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2003 Announcements

15 December CIBALIUNG GOLD PROJECT, INDONESIA
BANKABLE FEASIBILITY STUDY UPDATE - 15 DECEMBER 2003
31 October SEPTEMBER QUARTERLY REPORT - APPENDIX 5B
24 October SEPTEMBER QUARTERLY REPORT
24 October Change of Director's Interest Notice x3
20 October Austindo Resources Completes Placement to raise $1.7 million
07 October General Meeting - Slide Presentation
07 October Outcome of General Meeting
23 September Shareholder Share Purchase Plan Raises $2.2 million
04 September Consolidated Financial Report - Half -Year Ended 30 June 2003
01 September NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
01 September EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
25 August Austindo Resources confirms Underwriting of Share Purchase Plan and Capital Raising Strategy to fund Cibaliung Gold Project Bankable Feasibility Study
20 August SHAREHOLDER SHARE PURCHASE PLAN (“SPP”)
15 August Form 603 - Mike & Vicki Diemar become Substantial Shareholders of Austindo Resources Corporation NL (PDF File - 48K)
15 August Form 605 - Notice of Ceasing to be a Substantial Shareholder (PDF File - 40K)
13 August Austindo Resources to raise up to $1.7 million by placement and
offer Share Purchase Plan to existing shareholders
29 July Appendix 5B - June Quarter
15 July Melbourne Mining Club - Slide Presentation
14 July June Quarterly Report
06 June June 2003 Update
28 May Outcome of Annual General Meeting
27 May Chairman’s Address to Annual General Meeting
27 May Cibaliung Gold Project, Indonesia - Bankable Feasibility
12 May Appendix 3Y - Change of Director's Interest Notice
30 April March Quarterly Report
29 April Appendix 5B - March Quarter
28 April INCREASED RESOURCES AT CIBALIUNG GOLD PROJECT, INDONESIA
11 April 2002 Annual Report
26 March Financial Report - Year Ended 31 December 2002 (PDF File - 360K)
19 March Mr. Pieter Greeff appointed Chairman of Board of Austindo
24 February ARX renegotiates Convertible Notes
23 January Mr. Bob Barton resigns from Board of Directors
17 January Quarterly Report - To 31 December, 2002
16 January New Principal Place of Business and Registered Office

15 December, 2003

CIBALIUNG GOLD PROJECT, INDONESIA
BANKABLE FEASIBILITY STUDY UPDATE - 15 DECEMBER 2003

The Bankable Feasibility Study ("BFS") for the Company's Cibaliung Gold Project, located in Banten Province, west Java, Indonesia, is well advanced and on track for completion by mid 2004.

The project has resources of 1.8 million tonnes at 9.6 g/t Au and 80 g/t Ag within two epithermal high grade gold-silver shoots containing 554,500 oz gold and 4.62 million oz silver (previously reported 28 April 2003). The project is a joint venture (ARX 77%) with International Antam Resources Limited, a majority owned subsidiary of PT Aneka Tambang.

Highlights

  • All key consultants for the BFS appointed.
  • Resources infill drilling nearing completion.
  • Drilling results for the high grade shoots in line with expectations.
  • Project financing progressing.
  • Exploration continuing.

Key Consultants

The key consultants have been appointed to the project and include:

Resources Estimation
-
AMC Consultants
Geotechnical
-
BFP Consultants
Environmental, water management & tailings
-
URS Asia / URS Australia
Metallurgical Testwork
-
AMMTEC
Process Engineering
-
GRD Minproc

Resources Drilling
A program of delineation drilling in the resources at the Cikoneng and Cibitung shoots commenced in late August and will be completed in December 2003. A total of 2,413 m of drilling in 13 holes had been completed up to the end of November. This total comprises 968 m of RC percussion pre-collars and 1,445 m of HQ diamond drilling.

The delineation drilling program was designed specifically to improve confidence in continuity, width and grade of the resource by closing-up drill-spacing to a pattern of approximately 20 x 20m in the central and peripheral segments of the two shoots.

Significant drill assay results received to date are shown below. The results confirm previous drill results in the areas tested and improve structural definition of the shoots.

Project Funding

Previous studies indicated likely capital expenditure of approximately US$31 million. The Company is examining a range of options for project funding and interest has been expressed by five banking groups to provide debt funding. Representatives of all those banks have made initial visits to the project site in November/December and discussions are continuing with a view to providing a mandate.

Exploration

Extensive exploration within the immediate project area has continued during the BFS period with the objective of identifying targets for follow up drilling to test for new shoots. It is expected that the first new drill target will be tested early in 2004.


Andrew J Cooke
Company Secretary


24 October, 2003

Appendix 3Y

Change of Director's Interest Notice

Introduced 30/9/2001.
Rule 3.19A.2

Appendix 3Y

Change of Director's Interest Notice

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.

Name of entity AUSTINDO RESOURCES CORPORATION NL
ABN 48 002 678 640

We (the entity) give ASX the following information under listing rule 3.19A.2 and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the Corporations Act.

Name of Director

Bruce J. Paterson
Date of last notice
12 May 2002

Part 1 - Change of director's relevant interests in securities
In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Direct or indirect interest
Indirect
Nature of indirect interest
(including registered holder)
Note: Provide details of the circumstances giving rise to the relevant interest.
Shares held by Newdore Investments Pty Ltd as trustee of the Bruce J. Paterson Pty Super Fund in which Mr. Paterson has a relevant interest
Date of change
9 October 2003
No. of securities held prior to change
102,678 Ordinary Shares held Indirectly
500,000 Options @ 7 cents – expiry date of 22 May 2006 held Indirectly
Class
Ordinary
Number acquired
156,250
Number disposed
-
Value/Consideration
Note: If consideration is non-cash, provide details and estimated valuation
3.2 cents per share pursuant to Shareholder Share Purchase Plan
No. of securities held after change
702,772 Ordinary Shares held Indirectly
500,000 Options @ 7 cents – expiry date of 22 May 2006 held Indirectly
Nature of change
Example: on-market trade, off-market trade, exercise of options, issue of securities under dividend reinvestment plan, participation in buy-back

Shareholder Share Purchase Plan

Part 2 - Change of director's interests in contracts

Detail of contract

Nature of interest


Name of registered holder
(if issued securities)

Date of change

No. and class of securities to which interest related prior to change
Note: Details are only required for a contract in relation to which the interest has changed

Interest acquired

Interest disposed

Value/Consideration
Note: If consideration is non-cash, provide details and an estimated valuation

Interest after change

Date of Notice: 23 October 2003


Introduced 30/9/2001.
Rule 3.19A.2

Appendix 3Y

Change of Director's Interest Notice

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.

Name of entity AUSTINDO RESOURCES CORPORATION NL
ABN 48 002 678 640

We (the entity) give ASX the following information under listing rule 3.19A.2 and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the Corporations Act.

Name of Director

John C. Carlile
Date of last notice
7 January 2002

Part 1 - Change of director's relevant interests in securities
In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Direct or indirect interest
Direct
Nature of indirect interest
(including registered holder)
Note: Provide details of the circumstances giving rise to the relevant interest.

Date of change
20 October 2003
No. of securities held prior to change
2,000,000 Options @ 7 cents – expiry date of 22 May 2006 held Indirectly
Class
Ordinary
Number acquired
3,281,250 Pursuant to Shareholder approved Placement
Number disposed
-
Value/Consideration
Note: If consideration is non-cash, provide details and estimated valuation
3.2 cents per share pursuant to Shareholder approved Placement
No. of securities held after change
3,281,250 Ordinary Shares
2,000,000 Options @ 7 cents – expiry date of 22 May 2006 held Indirectly
Nature of change
Example: on-market trade, off-market trade, exercise of options, issue of securities under dividend reinvestment plan, participation in buy-back

Shareholder approved Placement

Part 2 - Change of director's interests in contracts

Detail of contract

Nature of interest


Name of registered holder
(if issued securities)

Date of change

No. and class of securities to which interest related prior to change
Note: Details are only required for a contract in relation to which the interest has changed

Interest acquired

Interest disposed

Value/Consideration
Note: If consideration is non-cash, provide details and an estimated valuation

Interest after change

Date of Notice: 23 October 2003


Introduced 30/9/2001.
Rule 3.19A.2

Appendix 3Y

Change of Director's Interest Notice

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.

