Australian Mining & Exploration Companies-News

Investors marked the last trading day of 2005 Friday with the same conundrum they faced all year -- trying to find a good reason to buy stocks and coming up short. Stocks fell to their December lows, and the Dow Jones industrials finished the year with a loss.
With little news to spur buying, stocks fell as investors consolidated their meager profits on the year. As a result, the Dow suffered its first down year since 2002, although the other major indexes posted modest gains for 2005.

For the year, the Dow fell 0.61 percent, while the S&P 500 rose 1.6 percent and the Nasdaq gained 1.37 percent.

Gold futures finished higher Friday, extending their winning streak to six sessions and ending 2005 with a gain of over $80 an ounce.

Crude-oil futures ended Friday at a two-week high above $61 a barrel to mark an over 40% climb from the year-ago level, and natural-gas prices saw a year-over-year gain of nearly 83%.

The Australian share market has ended 2005 just short of its record highs.
The All Ordinaries gained 16.2 per cent since December 31, while the S&P/ASX200 rose by 17.6 per cent.

WEDGETAIL EXPLORATION

Appendix 3B - exercise of options - Web Site

AUSTRALIAN MINES

Changes to Unlisted Options - Web Site

BOW ENERGY

Farminee exercises drilling & seismic option in ATP 752P - Web Site

BEACH PETROLEUM

Appendix 3B - Web Site

CONTACT RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

DIAMONEX LIMITED

Change of Director's Interest Notice x 2 - Web Site

FOX RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - conversion of listed options - Web Site

FOX RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Correction - Web Site

HIGHLANDS PACIFIC

Appendix 3B - 30.12.05 - Web Site

HERON RESOURCES

Response to ASX Price Fluctuation Query - Web Site

IMPRESS VENTURES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

IMPRESS VENTURES

Section 708A(5)(e) Notice - Web Site

WESTONIA MINES

Response to ASX Query re: Share Price - Web Site

WASHINGTON RESOURCES

Results of AGM - Web Site

West Esponda Pilot Drilling Program - Web Site

PO VALLEY ENERGY

Test Results Set Up Po Valley 2006 Production - Web Site

ROC OIL

Activity Update: Angolan Seismic Survey & 2006 Budget

Roc Oil (Cabinda) Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of ROC, is pleased to advise that the processing and initial interpretation of the 162 sq km 3D and 505 km 2D seismic acquired in the Cabinda South Block, onshore Angola, between June and November 2005 continues to yield encouraging results with numerous prospects and leads and several different play concepts being identified.

As a consequence of the seismic data processed and interpreted to date, the ROC-operated Cabinda South Joint Venture has agreed to accelerate the exploration programme through 2006 with the intention of drilling the first of an initial programme of three exploration wells in September, 2006. In this context, the 2006 budget exploration expenditure for the Cabinda South Block is expected to be in the order of US$45million of which ROC will contribute about US$34 million/A$45 million.

DRILLING ACTIVITY UPDATE
ZOULÉ-1 EXPLORATION WELL, OFFSHORE MAURITANIA: (28-12-2005)

ROC advises that on 25 December, the "Stena Tay" drilling rig commenced drilling the Zoulé-1 exploration well. As at midnight, 27 December 2005, (local time), the well had drilled 18½ inch hole to 1,619 metres where the 133/8 inch casing was being run and cemented.

MAURITANIA OFFSHORE DRILLING UPDATE: (23-12-2005)

ROC advises that the following release was made earlier today by Woodside Petroleum Ltd:

“Woodside Petroleum Ltd reports the following activity by its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Woodside Mauritania Pty. Ltd. and WEL Mauritania B.V., offshore Mauritania since the last report issued (by Woodside) on 22 November 2005..

PSC Area C, Block 6: Zoulé-1 Exploration Well

The ‘Stena Tay’ drill rig is expected to resume exploration drilling for Woodside operated joint ventures in Mauritania next week.

The next well to be drilled will be the Zoulé-1 exploration well in PSC Area C, Block 6. The well will target a Cretaceous objective and has a planned total depth of approximately 3730 metres.

Following Zoulé-1, the Doré-1 exploration well will be drilled in PSC Area B to target late Paleogene and early Miocene objectives.

Woodside anticipates issuing the next Mauritania Offshore Drilling Update on 3 January 2006 unless it is necessary to issue an earlier release to comply with its continuous disclosure obligations under the ASX Listing Rules.

DRILLING ACTIVITY UPDATE
FAUCON-1 EXPLORATION WELL, OFFSHORE MAURITANIA: (20-12-2005)

ROC advises that since the Company’s last "Drilling Activity Update" on 13 December, 2005, the "Stena Tay" drilling rig has drilled Faucon-1 a further 496 metres to a Total Depth of 4,170 metres without encountering any significant hydrocarbons. The current operation is preparing to plug and abandon the well as a regionally significant but sub-commercial, discovery.- Web Site

STUART PETROLEUM

DRILLING REPORT: ROGAN #1
PEL 102, COOPER / EROMANGA BASIN, SA

Stuart Petroleum Limited advises that the Rogan #1 gas exploration well has run Drill Stem Test #3 over the interval 1931m to 1944m in the Birkhead formation but the test was a misrun due to packer seat failure. Drill Stem Test #4 will be run over the interval 1949m to 1958m in the Hutton formation.

