Staff Reporters

Has issued 31,250,000 shares to professional investors at an issue price of $0.016 to raise $500,000 in working capital.

Once upon a time there were two technology companies which no-one in Perth dared criticise.

Proposed code: AXCIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Gold explorer

Image Resources NL became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 4,200,000 ordinary shares (10.3%).

Arduina Holding BV increased its relevant interest from 14,908,935 ordinary shares (13.17%) to 16,966,718 ordinary shares (14.99%).

Commonwealth Bank Of Australia decreased its relevant interest from 20,893,855 ordinary shares (6.43%) to 17,190,041 ordinary shares (5.29%).

Lodged response to ASX query.

Steel manufacturing sub contractorPrice: $6 million

Greg Hahn has resigned from the board of directors at Matrix Metals Limited.

Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection – British Columbia, Canada director Environmental Management Branch Eric Partridge; M-Co executive director Ken Chapman; Former Federal

Australian businesses are being encouraged to attend a new trade mission to Russia's gas and oil rich Sakhalin Island announced recently.

Jackson Gold Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Altera Capital Ltd increased its relevant interest from 7,419,323 ordinary shares (19.052%) to 7,866,137 ordinary shares (20.2%.)

Ambreen Chaudhri changed his relevant interest from 4,908,471 ordinary shares (5.337%) to 5,058,471 ordinary shares (5.043%).S8 Ltd

20,000 fully paid ordinary shares will be released from escrow on 30 July 2004.

Announced the completion of a private placement of 24 million shares at an issue price of 2.5 cents a share to clients of lead manager, Patersons Securities.

 Stuart Baldwin, Natasha Breach and James Scovell have been promoted to senior associates.

Federal quarantine agency Biosecurity Australia (BA) has again extended the comment period for the revised draft import risk analysis (IRA) report for bananas from the Philippines

Proposed code: TLMIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Base metal explorer

 Durban Roodepoort Deeps Ltd increased its relevant interest from 41,439,139 ordinary shares (36.61%) to 42,436,089 ordinary shares (37.49%).

Paradice Cooper Investors Pty Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 8,500,000 ordinary shares (9.46%) to 8,583,993 ordinary shares (8.26%).

Has finalised a deal with Placer Dome Asia Pacific Ltd to acquire a 100% interest in Placer's Castle Hill Project, located 35 kilometres north of Coolgardie in Western Australia a

Industrial waste removal company WA Bins has successfully obtained an order from the Supreme Court of Western Australia to prevent a competitor using the mark "A WA Bins&quot

Grant Morahan has been appointed the inaugural Diabetes Research Foundation Professor of Research at the University of Western Australia.

Joy Hewitt has joined EqiTX as chief commercialisation officer, a newly-created position within the biotechnology company.

Proposed code: AAQIssue price: $0.25Principal activities: Production and marketing of barramundi in the US.

National Australia Bank Ltd Group  ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Lyreco SA increased its relevant interest from 226,401,664 ordinary shares (94.60%) to 233,520,539 ordinary shares (96.72%).

A memorandum of understanding was signed between JOB Pertamina Medco Madura Pty Ltd and PT Pembagkitan Jawa Bali for Pusat Pembangkit Listrik di Madura for the supply of gas for a