CONNECTED MINERALS LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2017

Jan 4, 2017

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5 January 2017

Company Announcements Office Australian Securities Exchange 10[th] Floor 20 Bond Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

**NETSURION

ORDER FURTHER PRODUCT FROM CONNECTED IO**

HIGHLIGHTS

• Netsurion place further purchase order of USD$306,580 for immediate delivery

• The purchase forms part of the anticipated minimum order of USD$1,250,000 from Netsurion in 2017

• This purchase is in addition to the initial purchase order received for USD$107,350 from Netsurion in December 2016.

• Connected IO confirm orders from Netsurion now exceed AUD$550,000 and illustrates growing appetite for company’s products.

• CIO products to be used as an integral part of Netsurion’s managed security offering for their impressive portfolio of restaurant, retail, grocery and healthcare franchise customers.

CIO The Board of Connected IO Limited (“ ”) is pleased to announce that it has received a Netsurion further purchase order from US based company Netsurion LLC (“ ”) for USD$306,580. Netsurion will utilise CIO’s products as part of their managed security offering for retail, grocery and healthcare customers. These sales will also provide recurring revenue opportunities for CIO from the cloud based management of the units sold.

The purchase order received is deliverable immediately. The order forms part of the previously announced (ASX : CIO -­‐ 15 December 2016) executed Letter of Intent to CIO confirming Netsurion is anticipating significant demand for CIO’s products, with their current projections exceeding USD$1,250,000 over the next 12 months.

CIO CEO Yakov Temov said “This Purchase Order has confirmed Netsurions requirement for CIO wireless communications solutions. Netsurion are a significant US based company and CIO look forward to developing the relationship throughout 2017 with further anticipated orders to follow.”

Connected IO Limited ABN 99 009 076 233 Level 24, 44 St Georges Tce, Perth WA 6000 T +61 8 6211 5099; F +61 8 9218 8875

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**About

Netsurion**

Netsurion LLC develops and offers cloud based payment card industry data security standard (PCI DSS) solutions to large franchise merchants in the United States and internationally. It offers enterprise solutions, such as managed virtual private networks (VPN), which provide security through encryption and authentication while protecting data traversing the VPN from unauthorized access; ManagedKiosks, a PCI-­‐compliant solution for mall kiosks, un-­‐manned storefronts, and self-­‐service kiosks; wireless HotSpot Plus that is used to configure kiosks with independent wireless networks with multiple security options; and network switching, network security, and wireless network systems.

Netsurion also offers PCI security products, including PCI managed security suite that includes the hardware and software for network security, secured data access, and a framework for creating policies and procedures; and PCI Compliance Reporting Suite, an online solution that simplifies compliance reporting for independent sales organizations. Its products are used in grocery and convenience stores, restaurants, retail facilities, hotels, and kiosks. Netsurion LLC was formerly known as VendorSafe Technologies LLC and changed its name to Netsurion LLC in February 2015. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in Ft Lauderdale, Florida.

**About

Connected IO**

Connected IO Limited has its operations based in Silicon Valley, in the USA. Its business is a wireless technology innovator and manufacturer operating in the multi-­‐trillion-­‐dollar “IOT” (Internet of Things) sector.

CIO specializes in machine to machine (“M2M”) connectivity, providing hardware and software solutions to some of the world’s largest companies – including Coca Cola, Verizon and AT&T. CIO’s software solutions also include a customised cloud management interface and a variety of support services. Cisco predicts there will be 50 billion connected devices by 2020.

For further information please contact:

Yakov Temov (USA) -­‐ yakov@connectedio.com Jason Ferris (Aus) – jason@connectedio.com

Connected IO Limited ABN 99 009 076 233 Level 24, 44 St Georges Tec, Perth WA 6000 T +61 8 6211 5099; F +61 8 9218 8875