Staff Reporters

Copperco has extended its offer period to close on 13 May 2005.

Approved the acquisition of White Mining

Has completed an excluded placement of 16.5 million fully paid ordinary shares at $0.75 per share to raise $12.375 million to Inco Ltd its Kalgoorlie Nickel Project joint venture partner.

The St Ives Group has recently appointed Melva Stone to the new role of public relations and lifestyle manager for its six retirement villages.

FLEXIBLE tie strip producer Millepede International has successfully completed a $644,000 capital raising to boost its production capability.

I went to buy some furniture today. No one seemed to care.

Proposed code: WTR Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Expanding water market for the treatment and purification of potable and waste water.

Cleveland Cliffs Australia Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 140,407,749 ordinary shares (79.7130%) to 140,114,096 ordinary shares (79.7907%).

Premier State Pty Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 50,384,709 ordinary shares (18.53%) to 55,300,232 ordinary shares (17.25%).

Announced a Heads of Agreement has been reached for the establishment of a new iron ore joint venture to explore for iron ore on Helix's Yalleen project in the Hamersley region.

Subsidiary, Medical Industries Australia Ltd has secured $220,000 order for products in its new, aged-care, furniture range.

Former director Rodney Adler has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years' jail on four charges relating to his directorship of HIH insurance.

The Globe Restaurant's head chef, Sunny de Ocampo, will share his wealth of culinary knowledge in a cooking class next month.

Tianshan Goldfields has appointed David Evans as an executive director of the company.

A RECENT report by Workcover Western Australia indicates stress in the workplace contributes to a significant proportion of workers' compensation claim costs in WA.

Code: DRK Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Gold and silver exploration.

Pacific Development Group became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 8,734,419 ordinary shares (5.206%).

Skin-Plex Laboratories Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 4,472,447 ordinary shares (12.5148%) to 5,938,423 ordinary shares (17.1530%).

Echelon Resources Ltd offer extended to 22 April 2005.

Has entered into a Heads of Agreement to purchase the business of Video Wholesalers, located in Auckland for NZ$2,025,000 cash.

A General Meeting will be held at 10.00am on 16 May 2005 at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth.

Two gold industry awards for outstanding community service were also presented at the dinner to John Dow, former Australian Gold Council Chairman and Newmont Australia managing director and Hugh Da

Chris Davis, a current member of the Change Corporation management team, has also recently been appointed chief technical officer at Quickflix.

THE Intersuisse Resources Index rose 7 per cent in the March quarter.

CONSOLIDATED Minerals has increased its stake in Titan Resources by more than 5 per cent to now control nearly 19.81 per cent of the company.

Proposed code: ARW Issue price: $1.00 Principal activities: Biodiesel production.

Warakirri Asset Management Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 1,915,469 ordinary shares (7.56%) to 1,948,457 ordinary shares (8.60%).

Cleveland Cliffs Australia Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 139,956,538 ordinary shares (79.8622%) to 139,964,408 ordinary shares (79.6665%).

Web Kingdom Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 1,154,796,054 ordinary shares (61.05%) to 1,153,906,248 ordinary shares (58.07%).

Announced a Heads of Agreement has been reached for the establishment of a new iron ore joint venture to explore for iron ore on Helix's Yalleen project in the Hamersley region.

Has entered into an option agreement with Regency Mines PLC for the proposed sale of four iron ore exploration projects in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Has reached agreement in principle to place 74,700,000 ordinary fully paid shares at 5 cents per share raising $3,735,000.