Susan Bower

ACCLAIM Exploration’s summer announcements for its West Musgrave territory have met a surprisingly muted response.

PALADIN Resources is gearing up to take advantage of steady price gains and growing demand in world uranium markets, as well as renewed market interest in promising copper/gold deposits in WA’s north-west.

RECENT listings by local companies on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market have highlighted the attraction of this market for smaller local companies with overseas foundation projects.

DECEMBER has been a time of celebration for Barra Resources, and not only because it was the first anniversary of the company’s Australian Stock Exchange listing.

GOING on a recruitment drive when other firms are laying off staff is not just a display of community spirit, according to WA heavy machinery giant Westrac Equipment.

WHEN the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Economic Analytical Unit released its “India: new economy old economy” report in Perth last week, Clough Offshore was happy to speak of the company’s experience in India.

SHAREHOLDERS in Australian Indian Resources subsidiary Rama Mines are expected to realise their investment when Rama lists a gold company on the Bombay Stock Exchange (in Mumbai) in March next year.

THOSE trying to do business in the industry know it, the Western Australian Government is taking a serious look at it and a timely PricewaterhouseCoopers report has publicly documented insider views of the nation’s energy arrangements.

EXPLORATION data is recognised as a significant company asset, and the loss or corruption of such data can cost an exploration and mining company dearly.