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From the Chairman:The confidence that we saw at the year-end has continued into the first half of the year. One of the prevalent themes we are seeing is an increased focus on greener materials or those commodities that are associated with electric vehicles or the renewable energy sectors. Polo's portfolio has benefited from this sentiment whilst we are continuing to appreciate the value inherent in the more traditional sectors. We are actively engaging to ensure that Polo's portfolio is at the forefront of the both the emerging and traditional markets.

Financial Summary: · Total Net Assets for the six months ended 31 December 2017 were USD61.81 million representing an increase of 30.9% (30 June 2017: USD47.22 million). · Total Net Assets of USD61.45 million as of 21 March 2018 (31 December 2017: USD61.81 million). · Net Asset Value per share as at 21 March 2018 was approximately 14.06 pence per share, USD/GBP = 0.7134 (31 December 2017: 14.69 pence per share, USD/GBP = 0.7412).

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has received governmental approval in Senegal for its Option Agreement with AGEM Senegal Exploration Suarl ('AGEM'), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IAMGOLD Corporation ("IAMGOLD"), in respect of the Dalafin gold project (the 'Project') in Senegal. This was the only condition in respect of the Option Agreement and Stratex and AGEM will now head to site to fast-track exploration at the Project. The initial work programme will focus on the southernmost Madina Bafé prospect, located 12 km to the west-southwest of IAMGOLD's Boto Project ('Boto'), which has NI 43-101 Indicated and Inferred Resources of 1.92 Moz @ 1.6 g/t Au and 0.59 Moz Au @ 1.7 g/t Au, respectively, including a Probable Mineral Reserve of 1.42 Moz @ 1.6 g/t Au[1]. As previously announced, the work programme will primarily look to prove the continuity of high-grade mineralisation at depth and along strike, with the intention of developing resources for either a stand-alone deposit(s) or a satellite deposit(s) for Boto. Exploration may also be extended to other areas within the licence, including the Faré prospect, where the majority of work to date has been focused. Tim Livesey, CEO of Stratex, commented: "We are delighted to have had this agreement formalised so quickly by the Ministry, enabling the work programme at Dalafin to begin in earnest. We look forward to working with IAMGOLD and to keeping our shareholders updated on ongoing developments at the Project." [1] http://www.iamgold.com/English/operations/reserves-and-resource-summary/default.aspx

POL Announces that its investee company, GCM Resources Plc ("GCM") (AIM: GCM) has agreed a Contract Framework Agreement with its strategic partner China Gezhouba Group International Engineering Co. Ltd ("CGGC"). The Contract Framework Agreement awards CGGC the exclusive right for the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of a proposed 2,000MW mine-mouth thermal power plant at GCM's proposed coal mine in North-West Bangladesh for an agreed initial estimated cost of US$3.8bn which shall be subject to further adjustments when the parties finalise a full engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning ("EPC") contract. This agreement follows on from the Joint Development Framework Agreement announced by GCM on 9 March this year which outlined the roles and responsibilities of both companies in pursing approval of the Phulbari Coal and Power Project. CGGC is the main international business company of both China Gezhouba Group Corporation and China Energy Engineering Co. Ltd ("Energy China"). Energy China is a super central state-owned enterprise, and in 2017 ranked 312th in the Fortune Global 500. In the last three years, Energy China engaged in the design and construction of power plants with a total installed capacity of nearly 220GW, ranked first in the world. The full details of the announcement can be found at http://www.gcmplc.com/.

