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A General Meeting will be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord St, West Perth, WA on 22 April 2005 at 9.30am

Bulletin to inform tax practitioners of the most recent updates to ato.gov.au - March 16, 2005. http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/56193.htm Published: March 17 2005

Rendezvous Observation City Hotel has appointed Guy Alessandro (right) to the position of director of sales and Cathy Turner (second right) to the position of marketing manager.

Author Peter Fitzsimons, Accolade Event Management founder Andrew Walsh, Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre chief executive Leigh Harry, Destination Marketing Services managing director Leila Fi

Proposed code: WGP Issue price: $0.25 plus free attaching options. Principal activities: Coal seam methane gas exploration.

Equity Trustees Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Lim Arbitrage Asia Fund decreased its relevant interest from 18,932,540 ordinary shares (8.08%) to 16,428,860 ordinary shares (6.99%).

Is proposing to acquire 100% of the issued capital of Advanced Wound Care Pty Ltd.

Has completed a placement of shares to raise $1.2521 million. The issue price was $0.19 per share.

The Tax Office is calling for local volunteers to help with its annual Tax Help program. http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/56396.htm Published: March 22 2005

FOLLOWING its successful takeover offer for Western Australian nickel producer Reliance Mining, Consolidated Minerals has committed $10 million to fast tracking exploration and development of Reliance

Oil and gas fights for future

Proposed code: ZBB Issue price: $0.50 Principal activities: Develops and manufactures distributed energy storage solutions.

Farooq Khan increased its relevant interest from 4,555,348 ordinary shares (11.698%) to 5,090,000 ordinary shares (13.070%).

Is currently completing a placement of up to 16.379 million ordinary shares at a price of $0.58 per share to raise up to $9.5 million (before costs) from local and overseas institutional investors.

General Meeting will be held on Friday 22 April 2005 at 3.00 pm at Level 31, 77 St Georges Terrace, Perth

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission has extended until June 30 interim relief permitting fund managers to provide in certain circumstances estimates of the transaction costs, value of

Janine Wong has joined local marketing consultancy firm The Marketing Centre as a market analyst. Miss Wong has spent the past five years in the mining and hospitality industries.

Austrade Australian Business Centre executive director (Taipei) Jeff Turner, Austrade market development specialist China Anne Cao, Austrade senior trade commissioner (Beijing) Kym Hewett and Austrade

Over Thursday April 14 to Friday April 15 the 2005 WA Insurance Expo will be held at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Mcneil Nominees Pty Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Cleveland Cliffs Australia Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 108,810,505 ordinary shares (61.9332%) to 112,202,899 ordinary shares (63.8641%).

Has exercised an option to purchase the lady of the Lake Project from R W Allen.

A General Meeting of will be held at The Swissotel Sydney, 68 Market Street Sydney on 28 April 2005 at 2.00pm

March 2005. Fringe benefits tax: a guide for employers has been updated.

Local miner Heron Resources has signed a letter of intent to enter into a joint venture with US-based Inco Limited to develop its $1.4 billion Kalgoorlie nickel laterite project.

Tourism Western Australia has appointed Nancy Mah as a new trade marketing manager to help grow WA’s share of Singapore’s and Malaysia’s outbound tourism markets.

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

Central Exchange Ltd increased its relevant interest from 4,555,348 ordinary shares (11.698%) to 5,090,000 ordinary shares (13.070%).

Offer for Universal Resources extended to April 15, 2005.

General Meeting will be held on 21 April 2005 at 10:00am in the Tanner Room at the Four Seasons Hotel, 199 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Placement of 120,000,000 ordinary fully paid shares in the capital of the company has been completed with allotment of the shares at an issue price of 3.4 cents per share raising $4,080,000 before cos