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Alexander Burns became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 1,807,780 ordinary shares (5.49%).

Paladin Resources Ltd increased its relevant interest from 116,445,717 ordinary shares (97.04%) to 117,720,515 ordinary shares (98.10%).

Have formed a strategic alliance between with China Metallurgical Group Corporation

Subsidiary NiPlats Australia Pty Ltd has raised $1 million from professional investors.

Annual General Meeting will be held at level 2, 9 Havelock Street, West Perth on Thursday 30 November 2006 commencing at 3pm.

Annual General Meeting will be held at Ground Floor, 45 Ventnor Avenue, West Perth, Western Australia at 10:30am (WST) on 15 November 2006

WESTERN Australian businesses aren’t usually reticent about using celebrities to market their products (albeit that the celebrities are usually retired footballers), which explains why Todd Russell wi

ASX: MAK, Issue price: $0.20, First days close: $0.19, Principal activities: base mineral exploration, Corporate: George Savell (chairman), Andrew Drummond (managing director), Ted Ellyard (non-execut

Proposed code: UOG, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: mineral exploration, Corporate: Dr Zhukov (Zeke) Pervan (chairman), William Edwin Bannister (managing director), John Karajas (director),

Grand Central, 1st Floor, 26 Railway Road, SUBIACO, WA 6008; PO Box 201, SUBIACO, WA 6904; Ph: (08) 9381 4366, Fax: (08) 9381 4978

http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/79841.htmPublished: October 11 2006

J P Morgan ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Harbert Management Corporation increased its relevant interest from 44,277,326 ordinary shares (16.76%) to 48,434,106 ordinary shares (18.33%).

Invesco decreased its relevant interest from 3,763,863 ordinary shares (9.71%) to 3,499,363 ordinary shares (8.69%).

AuSelect has taken up another 2.8 million shares at A$1.20/share, investing approximately US$2.5 million in Albidon Ltd

Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday, 10 November 2006 at the Sydney Harbour Marriott Hotel, 30 Pitt Street, Sydney

Annual General Meeting will be held at Stamford Plaza Hotel – 111 Little Collins St (corner of Alfred Place), Melbourne, Victoria (the meeting will be held in the Thornbury Room, Level 1, West Tower)

THE state government last week announced its domestic gas reservation policy, which designates the equivalent of 15 per cent of gas available from any future offshore development for domestic use.

HIGH level departures continue at Perth-based Iluka Resources Ltd, with chief financial officer David Grant resigning to take up a non-executive director’s role at iiNet Ltd.

Proposed code: SWN, Issue price: $0.25, Principal activities: nickel, gold, mineral sands and base metal exploration, Corporate: James Harris (chairman), Murray Hodges (director), Paul Van Loenhout (d

PKF has appointed Othmar Beerli as manager of internal audit services. Mr Beerli has more than 15 years’ professional audit experience in both Australia and Switzerland.

This fact sheet provides information about excise licensing.http://ato.gov.au/content/downloads/NAT_15389_05_2006_74062.pdfPublished: October 9 2006

Argonaut Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,375,000 ordinary shares (11.25%).

BL & VRB Williams increased its relevant interest from 8,000,000 ordinary shares (5.4%) to 10,000,000 ordinary shares (6.8%).

Has received all regulatory approvals for its takeover of OAMPS

Has reached agreement of the private placement of up to 40 million shares and 1 for 2 attaching 80 cent options at a subscription price of 50 cents raising $20 million before costs

Annual General Meeting will be held at Freemasons Hall, 181 Roberts Road, Subiaco, Western Australia 6008, at 9.30am, 3 November 2006.

General Meeting will be held at 129 Edward Street Perth WA on Monday, 6 November 2006 at 11.00

John Ballantyne has been appointed operations manager, Australia for IGL Oil and Gas Consultants Pty Ltd.

MOTEK promises to make its customers “heroes”. Advanced Circuits guarantees the “quick turnaround” of custom printed circuit boards. Rackspace promises to deliver “fanatical support”.

Proposed code: XRF, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: manufacturers and markets instrumentation for the scientific and analytical industries, specialised chemicals for x-ray and other analysis