Name of entity AUSTINDO RESOURCES CORPORATION NL
ABN 48 002 678 640

We (the entity) give ASX the following information under listing rule 3.19A.2 and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the Corporations Act.

Name of Director

Pieter W. Greeff
Date of last notice
7 January 2002

Part 1 - Change of director's relevant interests in securities
In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Direct or indirect interest
Direct
Nature of indirect interest
(including registered holder)
Note: Provide details of the circumstances giving rise to the relevant interest.

Date of change
20 October 2003
No. of securities held prior to change
150,000 Ordinary Shares
500,000 Options @ 7 cents – expiry date of 22 May 2006 held Indirectly
Class
Ordinary
Number acquired
156,250 Pursuant to Shareholder Share Purchase Plan
687,500 Pursuant to Shareholder approved Placement
Number disposed
-
Value/Consideration
Note: If consideration is non-cash, provide details and estimated valuation
3.2 cents per share pursuant to Shareholder Share Purchase Plan and Shareholder approved Placement
No. of securities held after change
993,750 Ordinary Shares
500,000 Options @ 7 cents – expiry date of 22 May 2006 held Indirectly
Nature of change
Example: on-market trade, off-market trade, exercise of options, issue of securities under dividend reinvestment plan, participation in buy-back

Shareholder Share Purchase Plan and Shareholder approved Placement

Part 2 - Change of director's interests in contracts

Detail of contract

Nature of interest


Name of registered holder
(if issued securities)

Date of change

No. and class of securities to which interest related prior to change
Note: Details are only required for a contract in relation to which the interest has changed

Interest acquired

Interest disposed

Value/Consideration
Note: If consideration is non-cash, provide details and an estimated valuation

Interest after change

Date of Notice: 23 October 2003



20 October, 2003

Austindo Resources Completes Placement to raise $1.7 million

Following shareholder approval at a General Meeting held in Melbourne on 7 October 2003 Austindo Resources Corporation NL (“ARX”) is pleased to confirm that it has finalised the placement of 52.5 million shares at 3.2 cents per share.

This additional working capital, together with funds raised from the recent successful Shareholder Share Purchase Plan, will fund the Company through and beyond the completion of its Bankable Feasibility Study (“BFS”) in respect of its 77% owned Cibaliung Gold Project in Banten Province, Indonesia.

The placement was made to the Company’s major shareholders, interests associated with some of the Directors of the Company and other parties determined by the Directors.
In accordance with ASIC Class Order 02/1180, which provides relief from certain prospectus requirements, the Company confirms that there is no price sensitive information which has not been announced by the Company to the ASX in reliance upon the confidentiality carve out in Listing Rule 3.1.

The funds raised place the Company in a healthy position to finalise the BFS and meet its working capital requirements while project funding for the Cibaliung project is put in place and the Company’s interests in Victoria are advanced.

Yours sincerely


Ian L. Price
Managing Director


07 October, 2003

Outcome of General Meeting

The Company's General Meeting was held in Melbourne on today in accordance with the Notice of Meeting issued to all shareholders.

The resolution to approve a share placement of 36,968,750 ordinary fully paid shares to related parties of the Company was passed by a show of hands.

Proxy details in respect of this resolution were as follows :

(i) there were 68,469,653 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy vote for the resolution;

(ii) there were 839,243 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy vote against the resolution;

(iii) there were 957,588 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy abstain on the resolution;

(iv) there were 2,456,907 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy may vote at the proxy's discretion;

The resolution to approve a share placement of 15,531,250 ordinary fully paid shares to un-related parties of the Company was passed by a show of hands.

Proxy details in respect of this resolution were as follows :

(i) there were 190,871,955 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy vote for the resolution;

(ii) there were 831,926 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy vote against the resolution;

(iii) there were 51,242,847 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy abstain on the resolution;

(iv) there were 2,456,907 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy may vote at the proxy's discretion;

The resolution to approve the issue of 69,482,405 ordinary fully paid shares pursuant to the Shareholder Share Purchase Plan which closed on 17 September 2003 was passed by a show of hands.

Proxy details in respect of this resolution were as follows:

(i) there were 241,230,386 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy vote for the resolution;

(ii) there were 12,152 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy vote against the resolution;

(iii) there were 1,769,173 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy abstain on the resolution;

(iv) there were 2,391,924 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy may vote at the proxy's discretion;

Yours sincerely



Andrew J Cooke
Company Secretary


23 September, 2003

Shareholder Share Purchase Plan Raises $2.2 million

The Company is please to confirm that its Shareholder Share Purchase Plan (“SPP”) has closed raising $2.2 million.

Combined with the placement of $1.7 million to the Company’s major shareholders announced on 13 August 2003, the Company has now raised a total of $3.9 million in this capital raising process.

A total of 581 shareholders accepted the offer to participate in the SPP representing approximately 30% of the shareholder base of the Company. The Company appreciates the support shown by its shareholders in this regard.

As the number of shares to be allotted pursuant to the SPP exceed the number that the Company may issue in any 12 month period without shareholder approval, all applications will be scaled back by on a pro rata basis – by a factor of approximately 20%. These shares will be allotted on or about 25 September 2003.

As indicated in our SPP advice to shareholders, subject to shareholder approval at the general meeting to be held in Melbourne on 7 October 2003, the remaining shares will be allotted to shareholders within 6 business days of obtaining that approval, being on or about 14 October 2003.

The success of this capital raising process places the Company in a healthy position to finalise the Bankable Feasibility Study (“BFS”) of its Cibaliung Gold Project in Banten Province, Indonesia where the Company has a 75% interest in a resource of 610,200 equivalent gold ounces, and to meet its working capital requirements. It is anticipated that the BFS will be completed in the first half of 2004.

In addition the Company’s gold exploration interests in Victoria will be advanced.

Yours sincerely


Ian L. Price
Managing Director
23 September 2003


01 September, 2003

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

Austindo Resources Corporation NL
ACN 002 678 640

Notice of General Meeting
and Explanatory Statement

29 August 2003

AUSTINDO RESOURCES CORPORATION NL
(ACN 002 678 640)
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE is hereby given that a general meeting of shareholders of Austindo Resources Corporation NL ("the Company") will be held at 2.00 pm (Melbourne time) on Tuesday 7 October 2003 at Level 5, 161 Collins Street, Melbourne Vic 3000.

BUSINESS

Resolution 1: Approval of share placements to related parties

To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

"That approval is given, under Australian Stock Exchange Listing Rule 10.11, for the Company to issue to the related parties of the Company specified below the number of ordinary fully paid shares in the capital of the Company specified below, each at an issue price of 3.2 cents per share:

Related party
Number of shares
PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya
32,328,000
Genview Holdings Pte Limited
Mr. Pieter Willem Greeff <The Greeff Family A/C>
672,000
687,500
John Carlile
3,281,250

such shares to be issued to those related parties by no later than one month after the date of this meeting."

Note: If approval is given in Resolution 1 under Listing Rule 10.11, approval is not required under Listing Rule 7.1.

Voting restrictions on Resolution 1

The company will disregard any votes cast on Resolution 1 by:

  • PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya, Genview Holdings Pte Limited Pieter Greeff or John Carlile; and
  • an associate of any of those persons.

However, the Company need not disregard a vote if:

  • it is cast by a person as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with the directions on the proxy form; or
  • it is cast by the person chairing the meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the proxy form to vote as the proxy decides.

Resolution 2: Approval of share placements to other parties

To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

"That approval is given, under Australian Stock Exchange Listing Rule 7.1, for the Company to issue up to 15,531,250 ordinary fully paid shares in the capital of the Company at an issue price of 3.2 cents per share, to such persons (other than related parties of the Company) as determined on by the directors of the Company, such shares to be issued to such persons by no later than 3 months after the date of this meeting."