The status of Rogan #1 at 06:00 hrs (CST) on 30 December 2005 was:

Location: PEL 102
Planned Total Depth: 2622 metres (TVD)
Current depth: 2661 metres (TD)
Operation: Pulling out of the hole after a wiper trip.
Spud: 22:00hrs 11 December 2005 - Web Site

TAP OIL

Woollybutt-5 Appraisal Well & Scalybutt-1H Tie-In Update - Web Site

TERRA GOLD MINING

Removal from Official List - Web Site

Thursday 29 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)

All Ords

4715.2

+17.9

Dow Jones

10,784.82

-11.44

ASX100

3881.8

+14.5

S&P 500

1254.42

-3.75

ASX200

4772.5

+16.9

Nasdaq

2218.16

-10.78

ASX300

4764.9

+17.7

Gold - spot/oz

US$515.40

+1.60

Materials (GIC)

9283.1

+93.5

Silver - spot/oz

US$8.80

-0.03

Energy (GIC)

11,092.8

+102.6

Platinum - spot

US$957.00

-4.00

AGC Macquarie Au

4376

+87.7

Palladium - spot

US$252.00

-5.00

Hartleys Explorers Index

7285

Bridge CRB Futures Index

345.64

-1.17

Shanghai Composite

1169.9

+12.8

Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)

US$60.32

+0.50

FTSE 100

5638.3

+15.5

Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)

US$11.35

-0.35

Nikkei

16,344.2

+149.6

Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)

4635

+26

Hang Seng

15,042.1

-59.5

Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)

1135

-5

A$ = US73.15

+0.25

Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)

1877

-3

A$ = 86.21yen

+0.26

Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)

13,390

-95

A$ = 0.618euro

+0.002

Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)

2275

-1

US 10-Year Bond

4.376%

-0.002

Tin (LME - spot $US/tonne)

6725

+90

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Thursday, December 29 2005, 9:15 PM

REDPORT

Proxy Form - Web Site

Thursday, December 29 2005, 3:15 PM

AGL

SG & AGL JV Convertible Notes Financing Arrangements - Web Site

FOX RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

HODGES RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice x 3 - Web Site

MATILDA MINERALS

Response to ASX Query re:Share Price - Web Site

ORIGIN ENERGY

Appendix 3B - Web Site

OIL SEARCH

Drilling Report (Nabrajah-9) - 29 December 2005 - Web Site

PACRIM ENERGY

Issue of Incentive Options & Release from Voluntary Escrow - Web Site

STRIKE OIL

Drilling Update Gulf Coast Texas - Web Site

TANAMI GOLD

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

TAP OIL

Marley-1 Exploration Well Update - Web Site

WESTERN AREAS

Notice of General Meeting - Web Site

Yalcowinna Creek RC Drilling Progress Report - Web Site

WOODSIDE

ROC: Drilling Activity Update Zoule-1 Offshore Mauritania - Web Site

Wednesday 28 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4697.3	+26.5	Dow Jones	10,796.26	+18.49
ASX100	3867.3	+21.8	S&P 500	1258.17	+1.63
ASX200	4755.6	+27.9	Nasdaq	2228.94	+2.05
ASX300	4747.2	+28.8	Gold - spot/oz	US$513.80	+6.20
Materials (GIC)	9189.6	+57.8	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.83	+0.13
Energy (GIC)	10,990.2	+43.4	Platinum - spot	US$961.00	+3.00
AGC Macquarie Au	4289	+140.1	Palladium - spot	US$257.00	+4.00
Hartleys Explorers Index	7285	+136.1	Bridge CRB Futures Index	346.81	+3.87
Shanghai Composite	1157.0	+2.7	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$59.82	+1.66
FTSE 100	5622.8	+27.4	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$11.70	+0.44
Nikkei	16,194.6	+225.2	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4609	+30
Hang Seng	15,101.5	-82.0	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1140	+9
A$ = US72.90		+0.48	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1880	+25
A$ = 85.95yen		+0.91	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	13,485	+325
A$ = 0.616euro		+0.004	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2276	+31
US 10-Year Bond	4.378%	+0.037	Tin (LME - spot $US/tonne)	6635	-15
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Wednesday, December 28 2005, 9:16 PM

TAP OIL

Supplejack South-1A Gas Discovery Update - Web Site

Hardman Drilling Programme Weekly Progress Report - Web Site

OLYMPIA RESOURCES

1. Olympia Resources Capital Raising

Olympia Resources is pleased to announce that it has placed 9,413,000 shares and 4,706,500 unlisted options to raise $1,882,600 to provide Keysbrook Project costs, exploration, evaluation & development and working capital. These shares represent a second portion of the 14 million shares which the Directors were authorised to allot by the General Meeting of Shareholders held on 15 September 2005. The Company is now applying for the listing of the December 2007 options as it has now met the minimum spread under listing rule 2.5 condition 6.

