Staff Reporters

Solbec Pharmaceuticals 15-Aug-05 Has been granted a US Patent Pending for "Rhamnose Binding Protein".

Yilgarn Gold Ltd 12-Aug-05 Lodged response to ASX query

Rowan Kelly has joined Allens Arthur Robinson’s Perth office as a senior associate in the workplace relations group.

Adam Deane has been appointed as joint company secretary for Repcol Limited.

ENERGY player Alinta has flagged its intention to spin-off utility infrastructure assets acquired from Duke Energy Corporation last year in an initial public offering worth $868 million to the gas uti

Automotive Holdings Group Proposed code: AHE Issue price: $1.00 Principal activities: diversified automotive retail and logistics.

NeuroDiscovery Ltd 15-Aug-05 Kevin Lee became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 2,389,495 ordinary shares (6.55%).

Bullion Minerals Ltd 16-Aug-05 Tim R B Goyder increased his relevant interest from 14,892,750 ordinary shares (15.51%) to 16,142,250 ordinary shares (16.81%).

Black Range Minerals Ltd 16-Aug-05 Ascent Capital Pty Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 36,400,000 ordinary shares (12.16%) to 32,350,000 ordinary shares (10.60%).

Bone Medical Ltd Australia 18-Aug-05 2,490,205 ordinary shares and 715,781 Class C preference shares will be released from ASX escrow on 30 August 2005.

Westgold Resources NL 16-Aug-05 Has acquired 40% of unlisted entity Navarre Resources Pty Ltd with an option to acquire 100% of Navarre

Yamarna Goldfields Ltd 15-Aug-05 Has agreed to a placement of up to 105,000,000 shares at an issue price of 0.8 cents each to clients of Peregrine Corporate Ltd to raise approximately $840,000 before

Acuity Investment Management Limited has appointed Tony Ammendola as a director, following the resignation of Tony Cunningham.

Price $1.72m Supplier of industrial workwear to construction, industrial markets and government sectors. Specialist in the industry. Murray Brown 9481 4422 Goodwin Mitchell O’Hehir

PERTH veterinary pharmaceutical company Chemeq has been granted patent protection for its Chemyde polymeric antimicrobial in Japan, to the year 2019.

Matrix Metals Ltd 12-Aug-05 Societe Generale ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Sabre Resources Ltd 16-Aug-05 McNeil Nominees Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 1,622,750 ordinary shares (7.63%).

Pioneer Nickel Ltd 12-Aug-05 Jubilee Investments NL increased its relevant interest from 6,504,329 ordinary shares (13.5%) to 9,629,329 ordinary shares (17.4%).

JDV Ltd 15-Aug-05 Supplementary Bidder Statement lodged.

Resonance Health 16-Aug-05 Subsidiary Resonance Health Analysis Services has signed an agreement with the New England Research Institutes to provide FerriScan® as part of clinical trials into the iron

Norwood Systems Ltd 16-Aug-05 Lodged response to ASX query

AXIS Financial Group has appointed Brendan King as client servicing adviser with their corporate division, responsible for client service on a national basis.

Liu Guoping has been appointed as a China-based director for Mount Gibson Iron Limited.

Peter Thomas has been appointed as chief financial officer for Hardman Resources Limited.

STARTING small is expected to help Perth-based biotechnology company NeuroDiscovery suc-ceed initially following its $1.5 million float, during a difficult period for many other biotech stocks.Offerin

Lake Argyle-Bow River Diamonds Proposed code: LAD Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: diamond exploration.Corp-orate: Send Fai Chan (chairman); Ross Kestel (non-executive director); John Terp

Alphawest Ltd 5-Aug-05 UBS Nominees Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 2,603,692 ordinary shares (7.30%) to 3,284,253 ordinary shares (9.21%).

Voyager Energy Ltd 11-Aug-05 UBS Nominees Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 9,876,305 ordinary shares (6.79%) to 11,728,312 ordinary shares (8.07%).

AKD Ltd 12-Aug-05 Has reached an agreement with PT Jogja Magasa International (JMI) and Nusantara Energy Ltd (NEL) whereby it may acquire a 70% interest in the Yogyakarta Ironsands – Pig Iron Project

Australian Wine Holdings Ltd 8-Aug-05 Has finalised the sale and lease back of the Karridale Vineyard with settlement being effected on Friday 5 August 2005.

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NSW Department of Primary Industries’ Charles Mackowski to speak on sustainability for the Institute of Public Administration Australia (WA Division), August 26 at the Sheraton Hotel.