Voting restrictions on Resolution 2

The Company will disregard any votes cast on Resolution 2 by:

  • a person who may participate in the proposed issue of shares; and
  • a person who might obtain a benefit, except a benefit solely in the capacity of a holder of ordinary shares in the Company, if Resolution 2 is passed; and
  • an associate of any of those persons.

However, the Company need not disregard a vote if:

  • it is cast by a person as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with the directions on the proxy form; or
  • it is cast by the person chairing the meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the proxy form to vote as the proxy decides.

Resolution 3: Approval of issues under Share Purchase Plan

To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution:

"That approval is given, under Australian Stock Exchange Listing Rule 7.1, for the Company to issue:

(a) such number of ordinary fully paid shares in the capital of the Company at an issue price of 3.2 cents per share as may be applied for by shareholders under the Company's Share Purchase Plan; and
(b) such number of shares as may be applied for at 3.2 cents per share as a result of the obligations of the underwriters for $1,600,000 to be raised by such Share Purchase Plan,

as described in the Explanatory Statement accompanying the notice of this meeting, such shares to be issued by no later than 3 months after the date of this meeting."

Voting restrictions on Resolution 3

The Company will disregard any votes cast on Resolution 3 by:

  • a person who may participate in the proposed issue of shares; and
  • a person who might obtain a benefit, except a benefit solely in the capacity of a holder of ordinary shares in the Company, if Resolution 3 is passed; and
  • an associate of any of those persons.

However, the Company need not disregard a vote if:

  • it is cast by a person as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with the directions on the proxy form; or
  • it is cast by the person chairing the meeting as proxy for a person who is entitled to vote, in accordance with a direction on the proxy form to vote as the proxy decides.



By order of the Board


Andrew J Cooke
Company Secretary

Dated: 1 September 2003



SHAREHOLDERS WHO ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE

For the purposes of the meeting and in accordance with regulation 7.11.37 of the Corporations Regulation 2001, the directors have determined that a person's entitlement to vote at the meeting will be the entitlement of that person set out in the register of members as at 7.00 pm (Sydney time) on Sunday 5 October 2003.


01 September, 2003

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

1. INFORMATION RELEVANT TO ALL 3 RESOLUTIONS

Raising of funds for the Company

1.1 Your Directors are proposing to raise funds for the Company by means of issues of ordinary fully paid shares by means of:

(a) placements of up to 52,500,000 shares:

(i) as to 36,968,750 shares between 3 specified "related parties" of the Company, being the largest shareholder in the Company, another company related to a director, and to 2 of the directors of the Company (which placements are the subject of Resolution 1); and
(ii) as to the remaining 15,531,250 shares between other persons as determined on by your Directors (which placements are the subject of Resolution 2); and

(b) a Share Purchase Plan which is outlined in paragraph 1.4 to 1.6 below and which is the subject of Resolution 3.

Placements

1.2 The Company announced on 13 August 2003 that it proposed to effect a capital raising by way of placements of up to 52,500,000 ordinary shares at an issue price of 3.2 cents per share.

1.3 If all 52,500,000 shares are issued, the funds raised by such placements will be a gross amount of $1,680,000.

Share Purchase Plan

1.4 On 20 August 2003 the Company announced that it would be offering all of those shareholders of the Company whose address in the register of members is within Australia the opportunity to participate in a Share Purchase Plan.

1.5 Under the Share Purchase Plan each eligible shareholder in the Company, irrespective of the size of their shareholding, is entitled to purchase between $500 and $5,000 worth of shares in the Company at an issue price of 3.2 cents per share. No brokerage, commission or stamp duty, will apply to shares purchased under the Share Purchase Plan.

1.6 The subscription for shares by shareholders under the Share Purchase Plan has been underwritten by brokers as to a gross amount of $1,600,000. Based on that underwriting, your Directors believe that a net amount of not less than $1,520,000 will be raised through the Share Purchase Plan.

Use of funds raised

1.7 The sum of $1,680,000 to be raised from the placements referred to in paragraph 1.1(a) above, and the net amount of at least $1,520,000 to be raised from the Share Purchase Plan referred to in paragraph 1.6 above, makes a total of $3,200,000. This will be used by the Company primarily for the purpose of proceeding with a Bankable Feasibility Study ("BFS") on the Company's 75% owned Cibaliung Project in Banten Province, Indonesia. The funds will be used to finalise the BFS and to meet the Company's working capital requirements at Cibaliung while project funding for the project is put in place. In addition, a portion of the funds will be applied to advance the Company's gold exploration interests in Victoria.

Increases in share capital

1.8 At the date of the Notice of General Meeting there are 370,317,262 ordinary fully paid shares in the capital of the Company on issue.

1.9 The placements referred to in paragraph 1.1(a) above totalling 52,500,000 represent 14.2% of 370,317,262, and will take the number of shares on issue to 422,817,262.

1.10 At the date of the Notice of General Meeting there are 1,652 shareholders entitled to participate in the Share Purchase Plan. It is not known how many of those 1,652 shareholders will subscribe for the full amount of $5,000 worth of shares (being 156,250 shares at 3.2 cents per share) offered under the Share Purchase Plan. In theory every eligible shareholder might subscribe for their full entitlement, thereby raising $8,260,000, and resulting in 258,125,000 new shares being issued.

1.11 As each of the 1,652 eligible shareholders may elect, in response to the Share Purchase Plan:

(a) to take up none of their entitlement; or
(b) to take up the minimum $500 worth of shares (15,625 shares); or
(c) to take up the maximum $5,000 worth of shares (156,250) shares; or
(d) to take up a number of shares between $500 worth and $5,000 worth.
it is unknown how many shares will be issued under the Share Purchase Plan.

1.12 Your directors speculate that, in reality, under the Share Purchase Plan only 55,000,000 shares will be issued. If 55,000,000 shares are so issued the number of shares on issue referred to in paragraph 1.9 above will further expand to 477,817,262.

2. RESOLUTION 1: APPROVAL OF SHARE PLACEMENTS TO RELATED PARTIES

Listing Rule 10.11

2.1 Listing Rule 10.11 requires shareholder approval for the issue of equity securities to a "related party" of the Company. Resolution 1 is proposed for this purpose.

Related parties - ANJ and Genview

2.2 The first 2 named related parties of the Company in Resolution 1 are PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya ("ANJ") and Genview Holdings Pte Ltd ("Genview") to whom a total of 33 million shares are proposed to be issued, thereby raising $1,056,000.

2.3 ANJ is a "related party" of the Company by reason of the fact that it is regarded as the controlling entity of the Company by virtue of it being the registered holder of 46.63% of the current issued share capital of the Company. Further, it is a "related party" of the Company by reason of the fact that one of the directors of the Company, Mr George Tahija, is a director of ANJ and has a direct and indirect controlling interest in ANJ.

2.4 Genview is a "related party" of the Company by reason of the fact that it is a self-declared associate of ANJ. Genview is the registered holder of 1.28% of the current issued share capital of the Company. The brother of Mr George Tahija, Dr Sjakon Tahija, is a director of Genview and has a direct and indirect controlling interest in Genview.

2.5 If shareholders approve both Resolution 1 and Resolution 2 and the whole of the 52,500,000 shares are placed and issued on the one day (and before any shares are issued under the Share Purchase Plan), the combined voting power of ANJ and its associate Genview will move from 47.9% of the current issued share capital of the Company to 49.76% of the expanded capital of the Company.

Related parties - Greeff, Carlile

2.6 Each of the last 2 named related parties of the Company in Resolution 1 who are to receive placements of shares (Pieter Greeff and John Carlile) is a "related party" of the Company by virtue of his directorship of the Company.

Terms of issue

2.7 The shares to be issued to those 4 related parties of the Company will be issued by no later than one month after the date of the general meeting.

2.8 The new shares, when issued, will have the same rights and rank equally with the existing ordinary fully paid shares of the Company.

2.9 The intended use of the funds raised by means of the issue of shares referred to in Resolution 1 is described in paragraph 1.7 above.

