 How do+security holders sell their entitlements_in full_through a broker? 31 How do+security holders sell_part_ of their entitlements through a broker and accept for the balance? 32 How do+security holders dispose of their entitlements (except by sale through a broker)?

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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33 +Despatch date

Part 3 - Quotation of securities

You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of securities

34 Type of securities ( tick one )

• (a)[Securities described in Part 1]

• (b)[All other securities ]

Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed period, partly paid securities that become fully paid, employee incentive share securities when restriction ends, securities issued on expiry or conversion of convertible securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(a)

Additional securities forming a new class of securities

Tick to indicate you are providing the information or documents

• 35[If the ][+][securities are ][+][equity securities, the names of the 20 largest holders of the ] additional[+] securities, and the number and percentage of additional[+] securities held by those holders

• 36[If the ] +securities setting out the number of holders in the categories[+][securities are ][+][equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional ] 1 - 1,000

• 1,001 - 5,000 5,001 - 10,000 10,001 - 100,000 100,001 and over

• 37[A copy of any trust deed for the additional ][+][securities ]

Entities that have ticked box 34(b)

38 Number of securities for which +quotation is sought

39 Class of +securities for which quotation is sought

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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• 40 Do the[+] securities rank equally in all respects from the date of allotment with an existing[+] class of quoted +securities?

If the additional securities do not rank equally, please state:

• the date from which they do

• the extent to which they participate for the next dividend, (in the case of a trust, distribution) or interest payment

• the extent to which they do not rank equally, other than in relation to the next dividend, distribution or interest payment

41 Reason for request for quotation now

Example: In the case of restricted securities, end of restriction period (if issued upon conversion of another security, clearly identify that other security)

42 Number and[+] class of all[+] securities quoted on ASX ( including the securities in clause 38)

Number +Class

Quotation agreement

• 1 +Quotation of our additional +securities is in ASX’s absolute discretion. ASX may quote the[+] securities on any conditions it decides.

• 2 We warrant the following to ASX.

• The issue of the[+] securities to be quoted complies with the law and is not for an illegal purpose.

• There is no reason why those[+] securities should not be granted[+] quotation.

• An offer of the[+] securities for sale within 12 months after their issue will not require disclosure under section 707(3) or section 1012C(6) of the Corporations Act.

Note: An entity may need to obtain appropriate warranties from subscribers for the securities in order to be able to give this warranty

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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• Section 724 or section 1016E of the Corporations Act does not apply to any applications received by us in relation to any[+] securities to be quoted and that no-one has any right to return any[+] securities to be quoted under sections 737, 738 or 1016F of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

• If we are a trust, we warrant that no person has the right to return the +securities to be quoted under section 1019B of the Corporations Act at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

• 3 We will indemnify ASX to the fullest extent permitted by law in respect of any claim, action or expense arising from or connected with any breach of the warranties in this agreement.

• 4 We give ASX the information and documents required by this form. If any information or document not available now, will give it to ASX before[+] quotation of the[+] securities begins. We acknowledge that ASX is relying on the information and documents. We warrant that they are (will be) true and complete.

Sign here: ... .[signed] ........................................ Date: ..01/10/2009...................... ( ~~Director/~~ Company secretary)

Print name: Karen E V Brown.....................................

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• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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