Staff Reporters

Robert Crew has been appointed as a non-executive director of SDS Corporation Limited.

DRD extends Emperor offer DURBAN Roodeport Deep has extended its take over offer for Fijian gold miner Emperor Mines Ltd by 28 days to June 11.

WA Business News, together with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, is holding another of our highly successful Meet the

THE University of Notre Dame Australia has been invited to open a Sydney campus on the site of the St Benedicts School in Broadway, central Sydney.

May 28 - Aurora Minerals Proposed code: ARM Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Gold explorer

Abelle Ltd 29/4/04

Abelle Ltd 07-May-04 Harmony has extended offer period to 28 May 2004.

Nido Petroleum Ltd 04-May-04

A guide to the general principles of GST written specifically for small business. Latest release – February 2004

Aquarius Platinum Limited has appointed Edward Haslam as a non-executive director of the company.

JOSEPHINE Casserly has been promoted to the position of St John of God Foundation Inc. CEO.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, David Ritchie, May 18, to speak at a WA Business News Meet the Ambassadors breakfast.

A NEW investment book claims the mining sector is in the early stages of prolonged strength despite some predictions that the boom is over.

CDS Technologies Ltd 20/4/04

Batavia Mining Ltd 28/4/04

Apollo Gold Mining Ltd 05-May-04

QPSX Ltd 04-May-04

Central Exchange Ltd

The proposed order of business for the Legislative Assembly for the week beginning Tuesday, May 11 is as follows:

Gordon Getley has been appointed as a director of Medec Limited, he replaces Christopher Seels who has resigned.

BERKLEY Resources has secured the rights to acquire a majority interest in a gold exploration project in the premier Chinese gold mining province of Shandong.

Best selling author, and Vision Publishing, principal, Brian Sher; Renowned keynote speaker and best selling author, Brendan Nichols;

THE final vestiges of one of West-ern Australia's oldest family com-panies, Bovell's Bakery, is being broken up by Pitcher Partners.

Tat Hong Holdings Ltd 29/4/04

Sons Of Gwalia Ltd 6/5/04

Kagara Zinc Ltd 07-May-04 Has completed the purchase of the Admiral Bay zinc - lead deposit from Rio Tinto.

SIMPLY supplying a superannuation calculator to customers will not automatically require a business to take an Australian Financial Services licence.

Tapp joins Riley Mathewson   REBECCA Tapp has been appointed as a consultant at public relations firm Riley Mathewson.

BILL Crossley has been appointed general manager operations at Kimberley Diamond Company.

ASTHMA is costing businesses $400 million a year in lost productivity, according to Asthma Foundation WA executive director John Shave.

A NEW research facility designed to test minerals processes has been launched by Murdoch University's Parker Centre.

Lefroy Resources Limited Proposed code: LEF Issue price $0.25