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FOCUS MINERALS LTD AGM Information 2007

Oct 17, 2007

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AGM Information

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FOCUS MINERALS LTD ACN 005 470 799

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

TIME : 2:00 pm (WST) DATE : 20 November 2007 PLACE : Pacific International Hotel Grand Pacific Room 2 305 Murray St Perth WA 6000

This Notice of Meeting should be read in its entirety. If Shareholders are in doubt as to how they should vote, they should seek advice from their professional advisers prior to voting.

Should you wish to discuss the matters in this Notice of Meeting please do not hesitate to contact the Company Secretary on (+61 8) 9215 7888.

CONTENTS PAGE

Notice of Annual General Meeting (setting out the proposed resolutions) 3
Explanatory Statement (explaining the proposed resolutions) 5
Glossary 7
Annexure A – Employee Incentive Option Scheme 8
Proxy Form 23
TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING AND HOW TO VOTE

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The Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders to which this Notice of Meeting relates will be held at 2:00 pm (WST) on 20 November 2007 at:

Pacific International Hotel Grand Pacific Room 2

305 Murray St Perth WA 6000

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

The business of the Annual General Meeting affects your shareholding and your vote is important.

VOTING IN PERSON

To vote in person, attend the Annual General Meeting on the date and at the place set out above.

VOTING BY PROXY

To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the enclosed Proxy Form and return by:

  • (a) post to Focus Minerals Ltd, PO Box Z5422, St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6831; or

  • (b) facsimile to the Company on facsimile number (+61 8) 9215 7889,

so that it is received not later than 2:00 pm (WST) on 18 November 2007.

Proxy Forms received later than this time will be invalid.

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at 2:00 pm (WST) on 20 November 2007 at Pacific International Hotel, Grand Pacific Room 2, 305 Murray St, Perth, Western Australia.

The Explanatory Statement to this Notice of Meeting provides additional information on matters to be considered at the Annual General Meeting. The Explanatory Statement and the Proxy Form are part of this Notice of Meeting.

The Directors have determined pursuant to Regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth) that the persons eligible to vote at the Annual General Meeting are those who are registered Shareholders of the Company at 2:00 pm (WST) on 18 November 2007.

Terms and abbreviations used in this Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Statement are defined in the Glossary.

AGENDA

ORDINARY BUSINESS

Financial Statements and Reports

To receive and consider the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2007 together with the declaration of the directors, the directors’ report, the remuneration report and the auditor’s report.

RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as a non-binding resolution :

“That, for the purpose of Section 250R(2) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes, approval is given for the adoption of the remuneration report as contained in the Company’s annual financial report for the financial year ended 30 June 2007.”

RESOLUTION 2 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – PHIL LOCKYER

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass, with or without amendment, the following resolution as an ordinary resolution :

“That, for the purposes of clause 13.2 of the Constitution and for all other purposes, Phil Lockyer, a Director who retires by rotation, and being eligible, is re-elected as a Director.”

DATED: 16 OCTOBER 2007

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD

JON GRYGORCEWICZ FOCUS MINERALS LTD COMPANY SECRETARY

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

This Explanatory Statement has been prepared for the information of the Shareholders in connection with the business to be conducted at the Annual General Meeting to be held at 2:00 pm (WST) on 20 November 2007 at Pacific International Hotel, 196 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, Western Australia.

This purpose of this Explanatory Statement is to provide information which the Directors believe to be material to Shareholders in deciding whether or not to pass the Resolutions in the Notice of Meeting.

1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS

In accordance with the Constitution, the business of the Annual General Meeting will include receipt and consideration of the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2007 together with the declaration of the directors, the directors’ report, the remuneration report and the auditor’s report.

2. RESOLUTION 1 – ADOPTION OF REMUNERATION REPORT

The Corporations Act requires that at a listed company’s annual general meeting, a resolution that the remuneration report be adopted must be put to the shareholders. However, such a resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Directors or the Company.

The remuneration report sets out the Company’s remuneration arrangements for the Directors and senior management of the Company. The remuneration report is part of the Directors’ report contained in the annual financial report of the Company for the financial year ending 30 June 2007.

A reasonable opportunity will be provided for discussion of the remuneration report at the Annual General Meeting.

3. RESOLUTION 2 – RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTOR – PHIL LOCKYER

3.1 General

Clause 13.2 of the Constitution requires that if the Company has three or more Directors, one third (or the number nearest one-third) of those Directors must retire at each annual general meeting, provided always that no Director (except a Managing Director) shall hold office for a period in excess of 3 years, or until the third annual general meeting following his or her appointment, whichever is the longer, without submitting himself or herself for re-election.

The Company currently has 4 Directors and accordingly 1 must retire.

A Director who retires by rotation under clause 13.2 of the Constitution is eligible for re-election.

4. ENQUIRIES

Shareholders are required to contact Jon Grygorcewicz on (+ 61 8) 9215 7888 if they have any queries in respect of the matters set out in these documents.

