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PERTH, Australia, Oct. 3, 2018 /CNW/ - LeadFX Inc. ("LeadFX" or the "Company") (TSX: LFX) is pleased to announce that, at its special meeting of the shareholders held today (the "Meeting"), holders (the "Shareholders") of common shares of LeadFX (the "Common Shares") approved the proposed going private transaction, to be completed via an arrangement (the "Arrangement") under a statutory plan of arrangement (the "Plan of Arrangement") pursuant to section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act.

The Arrangement was approved by 96.48% of the 66,745,353 votes cast by Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting.

The Arrangement will involve, among other things, a share consolidation on the basis of 5,000,000 pre-consolidation Common Shares to one (1) post-consolidation Common Share. Shareholders of the Company who receive less than one (1) whole post-consolidation Common Share will have their Common Share purchased by the Company at a price of $1.00 in cash (the "Cash Consideration") per each Common Share held by them immediately prior to the consolidation.

Following the date of closing, it is anticipated that InCoR Energy Materials Ltd., Sentient Executive GP III, Limited and Sentient Executive GP IV, Limited will hold all of the issued and outstanding post-consolidation Common Shares of the Company. In order to receive the Cash Consideration in exchange for their Common Shares, registered Shareholders must complete, sign, date and return the Letter of Transmittal that was mailed to each registered Shareholder. The Letter of Transmittal is also available (i) from LeadFX's depositary, Computershare Investor Services Inc., that can be contacted by telephone at: 1 (800) 564-6253 (North American Toll Free) / 1 (514) 564-7555 (Overseas) or by e-mail at: [email protected] or (ii) on SEDAR under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com.

Further details regarding the Arrangement can be found in the Company's Management Information Circular dated August 10, 2018 (the "Circular"), which includes the full text of the Plan of Arrangement, attached as Schedule B to the Circular. The Circular was mailed to the Shareholders on August 17, 2018 and is also available on SEDAR under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com.

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SOURCE LeadFX Inc.

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