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has significantly expanded its relationship with its existing client Japan Post Bank, the major Japanese bank, to deliver outbound cross-border payment services across a number of additional regions including, North America and Europe. Japan Post Bank is one of the leading Japanese consumer banks and has an extensive network with branch offices throughout Japan. The expansion of Earthport's service for Japan Post Bank aids the bank's mission to become "the most accessible and trustworthy bank in Japan" and to offer its clients greater capabilities in high volumes of low-value cross-border payments. The expanded service launched in full in January 2018. Japan Post Bank's enhanced relationship with Earthport will enable its clients to benefit from reliable international payments with greater global reach through a single network. Earthport has a payment network of over 67 countries and enables some of the world's largest financial institutions to seamlessly manage payments across the world. The relationship with Japan Post Bank highlights Earthport's strength in outbound payments. Masahiro Murashima, Senior Managing Executive Officer of Japan Post Bank said: "At Japan Post Bank, since January 2018 we began handling international remittances on the web and expanding the remittance destination mediated by Earthport to more countries and it is now possible to make full remittance to the payee account without deducting the intermediate fee. We are very pleased that strengthening the relationship with the Earthport team will lead to an improvement in convenience for our customers and an expected increase in the volume of transactions." Phil Hickman, interim CEO of Earthport, commented: "We are thrilled to extend our services with Japan Post Bank, which has been a client of Earthport's for two years. The extension of our service offering to the bank is testimony to the excellent service Earthport provides, and the capabilities we offer our clients and their end-users. We look forward to developing our partnership with Japan Post Bank and supporting the next stage of their growth."

Announces that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has exercised its option to extend the existing three year contract announced on 22 December 2016, from the Air Platform Systems Platform Protection team, part of the UK MOD, worth in excess of £1.6m for a further two years to 31 December 2021, for the support of ALE 47 and M147 Threat Adaptive Countermeasures Dispensing Systems which are fitted to Lynx, Puma, Chinook, Merlin, and C130J aircraft platforms. Under the terms of the contract Petards will continue to perform Post Design Services, with additional engineering, repair, refurbishment and manufacturing which are expected to significantly enhance the value of the agreement. The contract extension is expected to be worth in excess of £1.1 million over the two year period to 31 December 2021 in addition to the original contract which was worth in excess of £1.6 million for the three year period to 31 December 2019. Commenting on the award, Petards Chairman Raschid Abdullah said: "We consider it a real vote of confidence that the Ministry of Defence has chosen to exercise the option on the contract at this early stage. This is testament to the high level of service which we have provided and gives us a strong platform from which to invest for the future."

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IQE plc Analysts' briefing Full year results for the year ended 31 December 2017 9.30 am on Tuesday, 20 March 2018 Rothschild Sky Pavilion, New Court, St Swithin's Ln, London EC4N Cardiff, 5 March 2018: IQE plc (AIM: IQE) the leading global supplier of advanced wafer products and wafer services to the semiconductor industry, will be announcing its results for the year ended 31 December 2017 on Tuesday, 20 March 2018. Drew Nelson, CEO and Phil Rasmussen, FD will be hosting an analysts' presentation at 9.30am on Tuesday, 20 March 2018 at the Rothschild Sky Pavilion, New Court, St Swithin's Ln, London EC4N 8AL Analysts wishing to attend should register using the contacts page at http://iqep.com or by email to investors@iqep.com.

announcement made by ExxonMobil Corporation ("Exxon") in relation to its seventh oil discovery, offshore Guyana. The Pacora-1 discovery is the closest discovery to date to the Orinduik Block. Eco currently holds a 40% Working Interest in the Orinduik Block. Pacora-1 encountered approximately 65 feet (20 metres) of high-quality, oil-bearing sandstone reservoir. The Pacora-1 well is located seven kilometres west of the Payara 1 Discovery and is again directly down dip of the Orinduik Block and follows Exxon's previous discoveries on the Stabroek block at the Liza 1 and Liza 2 Fields, Payara, Liza Deep, Snoek, Turbot 1 and Ranger 1 Well locations. Exxon has confirmed that a second drill rig is currently being mobilized for production operations and further exploration on the block. Previously announced Exxon Well locations are indicated below in Fig.1. Fig.1 - Exxon Well locations http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3177G_-2018-2-28.pdf Gil Holzman, CEO of Eco Atlantic, commented: "This is yet another significant oil discovery on Exxon's Stabroek Block directly down dip and adjacent to our Orinduik Licence. With each well Exxon is further defining the overall scale of this giant field. "Critically these discovery wells sit down dip from the Eco / Tullow block. These thick sand pathways are defining a migration and a charge of this high-quality sand with hydrocarbons. Our technical team is working carefully and conservatively to define the resources within Orinduik. With experts from Total, Tullow, Gustavson, Eco and Kinley all interpreting the processed data as it becomes available, we are building confidence in the world class potential of this block. This Pacora discovery is very close to our border and has added a new and significantly important dimension to our prospectivity."