2. New Mineral Sands Zone at Pinjarra & Bruce's Gold Prospect Update

Olympia Resources is pleased to announce that initial exploratory drilling has uncovered a new zone of heavy mineral sand mineralisation east of Pinjarra. The Pinjarra Heavy Mineral Sand Project is similar in natu re and 20 kilometres south of Olympia’s Keysbrook Heavy Mineral Sand Project, which is due to begin production in early 2007. There has been insufficient drilling to identify a resource of the deposit, however further drilling at Pinjarra will commence in 2006.

A 1,200 metre combination RAB and RC drilling program at Bruce’s Gold Prospect 300 km north-east of Alice Springs has also been completed. The results indicate that mineralisation occurs within the easterly trending shear zones identified by earlier soil sampling, but the grade is low. Olympia will continue regional exploration at Bruce’s Prospect including more geological mapping and soil sampling..... - Web Site

PETSEC ENERGY

PETSEC ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF FIRST WELL AT MAIN PASS 19 – GULF OF MEXICO, USA

Petsec Energy Ltd (ASX, PSA; ADR’s, PSJEY.PK)

Petsec Energy Ltd today announced a commercial gas discovery from the first well in its current four-well drilling programme at Main Pass 19.

Petsec said the Main Pass 19 G-7 exploration well had reached total depth and intersected four productive sands with an estimated 20 - 23 metres (65 - 75 feet) of net gas pay.

The sand thickness of the primary objectives was thinner than expected but this was partially offset by the intersection of additional sands that were not included in the pre-drill prognosis.

Production casing is currently being run in the well prior to it being suspended for future production.

As previously announced, this well is the first in a programme of four wells to be drilled from the Company’s recently installed Main Pass 19 platform – located 128 kilometres (80 miles) south east of New Orleans, which will test total mapped potential of approximately 15 to 18 billion cubic feet equivalent (Bcfe) of gas net to Petsec Energy. - Web Site

ROC OIL

Appendix 3B - Exercise of employee options - Web Site

WESTMAG

Drilling Results San Francisco 5 Gold Project - Peru - Web Site

Wednesday, December 28 2005, 11:15 AM

A1 MINERALS

Appendix 3B - closes share purchase plan - Web Site

ATLAS GOLD

Appendix 3B - Web Site

ARROW ENERGY

Financial Close for Upstream Development of Tipton West - Web Site

ALUMINA LIMITED

Ceasing to be a substantial holder - Web Site

AUSTRALIAN WORLDWIDE

NWE ann: Magnolia 1 Well Spuds - Web Site

BHP BILLITON

TYC: Tethyan in Landmark Deal with Antofagasta - Web Site

BEACH PETROLEUM

Commits to Tipton West Farmin - Web Site

BOUNTY OIL & GAS

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

CASPIAN OIL & GAS

Appendix 3B - issue of new securities - Web Site

COOPER ENERGY

Daily Drilling Report - Fairbridge-1 - Web Site

CONSOLIDATED MINERAL

Change in substantial holding for JML - Web Site

CONTACT RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice x 3 - Web Site

DRAGON MINING

Appendix 3B - convertible note issue - Web Site

ECHELON RESOURCES

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

EMPEROR MINES

Notice of General Meeting & Explanatory Memorandum - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

SEA: Fairbridge 1 Spuds - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

GOG: Rossco-1 Daily Drilling Report - 28 December 2005 - Web Site

GAS2GRID

Nuevo Malohos 1 - Drilling Report (Day 1) - Web Site

GYMPIE GOLD

Initial Director's Interest Notice x 3 - Web Site

INCREMENTAL PETROLEUM

OEL ann:Drilling Rig Released from Bati Umur-1 Gas Discovery - Web Site

INDOPHIL RESOURCES

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

JINDALEE RESOURCES

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

LEGEND MINING

Mineral Resource Estimates for Premium and Swift at Gidgee - Web Site

METEX RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - unlisted executive options - Web Site

MURCHISON METALS

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

MONTO MINERALS

SENTIENT PROVIDES MAJOR BOOST TOWARDS COMPLETING FUNDING FOR THE GOONDICUM INDUSTRIAL MINERALS PROJECT

Leading international minerals resources investor, The Sentient Group (Sentient), proposes to take a key stake in Monto Minerals Limited’s (Monto) Goondicum Industrial Minerals Project in central Queensland.

Announcing a Heads of Agreement (HoA) with Sentient today, Monto Executive Chairman Mr Peter Slaughter said:

“We are delighted to have such a significant cornerstone investor in the Goondicum project which is now ready for development. Sentient’s decision constitutes a major part of the financing now being finalised for the project. This is an important day for Monto shareholders and other stakeholders in our Project at Mount Goondicum.”

Monto plans to produce high quality feldspar, ilmenite and apatite from the Goondicum deposit using simple mining techniques and proven mineral sands processing technology. A feasibility study has established the project’s robust economics, with proposed production being progressively contracted for sale, including 50% of the first year’s planned output and a similar tonnage for year two. Advanced discussions with two other customers could increase offtake commitments beyond 60% of the first two years’ production.

Under the HoA, which is conditional on other components of the financial arrangements for the project being concluded in the United Kingdom and Australia, Sentient will provide a $7.8 million investment package comprising:

a $1.8 million placement of Monto shares at 3 cents per share and
a $6 million direct investment in the Goondicum project subject to further due diligence on the project by Sentient and other conditions precedent.

