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METALS AUSTRALIA LTD Regulatory Filings 2004

Oct 24, 2004

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AUSTRALIAN UNITED GOLD LTD ACN 008 982 474

1st Floor, 8 Parliament Place West Perth WA 6005 PO Box 1618 West Perth WA 6872 Tel: (08) 9481-7833 Fax: (08) 9481-7835 Email: [email protected] Website: www.austunitedgold.com

25th October 2004

Australian Stock Exchange Companies Announcement Office 20 Bond Street SYDNEY NSW 2000

Dear Sirs.

ISSUE OF AUSTRALIAN UNITED GOLD LIMITED SHARES -SECONDARY TRADING NOTICE - NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ASIC CLASS ORDER 02/1180

On October 20 2004 Australian United Gold Ltd announced that it had reached a heads of agreement with Fox Resources Limited (ASX Code: FXR) to earn up to 70% of the Sherlock Bay Extended Project ("SBEP") which covers over 450km2 (45,000 ha) of prospective exploration ground and that it had placed 30,000,000 ordinary fully paid shares to clients and associates of Westar Capital Limited.

The Company has now issued 30,000,000 fully paid shares at an issue price of one cent each to:

Shares
Battle Mountain Pty Ltd 15,000,000
Corridor Nominees Pty Ltd 6,250,000
D & D Nominees Pty Ltd 6,250,000
David John Vincent 2,500,000

Secondary Trading and ASIC relief

The Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) restricts the on-sale of securities issued without a prospectus. On 29 November 2002 the Australian Investments Commission ("ASIC") issued Class Order 02/1180 ("Class Order") granting relief from the secondary trading provisions in specified circumstances.

Total:

30,000,000

The Class Order relief applies where an offer of securities for sale fulfils the following conditions:

  • $11$ the securities were issued on or after 12 December 2002; and
  • $21$ the securities are covered by at least one of the categories of relief set out in the Class Order.

Category 1 Relief

The issue of the Shares noted above will fall within Category 1 of the Class Order.

For the purpose of Item 5 of Category 1 of the Class Order, the Company hereby notifies the ASX that all information of the kind that would be required to be disclosed under subsection 713(5) of the Act if a prospectus were to be issued in reliance on section 713 of the Act in relation to an offer of the securities has been disclosed to ASX.

Yours faithfully

D N ZUKERMAN Director