Staff Reporters

ST George Capital managing director Patrick O’Connor has been named as the new chairman of the Water Corporation.

ASX code: NUP, Issue price: $0.20, First days close: $0.80, Principal activities: uranium exploration, Corporate: Irvin (Mick) Muir (chairman), Ian Kowalick (director), Dennis O’Neill (director), Gavi

WESTERN Australia’s employers are the most confident in the nation while job advertising remains as buoyant as ever, with several surveys released showing the boom is still rolling on.

CA Fiduciary Sevices Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 8,436,271 ordinary shares (8.79%).

Advise that 51,925,001 fully paid ordinary shares are to be released 10 business days after this release.

General Meeting will be held at Level 2, 41-43 Ord Street, West Perth, at 9.00am on Thursday, 12 April 2007

AUSTRALIA is a step closer to a bilateral free trade agreement with Japan after governments from both countries agreed to start first round negotiations in Canberra next month.

Lease Equity has made several appointments to its WA team.

ASIC has launched a new guide which clarifies its approach to accepting enforceable undertakings (EUs) under the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (ASIC Act).

Oxiana Group increased its relevant interest from 64,898,374 ordinary shares (30.13%) to 67,331,843 ordinary shares (31.26%).

Advise that it is completing a placement of AUD$8.1m - $11.7m with key institutions from the UK, US and South Africa.

OLYMPIC gold medallist Herb Elliott has been promoted from deputy chairman to chairman of iron ore hopeful Fortescue Metals Group.

ASX code: CRB, Issue price: $0.20, First days close: $0.22, Principal activities: gold exploration, Corporate: Robert James Shaw Brierley (executive chairman), Dr Wolf Gerhard Martinick (non-executive

Suite 6, Churchill Court, 331-335 Hay Street, SUBIACO, WA 6008; Ph: (08) 9388 0866, Fax: (08) 9388 0855

Acorn Capital Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 9,263,087 ordinary shares (5.84%).

Acorn Capital Ltd changed its relevant interest from 42,256,812 ordinary shares (11.29%) to 53,635,470 ordinary shares (10.27%).

General Meeting will be held at The Art Gallery of South Australia, Function Room 2, North Terrace, Adelaide, on April 10 at 3.00pm.

SALES of Western Australian resources rose 23 per cent to $48.4 billion, helped by a 60 per cent in nickel sales, during the 2006 calendar year, according to new statistics released by the state.

Chamber of Fruit and Vegetable Industries in WA (CFVIWA) has elected Mark Hobbs of Fresh Choice WA as president. Robert McFerran has also been appointed as CEO.

Bulletin to inform tax practitioners of the most recent updates to ato.gov.au including a lead article titled member contributions statements for SMSFs are due March 31 http://ato.gov.au/distributor.a

BUSINESS AND TRADE

Graynic Metals Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 2,000,000 ordinary shares (8.51%).

Advise that it has reached in-principle agreement with Hartleys Limited to raise up to approximately $3.75 million through the placement of up to 30 million shares at $0.125 per share to institutional

CAZALY Resources Ltd has launched its appeal in the Supreme Court of WA over former resources minister John Bowler’s decision to terminate the junior explorer’s claim over the Shovelanna iron ore tene

STATE-OWNED energy retailer Synergy has named a short-list of five renewable energy tenderers to compete for the final supply contract or contracts for capacity totalling approximately 50MW.

Level 40, Northpoint, 100 Miller Street, NORTH SYDNEY, NSW 2060; PO Box 405, MILSONS POINT, NSW 1565; Ph: (02) 9510 0030, Fax: (02) 9510 0003

JK Nominees Pty Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Mark Christopher Jobling increased its relevant interest from 5,640,000 ordinary shares (7.1%) to 6,271,000 ordinary shares (7.9%).

General Meeting will be held at the Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, on Tuesday, 10 April 2007 commencing at 10.00am

WHEN The Note received a picture, supposedly taken off the coast of Port Hedland during Cyclone George earlier this month, it marveled at the sheer enormity of the waves engulfing the ship, purportedl

Warwick Resources Ltd has made several executive appointments as the company prepares to commence an exploration program on its projects near Newman in WA.