The $1.8 million will fund the production of additional titano-magnetite (a potential new high-margin product for use in coal washing) and feldspar bulk samples for commercial testing, early engineering design work for the water pipeline, and road works as well as additional working capital........ - Web Site

MONARCH RESOURCES

Change in substantial holding for SIB - Web Site

NORTHERN GOLD

Release of GBS Gold financials - Web Site

RUSINA MINING

Appointment of Broker & Status of AIM Listing

Further to the 20 day notice on 1 December 2005 of the intention for Rusina Mining NL to seek admission to AIM, the Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Mirabaud Securites Limited (21 St James Square, London SW1Y 4JP) as broker for the company. The brokers primary role is to help the Company raise finance from the capital markets, provide broking activities which include acting as an intermediary between the Company and the market, investment research and reporting

The Company has previously engaged a Nominated Adviser (“Nomad”) – Beaumont Cornish Limited (Georgian House, 63 Coleman Street, London EC2R 5BB) – for the AIM listing.
They were used to determine the suitability of the Company for admission, to project manage the flotation process and advise on regulatory matters. The Nomad will continue to give advice and guidance on the AIM rules. The Company is required to keep a Nomad appointed at all times whilst listed on the AIM.

Kerman & Co LLP (7 Savoy Court Strand, London WC2R) have been engaged as the Company’s Corporate Lawyers to complete a legal due diligence on the Company on behalf of the Nomad, drafting of the admission document and advising generally on all aspects of the flotation and provide ongoing advice to the board on its continuing legal obligations.

The Company’s current Auditors are K Westaway & Associates (121 Colin Street, West Perth WA 6000) who have also been used as the Reporting Accountant for the AIM listing. The Reporting Accountant has the responsibility of reporting on historical information, forecasted financial information, and financial reporting polices and procedures.

The UK Share Registry will be managed by Computershare Investor Services Plc (The Pavillions, Bridge Water Road, Bristol BS997NH.

The board is pleased to advise the above and note that all the requirements for the AIM listing have been met and we are on track for the planned listing date of 30 December 2005 - Web Site

SOUTHERN CROSS

Profit Upgrade Potential

Tuesday 27 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4670.8	closed	Dow Jones	10,777.77	-105.50
ASX100	3845.5	closed	S&P 500	1256.54	-12.12
ASX200	4727.7	closed	Nasdaq	2226.89	-22.53
ASX300	4718.4	closed	Gold - spot/oz	US$507.60	+4.90
Materials (GIC)	9131.8	closed	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.70	+0.16
Energy (GIC)	10,946.8	closed	Platinum - spot	US$958.00	+4.00
AGC Macquarie Au	4149	closed	Palladium - spot	US$253.00	+1.00
Hartleys Explorers Index	7149	closed	Bridge CRB Futures Index	342.94	-1.56
Shanghai Composite	1154.3	-2.5	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$58.16	-0.27
FTSE 100	5595.4	closed	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$11.26	-1.16
Nikkei	15,941.4	+28.0	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4609	+30
Hang Seng	15,183.6	na	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1140	+9
A$ = US72.42		-0.40	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1880	+25
A$ = 85.04yen		+0.39	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	13,485	+325
A$ = 0.612euro		-0.002	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2276	+31
US 10-Year Bond	4.341%	-0.039	Tin (LME - spot $US/tonne)	6635	-15
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Tuesday, December 27 2005, 11:15 PM

WALL STREET

Stocks tumbled Tuesday as the bond market gave signals that in the past have preceded economic slowdowns. The Dow Jones industrial average lost more than 100 points.

Oil prices slipped on Tuesday on warmer-than-usual weather across the United States.
Natural gas futures plunged 10 percent Tuesday, settling at their lowest level in three and a half months amid forecasts calling for mild U.S. weather over the next week. It was the third straight decline for natural gas prices, which have fallen 23 percent since Wednesday, and the selloff triggered a decline in other energy futures.

Gold futures closed higher for a third session Tuesday, pulling the broader metals sector with them, amid forecasts of continued strong physical demand from China, India and the Middle East.
Chart-based buying enabled New York gold and silver futures to finish sharply higher on Tuesday, traders and analysts said. However, they emphasized that volume remained unusually light after Christmas and price moves may have been exaggerated as a result.

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

SANTOS

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

STUART PETROLEUM

DRILLING REPORT: ROGAN #1
PEL 102, COOPER / EROMANGA BASIN, SA

Stuart Petroleum Limited advises that the Rogan #1 gas exploration well has drilled to a total depth of 2661m and is currently running wireline logs. After logging, Drill Stem Test #2 will be run over the interval 2430m to 2461m in the Patchawarra formation.

