Hiroyuki Orihara Captain of the humble Samura Asteroid Mining vessel Dobutia Maru and sub-division Niobium mining lead.

Reporting in to the honourable Torishimariyaku of Resource Management and interim head of Resource Acquisition: Mr. Nao Koshimura

I am deeply encouraged to report that we have made substantive progress in the last two days, we have now constructed the Niobium Refining facility onboard Miyazaki and I currently have our crew working overtime to finish the creation of a storage depot ahead of our deadline. I trust this will be most welcome news to yourself Mr Koshimura-san as well as our shareholders.

While there is still much to be done in supplying materials for general construction and repairs we are hopeful that we will be able to initiate mining efforts within the week.

I will provide further updates as soon as practical for your review. Once we are fully operational it would be my honour to host you for and our esteemed executive committee for a formal facility opening, If you are agreeable I will arrange a special charter of the Hayate.Kyuko to deliver an ample supply of Sake from New Tokyo.

Hiroyuki Orihara reporting in to Mr. Koshimura-san.

It is my pleasure to report that we remain ahead of schedule with Miyazaki Refinery.
Our dedicated Samura Construction division work crew's have completed and installed the following modules which are now fully operational:

• Bulk Storage Module
  
• Hydroponics Bay
  
• Niobium Refinery
  

It is also my privilege to report to you that we arranged for our first shipment of 5000 Niobium to be handed over to the transportation and logistics division, where just this morning, the Samura vessel Yokosuka Maru delivered the Niobium cargo to Xuanming Trade Center. It's my understanding that the commerce division are waiting for the next shipment (to maintain stocks) before listing the Niobium for sale, but this does however represent an important milestone.

While the modules are operational, work remains ongoing to shore up the construction of the non-business critical areas of the station and to this end we continue to coordinate daily deliveries from our associates in Tsushima Depot.

I will update you once again when the commerce division has listed the refined Niobium for sale and/or when the base construction is finalised.

Until them Koshimura-san, please find the following promotional materials documenting the milestone of the first delivery

Hiroyuki Orihara reporting to the Torishimariyaku of Resource Management Mr.Koshimura-san

I am delighted to inform you that in collaboration with the transport and logistics division we have now supplied an initial shipment of 20,000 units of Niobium to Xuanming Trade Center.

The commerce division has decided to initially test the market with the Niobium at a price of 80 per unit.

The calculated the margins our customers can expect to make on a number of key trading routes has been circulated to our key accounts:

• Planet Hamburg - Buying Niobium for 80, Selling for 192 - profit margin of 112
  
• Planet Houston - Buying Niobium for 80, Selling for 182 - profit margin of 102
  
• Planet Denver - Buying Niobium for 80, Selling for 160 - profit margin of 80
  

We are hopeful the commercial opportunities to our customers will entice them to make Xuanming Trade Center the one stop shop for all their Niobium (and Platinum) needs.

Hiroyuki Orihara here of the Niobium Mining sub-division of the Resource Acquisition department of Samura Heavy Industries

This is a public notice that, after careful review, the esteemed Torishimariyaku of Resource Management Mr. Koshimura-san has graciously approved the opening of applications for external Niobium mining subcontractors. Applicants will be vetted in accordance with Samura Heavy Industries Human Resources guidelines.

The external comms have been updated to reflect this change in policy.