Continuing with extracts from Vivek Wadhwa 2014 presentation, "Get Ready for The Next Wave of Tech Disruptions" in which he outlines a number of personal observations that if true will lead us all closer to a Brave New World. Over the last 3 Months we have looked at his predicted future for Manufacturing, Finance, Health Care. and the energy industry. For the last of his predictions, he looks at the communications industry.

Southern Gold Limited was listed on the ASX in April 2005. The initial focus was on gold exploration around the Challenger Mine in South Australia, nickel at Bulong South, uranium/base metals in the Gawler Craton and gold and gold/copper in the Lachlan Fold Belt. The Company later added exploration tenements in Cambodia to its asset base. The bulk of these assets have now been disposed of, allowing the Company to concentrate on the Bulong gold assets.

Kibaran is an ASX-listed graphite explorer and developer, concentrating efforts in southern Tanzania. The key project is the Epanko Graphite Project. The second project, Merelani-Arusha, is located adjacent to the previously operated Merelani Graphite Mine. This is viewed as a potential second mine, with the Company now to commence a Pre-Feasibility Study. Kibaran is also actively investigating the opportunity for value add operations in Dar es Salaam, including the production of spherical and expanded graphite to supply the expected increased demand for these products.

Aurora Minerals Limited is a Perth based ASX-listed junior exploration company with a strategy of growth through direct investments in other ASX-listed junior exploration companies. As part of the strategy Aurora also facilitates funding via loans to associates. Investments to date include Predictive Discovery, 43.9%, Golden Rim Resources, 13.4% and Peninsula Mines, 37.5%.

St. George Mining Limited is an Australian based junior explorer focussing activities on nickel sulphide and gold in the Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia. The key project is East Laverton, located over greenstones in the North-eastern goldfields, 230km southeast of Laverton, and hitherto relatively under-explored for komatiite hosted nickel sulphide mineralisation.

Transerv, which has been involved in the Warro Gas Field since the mid-2000ís, is spudding the first of two appraisal wells in the current programme on this very exciting undeveloped field with partner Alcoa, who are earning 65% through the expenditure of $100 million. The wells are designed to test flows and potential commercially of the target Yarragadee Formation, a tight sand formation that will require fracture stimulation. These holes follow up from the two previous stimulated appraisal wells which flowed appreciable gas.

TNG has now met key milestones on the commercialisation of its Mount Peake V-Ti-Fe Project in the Northern Territory of Australia. These include the completion of the Definitive Feasibility Study, which has incorporated results from the successful TIVAN pilot scale testwork. The testwork has returned very positive results, including enhanced product quality. This includes the potential to produce a TiO2 concentrate suitable for upgrading on site to a higher value pigment grade product, significantly enhancing project economics.

In Hayes Creek, Phoenix has a potentially very robust short term development opportunity in a proven mining district well served by infrastructure. Mineralisation at the known Iron Blow and Mt Bonnie VMS deposits is high grade - amongst the highest of any ASX-listed companies with poly-metallic projects, and preliminary metallurgical work on these commonly problematic styles of mineralisation has returned positive results.

Development of Orinoco's 70% held Cascavel Gold Project in Brazil is now well advanced, with activities running on schedule for plant commissioning in January 2016. The modular plant is being constructed by the Australian based Gekko Systems. Metallurgical testwork by Gekko has returned excellent results, indicating ~90% recoveries to a high grade concentrate through a simple gravity circuit and a coarse 600µm grind. Recent months have seen key developments, including siting the processing plant at Cascavel rather than Sertao as initially planned, a moved that has significant logistical and financial benefits.

Significant achievements in a very short time frame - acquisition of Leonora Gold Project a potential company maker.