Recommendation on Resolution 1

2.10 Of the directors of the Company, Messrs George Tahija, Pieter Greeff and John Carlile, are the subject of Resolution 1, and do not for that reason make a recommendation in relation to Resolution 1.

2.11 Each of the remaining directors, Ian Price, Christopher Melloy, and Bruce Paterson, recommends that shareholders vote in favour or Resolution 1 as it authorises a material part of the fund raising required by the Company for the purposes set out in paragraph 1.7 above.

Voting restrictions on Resolution 1

2.12 There are voting restrictions in relation to Resolution 1, the terms of which are set out immediately after the text of Resolution 1 in the Notice of General Meeting.

3. RESOLUTION 2: APPROVAL OF SHARE PLACEMENTS TO OTHER PARTIES

Listing Rule 7.1

3.1 Under Listing Rule 7.1 your Directors, in effect have the authority to make placements of up to 15% of the issued share capital of the Company without having to obtain shareholder approval.

3.2 As noted in paragraph 1.9 above, the placements the subject of Resolutions 1 and 2 total 52,500,000 and represent 14.2% of the current shares on issue. If Resolution 1 is approved it has the added effect of being an issue of shares approved under Listing Rule 7.1. The purpose of Resolution 2 is, therefore, to refresh the full 15% authority of your directors referred to in paragraph 3.1 above.

3.3 If Resolution 2 is not passed your directors would still be permitted to make the placements referred to in Resolution 2 if either those placements precede the issues of shares under the Share Purchase Plan (Resolution 3 not having been passed) or Resolution 3 is passed. However, another impact of Resolution 2 not being passed is that it restricts the authority of your directors to make further placements until the formula in Listing Rule 7.1, and lapse of time, allows your directors to do so.

Terms of issue

3.4 Under Resolution 2, the maximum number of shares to be issued is 15,531,250. Those shares will be placed at 3.2 cents per share. The shares will be issued by no later than 3 months after the date of the general meeting.

3.5 The names of the persons to whom the shares will be placed pursuant to the authority in Resolution 2 is not known at this stage. However, they will not include any "related party" of the Company. In other words, they will not include any director of the Company, any specified members of the family of a director of the Company, ANJ, Genview, or any other company under the control of any director (or their family) of the Company.

3.6 The new shares, when issued, will have the same rights and rank equally with the existing ordinary fully paid shares of the Company.

3.7 The intended use of the funds raised by means of the issue of shares referred to in Resolution 2 is described in paragraph 1.7 above.

Recommendation on Resolution 2

3.8 Of the directors of the Company, Mr. Chris Melloy, who represents Lion Selection Group Limited, which is likely to participate in the placement of shares being the subject of Resolution 2, does not for that reason make a recommendation in relation to Resolution 2.

3.9 Each of the remaining directors, Pieter Greeff, Ian Price, George Tahija, John Carlile and Bruce Paterson, recommends that shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 2 as it authorises a material part of the fund raising required by the Company for the purposes set out in paragraph 1.7 above.

3.10 Each of ANJ and Genview, which together hold 47.9% of the current issued share capital of the Company, have advised the Company that, if Resolution 1 (on which ANJ and Genview are not permitted to vote) is passed, they will vote in favour of Resolution 2.

Voting restrictions on Resolution 2

3.11 There are voting restrictions in relation to Resolution 2, the terms of which are set out immediately after the text of Resolution 2 in the Notice of General Meeting.

3.12 If you are a person who is likely to participate in the placement of shares (as distinct from the Share Purchase Plan which is offered to all shareholders) then that potential participant, and any associate of that potential participant, should refrain from voting on Resolution 2.

4. RESOLUTION 3: APPROVAL OF ISSUES UNDER SHARE PURCHASE PLAN

Listing Rule 7.1

4.1 Under Listing Rule 7.1 your Directors have the authority to make placements of up to 15% of the issued share capital of the Company without having to obtain shareholder approval. The purpose of Resolution 3 is to seek that approval.

4.2 As noted in paragraph 1.10 above, in theory every eligible shareholder might subscribe for their full $5,000 entitlement under the Share Purchase Plan, thereby resulting in 258,125,000 new shares having to be issued under the Share Purchase Plan.

4.3 As noted in paragraph 1.11 above, it is not known as to how many shares will need to be issued in response to the offers made to eligible shareholders under the Share Purchase Plan. Your directors seek approval in accordance with Resolution 3 so that:

(a) whatever number of shares are applied for under the Share Purchase Plan, the number of shares issued under the Plan will not "eat up" the authority of the directors to make future issues of shares of up to 15% as referred to in paragraph 4.1 above; and
(b) if the number of shares applied exceeds that 15% limit (about 55,000,000 shares) your directors may still issue all shares applied for under the Share Purchase Plan even though the total number may exceed such 15% limit.

4.4 Your directors consider it appropriate to grant such approval as:

(a) it is most unlikely that the full theoretical number of shares will need to be issued under the Share Purchase Plan; and
(b) as the offer under the Share Purchase Plan is being made to all eligible shareholders with each being entitled to take up their full $5,000 worth of shares, irrespective of the size of their respective shareholdings, there is, to some degree, fairness in the proposed issue under the Share Purchase Plan.

Terms of issue

4.5 Under Resolution 3, the maximum theoretical number of shares that might be issued is 258,125,00. Those shares will be issued at 3.2 cents per share. The shares will be issued by no later than 3 months after the date of the general meeting.

4.6 The shares offered under the Share Purchase Plan are offered only to those shareholders whose address in the register of members of the Company is a place in Australia.

4.7 The new shares, when issued, will have the same rights and rank equally with the existing ordinary fully paid shares of the Company.

4.8 The intended use of the funds raised by means of the issue of shares referred to in Resolution 3 is described in paragraph 1.7 above.

4.9 The Share Purchase Plan is being made pursuant to the Australian Securities & Investments Commission's Class Order 02/831 "Small Offers of Shares to Existing Shareholders by Listed Companies - Share Purchase Plans"

Recommendation on Resolution 3

4.10 Each of the directors of the Company recommends that shareholders vote in favour of Resolution 3 as it authorises the directors to issue shares under the Share Purchase Plan, which is for the benefit of all eligible shareholders, and it is a material part of the fund raising required by the Company for the purposes set out in paragraph 1.7 above.

4.11 Each of ANJ and Genview, which together hold 47.9% of the current issued share capital of the Company, have advised the Company that, if Resolution 1 (on which ANJ and Genview are not permitted to vote) is passed, they will not participate in the Share Purchase Plan and they will vote in favour of Resolution 3.

Voting restrictions on Resolution 3

4.12 There are voting restrictions in relation to Resolution 3, the terms of which are set out immediately after the text of Resolution 3 in the Notice of General Meeting.

4.13 If you are an eligible shareholder who is likely to participate in the Share Purchase Plan then you, and any associate of yours, should refrain from voting on Resolution 3.


25 August, 2003

Austindo Resources confirms Underwriting of Share Purchase Plan
and
Capital Raising Strategy to fund Cibaliung Gold Project
Bankable Feasibility Study

Following the Company’s recent announcement of a Shareholder Share Purchase Plan, the Company is now pleased to confirm that Austock Brokers Pty Ltd and Taylor Collison Limited have together confirmed their commitment to underwrite $1.6 million of the Company’s Share Purchase Plan.

Combined with the placement of $1.7 million to the Company’s major shareholders announced on 13 August 2003, the Company now expects to raise a total of $3.3 million in this capital raising process.

The Company completed a preliminary feasibility study of its 75% owned Cibaliung Gold Project in Banten Province, Indonesia earlier in the year based on a resource of 610,200 equivalent gold ounces.

Key findings of the preliminary feasibility study were:

  • Mine life of 6 years with a increased production rate of 220,000 tonnes per annum with recovery of gold and silver by a conventional gravity - CIL processing plant;
  • Annual production of approximately 70,000 ozs gold equivalent;
  • Initial capital estimate of some US$ 30 million;
  • Average life of mine cash operating costs of less than US$200/oz.

