Staff Reporters

Kimberley Diamond Company NL 28-Jul-05 Merrill Lynch & Co decreased its relevant interest from 20,568,519 ordinary shares (8.19%) to 18,281,000 ordinary shares (7.19%).

Caspian Oil & Gas Ltd 5-Aug-05 Has entered into a letter agreement with Santos to farm out and joint venture its oil projects in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Sedimentary Holdings Ltd 4-Aug-05 Has entered into an agreement with private interests in respect of the St Arnaud Goldfield in north west Victoria whereby the agreement, incorporates an option to pur

John Lynch has been reappointed as chairperson of the Western Australian Local Government Grants Commission for a two-year term.

Independence Group NL has appointed Oscar Aamodt as a non-executive director

Laurence Roe has been appointed as managing director for Bounty Oil & Gas NL, replacing Tom Fontaine, who remains as a non-executive director for the company.

August 22 Nova Energy Proposed code: NEL Issue price: $0.40 Principal activities: uranium exploration.

Tap Oil Ltd 25-Jul-05 AMP Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder

Green Rock Energy Ltd 25-Jul-05 Adrian Neil Larking increased its relevant interest from 3,750,000 ordinary shares (9.25%) to 7,500,000 ordinary shares (13.51%).

udax Resources Ltd 27-Jul-05 Has reached agreement with Independence Group NL on a split commodity arrangement in relation to the Bronzewing South, West Yandal and Karra prospects in the Yandal Greens

Northern Energy Ltd 25-Jul-05 Lodged response to ASX query

Synergy Equities Group Ltd 29-Jul-05 Has placed a total of 40,000,000 fully paid ordinary Shares at an issue price of 0.6 cents per share to a number of private investors.

KPMG has appointed three new managers to its tax division.

Salus Technologies Limited has announced the first appointments to its medical and scientific advisory board: John Snowden, a protein scientist and specialist in advanced wound care; Chris Quirk, a de

Peter Geddes has resigned as a non-executive director for Lafayette Mining Limited

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

Sofcom Ltd 19-Jul-05 Queste Communications Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 6,255,349 ordinary shares (14.0%).

Sun Resources NL30-Jun-05 Suparell Pty Ltd changed its relevant interest from 17,525,245 ordinary shares (17.67%) to 19,525,245 ordinary shares (16.79%).

EQiTX Ltd 28-Jul-05 Has increased its ownership of pain management company ZingoTX Pty Ltd to 54 per cent with an equity instalment of $300,000.

Deep Yellow Ltd General Meeting will be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, at 10.00 am on Tuesday 30 August 2005

Dept of Culture & The Arts - New Performing Arts Venue - Provision of Cost Management Services Ralph Beattie Bosworth Pty Ltd $222,200

THE redeveloped Westfield Innaloo was launched last week at a cost of $50 million.

Terry Strapp has been appointed as a non-executive director for Ausdrill Limited.

Xceed Biotechnology Limited has changed its registered and corporate office address to: Ground Floor, Building 75 Monash University CLAYTON VIC 3800 PO Box 8225 Monash University Post Office CLAYTON V

Nustar Mining Corporation 27-Jul-05 St Barbara Mines Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Yilgarn Mining Ltd 20-Jun-05 Flinders Property Investments Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 4,000,000 ordinary shares.

Great Artesian Oil & Gas Ltd 28-Jul-05 25,794,770 ordinary fully paid shares will be released from escrow on 5 August 2005.

Matrix Metals Ltd 26-Jul-05 Lodged response to ASX query

Strategic Metals Corporation NL 25-Jul-05 Has placed 800,000 shares at an issue price of 15.50 cents per share, raising $124,000, which will be used for on-going exploration drilling programs at the C

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David Gilham has resigned as chairman and director for Integrated Tree Cropping Limited. The company appointed director Don Watt as chairman.

Condor Resources Proposed code: CDZ Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: gold, silver and metal based projects.