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Alpha HPA The Manager Companies ASX Limited 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000 ASX : A4N ASX Announcement 21 April 2021 REPORT ON ACTIVITIES FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 HIGHLIGHTS HPA FIRST PROJECT RECEIVES QLD GOVERNMENT MCU APPROVAL ■ Approval received from the Queensland Government Office of the Co - Ordinator General ( ' OCG ' ) for Alpha's Gladstone State Development Area ( ' GSDA ' ) application ( Development Permit ) for a Material Change of Use ( ' MCU ' ) and construction of a high purity alumina processing plant . SUCCESSFUL SAPPHIRE GLASS PRODUCTION BY ALOX TECHNOLOGY ■ ■ Using Alpha's HPA pellets , ALOX Technology successfully completed growth of a ~ 90kg high - quality single crystal sapphire boule , with good clarity colour and no defects . Alpha and ALOX are now in discussions on the commercial supply of HPA pellets . A further 200kg of HPA pellets are to be delivered to ALOX this year . MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH SAINT GOBAIN ■ ■ Alpha and Saint Gobain to work towards continued product evaluation and commercial supply agreements across the full range of Alpha's high purity aluminium products . Includes provision for new product development and shared intellectual property . ■ Potential for future co - investment between Alpha and Saint Gobain . CONTINUED ACCELERATION OF GLOBAL PRODUCT OUTREACH ■ ■ 6 product orders received from Saint Gobain with a further 3 product orders in development . 4 individual product orders received and shipped to a major German LED lighting company . Micro - LED technology trend driving interest in Alpha's HPA and Al - Precursor # 1 . EXPANDED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ■ HPA purity from production runs now reaching 99.9986 % purity . Successful development of sub 1 - micron HPA powder for Li - B cathode applications . Continued purity improvement on Al - cathode pre - cursor ( Al - precursor # 2 ) . Product development underway for Japanese ceramics counterparty and lithium - ion battery cathode developer . Managing Director , Rimas Kairaitis , commented ; " The March 2021 quarter has been an extremely active period for the Company with a number of important milestones achieved . The end - user interest in Alpha's high purity product range continues to build as the customer outreach program matures . " Alpha HPA Limited | ABN 79 106 879 690 | Level 2 , 66 Hunter Street Sydney , NSW 2000 Phone : +61 2 9300 3310 | Facsimile : +61 2 9221 6333 | www.alphahpa.com.au