The Company has now commenced a Bankable Feasibility Study (“BFS”) in respect of Cibaliung Gold Project and it is anticipated that the BFS will be completed in the first half of 2004.

The proposed placement and Share Purchase Plan will place the Company in a healthy position to finalise the BFS and meet its working capital requirements while project funding for the Cibaliung Gold Project is put in place and the Company’s gold exploration interests in Victoria are advanced.

Yours sincerely



Ian L. Price
Managing Director
25 August 2003


20 August, 2003

SHAREHOLDER SHARE PURCHASE PLAN (“SPP”)

The Board of Directors of Austindo Resources Corporation NL is pleased to advise you of the opportunity to participate in its SPP. This letter sets out the terms and conditions of the offer under the SPP.

On 13 August, the Company announced that it had resolved to raise $1.7 million through the placement of 52.5 million shares at 3.2 cents. At that time, the Company indicated that it would also proceed with a SPP to provide eligible shareholders with the opportunity to participate in a further capital raising.

The SPP entitles shareholders in the Company, irrespective of the size of their shareholding, to purchase up to $5,000 worth of shares in the Company (the “Offer”). No brokerage, commission or stamp duty will apply to shareholders taking up shares under the SPP.

On 27 May 2003 the Company confirmed that it had decided to proceed with a Bankable Feasibility Study (“BFS”) on its 75% owned Cibaliung Project in Banten Province, Indonesia. The funds to be raised pursuant to this SPP are to be used to finalise the BFS and meet the Company’s working capital requirements at Cibaliung while project funding is put in place. In addition a portion of the funds will be applied to advance the Company’s interests in Victoria.

Eligible Members that wish to participate in the SPP must complete and lodge an application form together with payment for the shares they wish to subscribe for, with the Company’s share registry by Wednesday 17 September 2003. By forwarding your Application Form and cheque you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the SPP.

All shares issued under the SPP will rank equally with the existing fully paid ordinary shares of the Company and will carry the same voting rights, dividend rights and other entitlements. The Company will seek quotation of the shares issued pursuant to the SPP on the Australian Stock Exchange (“ASX”) as soon as possible or in any event, within 10 business days after allotment.


PARTICIPATION

Participation in the Plan is open to all persons registered as holders of shares in the Company as at the close of business on 25 August 2003 (the “Record Date”) who have an address (as recorded in the Company's register of members) in Australia (“Eligible Members”). The Board does not consider that it is practical to lawfully extend the Offer to shareholders in jurisdictions outside of Australia. This letter will not constitute an offer in any jurisdiction in which it would not be lawful to make such an offer or to any person to whom it would not be lawful to make such an offer.

Participation in the SPP is entirely at the discretion of Eligible Members.

An Eligible Member may apply for up to a maximum of 156,250 shares (representing $5,000.00 worth of shares) under the SPP and not less than a minimum of 15,625 shares (representing $500 worth of shares). The number of shares applied for must also be a multiple of 5.

Offers are non-renounceable, meaning that Eligible Members cannot transfer their entitlement to purchase Shares under the Offer to another person.

The Offer is being made pursuant to the Australian Securities & Investments Commission’s Class Order 02/831 “Small Offers of Shares to Existing Shareholders by Listed Companies – Share Purchase Plans” and will comply with the requirements for relief under that Class Order. Class Order 02/831 allows companies listed on ASX to make small offers of shares to existing shareholders without a prospectus.

In order to comply with the requirements of ASIC Class Order 02/831, an Eligible Member may not acquire more than 156,250 shares ($5,000.00) under the SPP in any 12 consecutive month period, taking into account all applications by the Eligible Member, including joint applications and other beneficial interests. This maximum subscription limitation will apply even if an Eligible Member has received more than one Offer (whether in respect of a joint holding or because the Eligible Member has more than one holding under separate share accounts).

By agreeing to purchase Shares under the SPP, you will agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the SPP. The Company reserves the right to reject any acceptance where there is non-compliance with this requirement or any other term of the SPP.


PRICING

The purchase price for shares under the SPP is 3.2 cents (“SPP Price”) and is equal to the price at which the Company effected a placement on 13 August 2003. The SPP Price represents an 8% discount to the weighted average traded price of the Company’s shares for the 10 trading days ended 12 August 2003, being the date immediately prior to the placement referred to above.

The market price of the Company’s shares may rise or fall between the date of the Offer and the date on which shares are allotted to you. This means that the SPP Price you pay for the shares may exceed the market price of the shares at the date of allotment of the shares under the Offer. You should obtain your own financial advice in relation to the Offer and consider price movements of the Company’s shares prior to accepting the Offer.


UNDERWRITING

The Company proposes to secure a partial underwriting of the SPP in the amount of $1.6 million and will work with both Austock Brokers Pty Ltd and Taylor Collison Limited together to achieve this subject to a formal underwriting agreement being resolved.


EXCESS SUBSCRIPTIONS AND ALLOTMENT OF SHARES

The ASX Listing Rules impose a restriction on the maximum number of shares that can be issued in any 12 month period without shareholder approval. Shareholder approval will be required if more than 55,547,589 shares are subscribed for under the SPP. Provided that the number of shares applied for under the SPP is not greater 55,547,589 the allotment of shares for all valid acceptances from Eligible Members will be made on or about 25 September 2003 (or 6 business days after the close of the Offer to allow for clearance of funds and the allotment process).

If, however applications are received for more than 55,547,589 shares, the Company will reduce the number of shares to be allotted to each applicant on a pro rata basis to ensure that the ASX Listing Rules are not breached. These shares will be allotted on or about 25 September 2003 (or 6 business days after the close of the Offer to allow for clearance of funds and the allotment process) and the Company will hold on trust the application monies for all shares that are not allotted (the “Remaining Shares”). The Company will then seek the necessary shareholder approval under the ASX Listing Rules to issue the Remaining Shares at a general meeting. A general meeting is scheduled for 7 October 2003 at which shareholders will, amongst other things, be asked to consider approval of the issue of shares pursuant to this SPP.

If shareholder approval to the issue of the Remaining Shares subscribed for under the SPP is obtained at the general meeting, the Company will allot all these shares within 6 business days of obtaining that approval. However, if shareholder approval is not obtained at that meeting, all application monies for the Remaining Shares will be returned to the applicants (without interest) within 6 business days of the general meeting.


LODGEMENT INSTRUCTIONS

If you are an Eligible Member and would like to participate in the SPP, please return your completed Application Form, together with your cheque for the subscription amount, in the envelope provided to reach Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited on or before the

CLOSING DATE OF 5PM EST ON WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2003.

Your completed form may be mailed or delivered to Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited:

Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited
Level 5, 115 Grenfell Street GPO Box 1903
ADELAIDE SA 5000 ADELAIDE SA 5001

Once an application has been made it cannot be revoked. Subject to any scale back, valid applications will be taken to have been accepted on the Closing Date.


DECLARATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

By forwarding a cheque and completing the Application Form, you:

  • acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the SPP;
  • agree to accept any lesser number of Shares than the number of Shares applied for;
  • confirm that the total cost of all shares purchased by you (including through joint
    and beneficial holdings) under the SPP and any similar offer in the 12 months prior to this application does not exceed $5,000; and
  • agree to be bound by the constitution of Austindo Resources Corporation NL in respect of the Shares issued to you.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The SPP will be administered by the Board of Austindo Resources Corporation NL and the Board will have an absolute discretion to:

  • determine appropriate procedures for administration of the Plan; and
  • resolve conclusively any difficulties, anomalies or disputes which may arise in connection with or by reason of the operation of the SPP whether generally or in relation to any participating Eligible Member, or application for Shares, and any such resolution will be binding on all participants and other persons to whom the resolution relates.

The SPP and these terms and conditions of the SPP may be suspended, terminated or amended at any time by the Board. The Board may extend the Closing Date if it determines this to be appropriate.

The Board reserves the right to refuse an application if it considers that the applicant is not an Eligible Member or has not otherwise complied with the terms of the SPP. If an application is refused then application monies received will be refunded to the applicant without interest.

ANY QUERIES?