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PIRI announces 8/2/2017, a year ago, the shares are now valued at 40p each, that it has subscribed for 3,125,000 ordinary shares in Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. ("Eco") at a price of 16 pence per share for a consideration of £500,000, representing approximately 2.6 per cent of Eco's issued share capital. The entire issued share capital of Eco was today admitted to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange, Eco's shares are also admitted to the trading on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada. Eco is an oil and gas exploration company focused on the acquisition and development of unique upstream petroleum opportunities around the world. It holds highly prospective interests in the 1,800 square kilometre Orinduik offshore block in Guyana and interests in four offshore petroleum licenses covering more than 32,000 square kilometres in the Walvis and Lüderitz Basins in Namibia. The net loss of Eco Atlantic for the financial year ended 31 March 2016 was CAN $5,107,496. Further information on Eco can be found at www.ecooilandgas.com. Peter Redmond Director of Pires commented: "We are very pleased to take advantage of this investment opportunity which is in line with Pires' established investing policy. We believe Eco has an attractive value proposition with licences located in highly prospective, sought after jurisdictions within close proximity to significant discoveries and farm-in activity. Notably, Eco will be the only AIM quoted oil and gas exploration company to hold an oil and gas asset in Guyana." "We continue to evaluate additional investment opportunities, including reverse takeover opportunities, and will update shareholders and the market in due course" This announcement contains ins

ECO Piri holds shares in ECO Entry into TSX Venture 50 Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. (AIM: ECO, TSX-V: EOG), the oil and gas exploration company with licenses in highly prospective regions in South America and Africa, is delighted to announce it has been recognized as a 2018 TSX Venture 50™ company, an annual ranking of top-performing companies on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSX-V") over the last year. See http://www.tmx.com/venture50 The TSX Venture 50™ comprise the top 10 companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in each of the five major industry sectors - mining, oil & gas, clean technology & life sciences, diversified industries and technology - based on a ranking formula with equal weighting given to return on investment, market capitalisation growth, trading volume and analyst coverage. All data was as of December 31, 2017. Gil Holzman, President and CEO of Eco Atlantic Commented: "We are delighted to be included into the TSX Venture 50 for 2018. This achievement is a recognition of the Company's performance as well as the delivery of our strategy. It is also a reflection of the Company's strong performance since its admission to AIM in February 2017. We have licences in two highly prospective regions and have partnered with some of the top companies in our industry, so we are confident that 2018 promises to be yet another exciting year for the Company, not only on our own licences, but also given the busy activity on the neighbouring oil licences in both Namibia and Guyana."

CSC industry partner ICS Ltd, announces joint development and launch of new high speed (10-25G) detectors for superfast broadband fibre optic applications Thursday 22nd February 2018: The Compound Semiconductor Centre (CSC), a joint venture between IQE plc and Cardiff University, has announced its key role in the launch of a new product line of high speed InGaAs-InAlAs PIN and APD detectors with one of its industry partners. The full announcement by Integrated Compound Semiconductors Ltd (ICS) and CSC is available on the CSC website at: http://www.compoundsemiconductorcentre.com/ As part of its commercialisation strategy, ICS is planning to use IQE as its key wafer supplier, providing its own customers with a clear route to high volume product ramp. This provides the first example of the effectiveness of the CSC JV business model, and further announcements are expected in due course from some of CSC's other industry, academic and development partners. CSC is currently engaged with over a dozen high profile partners and together they have already won projects to the total value of over £5 million over the last 18 months. CSC is playing a key role in attracting customers to carry out development work within the Compound Semiconductor Cluster , CS Connected, which will be profiled at the upcoming 'Festival of Innovation Week' in London on Wednesday 7th March. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cs-connected-building-the-worlds-first-compound-semiconductor-cluster-tickets-42537923073

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