GLOSSARY

Annual General Meeting means the meeting convened by the Notice of Meeting.

ASX means ASX Limited.

ASX Listing Rules means the Listing Rules of ASX.

Board means the current board of directors of the Company.

Company means Focus Minerals Ltd (ACN 005 470 799).

Constitution means the Company’s constitution.

Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Directors means the current directors of the Company.

Explanatory Statement means the explanatory statement accompanying the Notice of Meeting.

Notice of Meeting or Notice of Annual General Meeting means this notice of annual general meeting including the Explanatory Statement.

Resolutions means the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting, or any one of them, as the context requires.

Shareholder means a holder of a Share.

WST means Western Standard Time as observed in Perth, Western Australia.

PROXY FORM

APPOINTMENT OF PROXY FOCUS MINERALS LTD ACN 005 470 799

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

I/We

being a member of Focus Minerals Ltd entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting, hereby

Appoint

Name of proxy OR

Mark this box if you wish to appoint the Chair of the Annual General Meeting as your proxy

or failing the person so named or, if no person is named, the Chair of the Annual General Meeting, or the Chair’s nominee, to vote in accordance with the following directions, or, if no directions have been given, as the proxy sees fit, at the Annual General Meeting to be held at 2:00 pm (WST), on 20 November 2007 at Pacific International Hotel, 196 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, Western Australia, and at any adjournment thereof.

If no directions are given, the Chair will vote in favour of all the Resolutions.

Voting on Business of the Annual General Meeting ABSTAIN Resolution 1 – Adoption of remuneration report Resolution 2 – Re-election of Director – Phil Lockyer

FOR AGAINST

OR

If the Chair of the Annual General Meeting is appointed as your proxy, or may be appointed by default, and you do not wish to direct your proxy how to vote as your proxy in respect of Resolution 3 please place a mark in this box.

By marking this box, you acknowledge that the Chair of the Annual General Meeting may exercise your proxy even if he has an interest in the outcome of Resolution 3 and that votes cast by the Chair of the Annual General Meeting for Resolution 3 other than as proxy holder will be disregarded because of that interest. If you do not mark this box, and you have not directed your proxy how to vote, the Chair will not cast your votes on Resolution 3 and your votes will not be counted in calculating the required majority if a poll is called on Resolution 3.

If you mark the abstain box for a particular Resolution, you are directing your proxy not to vote on that Resolution on a show of hands or on a poll and your votes will not to be counted in computing the required majority on a poll.

If two proxies are being appointed, the proportion of voting rights this proxy represents is

Signed this day of 2007

%

By:

Individuals and joint holders Companies (affix common seal if appropriate) Signature Director Signature Director/Company Secretary Signature Sole Director and Sole Company Secretary

FOCUS MINERALS LTD ACN 005 470 799

Instructions for Completing ‘Appointment of Proxy’ Form

  1. A member entitled to attend and vote at an Annual General Meeting is entitled to appoint not more than two proxies to attend and vote on a poll on their behalf. The appointment of a second proxy must be done on a separate copy of the Proxy Form. Where more than one proxy is appointed, such proxy must be allocated a proportion of the member’s voting rights. If a member appoints two proxies and the appointment does not specify this proportion, each proxy may exercise half the votes. A duly appointed proxy need not be a member of the Company.

  2. Where a member’s holding is in one name the holder must sign. Where the holding is in more than one name, all members should sign.

  3. Where a Proxy Form or form of appointment of corporate representative is lodged and is executed under a power of attorney, the power of attorney must be lodged in like manner as this Proxy Form.

  4. Corporate members should comply with the execution requirements set out on the Proxy Form or otherwise with the provisions of Section 127 of the Corporations Act. Section 127 of the Corporations Act provides that a company may execute a document without using its common seal if the document is signed by:

  5. 2 directors of the company;

  6. a director and a company secretary of the company; or

  7. for a proprietary company that has a sole director who is also the sole company secretary – that director.

For the Company to rely on the assumptions set out in Section 129(5) and (6) of the Corporations Act, a document must appear to have been executed in accordance with Section 127(1) or (2). This effectively means that the status of the persons signing the document or witnessing the affixing of the seal must be set out and conform to the requirements of Section 127(1) or (2) as applicable. In particular, a person who witnesses the affixing of a common seal and who is the sole director and sole company secretary of the company must state that next to his or her signature.

  1. Completion of a Proxy Form will not prevent individual members from attending the Annual General Meeting in person if they wish. Where a member completes and lodges a valid Proxy Form and attends the Annual General Meeting in person, then the proxy’s authority to speak and vote for that member is suspended while the member is present at the Annual General Meeting.

  2. To vote by proxy, please complete and sign the enclosed Proxy Form and return by:

  3. (a) post to Focus Minerals Ltd, PO Box Z5422, St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6831; or

  4. (a) facsimile to the Company on facsimile number +61 8 9215 7889,

so that it is received not later than 2:00 pm (WST) on 18 November 2007.

Proxy forms received later than this time will be invalid.