If you have any queries concerning the SPP, contact either of the following:

Andrew Cooke - Company Secretary on 02 9415 6344;

or

Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited on 1300 556 161.

For and on behalf of Austindo Resources Corporation NL



Ian L. Price
Managing Director


13 August, 2003

Austindo Resources to raise up to $1.7 million by placement
and
offer Share Purchase Plan to existing shareholders

Austindo Resources Corporation NL (“ARX”) has resolved to proceed with a placement of up to 52.5 million shares at 3.2 cents per share to raise additional working capital of $1.7 million which will fund the Company through and beyond the completion of its Bankable Feasibility Study (“BFS”) in respect of its 75% owned Cibaliung Gold Project in Banten Province, Indonesia.

The Board is also pleased to confirm that it has resolved to offer shareholders as at 20 August 2003 the opportunity to participate in a Share Purchase Plan. Details of the Share Purchase Plan will be confirmed on or before 20 August 2003.

The placement will be made to the Company’s major shareholder and interests associated with some of the directors of the Company and accordingly, will be subject to shareholder approval.

PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya and associates (“ANJ”), which currently hold 47.9% of the issued capital of the Company, will subscribe for up to 33.0 million shares ($1,056,000).

Mr. George Tahija, the President Director of ANJ and a Non-Executive Director of the Company, has confirmed that ANJ remains extremely confident in the Company’s Cibaliung project in Indonesia and its prospect of adding significant value to the Company.

Mr. Pieter Greeff - the Chairman of the Company, and Mr. John Carlile - a Non-Executive Director, have also indicated that, subject to shareholder approval, they intend to participate in the placement.

The placement will also be offered to other major shareholders of the Company and potentially to new investors identified by the Board. The placement will be completed following shareholder approval. A general meeting to consider this proposal is scheduled to be held on 30 September 2003.

The Company has previously confirmed that it is proceeding with a BFS on the Cibaliung project.

A preliminary feasibility study recently undertaken by the Company was based on a resource of 610,200 equivalent gold ounces announced by the Company on 28 April 2003.

Key findings of the preliminary feasibility study were:

  • Mine life of 6 years with a increased production rate of 220,000 tonnes per annum with recovery of gold and silver by a conventional gravity - CIL processing plant;

  • Annual production of approximately 70,000 ozs gold equivalent;

  • Initial capital estimate of some US$ 30 million;

  • Average life of mine cash operating costs of less than US$200/oz.

It is anticipated that the BFS will be completed in the first half of 2004.

The proposed placement and Share Purchase Plan will place the Company in a healthy position to finalise the BFS and meet its working capital requirements while project funding for the Cibaliung project is put in place and the Company’s interests in Victoria are advanced.


Yours sincerely

Ian L. Price
Managing Director


06 June, 2003

June 2003 Update

Following our Annual General Meeting, which was held in Melbourne on 27th May 2003, I am pleased to provide you with an update in respect of the Company’s key projects.

Highlights

Cibaliung Gold Project – Indonesia:

  • On 28th April 2003 the Company announced that the resource at Cibaliung had been increased to 610,200 equivalent gold ounces (previously 435,000 equivalent gold ounces).

  • On 27th May 2003 the Company announced that it had decided to commence immediately the Bankable Feasibility Study.

Cibaliung Gold Project – Banten Province, western Java, Indonesia

The Company holds a 75% interest in the Cibaliung Gold Project, which is a high grade epithermal gold vein system located 150km south west of Jakarta. The Company has recently announced an increase in the resources at Cibaliung and completed an updated preliminary feasibility study. The new resources amount to 1.21 Million tonnes @ 10.3 g/t gold and 88 g/t silver (Measured + Indicated) and 0.58 Million tonnes @ 8.3 g/t gold and 64 g/t silver (Inferred). These increased resources underpin the updated study along with improvements to the mining plan and a reduction in estimated costs.

Coupled with an improved US$ gold price, the updated preliminary feasibility study has given the Company a renewed confidence in the Cibaliung Gold Project. The Company expects to complete a bankable feasibility study within the first half of 2004.

Key findings of the updated preliminary feasibility study are:

  • Mine life of 6 years with a increased production rate of 220,000 tonnes per annum with recovery of gold and silver by a conventional gravity - CIL processing plant;

  • Annual production of approximately 70,000 ozs gold equivalent;

  • Initial capital estimate of some US$ 30 million;

  • Average life of mine cash operating costs of less than US$200/oz.

Mount Alexander Goldfields, Raywood and Sebastian Prospects – central Victoria

It is also pleasing to report that, as a result of investigations to identify new opportunities, the Company was successful in acquiring Mt Alexander Goldfields NL (“MAG”) in July 2002. MAG holds tenements to the south of the Bendigo goldfields in Victoria, and since acquisition, has also been successful in securing options over the Raywood and Sebastian prospects to the north of this famous gold district. Over 30 million ounces of gold have been produced from this area and it is acknowledged by the mining industry as highly prospective.

The Company’s aims in Victoria are to identify gold targets for drill testing at the earliest opportunity and to complete a project assessment to assist in determining options for the advancement of these prospects. The exploration targets are multiple shallow repeats of the Bendigo gold mines that typically contain 0.25 to 0.5 million ounces. Review of the historical database is yielding new information to prepare geological models to predict the position of likely new gold deposits within these project areas. Typical production grades for the quartz reefs in this area were 12 to 15 g/t gold.

The Company’s involvement in Victoria is a significant and positive achievement and one which has the prospect of advancing to feasibility in the medium to longer term.

With these developments your Company now holds projects in Indonesia and Australia which have both been materially advanced. Cibaliung offers the prospect of achieving the transition from explorer to producer in the medium term while our activities in Victoria through MAG represent an exciting new phase for the Company.

Annual General Meeting

This year for the first time the Company’s Annual General Meeting was held in Melbourne. This reflects the re-location of the head office to Melbourne following the Company’s acquisition of Mount Alexander Goldfields NL and the appointment of a new Managing Director Mr Ian Price. Ian is a mining engineer with over 30 years experience in operating mines and in developing new projects and he has been instrumental in leading the technical team that has now developed the Cibaliung project through to commencement of Bankable Feasibility.

I am pleased to also report that all motions were passed at the AGM and I acknowledge with gratitude the continuing support of our many shareholders.

I encourage you to view more details regarding the Company’s projects and all of the latest releases by the Company at our website: www.austindoresources.com.au

Yours sincerely


Pieter W. Greeff
Chairman


28 May, 2003

Outcome of Annual General Meeting

The Company’s Annual General Meeting was held in Melbourne on 27 May 2003 in accordance with the Notice of Meeting issued to all shareholders.

The resolution to elect Mr. Ian L. Price as a director of the Company was passed by a show of hands.

Proxy details in respect of this resolution were as follows :

    (i) there were 264,624,185 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy vote for the resolution;
    (ii) there were 31,232 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy vote against the resolution;
    (iii) there were 814 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy abstain on the resolution;
    (iv) there were 259,400 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy may vote at the proxy’s discretion;

The resolution to re-elect Mr. John C. Carlile as a director of the Company was passed by a show of hands.

Proxy details in respect of this resolution were as follows :

    (i) there were 264,634,317 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy vote for the resolution;
    (ii) there were 21,100 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy vote against the resolution;
    (iii) there were 814 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy abstain on the resolution;
    (iv) there were 259,400 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy may vote at the proxy’s discretion;

Resolution 4 as set our in the Notice of Meeting to approve the granting of 4,000,000 Options to Mr. Ian L. Price was passed by a show of hands.

Proxy details in respect of this resolution were as follows :

    (i) there were 264,492,736 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy vote for the resolution;
    (ii) there were 152,540 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy vote against the resolution;
    (iii) there were 10,955 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy abstain on the resolution;
    (iv) there were 259,400 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy may vote at the proxy’s discretion;

Resolution 5 as set our in the Notice of Meeting to approve of the issue of Convertible Notes to PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya was passed by a show of hands.

