FOCUS MINERALS LTD — Capital/Financing Update 2009

Oct 11, 2009

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.

Name of entity

Focus Minerals Ltd

ABN

56 005 470 799

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 issued

• 2 Number of[+] securities issued or to 206,400,000 be issued (if known) or maximum number which may be issued

• 3 Principal terms of the[+] securities (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)

Fully paid ordinary shares

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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4 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 5 Issue price or consideration 6 Purpose of the issue (If issued as consideration for the acquisition of assets, clearly identify those assets)	Yes.	Yes.
	4.0 cents per share
	Accelerated spare parts policy Extension of resource drilling programs
7 Dates of entering+securities into uncertificated holdings or despatch ofcertificates	14 October 2009
8 Number and +class of all +securities quoted on ASX (_including_the securities in clause 2 if applicable)
	Number	+Class
	2,852,543,210	Ordinary fully paid shares

• 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)	Number	+Class
		2,140,000 2,140,000 2,140,000 4,925,000 10,000,000 4,925,000 40,000,000 10,000,000 76,270,000	- Options exercisable at 12 cents on or before 6/12/09 - Options exercisable at 14.5 cents on or before 6/12/09 - Options exercisable at 17 cents on or before 6/12/09 - Options exercisable at 5 cents on or before 30/11/2010 - Options exercisable at 4.5 cents on or before 30/4/2010 - Options exercisable at 6 cents on or before 30/11/2010. - Options exercisable at 6.875 cents on or before 30/4/2011 - Options exercisable at 7 cents on or before 30/4/2011 Total issued options
		N/A

Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue

• 11 Is security holder approval required?

• 12 Is the issue renounceable or nonrenounceable?

• 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

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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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 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)? 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 )

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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• (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

(If the additional securities do not form a new class, go to 43)

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 are[+] equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional +securities setting out the number of holders in the categories 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 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

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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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)

Number +Class

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

All entities

Fees

• 43 Payment method (tick one)

Cheque attached Electronic payment made

Note: Payment may be made electronically if Appendix 3B is given to ASX electronically at the same time. Periodic payment as agreed with the home branch has been arranged

Note: Arrangements can be made for employee incentive schemes that involve frequent issues of securities.

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

• 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.

• We warrant that if confirmation is required under section 1017F of the Corporations Act in relation to the[+] securities to be quoted, it has been provided at the time that we request that the[+] securities be quoted.

• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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• 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.

Focus Minerals Ltd (“Focus”) gives notice under paragraph 708A(5)(e) of the Corporations Act 2001 (“Corporations Act”) that Focus issued the Securities without disclosure to investors under Part 6D.2 of the Corporations Act. At the date of this notice Focus has complied with the provisions of Chapter 2M of the Corporations Act as they apply to Focus and the continuous disclosure obligations under section 674 of the Corporations Act. There is no information that has been excluded from any continuous disclosure notice given to the ASX in accordance with the ASX Listing Rules, that investors and their professional advisers would reasonably require for the purpose of making an informed assessment of the assets and liabilities, financial position and performance, profits and losses and prospects of Focus or the rights and liabilities attaching to Focus ordinary shares, to the extent that it is reasonable for investors and their professional advisers to expect to find the information in a disclosure document.

Signed: Jon Grygorcewicz Company Secretary

Date: 12 October 2009

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• See chapter 19 for defined terms.

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