Edited announcement

West Perth-based platinum company Nkwe Platinum Ltd has reached agreement with Indian Ocean Capital Pty Ltd to underwrite the exercise of the company's unlisted options, resulting in Nkwe receiving $7 million.

Three new marine sanctuary zones have been created on Rottnest Island, with two existing zones expanded to help protect the island's marine life, Tourism Minister Sheila McHale announced today.

The Corruption and Crime Commission will conduct an investigation into whether there has been misconduct in the relationship between the Director-General of the Department of Health, Dr Neale Fong, and former premier Brian Burke, after a referral from the

Perth-based IT services provider ASG Group Ltd will become a major corporate sponsor of the North Melbourne Football Club.

An initiative to ban the use of drag nets by recreational fishermen in the Peel Harvey Estuary from July 6 was launched today by Fisheries Minister John Ford, to reduce the pressure on blue swimmer crab stocks.

West Perth-based nickel company Western Areas Ltd has completed the issue of $225 million worth of convertible bonds, with funds to be applied to a feasibility study at its Diggers South project.

The chief executive of Balcatta-based transport systems technology developer ERG Group Ltd, Allan Sullivan, will retire today, the company said in an announcement.

West Perth-based Anvil Mining Ltd has been cleared by a military court of any involvement in the violation of human rights during the suppression of a rebel insurgency in the Democratic Republic of Congo town of Kilwa by the nation's army in 2004.

West Perth-based African-focused gold and base metals explorer Shield Mining Ltd has been granted a new permit for gold and base metals exploration in Mauritania, the company has announced.