The status of Rogan #1 at 06:00 hrs (CST) on 28 December 2005 was:
Location: PEL 102
Planned Total Depth: 2622 metres (TVD)
Current depth: 2661 metres (TD)
Operation: Running wireline logs.
Spud: 22:00hrs 11 December 2005 - Web Site

TETHYAN COPPER

Trading Halt - Web Site

Friday 23 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4670.8	+18.8	Dow Jones	10,883.27	-6.17
ASX100	3845.5	+17.0	S&P 500	1268.66	+0.54
ASX200	4727.7	+19.9	Nasdaq	2249.42	+2.93
ASX300	4718.4	+20.1	Gold - spot/oz	US$502.70	+0.10
Materials (GIC)	9131.8	+51.1	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.54	+0.07
Energy (GIC)	10,946.8	-41.6	Platinum - spot	US$954.00	-6.00
AGC Macquarie Au	4149	+142.1	Palladium - spot	US$252.00	+4.00
Hartleys Explorers Index	7149	na	Bridge CRB Futures Index	344.50	-0.91
Shanghai Composite	1144.9	+9.6	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$58.43	+0.15
FTSE 100	5595.4	-1.6	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$12.42	-0.60
Nikkei	15,941.4	na	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4579	-1
Hang Seng	15,183.6	+1.1	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1131	+7
A$ = US72.82		-0.38	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1855	+21
A$ = 84.65yen		-0.84	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	13,160	+70
A$ = 0.614euro		-0.003	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2245	+5
US 10-Year Bond	4.380%	-0.053	Tin (LME - spot $US/tonne)	6650	-60
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Friday, December 23 2005, 9:15 PM

WALL STREET

Stocks barely moved Friday, even though durable goods orders jumped by the largest amount in six months.
Volume was light on Wall Street, as it often is before Christmas.

Sales of new homes plunged in November by the largest amount in nearly 12 years, the most dramatic evidence yet that the booming housing market is starting to cool off.

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

Friday, December 23 2005, 3:16 PM

ADAMUS RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

AGD MINING

Share Purchase Plan - Web Site

AUSQUEST LIMITED

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

ASTRO MINING

Appendix 3B - issue of shares and options - Web Site

AXG MINING

Clarification of escrowed stock - Web Site

AZTEC RESOURCES

Significant Shareholders - Web Site

BASS STRAIT OIL

Appendix 3B - Web Site

BALLARAT GOLDFIELDS

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

BATAVIA MINING

Appendix 3B: Exercise of Options - Web Site

BOUNTY OIL & GAS

Change in substantial holding from DLS - Web Site

CENTRALIAN MINERALS

Withdrawal of Prospectus - Web Site

CENTRALIAN MINERALS

Initial Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

DIORO EXPLORATION

Despatch of 2005 Annual Report to Shareholders - Web Site

ENERGY METALS

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

GALLERY GOLD

Cancellation of Options - Web Site

GOLDEN GATE PETROLEUM

Gas Indications in Dunn-Peach #6 - Web Site

GOLDEN GATE PETROLEUM

Response to ASX Price Fluctuation Query - Web Site

GRD

Trading Halt - Web Site

HODGES RESOURCES

Closure of Non Renounceable Entitlement Issue of Options - Web Site

HARDMAN RESOURCES

Weekly Progress Report - Web Site

HARDMAN RESOURCES

ROC: Mauritania Offshore Drilling Update - Web Site

HANNANS REWARDS

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

JACKSON GOLD

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

JABIRU METALS

Confirmation of New Share Issue - Web Site

JINDALEE RESOURCES

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

JINDALEE RESOURCES

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

LION ENERGY

Initial Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

MAGELLAN PETROLEUM

Magellan Target Statement - Web Site

MINCOR RESOURCES

VRE's ann: Camilya Hill Update - Web Site

MINDAX LIMITED

Appendix 3B-Issue of Employee Options/Appendix 3Y - Web Site

NEW ZEALND OIL & GAS

Pike River Coal Transport Route Finalised - Web Site

ORIGIN ENERGY

STO ann: Moomba insurance claim settled - Web Site

ORIGIN ENERGY

Appendix 3B - Options - Web Site

ORIGIN ENERGY

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

PANCONTINENTAL OIL

Trading Halt - Web Site

PLACER DOME

RND: Ore Processing Agreement Signed - Web Site

PERILYA

Cancellation of Options - Web Site

PAN PACIFIC PETROL

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

PAN PACIFIC PETROL

Appendix 3B - Web Site

PAN PACIFIC PETROL

Placements to Raise $2million - Web Site

PO VALLEY ENERGY

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

REGAL RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - 725 000 released from escrow - Web Site

ROC OIL

WPL: Mauritania Offshore Drilling Update - Web Site

ST BARBARA MINES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

TAP OIL

Change of Director's Interest Notice x 3 - Web Site

THUNDELARRA EXPLORATION

2005 Annual Report

CHAIRMAN’S LETTER

........In 2005 Thundelarra, together with our East Kimberley joint venture partner LionOre Australia Pty Ltd (“LionOre”), continued our intensive exploration program in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. Both parties were extremely active, with LionOre spending in excess of $2 million as part of the LionOre Joint Venture Agreement and Thundelarra spending in excess of $2 million. LionOre is exploring 1,412 kilometres to earn 60% equity by spending $5 million over 5 years.

