Staff Reporters

THE directors of Metals Exploration Limited have agreed to buy the interests of their joint venture partner, Acclaim Exploration Limited, in Hinckley Range Pty Ltd and Austral Nickel Pty Ltd for an ac

Proposed code: TLM Issue price: $0.20 Corporate: Ian Macpherson (non-executive chairman); Steven Elliott (managing director); Michael Hannington (non-executive director).

Bennelong Asia Pacific Multi Strategy became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 3,504,000 ordinary shares (5.7%).

Chelverton Dividend Income Fund increased its relevant interest from 13,500,000 ordinary shares (10.7%) to 14,439,600 ordinary shares (11.46%).

9,849,861 ordinary full paid shares will be released from escrow on 2 December 2005.

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Placement of 8 million fully paid ordinary shares at $1.35 per share through Shaw Corporate Finance Pty Ltd and BBY Ltd has been completed.

CLINICAL Cell Culture continues the roll-out of its skin repair products around the world, appointing distributors in Russia and Slovakia.

PERTH clothing and retail company Morrison International Pty Ltd has won the Fremantle Business of the Year award for the second successive year.

Proposed code: ODY Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: gas production.Coporate: Ian Middlemass (chairman); Mark O’Clery (director); Mark Pearce (director).

Sealion Australia P.L & PSA Marine P.L. ceased to be a substantial shareholder

Queensland MM Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 1,400,000 ordinary shares (5.35%).

Tattersfield group increased its relevant interest from 2,553,262 ordinary shares (8.05%) to 3,507,520 ordinary shares (11.06%).

Has signed a Letter of Intentvwith Hamersley Iron Pty Limited, a member of the Rio Tinto Group setting out the basis on which the companies intend to negotiate a formal and binding agreement, to progr

Subsidiary, FRL Contracting Pty Ltd, has been awarded a $500-800,000earthworks contract with Roche Mining for the Maggie Hays Upgrade Project.

If you participated in the2005 Aristocrat return of capital, you will need to adjust the cost base of these shares (and may need to declare a capital gain).

JOINT venture partners in the Worsley Alumina project, BHP Billiton (86 per cent), Japan Alumina Associates (10 per cent) and Sojitz Alumina Pty Ltd (4 per cent), have begun a full feasibility study t

Proposed code: LAD Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: diamond exploration. Corporate : Send Fai Chan (chairman); Ross Kestel (non-executive director); John Terpu (non-executive director).

Merrill Lynch & Co became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 11,000,879 ordinary shares (15.87%).

Commonwealth Bank of Australia increased its relevant interest from 27,226,332 ordinary shares (9.09%) to 30,282,097 ordinary shares (10.11%).

Has successfully completed $10.8 million share placement.

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Annual General Meeting will be held at 9.30 am (WST) on Tuesday 29 November, 2005 at 240 Barrington Street, Bibra Lake, Western Australia, 6163.

JEFFREY, What are the changes that you have found in customers today compared with 10 years ago? What should sales people do to meet these new challenges?

IN this column, I continue with a series of articles identifying how to explore different perspectives driving success related to something (the situation, your focus) that you want to decide, resolve

BNP Paribus Fund Services Australiasia Pty Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder

Fini Group Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 7,250,000 ordinary shares (12.27%)

GBS Gold Australia Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 118,047,844 ordinary shares (77.87%) to 141,782,972 ordinary shares (93.29%).

43,210,677 fully paid ordinary shares will be released from escrow on 3 December 2005.

23.48m shares held by their largest shareholder, Sealion Australia Pte Ltd have been placed by Bell Potter Securities with major Australian institutions, retail investors and a number of Mermaid direc

Superannuation funds must report lost members to the Tax Office and follow certain processes if transferring a lost member to another fund.

William Buck Business Advisors and Chartered Accountants has appointed Craig Faulkner as a senior business advisory manager.