Staff Reporters

Metcash offer document to be depatched on Monday 7 February.

1,500,000 ordinary fully paid shares will be released from escrow on 20 February 2005.

FIRST Australian Resources has reached an agreement with JVR Petroleum Inc of Houston, Texas, to take part in the drilling of a deep gas well on an area of mutual interest compris

 MARYANNE Fernando has been appointed director marketing and membership with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

WESTERN Australian engineers have left for the Maldives where they will work as part of an engineering team to check the structural safety of at least 80 schools in the wake of th

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Skin-Plex Laboratories Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 2,640,000 ordinary shares (6.779%) to 3,179,711 ordinary shares (8.165%)

Neil Douglas Hamilton decreased his relevant interest from 1,826,000 ordinary shares (12.5%) to  963,522 ordinary shares (6.6%).

800,000 fully paid Ordinary shares are to be released from escrow on the 12 February 2005.

Lodged response to ASX query.

Explains what records you need to keep and what penalties we may impose if you fail to keep proper records.

Western Australian Department of Industry and Resources deputy head Gary Stokes is confident the state will supply liquefied natural gas to the US west coast.

 CHRIS Parkinson has been made a director of Bentleys MRI Perth.

AZTEC Resources has announced that it has buyers committed to take all of the iron ore produced from its proposed two million tonne a year iron ore mine at Koolan Island for the n

Sirolli Institute chief executive officer Ernesto Sirolli, National Economics Melbourne principal economist Dr Craig Shepherd, Hervey Bay City Council chief executive officer Leig

St Barbara Mines Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 15,412,081 ordinary shares (5.5%).

The Metal Group Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 42,000,000 ordinary shares (32.74%) to 105,827,000 ordinary shares (48.58%)

Has entered into an Underwriting Agreement to raise A$24,348,375.

Has earned an additional 10% interest in White Sands Petroleum by providing a $1 milliom loan taking its stake to 25%

General Meeting will be held at Level 4, Citibank House, 37 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia on 28 February 2005 at 11.00 a.m. (WST).

THREE southern suburbs residents, Mandurah’s Valma Fisher, Spearwood’s Grant Powell and Rivervale’s Barbara Sharp have been credited with coming up with the name for the Fiona Sta

ASPEN Parks Property Fund has signed a joint venture with BHP Billiton to provide cabin accommodation in its Cooke Point Holiday Park in Port Hedland.

 THE council of the City of Perth has appointed Peter Monks to the newly-created position of Director of Planning and Development.

COMMUNITY television station Access 31 has been given a Lotterywest grant of more than $1 million to purchase equipment for six edit suites, six acquisition kits and a studio.

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Skin-Plex Laboratories Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 2,640,000 ordinary shares (6.779%) to 3,179,711 ordinary shares (8.165%)

Data Base Systems Ltd increased its relevant interest from 7,474,734 ordinary shares (19.194%) to 5,900,000 ordinary shares (15.151%)

600,000 options will be released from escrow on February 12 2005.

Lodged response to ASX query.

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