Staff Reporters

Orchid Capital has appointed Julian Sandt, formerly a non-executive director, as chief executive officer, replacing Alvin Tan. Mr Tan will remain on the board as a non-executive director.

East Spar gas project approval: The Western Australian Government gave environmental approval for the $250 million East Spar gas project to begin, this week 10 years ago.

Australian Development Capital Ltd 09-Jun-05 William Brownlie Fairweather ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Dragon Mining NL 28-Jul-05 Mathews Capital Partners - Sabre Fund Focus Asset Management Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 19,926,659 ordinary shares (5.01%) to 38,050,681 ordinary shares (9

Coffey International Ltd 22-Sep-05 Offer for Farsands is free from conditions.

Fast Scout Ltd 20-Sep-05 Has entered into an agreement with Hume Mining NL to acquire a 75% interest in a suite of uranium exploration tenement applications located principally in the northern part of

Integrated Tree Cropping Ltd Annual General Meeting will be held in the ‘Traders Lounge’, The Hyatt, 99 Adelaide Terrace, Perth WA 6000 on Thursday, 20 October 2005 at 2.30pm

Olea Australis Ltd 21-Sep-05 A placement of 35,229,290 ordinary shares at $0.0275 each has been made to Siva Ltd to raise $968,805.48.

Price $165,000 (replacement value) Fantastic location. Turnover $8,000pw. Five Days only. Long lease. Owner wants a quick sale.

COLES Myer has signed a lease agreement with Westralia Airports Corporation, with the intention to establish its $100 million regional distribution centre on a 25-hectare site in Perth Airport’s Kewli

Tourism WA has appointed tourism marketing consultant Karen Priest as trade marketing manager in New Zealand, to promote Western Australia as a tourism destination.

Consolidated Minerals has appointed Swick Mining Services non-executive chairman Andrew Simpson as a non-executive director.

October 18 Resource Finance and Investments Proposed code: RFI Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: gold and base metals exploration.

Greater Pacific Gold Ltd 19-Aug-05 Bestrawl Pty Ltd atf JB Trust and Jeffrey Braysich became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 34,000,000 ordinary shares (5.55%).

Australian Renewable Fuels 16-Sep-05 Commonwealth Bank of Australia decreased its relevant interest from 9,409,735 ordinary shares (8.71%) to 8,164,735 ordinary shares (7.56%).

Fox Resources Ltd 22-Sep-05 3,000,000 ordinary shares have been released from voluntary escrow today.

Monadelphous Group Ltd 22-Sep-05 Lodged response to ASX query.

Agincourt Resources Ltd 23-Sep-05 Has placed 11 million ordinary shares at an issue price of $1.48 per share to Australian and offshore institutions, raising gross proceeds of $16.2 million.

The winners of Golden Gecko Awards for Excellence in the Minerals and Petroleum Industries to recognise excellence and leadership have been announced.

Metal Fishing. Offers invited. Five day ‘niche business’ and easy to learn. Managed and nets $155k plus.Plant $145K Good cash cow. Good figs, continual cash cow.

Consolidated Minerals has appointed Swick Mining Services non-executive chairman Andrew Simpson as a non-executive director.

New World Alloys Limited has appointed Gerard Zytkow as an executive director and Mario Pignatiello as company secretary.

AUTOMOTIVE Holdings Group is scheduled to list on the Australian Stock Exchange in early November, seven weeks later than originally planned, after issuing a supplementary prospectus.

Gemstar Diamonds Proposed code: GEM Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: diamond exploration.

Aviva Corporation Ltd 22-Jun-05 Jadekey Nominees Pty Ltd changed its relevant interest from 15,000,000 ordinary shares (7.1%) to 18,950,000 ordinary shares (6.1%).

Arafura Resources NL 22-Sep-05 Has completed a placement of 7,575,000 shares to raise $1.82m.

Echelon Resources Ltd 22-Sep-05 Is to acquire a large number of iron ore tenements from Heron Resources Ltd.

Heron Resources Ltd General Meeting to be held at the Hannans Club, 44 Brookman St. Kalgoorlie, Western Australia at 10.00am on 21 October 2005.

Medusa Mining Ltd 22-Sep-05 Has placed a further 2,342,440 ordinary shares (on the same terms and conditions as the Issue) at 60 cents per share to clients of State One Stockbroking.

Café Price $500,000, Includes all plant and equipment and stock. Excellent business netting $200,000pa. Would suit most fastidious buyer. Impeccable accounts and bookwork.

THE site of Western Australia’s first Anaconda concept store, due to open next year at Edgewater, is to be sold by Becton Investment Management as part of a previous Glenmont syndicate wind-up.

OfficeMax Australia (formerly Boise Office Solutions Australia) has appointed Bob Harris as state manager for Western Australia. Mr Harris has extensive experience in the office product market in WA.