Proxy details in respect of this resolution were as follows :

    (i) there were 91,923,721 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy vote for the resolution;
    (ii) there were 50,132 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy vote against the resolution;
    (iii) there were 2,134 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy abstain on the resolution;
    (iv) there were 259,400 proxy votes in respect of which the appointments specified that the proxy may vote at the proxy’s discretion;

Yours sincerely


Andrew J Cooke
Company Secretary


27 May, 2003

Chairman’s Address to Annual General Meeting

The following address is to be presented by Mr. Pieter Greeff to the Company’s Annual General Meeting to be held today and is announced in accordance with Listing Rule 3.13.3:

“Following my appointment as Chairman in March of this year I am delighted to have the opportunity to Chair this Annual General Meeting and to advise you of the achievements of Austindo Resources Corporation NL during the past year.

Before doing so I would like to recognise the contributions of Mr. George Tahija who has guided the development of the Company since early 1998 when PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya (“ANJ”) of Indonesia first became a substantial shareholder. Under George’s Chairmanship the Company has acquired the Cibaliung gold project in western Java and advanced this project to the preliminary feasibility stage during a period of great upheaval and economic crisis in Indonesia.

George has always been the first to acknowledge the difficult realities of doing business in Indonesia, and equally he has always maintained a confidence in the people and the resources of Indonesia. George will remain on the Board as a non-executive director and has re-affirmed the commitment of ANJ to the Company as it takes the next steps towards achieving producer status.

I would also like to acknowledge the contribution and support of the other directors and company secretary during the last 12 months. I can assure you your Board has the necessary skills and willpower to take your company to the next step of becoming a gold producer
The Cibaliung project has and will remain the principal focus of the Company. Building on work undertaken during 2002, the Company has recently announced a significant increase in the resource at Cibaliung and has updated the 2002 preliminary feasibility study. Based on this study, the Company has resolved to proceed to bankable feasibility to be completed in the first half of 2004.

It is also pleasing to report that as a result of investigations to identify new opportunities the Company was successful in acquiring Mt Alexander Goldfields NL (“MAG”) which holds tenements to the south of the Bendigo goldfields in Victoria. Since acquisition, we have also been successful in securing options over the Raywood and Sebastian prospects to the north of this famous gold district.

The Company’s aims in Victoria are to identify targets for drill testing at the earliest opportunity and to complete a project assessment to assist in determining options for the advancement of this project. Our involvement in Victoria is a significant and positive achievement for your Company, one which has the prospect of advancing to feasibility in the medium to longer term.

I am also very pleased to report that Mr. Ian Price was appointed Managing Director of the Company in November 2002 in recognition of the Cibaliung project advancing towards production in Indonesia and the Company’s new focus on Victoria. Mr. Price, who is based in Melbourne, has 30 years experience working as a Mining Engineer in both underground and open cut mines and brings valuable operational and project development experience to the Company.

Mr. Price takes over as Managing Director from Mr. John Carlile who managed the Company since early 1998. John’s exploration drive was responsible for the Company’s success in acquiring both the Cibaliung project in Indonesia and MAG in Victoria and I am pleased that John has agreed to continue lending his expertise as a non-executive director of your Board.

With these developments your Company is now in a very different position from 12 months ago. As a result of our successes we now have projects in Indonesia and Australia which have both been advanced. Cibaliung offers the prospect of achieving the transition from explorer to producer in the medium term while our activities in Victoria through MAG represent an exciting new phase for the Company.”


Yours sincerely


Andrew J. Cooke
Company Secretary


27 May, 2003

Cibaliung Gold Project, Indonesia - Bankable Feasibility

Austindo Resources Corporation NL has decided to proceed with a Bankable Feasibility Study (“BFS”) on its 75% owned Cibaliung Gold Project in Banten Province, Indonesia.

The decision is based on an updated preliminary feasibility study which suggests a potentially economic project with upside derived from either a higher gold price or increases in the mineable resource from extensions down dip and along strike of the Cibitung and Cikoneng shoots.

The study is based on a resource of 610,200 equivalent gold ounces announced by the Company on 28 April 2003, an improved mining plan and reduced operating costs.

Key findings of the updated study are:

  • Mine life of 6 years with a increased production rate of 220,000 tonnes per annum with recovery of gold and silver by a conventional gravity - CIL processing plant;

  • Annual production of approximately 70,000 ozs gold equivalent;

  • Initial capital estimate of some US$ 30 million;

  • Average life of mine cash operating costs of less than US$200/oz.

The Bankable Feasibility Study will be completed in the first half of 2004.

Yours sincerely

Andrew J. Cooke
Company Secretary


12 May, 2003

Appendix 3Y

Change of Director's Interest Notice

Introduced 30/9/2001.
Rule 3.19A.2

Appendix 3Y

Change of Director's Interest Notice

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.

Name of entity AUSTINDO RESOURCES CORPORATION NL
ABN 48 002 678 640

We (the entity) give ASX the following information under listing rule 3.19A.2 and as agent for the director for the purposes of section 205G of the Corporations Act.

Name of Director

Bruce J. Paterson
Date of last notice
7 January 2002

Part 1 - Change of director's relevant interests in securities
In the case of a trust, this includes interests in the trust made available by the responsible entity of the trust

Direct or indirect interest
Indirect
Nature of indirect interest
(including registered holder)
Note: Provide details of the circumstances giving rise to the relevant interest.
Shares held by Newdore Investments Pty Ltd as trustee of the Bruce J. Paterson Pty Super Fund in which Mr. Paterson has a relevant interest
Date of change
7 May 2003
No. of securities held prior to change
102,678 Ordinary Shares held Indirectly
500,000 Options @ 7 cents - expiry date of 22 May 2006 held Indirectly
Class
Ordinary
Number acquired
443,844
Number disposed
-
Value/Consideration
Note: If consideration is non-cash, provide details and estimated valuation
Average price of 2.5 cents per share
No. of securities held after change
546,522 Ordinary Shares held Indirectly
500,000 Options @ 7 cents - expiry date of 22 May 2006 held Indirectly
Nature of change
Example: on-market trade, off-market trade, exercise of options, issue of securities under dividend reinvestment plan, participation in buy-back

On Market Trade

Part 2 - Change of director's interests in contracts

Detail of contract

Nature of interest


Name of registered holder
(if issued securities)

Date of change

No. and class of securities to which interest related prior to change
Note: Details are only required for a contract in relation to which the interest has changed

Interest acquired

Interest disposed

Value/Consideration
Note: If consideration is non-cash, provide details and an estimated valuation

Interest after change

Date of Notice: 12 May 2003


29 April, 2003

Appendix 5B
Mining exploration entity quarterly report

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28 April, 2003

INCREASED RESOURCES AT CIBALIUNG GOLD PROJECT, INDONESIA

The resources estimated for the Company's Indonesian Cibaliung Gold Project have been updated following additional infill and extension drilling, comprising 14 new drill holes, completed in early 2003.

The new resources amount to 610,200 equivalent gold ounces, as indicated in the table on the following page, and contain 31% more gold and silver than the previous estimate.

The previous resources (July 2001) were classified under the JORC Code as 36% Indicated and 64% Inferred. Confidence in the new resource estimates has improved with 38% now classified as Measured, 29% Indicated and 33% as Inferred.

The Company has previously announced that it is undertaking a review of its 2002 Pre-feasibility Study. That study showed the project's economics might be improved through increased resources and that further exploration was required. As noted above, that drilling has now been done and has resulted in a significantly increased resource.

Work is now proceeding on the revised PFS using the newly estimated resources as the basis of a new mining plan and revision of the project's costs. This work should be completed by June 2003 and will enable the Board of Directors to make a decision on whether to proceed to full feasibility study.

The Cibaliung Gold Project is located in the Province of Banten in west Java, Indonesia, approximately 150 kilometres south west of Jakarta. The Company's joint venture partner in the project is International Antam Resources Ltd, a majority owned subsidiary of the Indonesian Government's mining company PT Aneka Tambang (Persero). The Company presently holds a 74% interest in the joint venture.

