Staff Reporters

Investment Company of the West Limited has changed its name to Prairie Downs Metals Limited.

GRD Minproc is a leading Australian engineering contracting business specialising in the design, engineering and const-ruction of mineral resource and waste-to-resources projects.

Quickstep Holdings. Proposed code: QHL.

iinet Ltd. 27-Sep-05. Challenger Financial Services Ltd increased its relevant interest from 5,733,318 ordinary shares to 7,114,318 ordinary shares

Bonaparte Diamond Mines NL. 3-Oct-05. Advise that the escrow period for 10,000 ordinary shares has expired.

Westmag Ltd. 5-Oct-05. Has signed an option agreement for the purchase of 100% of the San Francisco 5 gold project located in the Chala district of Peru.

Investment Company of the West Ltd. Annual General Meeting to be held at at 52 Ord Street, West Perth on November 7 at 9.00am.

Marengo Mining Ltd. 4-Oct-05.

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INVESTORS in the Australian Stock Exchange have watched more than half the gains made in the September quarter wash away in October.

Batavia Mining Limited has appointed Terry Smith as a non-executive director.

Midland Brick Company has merged two senior management positions and appointed Tom Guthrie to the new position of general manager: new residential, retail sales and marketing.

November 1 Central Petroleum. Proposed code: CTP. Issue price: $0.20. Principal activities: oil and gas exploration.

Blina Diamonds Ltd.4-Oct-05.JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 7,954,783 ordinary shares (5.18%).

Premier Bionics Ltd. 4-Oct-05. Yamarna Goldfields Ltd increased its relevant interest from 2,633,250 ordinary shares (5.27%) to 3,183,250 ordinary shares (6.37%)

Continental Goldfields Ltd. 7-Oct-05.

Resonance Health Ltd. 4-Oct-05.

Oropa Ltd. Annual General Meeting to be held at Windsor Hotel, South Perth on Monday 31 October 2005 at 11.00am.

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MIRVAC FINI recently exchanged contracts for 19 ‘executive terraced homes’, collectively valued at more than $18 million, in the company’s master planned community, The Peninsula at Burswood.

Brendan Hammond has been appointed as deputy chairman for Omegacorp.

NICKEL producer LionOre Mining International has announced plans to expand production at its 80 per cent-owned Black Swan nickel project near Kalgoorlie.

Lake Argyle-Bow River Diamonds. Proposed code: LAD. Issue price: $0.20. Principal activities: diamond exploration.

Amcom Telecommunications Ltd. 5-Oct-05. Futuris Corporation Ltd / Vickner Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 90,845,680 ordinary shares (24.75%) to 94,857,333 ordinary shares (25.84%).

United Group Ltd. 30-Sep-05. Commonwealth Bank of Australia decreased its relevant interest from 8,281,345 ordinary shares (6.66%) to 7,001,474 ordinary shares (5.59%).

Sundance Resources Ltd. 7-Oct-05. Has concluded negotiations to purchase 100% of the Mantos Grandes copper/gold project in Chile for US$1.2m in cash

Elkedra Diamonds NL. Annual General Meeting to be held at at First Floor, The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, on on November 9 at 4.00pm.

Aspen Group.7-Oct-05 Has successfully completed an institutional placement of 195,121,951 stapled securities at an issue price of 20.5 cents to raise $40M

EMERGING listed mineral sands miner Matilda Minerals has upgraded reserves at its Tiwi Islands project in the Northern Territory by 140 per cent.

THE Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has called for a reduction in the state’s payroll tax rate to the level charged by Queensland, and for the abolition of stamp duty on mortgages, rental transact

Alexander Forcke has resigned as a non-executive director for ARC Energy Limited.

Nigel Johnson, Rick Laing and Peter Storey have been appointed as non-executive directors for Tritton Resources Limited, following the acquisition of a controlling interest in the company by Straits R