Statement re Appointment

    Date: 27 JUNE 2006


                                   MICROFUZE INTERNATIONAL PLC (MFZ)
                                 TO INVEST IN "COOL PLASMA" TECHNOLOGY
                                                   
MicroFuze International plc today announces the appointment of Professor Nguyen Tran as consultant  to
research and test "cool plasma" technology for creating metal infused coatings using microwaves  which
could,  if  successful,  extend  the existing range of metals to which Microwave  Diffusion  Treatment
("MDT")  is  applied  to include aluminium and magnesium.  MicroFuze's existing patented  MDT  creates
alloys by diffusing metals in a microwave.  For metals such as magnesium and aluminium with relatively
low  melting  temperatures, working in a cooler environment is essential for making an  "alloy"  layer
without damaging the target metal.

Professor Tran, who is a leading authority in microwave engineering and in microwave plasma and  metal
treatment  technology  in  particular, believes that high temperature is not  needed  for  some  metal
diffusion  to  take place.  He says: "I am looking forward to working with a progressive company  like
MicroFuze and further developing the technology for new applications."

Doug  Parrish, CEO of MicroFuze, said: "The consultancy agreement with Professor Tran is very exciting
as  the  company builds and further extends its technology base.  If through Professor Tran's work  we
can  successfully diffuse metals or other material into another metal at lower temperatures, then this
opens  up  many  opportunities  for metals that have previously been  untreatable  using  conventional
methods, and certain industrial applications previously considered impossible."

The  defence  industries, in particular, have expressed a keen interest in these prospects.  Corrosion
protection for critical, expensive, and previously susceptible components has enormous potential value
for  equipment  operating  in  harsh and remote environments. More conventional  applications  in  the
commercial maritime and airline industries are obvious extensions to this development work.

                                                                                                    
Notes to Editors:

MicroFuze International plc

MicroFuze  is  a  metals  technology company which owns, through its 85%  owned  subsidiary  MicroFuze
Americas,  Inc., the sole licence to commercialise the US Department of Energy's patented process  for
Microwave  Diffusion  Treatment  ("MDT") discovered by their Oak  Ridge,  Tennessee  Nuclear  Research
Facility.  The US Department of Energy retains a 10% interest in MicroFuze Americas and Harley  Grant,
the Oak Ridge inventor of the process, holds the remaining 5% of MicroFuze Americas shares.

Because  MDT is quicker, cheaper and cleaner than all known existing surface treatments of metals,  it
provides significant physical, economic and environmental advantages.  MDT can make cheap steel nearly
impenetrable  and  has  a large number of potential uses for parts, components and  accessories  which
require  hardening, lubricity, wear resistance and corrosion protection.  Industries that will benefit
from  MDT  include power generation, automotive, aeronautical and general manufacturing  in  a  global
market worth US$6 billion annually.

Professor Nguyen Tran, B.E., B.Sc., Ph.D. (Adelaide), FIREE, FIEAust MIEEE, MIMP

Professor Nguyen Tran is a leading authority in the field of microwave engineering, where he has  been
active for 20 years.  He has published 97 academic papers and over 120 consulting reports for industry
and research organizations, speaks widely at international conferences and holds three patents, two of
which have been successfully commercialised, and two provisional patents.

He  is  a  Fellow of the Institution of Engineers and of Radio Electronics Engineers (FIREE)  and  was
Chairman of the Melbourne Division 1988-1989; a Member of the IREE council 1988, 1989, 1991; Member of
IEEE  since 1988; a Member of the Sunset Energy Council (microwave energy from space); Member  of  the
International  Microwave Power Institute since 1978; and Director of the board  of  Governors  of  the
International Microwave Power Institute.

Professor  Tran  has been Visiting Professor in over 30 universities and institutes in  15  countries,
spanning  Europe (including the universities of Paris in France, Cambridge in the United  Kingdom  and
Stuttgart  in Germany), North America (including Berkeley and Stanford) and Asia (Japan,  China,  Hong
Kong, Malaysia and Singapore).

Contact:        Doug Parrish, CEO, MicroFuze International plc                    020-7016-5100
                Sandy Barblett, Commercial Director, MicroFuze                    020-7016-5100
                Henry Gewanter, PR, Positive Profile                              020-7489-2028


                                                                
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