Thundelarra on its own account drilled a total of 15 holes for a total of 2,936 metres and obtained 2,266 metres of NQ drill core. Thundelarra flew 2,000 line kilometres of Hoist EM Airborne Survey and conducted down hole electro magnetic surveying over most holes..........- Web Site

TITAN RESOURCES

New Gold Drill Results from the Munda Prospect - Web Site

YILGARN GOLD

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

YILGARN GOLD

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

YILGARN GOLD

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

Friday, December 23 2005, 11:15 AM

ACCENT RESOURCES

Options Rights Issue Shortfall - Web Site

ALLEGIANCE MINING

Placement Oversubscribed - Web Site

ALBIDON

Lapse of Unlisted Options and Appendix 3B - Web Site

ALLIED GOLD

Notice of EGM - 31 January 2006 - Web Site

ALLIED GOLD

Appendix 3B x 2 - Web Site

ATLANTIC GOLD

Director Resignation / Appointment - Web Site

ANVIL MINING

Obtains US$15m & C$6m Finance Facility - Web Site

BARRA RESOURCES

Section 708A Notice - Web Site

BARRA RESOURCES

Appendix 3B New Issue Announcement - Web Site

BLINA DIAMONDS

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

BOULDER STEEL

Result of Options Rights Issue - Web Site

BALLARAT GOLDFIELDS

Pours First Gold - Web Site

BHP BILLITON

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

BONAPARTE DIAMOND MINES

25 Million Share Placement Closes Fully Subscribed - Web Site

CAZALY RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice x 3 - Web Site

CBH RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Issue of Unlisted Options - Web Site

COCKATOO COAL

Initial Director's Interest Notice x 7 - Web Site

DRDGOLD

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

DRAKE RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

DWYKA DIAMONDS

Issue of shares/CEO Remuneration Package & Appendix 3B - Web Site

ECHELON RESOURCES

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

EUREKA MINES

MSX ann: Capital Raising & Investment Update - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

Rossco-1 PEL-106 SA Progress Report - Web Site

EXTRACT RESOURCES

Issue of Convertible Notes

FELIX RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

FORTESCUE METALS

Additional Sales Agreements - Web Site

FOX RESOURCES

$3.2 MILLION UNHEDGED SHIPMENT OF NICKEL AND COPPER DEPARTS FROM PORT OF DAMPIER

HIGHLIGHTS

16th shipment of Radio Hill nickel concentrate (2,281 wmt @ 9.5 % nickel) and copper concentrate (651 wmt @ 30% copper) left Dampier on the 22nd December with an estimated sales value of $3.2million.
All nickel and copper shipped is now unhedged, capitalising on a high current spot price of $18,000 per tonne nickel and $6,000 per tonne copper.
F-zone orebody delivers higher copper grades and tonnes than previously expected.
Upgrade of the copper flotation circuit underway to increase copper and nickel recoveries.
Successful capital raising of $3million strongly supported by institutions.
Repayment of $1million scheduled for 30 December 2005 reducing project debt to $2million.
West Whundo Copper Project Feasibility Study to include mining ore remaining exposed at the base of the old Whundo pit, containing an indicated JORC resource of 32,000 tonnes @ 5.3% copper and 8% zinc, with an estimated gross metal value of $14million,,,,,,,. - Web Site

SUN RESOURCES

Notice of General Meeting - Web Site

TRITTON RESOURCES

Appendix 3B Rights Issue Allotment - Web Site

TETHYAN COPPER

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA

Expiry of Options - Web Site

TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

Thursday 22 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4652.0	-7.9	Dow Jones	10,889.44	+55.71
ASX100	3828.5	-9.4	S&P 500	1268.12	+5.33
ASX200	4707.8	-10.4	Nasdaq	2246.49	+14.83
ASX300	4698.3	-10.1	Gold - spot/oz	US$502.60	+10.10
Materials (GIC)	9080.7	+33.5	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.47	+0.14
Energy (GIC)	10,988.4	-10.3	Platinum - spot	US$960.00	+14.00
AGC Macquarie Au	4007	+97.2	Palladium - spot	US$248.00	+5.00
Hartleys Explorers Index	7149	na	Bridge CRB Futures Index	345.41	+1.43
Shanghai Composite	1135.2	+4.4	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$58.28	-0.28
FTSE 100	5597.0	+9.6	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$13.02	-1.26
Nikkei	15,941.4	-16.2	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4580	-15
Hang Seng	15,182.5	-38.9	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1124	-2
A$ = US73.20		-0.12	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1834	+16
A$ = 85.49yen		-0.58	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	13,090	-60
A$ = 0.617euro		-0.002	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2240	-5
US 10-Year Bond	4.433%	-0.053	Tin (LME - spot $US/tonne)	6710	-60
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Thursday, December 22 2005, 3:16 PM

WALL STREET

The major averages found renewed buying interest heading into the finish. Acting as sources of support that helped close nine out of ten economic sectors higher and offset some negative news on the corporate front were encouraging economic data, falling bond yields and a decline in crude.
The core PCE deflator was up just 0.1% for the second straight month, easing previous concerns that inflationary pressures were building.

