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St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls has purchased a 7.4 hectare property in Pemberton for its new Yeagarup Campus.

Cameron Adams, co-founder and chief product officer of Canva, has joined Esports Mogul as non-executive director.

The mining sector has welcomed an agreement signed by Geoscience Australia and the United States Geological Survey to collaborate on developing critical minerals assets, which include commodities such as lithium and rare earths.

Perth-based property group Australian Development Capital (ADC) has acquired the Belmont headquarters of international rail solutions group Hitachi Rail in an $18 million transaction.

Woodside Petroleum has laid out plans to triple its gas and oil reserve base which will come from more than $US36 billion worth of projects in Australia, Senegal and Myanmar over the next seven years.

Neil Goodey has resigned as non-executive director of DTI Group. Mr Goodey co-founded the company and has been a director since 1995.

Minerals explorer Alderan Resources has entered an earn-in and joint venture agreement worth up to $US30 million with Rio Tinto to explore its Frisco project in Utah.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has disqualified the founder and chief executive of labour hire company Ochre Workforce Solutions from managing companies for five years.

Curtin University has appointed Perth-based agencies Longreach Media and Carat Perth to work on the university’s domestic media planning and buying.

David Woodall, chief executive of Superior Lake Resources, will be leaving the company.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Severine Logan, Michael Murphy, Peter Egan, Gningala Yarran-Mark, Kevin Gallagher, Ian Davies, Darren Hedley, Zoe Yujnovich and Paul Graham.

Engineering company Monadelphous has entered the Chilean market with the acquisition of two jointly-owned mining services providers, Buildtek and Maqrent.

Pawsey Supercomputing Centre has announced a tender as part of a $70 million new supercomputing system to replace its existing Magnus and Galaxy supercomputers.

There have been 32 insolvency appointments to Western-Australian-incorporated companies in the past fortnight.

Dr John Clarke will join the board of AVZ Minerals as non-executive chair at the start of December.

A new land and house development is set to revitalise the former Kinlock Primary School site in Ferndale, with Yolk Property Group and Ventura Home Group appointed as project managers.

Junior gold explorer Breaker Resources has agreed to a non-brokered $8 million placement to a private equity fund managed by New York-based Electrum Group, with the proceeds to fund drilling activities at Breaker’s Lake Roe mine in Western Australia.

Comet Resources has appointed Matthew O'Kane as managing director, and Philippa Leggat will step down as chief executive.

Gold producer Pantoro announced it has completed a processing plant options review and scoping estimate at the Norseman processing facility in Western Australia.

Spectrum Metals announced it has filed and served its defence to a claim from Venus Metals Corporation in relation to Spectrum’s acquisition of DJ Carmichael’s Penny West gold project in Western Australia.

Panoramic Resources has advised shareholders not to take action in respect of the off-market takeover offer launched last week by Independence Group, while also criticising some of the conditions attached to the offer.

The Western Australian government is making it easier for people to access medicinal cannabis.

Our daily board moves wrap includes Sandra Bates, John Richards, Victor Turco, Yuri Nehushtan, Elizabeth Brennan, Hans Schut, Christian Brehm, Wing Kee Cheng, Hao Wen, and Bill Lee.

Busselton Jetty and Sandalford Wines made big showings at the 47th WA Tourism Awards, picking up several gold awards and distinctions between them.

updated: Pilbara Minerals temporarily suspended its operations today after Homicide Squad detectives were called to investigate a suspicious death at its Pilbara lithium mine.

Australian Gas Infrastructure Group has been awarded a contract by Woodside Petroleum to build a gas pipeline connecting the Pluto LNG plant with the North West Shelf venture's nearby Karratha gas plant.

Lithium explorer AVZ Minerals has announced it would raise $14.1 million to a new strategic investor based in China.

Jeremy Sinclair, managing director of Battery Minerals, will transition to the role of non-executive director on November 22.

Perth philanthropist Annie Fogarty has been announced this year’s WA Australian of the Year for her work in education advocacy.

The Minderoo Foundation will begin development of a new research centre near the Ningaloo Reef following the signing of a lease agreement with the Shire of Exmouth.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Ian Campbell, Steven Finney, Simon Morten, Margrete Chaney, Jayson Miragliotta, David Michael, John Phillimore, Graham Sansom, Anne Wood, Henry Zelones, Duncan Ord, Felicity Horn, Adam Radford, James Clement, Aman Sandhu and Jane Betts.

West Perth-based APM has been forced to lift the value of its takeover offer for Konekt by 30 per cent after a competing bidder lodged a proposal for the ASX-listed health solutions provider.