ESTIMATED RESOURCES CIBALIUNG PROJECT - April 2003


Tonnes
Silver
Grade

g/t
Gold
Grade

g/t
Contained
Silver
Million
Ounces
Contained
Gold

Ounces
Contained
Equivalent
Gold (1)
Ounces

Cikoneng Shoot

Measured
Indicated
Inferred
Total



297,000
352,000
219,000
868,000


100
83
90
91


13.2
8.5
8.7
10.1


0.95
0.94
0.63
2.52


126,500
95,600
61,100
283,200


138,000
106,900
68,700
313,600

Cibitung Shoot

Measured
Indicated
Inferred
Total



386,000
175,000
361,000
922,000


78
103
48
71


10.1
9.2
8.1
9.1


0.96
0.58
0.56
2.10


125,800
51,900
93,600
271,300


137,400
58,900
100,300
296,600

Measured and
Indicated Total


1,210,000

88

10.3

3.43

399,800

441,200

Measured, Indicated and Inferred Total


1,790,000


80


9.6


4.62


554,500


610,200

Notes to the Estimated Resources:

    (1) Gold equivalence of silver is calculated based on a gold price of US$325/oz, a silver price of US$4.50/oz, metallurgical recovery of gold of 92% and metallurgical recovery of silver of 80%.
    (2) The resources have been estimated using a cut off grade of 3 g/t for gold. No top cut on gold grades.
    (3) The estimated resources are based on 21,418 metres of triple tube diamond core drilling in 88 holes.
    (4) The resources estimates have been prepared and reported by Mr. Dmitry Pertel of Micromine Consulting, a division of Micromine Proprietary Limited, in accordance with the requirements of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Identified Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves 1999 and he is a Member of Australian Institute of Geoscientists and a competent person as required by the code. Mr. Pertel has consented in writing to the inclusion of the estimated resource information in the form and context in which it appears herein.
    (5) Values have been rounded in the above table.



Ian L. Price
Managing Director & CEO


19 March, 2003

Mr. Pieter Greeff appointed Chairman of Board of
Austindo Resources Corporation NL

Austindo Resources Corporation N.L. is pleased to advise that Mr. Pieter Greeff has been appointed as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company.

Mr. Greeff’s appointment follows the resignation of Mr. George Tahija as Chairman due to commitments in Indonesia and in recognition of the new phase of development that the Company is moving into.

The Directors acknowledge with gratitude the many contributions that Mr. Tahija has made as Chairman of the Company since 1998. Mr. Tahija will continue as a Non-Executive Director of the Company and has re-affirmed the commitment of PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya, as major shareholder, in support of the direction of the Company and its projects in both Indonesia and Australia.

Mr. Greeff, who has been a director of the company since March 2001, holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Mining) from Pretoria University in South Africa and a Masters of Engineering from McGill University in Canada. He is a Fellow of The Aus.I.M.M and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has over 30 years of operating and development experience as a mining engineer in Australia and overseas, having held senior executive positions with a number of major mining companies during that period. Mr. Greeff is also non-executive Chairman of Westonia Mines Ltd.

Mr. Greeff’s appointment as Chairman comes as the Company’s two key assets – the Cibaliung Gold Project in the province of Banten, Indonesia and the Mt. Alexander Goldfields Project in Victoria both move into new phases of development.

For further details contact: Ian L. Price,
Managing Director & CEO
Austindo Resources Corporation NL
Tel: +(61 3) 9620 3110
Fax: +(61 3) 9620 3123
iprice@arx.net.au


24 February, 2003

ARX renegotiates Convertible Notes

Austindo Resources Corporation NL (“ARX”) is pleased to advise that, subject to shareholder approval, it has reached agreement with PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya (“ANJ”) regarding the 8,181,818 convertible notes held by ANJ and which are due for redemption in cash for the sum of $900,000 on 28 February 2003.

It has been agreed that ARX will not redeem these Convertible Notes on 28 February 2003 and that ANJ will accept deferred payment of the amount owing (A$900,000) until 30 June 2003.

Further ARX will seek shareholder approval to grant new Convertible Notes to ANJ at the Company’s next Annual General Meeting to be held on 27 May 2003.

The new Convertible Notes will be the same as the existing Convertible Notes except for the following:

  • the number of notes will be increased to 16,363,636 at a subscription price of A$0.055 equating to and extinguishing the deferred payment of A$900,000 owing to ANJ;
  • the interest rate will be decreased to the 180 day Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate plus a margin of 1.0%;
  • the new Convertible Notes will be convertible into ordinary shares in the capital of ARX (at a subscription price of A$0.055) up to and including 30 June 2005.

Shareholder approval for the issue of new Convertible Notes to ANJ will be required in respect of ASX Listing Rule 10.11.

The restructuring of the Convertible Notes represents a further significant investment by ANJ in the future of the Company and reflects ANJ’s continuing support and faith in the future direction of the Company.

For further details contact: Ian L. Price,
Managing Director & CEO
Austindo Resources Corporation NL
Tel: +(61 3) 9620 3110
Fax: +(61 3) 9620 3123
iprice@arx.net.au


23 January, 2003

Mr. Bob Barton resigns from Board of Directors

Austindo Resources Corporation N.L. regrets to advise that Mr. Bob Barton has resigned as a Director of the Company. Mr. Barton’s resignation follows his decision to withdraw from business activities in Indonesia.

The Directors acknowledge with gratitude the many contributions that Mr. Barton has made over recent years and the experience that he brought to the Board.

For further details contact: Ian L. Price,
Managing Director & CEO
Austindo Resources Corporation NL

Tel: +(61 3) 9620 3110
Fax: +(61 3) 9620 3123
iprice@arx.net.au


17 January, 2003

Quarterly Report - Three months ending 31 December, 2002

HIGHLIGHTS

Cibaliung Project - Banten, Indonesia

  • Regional exploration encouragement with high grade channel sample, 0.6m at 11.8 g/t Au, from trenching at north part of Rorah Kadal prospect.

  • First scout drill hole at Rorah Kadal, AC-053, returned significant vein intercepts (>3 g/t Au cut-off) of 1m @ 5.4 g/t Au & 44 g/t Ag from 70.8m and 0.85m @ 9.8 g/t Au & 84 g/t Ag from 76.1m.

  • Four extension drill holes completed for 1,518m at Cibitung and Cikoneng deposits. Drill hole AC-049 extended the strike of mineralization at the base of Cibitung shoot to the north with significant intercept of 5m @ 4.8 g/t Au & 93 g/t Ag from 330.8m. Drill hole AC-51 extended the strike of mineralization at the base of Cikoneng shoot to the south with significant intercept of 1.9m @ 17.7 g/t Au & 390 g/t Ag from 377.9m.

  • Revision of Pre-Feasibility study commenced to account for updated geological interpretation based on extension drilling and revised cut-off grades due to 15% increase in gold price.

Mt Alexander Goldfields - Victoria, Australia

  • Compilation and interpretation of data commenced for both project areas and field exploration work to start early in Q1- 2003.

Corporate

  • Appointment of new Managing Director & CEO.

Expenditure

  • Exploration expenditure during the quarter was A$498,965

For details, click here.


16 January, 2003

New Principal Place of Business and Registered Office

Following the Company’s diversification into exploration in Victoria around the Castlemaine and Bendigo goldfields and the recent appointment of Mr. Ian Price to the position of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, the Company is pleased to advise that it has now established its principal place of business in Melbourne.

Contact details for Mr. Price and the Company are as follows:

    Level 13
    303 Collins Street
    Melbourne Victoria 3000

    Telephone (+61 3) 9620 3110
    Facsimile (+61 3) 9620-3123
    Email iprice@arx.net.au

In addition the Company has relocated its Registered Office to:

    c/- Abbott Tout, Level 42 MLC Centre,
    19-29 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000

The Company’s immediate priorities are to advance the preliminary feasibility study in respect of the Cibaliung Gold Project in Indonesia and to progress the data compilation, target prioritisation and exploration of its properties around the Castlemaine and Bendigo goldfields, in Victoria.


Yours sincerely


Andrew J Cooke
Company Secretary


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