Consumers' spending and incomes posted solid gains in November, giving retailers hopes for decent Christmas sales, while a key economic forecasting gauge flashed encouraging signals for 2006. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that personal incomes rose 0.3 percent in November and were up an even bigger 0.7 percent when inflation was removed. It was the best inflation-adjusted showing since July, when sales surged as consumers responded to attractive auto sales incentives.

Comex gold shined on Thursday at the New York Mercantile Exchange to settle above the key $500 an ounce level amid short-covering and physical buying interest ahead of the long holiday weekend. The session was marked by light volume as the year-end approaches but traders noted that strong physical demand, mainly from the Middle and Far Eastern regions, moved in after gold broke below the $500 an ounce level on Tuesday.

Other metals also traded higher. Silver closed up 14 cents at $8.578 an ounce, while platinum rose $7.90 to $964.50 an ounce and sister metal palladium added 90 cents to $251.10 an ounce.

Copper reversed its early losses to close up 0.80 cent at $2.0255 a pound.

PLACER DOME / BARRICK GOLD

Placer Dome Inc. (NYSE, TSX, ASX: PDG) and Barrick Gold Corporation have reached an agreement on a friendly transaction under which Barrick will increase its offer to acquire Placer Dome. The two companies have entered into a definitive support agreement pursuant to which Barrick will extend the offer until 12:00 midnight (Toronto time) on January 19, 2006, unless withdrawn or extended. The revised offer values the transaction at approximately $10.4 billion on a fully diluted basis.

Under the revised offer, Placer Dome's shareholders will have the right to elect to receive $22.50 in cash or 0.8269 of a Barrick common share plus $0.05 in cash for each Placer Dome common share, subject to pro ration based on the maximum amount of cash and Barrick common shares offered. The maximum amount of cash to be paid by Barrick will be approximately $1.344 billion, and the maximum number of Barrick common shares to be issued will be approximately 333 million, taking into account the conversion of Placer Dome's outstanding convertible debt securities and the exercise of all outstanding share options. Assuming full pro ration of these amounts, this would result in $2.91 in cash and 0.7216 of a Barrick common share for each Placer Dome common share subject to the offer. - Web Site

WEDGETAIL EXPLORATION

FULL UNDERWRITING OF OPTIONS EXPIRING 31 DECEMBER 2005

The Company advises that it has entered into Underwriting Agreements to fully underwrite receipt of $12,869,759.85 from the exercise of the Company's 257,395,197 options exercisable at 5 cents on 31 December 2005.

As a result of the timing of the underwriting, the issue of shares to the underwriters, assuming there is a shortfall, will take place in two tranches. The first tranche will be accommodated from the Company's existing placement capacity and the balance, if any, will be made subject to shareholder approval.

The underwriters are a range of institutions and sophisticated investors and arranged by LinQ Corporate Pty Ltd.

The Company has agreed to pay to each underwriter a commission of $0.01 per share for each option underwritten.

The funds raised from the exercise of options and subsequent placements will be used to meet the Company's ongoing commitments in the development of the Company's Nullagine gold project, leading to a bankable feasibility study anticipated to be finalised in the first quarter of 2006 with a view to commission a plant and commence gold production in the fourth quarter of 2006.- Web Site

ALLIED GOLD

ALLIED TO RAISE UP TO $10 MILLION AND LIST ON AIM

Placement of Fully Paid Ordinary Shares, Proposed Listing on London’s Alternative Investment Market and Notice under Section 708A of the Corporations Act

Allied Gold Limited is pleased to announce that following strong support and interest in the Company’s Simberi Oxide Gold Project in PNG from the UK investment community, the Company has agreed to place up to a total of 25,000,000 fully paid Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 40 cents per share to predominantly UK based investors, institutions and fund managers to raise A$10,000,000 (“Placing Shares”). - Web Site

