Staff Reporters

14-Nov-05 Has signed a Heads of Agreement with Ehlobo Heavy Minerals that will lead to EHM paying a purchase consideration of Rand10.0million and committing to fund up to Rand35.0 million for a 50.5%

12-Nov-05 Has sold uranium assets including Lake Maitland and Mundong Well in Western Australia to Redport Ltd for a cash consideration of $890,000.

Agribusiness investment company, Great Southern Plantations has recently appointed Dr Robyn Wood to the position of national horticulture manager for the group.

AFTER initially mistaking it for a map of a foreign country, The Note has admired the Marilyn Monroe tribute made out of coffee cups, which adorns a wall at the Art Gallery of Western Australia’s Caff

HBOS Australia will take a greater community focus in its work with charities with the launch the of HBOS Australia Foundation.

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).

16-Nov-05 Korea Zinc Co. Ltd increased its relevant interest from 14,000,000 ordinary shares (7.4%) to 19,100,000 ordinary shares (10.4%).

15-Nov-05 Macquarie Bank Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 31,666,667 ordinary shares (6.71%) to 3,722,222 ordinary shares (5.46%).

16-Nov-05 Aspen Diversified Property Fund has agreed to purchase 80 Mount Street, North Sydney for $31.0M

CITY Works Manager Ian Goodbody has been named inaugural Council Officer of the Year by the Northbank Residents & Ratepayers’ Association.

Wayne Fritzsche has resigned as non-executive director for Bone Medical Limited.

WESTERN Australia’s first Trade and Investment Office in the United States has been opened in Los Angeles by State Development Minister Alan Carpenter.

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission has commenced legal proceedings in relation to a number of companies within the Westpoint Group, as part of an investigation into the affairs of th

November 17 Code: WRL Issue price: $0.20 First day’s close: $0.215 Principal activities: platinum, base metals and gold exploration.

11-Nov-05 Indian Ocean Resources Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 40,872,943 ordinary shares (5.001%).

6-Nov-05 Credit Suisse First Boston Australia Holdings Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 4,965,375 ordinary shares (13.10%) to 5,273,675 ordinary shares (11.88%).

11-Nov-05 7,000,000 Ordinary Fully Paid Shares will be released from escrow on 24 November 2005.

11-Nov-05 Lodged response to ASX query

EMPEROR Mines Ltd will pay $315 million to acquire the Papua New Guinea gold assets of DRDGold, making it the third largest gold producer in Australia.

GREEN Rock Energy has appointed Alan Knights and Scott Sherwood Spencer as executive director and non-executive director respectively in the WA-based geothermal energy company.

Diversified scrap metal group CMA Corporation has made a number of personnel changes within its senior management structure.

To be advised Proposed code: CTP Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: oil and gas exploration.

10-Nov-05 David Timms changed his relevant interest from 19,371,289 ordinary shares (10.4%) to 20,423,920 ordinary shares (9.4%).

14-Nov-05 AMP Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 12,406,166 ordinary shares (8.37%) to 10,410,547 ordinary shares (5.35%).

18-Nov-05 Deed of Company Arrangement has been effectuated and company has been removed from external administration

17-Nov-05 Has entered a $7.35 million 20 year agreement with the South Australian Broadband Research and Education Network to build, manage and access an extensive fibre-optic network throughout Adela

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STATEWEST Credit Society members have voted in favour of demutualisating their institution, paving the way for the proposed merger with listed suitor Home Building Society.

I’M a writer, not an author. I write my own material. Every word. Many ‘authors’ don’t. It would disappoint you to know who doesn’t write their own stuff. To me, it’s a matter of pride.

10-Nov-05 AMP Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 8,700,000 ordinary shares (6.05%).

17-Nov-05 GBS Gold Australia Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from105,560,335 ordinary shares (69.45%) to 110,643,626 ordinary shares (72.80%).

17-Nov-05 200,000 of its ordinary shares will be released from escrow on 30 November 2005.