Staff Reporters

Brendan Hammond has been appointed as deputy chairman for Omegacorp.

NICKEL producer LionOre Mining International has announced plans to expand production at its 80 per cent-owned Black Swan nickel project near Kalgoorlie.

Lake Argyle-Bow River Diamonds. Proposed code: LAD. Issue price: $0.20. Principal activities: diamond exploration.

Amcom Telecommunications Ltd. 5-Oct-05. Futuris Corporation Ltd / Vickner Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 90,845,680 ordinary shares (24.75%) to 94,857,333 ordinary shares (25.84%).

United Group Ltd. 30-Sep-05. Commonwealth Bank of Australia decreased its relevant interest from 8,281,345 ordinary shares (6.66%) to 7,001,474 ordinary shares (5.59%).

Sundance Resources Ltd. 7-Oct-05. Has concluded negotiations to purchase 100% of the Mantos Grandes copper/gold project in Chile for US$1.2m in cash

Elkedra Diamonds NL. Annual General Meeting to be held at at First Floor, The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, on on November 9 at 4.00pm.

Aspen Group.7-Oct-05 Has successfully completed an institutional placement of 195,121,951 stapled securities at an issue price of 20.5 cents to raise $40M

EMERGING listed mineral sands miner Matilda Minerals has upgraded reserves at its Tiwi Islands project in the Northern Territory by 140 per cent.

THE Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has called for a reduction in the state's payroll tax rate to the level charged by Queensland, and for the abolition of stamp duty on mortgages, rental transact

Alexander Forcke has resigned as a non-executive director for ARC Energy Limited.

Nigel Johnson, Rick Laing and Peter Storey have been appointed as non-executive directors for Tritton Resources Limited, following the acquisition of a controlling interest in the company by Straits R

October 25. Uranex. Proposed code: UNX. Issue price: $0.20. Principal activities: uranium exploration.

Alinta Infrastructure Ltd. 4-Oct-05. Alinta Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 57,866,667 ordinary shares (20%).

Olea Australis Ltd. 19-Aug-05.H.F.Stevenson (Aust) P.L. changed its relevant interest from 19,694,531 ordinary shares (8.3%) to 20,894,531 ordinary shares (7.74%)

Ashburton Minerals Ltd. 3-Oct-05.

Lion Energy Ltd. 7-Oct-05. Has sold to Global Select Limited all of its estate and interest in Indonesia Prima Energy Services Ltd and Kalrez Petroleum (Seram) Limited

NeuroDiscovery Ltd. Annual General Meeting to be held atLevel 1 King St Room, Rydges Hotel, cnr King & Hay St, Perth, on November 18 at 10.30am.

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NORTHERN Star Resources has recorded the highest gold grade drilling results ever taken from epithermal-style mineralisation in the East Kimberley region.

Ray Muskett will now be a non-executive rather than an executive director for Falcon Minerals Limited.

JOYCE Corporation has announced that its 49 per cent-owned furniture business, Bedshed, will expand into Queensland after it signed an agreement to acquire the Mattress Discounters business.

Automotive Holdings Group Proposed code: AHE Issue price: $1.00 Principal activities: diversified automotive retail and logistics.

West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd. 5-Oct-05. Concorde Capital Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 10,502,855 ordinary shares (5.02%).

Mount Gibson Iron Ltd. 3-Oct-05. Acorn Capital Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 26,816,286 ordinary shares (7.31%) to 22,666,286 ordinary shares (6.07%)

Aspen Group. 3-Oct-05. Advise that the proposed acquisition of an industrial property for the Aspen Diversified Property Fund ("Aspen Diversified") will not proceed.

Clough Ltd. Annual General Meeting to be held at The Argyle Ballroom Parmelia Hilton Hotel Mill Street, Perth on on November 9 at 10am.

Wavenet International Ltd. Annual General Meeting to be held at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth on November 4 at 9.00am.

Restaurant/caterer seeks equity partner to assist with growth strategy.

Having moved out of residential property development in favour of commercial property syndication 18 months ago, Access West is currently completing its sixth commercial syndicate.

Abra Mining Limited managing director David Blight has passed away. The company is in the process of appointing an interim chief executive.

Michael Perrott and Ian Macliver have been appointed as directors for Siberia Mining Corporation Limited.