News Articles for Kula Gold

Perth-based Geopacific Resources has put forward a takeover bid for its joint venture partner, gold-focused Kula Gold, in an all-scrip deal that values the target at about $9.3 million.

Doray Minerals co-founder Heath Hellewell has been promoted to the role of executive chairman of gold explorer Capricorn Metals, as the company restructures its board and management positions.

Perth-based explorer Kula Gold says it could save $US25 million, or 27 per cent, on the cost of building its Woodlark Island gold project in Papua New Guinea if done so in the current economic environment.

When newly appointed managing directors agree to work for nothing, it's a sure sign the cost pressures facing listed companies are getting more acute.

FEATURE: Salaries have come under huge pressure during the past year as widespread cost cutting takes its toll on executives' take-home pay.

Pay cuts, some up to 50 per cent, were the order of the day in the Business News quarterly CEO salary survey, but not all companies have been on trend.