Staff Reporters

Acorn Capital Ltd changed its relevant interest from 11,541,979 ordinary shares (6.51%) to 12,017,488 ordinary shares (5.26%)

Advises the Company has appointed Melbourne based Tristar Corporate Advisors to complete an approximate $1.5 million capital raising to professional and/or sophisticated investors at nine cents per sh

WOODSIDE Petroleum chief Don Voelte has told the company’s AGM that several new projects, including the Chinguetti project in Mauritania, have delivered earlier-than-expected production.

Welshpool-based gold explorer Allied Gold Ltd has secured a $34.3 million loan facility to complete its project financing package for the company's Simberi oxide gold project offshore Papua New Guinea.

MIR Investment Management Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder

Chak Chew Tan became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 23,381,550 ordinary shares (41.10%)

Greenwich Resources PLC increased its relevant interest from64,709,373 ordinary shares (60.24%) to 66,004,399 ordinary shares (81.85%)

Commonwealth Bank of Australia changed its relevant interest from 40,398,402 ordinary shares (17.80%) to 40,398,402 ordinary shares (16.62%)

Advise 150,000 ordinary shares fully paid fully paid shares will be released from escrow on April 14

Settlement has been reached today with respect to the dispute with Alex Aguero.

General Meeting will be held on Monday, 24 April 2006 commencing at 2.00pm at the Broadwater Hotel, 112 Melville Parade, South Perth, Western Australia

A placement of $15 million via Bell Potter Securities was successfully completed

FOUR developers for Perth’s prime 140 William Street site have been selected to submit designs for the site, which will be located above the new CBD railway station.

THE Federal Government’s WorkChoices package of industrial relations reforms came into force late last month.

Perth iX has appointed Kim Gray as managing director, replacing Nick Marvin, who joined the Perth Wildcats.

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National Australia Bank Ltd Group ceased to be a substantial shareholder

Barbara Limited became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 9,000,000 ordinary shares (17.06%)

Wilson Management Group increased its relevant interest from 7,913,940 ordinary shares (14.5%) to 9,913,940 ordinary shares (19.1%)

Lion Selection Group Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 14,770,104 ordinary shares (10.02%) to 14,223,104 ordinary shares (9%)

Exploration Licence E47/1485 containing the Nameless Iron Ore Prospect, located 5 kilometres north west of Tom Price in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

Government of India has approved the assignment to Oilex by Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation and Niko Resources of a 30% participating interest in the Production Sharing Contract covering the Camba

General Meeting will be held on 26 April 2006 commencing at10.00am at the The W.A. Club, 101 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000

Straits Resources Ltd’s chairman and executive director Alvin David Toms has reduced his direct and indirect interest in the company by 500,000 fully paid shares at $3.30 per share in an on-market tra

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Proposed code: MMR, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: pooled development fund, Corporate: Seng Yap (chairman), David Breeze (executive director), Charles Murphey (executive director), K.O Yap

AUSTRALIAN engine technology developer Orbital Engine Corp said this week 10 years ago it would be announcing plans to lay off 100 to 150 of its 500 workers as part of a transition into manufacturing

William Paterson, ambassador at the Australian Embassy in Bangkok, Dr Kongkiat Kespechara, director at Bangkok Hospital in Phuket and Julia Houghton, emergency planning manager for the Hertfordshire C

AXA SA ceased to be a substantial shareholder

Standard Bank Plc became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 2,700,000 ordinary shares (5.4%)

James Arthur Wall and Mary Margaret Wall changed his relevant interest from 13,785,900 ordinary shares (7.0%) to 13,839,471 ordinary shares (5.7%)

UBS Nominees Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 8,499,746 ordinary shares (6.41%) to 9,093,145 ordinary shares (7.46%)