West Perth-based uranium and base metals explorer Gawler Resources Ltd has announced plans to raise $1.5 million through share and options issues to fund exploration of the company's tenements.
Perth dealmakers Ian Middlemas and Mark Pearce have taken board positions at Sydney-based exploration company Xenolith Gold Ltd after backing a placement and rights issue.
West Perth-based uranium explorer Palace Resources Ltd has announced plans to raise around $400,000 through an options issue to raise funds for development of exploration projects in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
West Perth-based mineral explorer Equinox Minerals Ltd has raised more than $230 million through an equity offer to raise funds for its Lumwana copper project in Zambia, after exercising its over-allotment option.
The ghosts of takeovers past have returned to haunt Subiaco-based Paladin Resources Ltd's takeover bid for Perth-based Summit Resources Ltd, with Paladin today asserting the bid was not motivated by a current legal dispute between the two companies.
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The boom in Western Australian motor vehicle sales continued in February, with year-to-date sales up 17.7 per cent to 18,554, which was 2,785 more than in the previous corresponding period.
The Michael Kiernan-chaired gold explorer and developer Monarch Gold Mining Company Ltd has given the go-ahead to its Davyhurst Gold Project and announced plans to immediately refurbish the site.
West Perth-based minerals explorer Ashburton Minerals Ltd has announced plans to raise $2.3 million through a rights issue to fund exploration activities in Brazil and Western Australia.
In another example of art imitating life, events in state parliament and the Corruption and Crime Commission this week bore a resemblance to the UWA Perth International Arts Festival-sponsored performances of Circus Oz - though with much less applause.
Former education minister Ljiljanna Ravlich was one of the winners from a state government ministerial reshuffle announced today, which also elevated David Templeman and new minister Sue Ellery.
The portfolios held by disgraced Liberal MLC Anthony Fels have been re-distributed, with Serpentine-Jarrahdale MLA Tony Simpson and Agricultural Region MLC Bruce Donaldson taking over.
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Colonial Brewing Co founder Ross Smith's Golden Hind Holdings Ltd will dispose of its interests in Subiaco-based brewer Empire Beer Group Ltd, after what is understood to be a sale to a thrid party.
Nedlands-based pharmaceutical company PharmAust Ltd has reported a net loss of $2.5 million, up 103 per cent on the previous corresponding period's 1.2 million loss.
With the Premier out of the country, one could have been forgiven for predicting a quiet week in state politics. Of course, with a CCC trial running, things could never be that simple.
UK-based industrial services company Cape PLC has confirmed it is in discussions with Malaga-based scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd, but would not guarantee it would make an offer.
Subiaco-based debt collection agency Repcol Ltd has suspended trade in its shares ahead of an audit, which the company believes will result in a loss significantly higher than the $7 million to $9 million predicted in November last year.
Shares in West Perth diamond miner Kimberley Diamond Company NL fell today after the company dismissed rumours of a takeover bid from UK-based Gem Diamonds Ltd.
Malaga-based scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd has confirmed it received a 90 cents-per-share takeover proposal, and that the offer merited further discussion.
