Staff Reporters

LionOre Australia managing director Mark Ashley has been appointed as a director of the company’s Canadian parent LionOre Mining International.

SOFTWARE development company, Harvest Road has been invited to join the Federal Government’s Integrated Capability Team that is promoting the cooperative capabilities of Australian industry for the tr

Code: AOI Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Gas exploration

Merrill Lynch & Co Inc became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 10,150,000 ordinary shares (7.09%).

Goltec (WA) Ltd changed its relevant interest from 38,638,068 ordinary shares (15.65%) to 54,093,296 ordinary shares (12.84%).

Wholly owned subsidiary Andover Resources NL has withdrawn its Notice of Force Majeure, imposed August 20, 2004, in relation to its Mining Convention over the Musongati lateritic nickel-cobalt deposit

An agreement has been executed with Outokumpu which will enable Western Areas to acquire 100% of the gold rights to the Forrestania tenements already owned by Western Areas.

The NTLG Consolidation Sub-Committee is the Tax Office’s key forum for consulting externally on technical and implementation issues associated with Consolidation.

Colliers International has appointed Tony Davis as associate director of retail management.

THE fact that an organisation / business incorporates a formal system for encouraging, recognizing and rewarding innovation and improvement says a great deal about the maturity of that organisation /

Proposed code: CAQ Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Commercialisation of EcoCell system of aquaculture production.

Anthony Bohnenn increased its relevant interest from 10,887,313 ordinary shares (14.86%) to 12,666,038 ordinary shares (16.29%).

Proposed $1.26 million capital raising at 10 cents per share has now been completed with oversubscriptions of a further $163,500 being accepted.

Ausron awarded indemnity costs and interest on those costs in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in its litigation against Linfox.

Have been awarded contract by Woodside to construct and operate an offtake support supply vessel.

Energy Smart 2005 will be held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre on Tuesday May 31.

TWO major alumina producers have announced plans to collectively spend more than $2.4 billion on expanding their refineries within environmental guidelines.

THE administrators of Henry Walker Eltin Group, McGrathNicol & Partners have announced the sale of HWE’s mining contracting and services business together with part of its Western Australian civil con

Code: BKP Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Oil and gas development.

Acorn Capital Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Kalgoorlie Mine Management Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 2,270,020 ordinary shares (12.9%) to 3,706,020 ordinary shares (17.43%).

16,499,950 shares will be released from escrow on 21 May 2005.

Has entered into an agreement to acquire a second gold property in the Tapajos Province of northern Brazil from Corporate and Resource Consultants Pty Ltd, Kipto Pty Ltd and a privately owned Brazilia

Overview of the integrity measure relating to inter-entity loss multiplication from a single economic loss. NAT 5734 http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/18889.htm Published: May 19 2005

Katherine Eyres (left) has joined Downings Legal as a solicitor in the firm’s commercial team.

The mission of the Australian Red Cross is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilising the power of humanity, both in Australia and overseas.

Proposed code: RER Issue price: $0.20 Principal acitivities: Gold exploration

Mark Pallister became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 58,728,307 ordinary shares (4.9%).

Chwee Cheng Ng decreased its relevant interest from 42,382,944 ordinary shares (9.39%) to 35,646,944 ordinary shares(7.90%).

Has announced that it has signed a marketing agreement with New South Wales energy company, Country Energy.

Subiaco office building sold to a syndicate of private investors, for $2,225,000, a profit of $120,000.

A recent decision by the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission means that all WA employees will now be entitled under a General Order to certain redundancy entitlements, including severan