ALINTA LIMITED

Appendix 3B - Web Site

ARROW ENERGY

Kogan North Operations Update - Web Site

AQUILA RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice x 3 - Web Site

AQUILA RESOURCES

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

AQUILA RESOURCES

Ceasing to be a substantial holder - Web Site

AQUILA RESOURCES

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

AQUILA RESOURCES

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

ARC ENERGY

Dongara 35 oil appraisal well to spud over Christmas break - Web Site

AUSTRALIAN MINES

Exploration Drilling Update - Web Site

ALUMINA LIMITED

Ceasing to be a substantial holder - Web Site

BHP BILLITON

Knotty Head Discovery in Gulf of Mexico - Web Site

BORAL

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

BMA GOLD

First Gold Pour For Twin Hills Gold Project - Web Site

BOW ENERGY

Bow forms operating company & appoints Operations Manager - Web Site

BEACH PETROLEUM

Ceasing to be a substantial holder for AZA - Web Site

BLUESTONE TIN

Notice of General Meeting & Explanatory Statement - Web Site

CRESCENT GOLD

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

CONSOLIDATED MINERAL

Benchmark Manganese Ore Price Underpins Positive Outlook - Web Site

DRILLSEARCH ENERGY

2006 Oil Drilling Programme - Tintaburra Block - Web Site

DOMINION MINING

Appendix 3B - Web Site

EAGLE BAY RESOURCES

Final Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

GOG: Smegsy-1 Gas Production - Web Site

FALCON MINERALS

Notification of Facsimile Number - Web Site

HAOMA MINING

Proxy Form - Web Site

HAOMA MINING

Notice of Annual General Meeting - Web Site

INTEGRA MINING

Appendix 3B - Web Site

JINDALEE RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

JERVOIS MINING

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

JERVOIS MINING

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

JERVOIS MINING

Initial Recognition of Indirect Director Shareholdings - Web Site

KALGOORLIE-BOULDER

Acquisition of Tenements adjoining Broad Arrow Project - Web Site

KAGARA ZINC

Appendix 3B - issue of employee 2005 share gift offer shares - Web Site

LEYSHON RESOURCES

End of Voluntary Escrow - Web Site

MAGELLAN PETROLEUM

Chairman's Letter to MPAL Shareholders - Web Site

NIDO PETROLEUM

Notice of General Meeting - Web Site

NORTON GOLD FIELDS

First Gold Production at Norton Gold Fields - Web Site

ORCHARD PETROLEUM

On-Market Share Buy-Back - Web Site

ORCHARD PETROLEUM

On-Market Buy-Back - Web Site

ORIGIN ENERGY

Weekly Drilling Report - Web Site

ORIGIN ENERGY

Settlement of Moomba Insurance Claim - Web Site

PLATINUM AUSTRALIA

Completion of Smokey Hills Resource Drilling Program - Web Site

PAN PACIFIC PETROL

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

RESOURCE MINING CORP

Notice of General Meeting

RAMELIUS RESOURCES

Wattle Dam Mining Incentive - Web Site

RANGE RIVER GOLD

INDEE GOLD MINE UPDATE

High Grade Gold Zones Confirmed at Withnell

The Company is pleased to announce high-grade gold intersections from recent grade control and infill drilling at the Indee Gold Project, 80 kilometres south-west of Port Hedland, Western Australia.

Initial results from a 8,500 metre RC drill program have confirmed the presence of a number of rich gold zones within and outside the current oxide pit designs. Identifying these high grade structures has provided added confidence to the Company as it approaches commencement of mining operations.

Results received include:

8 metres @ 107.9 g/t Au From 19 metres
8 metres @ 39.2 g/t Au from 32 metres..........

- Web Site

ROC OIL

Ceasing to be a substantial holder - Web Site

REEFTON MINING

News Release: Namibian Sands & Diamond Project - Web Site

Exploration Update SA Drilling Programmes - Web Site

TAWANA RESOURCES

New Kimberlite Discovery-Daniel Kimberlite Project

The Directors of Tawana are pleased to advise that a new kimberlite has been discovered in the Daniel Kimberlite Project (DKP) in South Africa.
The kimberlite was located by soil sampling and a magnetic survey over Falcon® target A95. Kimberlite was confirmed by percussion drilling and laboratory analysis of the drill cuttings.

The kimberlite is in the form of a dyke (fissure) with several blows or small pipes and can be traced by magnetic data to the Eastern Gravel diamondiferous alluvial deposit.,,,,,,,,,, - Web Site

TAWANA RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA

Appendix 3B - Web Site

VULCAN RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

VICTORIA PETROLEUM

VICTORIA PETROLEUM N.L. PLANS 7 WELLS IN NEXT THREE MONTHS -
“PLANNED 2005/2006 DRILLING SCHEDULE UPDATE”

Victoria Petroleum NL has scheduled an active exploration, appraisal and production testing program of 7 wells within the USA and Australia over the next three months with the Eagle North-1 California appraisal well, the drilling and testing of 3 wells in the Texas Flour Bluff Gas Project, 3 Mirage development wells and 6 exploration wells in the South Australia Cooper Basin and one exploration well in the Queensland Surat/Bowen Basin.

An active exploration and development drilling program will continue over the following four months with up to a further 9 wells to be drilled for a total of 16 wells over the next nine months.

Commenting on the active drilling program planned for 2006, Victoria Petroleum managing director John Kopcheff said;

“We will be kicking off 2006 with the Eagle North-1 appraisal well in California in early January.”

“This is a much awaited well and we and the partners, First Australian, Lakes Oil and Sun consider this to be “unfinished business” seeing we made the Eagle oil discovery back in 1986.”

“In our other core area of operations we will start a three well development program in the South Australian Cooper Basin on the Mirage Oil Field with a follow on six exploration wells.”

“The aim of the Mirage development program is to get oil production up to the 1,000 barrels of oil per day level by mid 2006.”......

- Web Site

WOODSIDE

WOR: Angel Development - EPCM Contract - Web Site

Thursday, December 22 2005, 11:15 AM

ALLIANCE ENERGY

Further Uranium intercepts at Beverley 4 Mile Prospect - Web Site

AIM RESOURCES

Perkoa Zinc - Highly Positive Bankable Feasibility Study - Web Site

ANVIL MINING

Appendix 3B - Web Site

AXG MINING

Initial Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

CENTAMIN EGYPT

Sukari Gold Project Resource Upgrade - Web Site

CSR

Change of Director's Interest Notice x 5 - Web Site

DRAGON MINING

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

ECHELON RESOURCES

Close of Offer - Appendix 3B - Web Site

ELKEDRA DIAMONDS

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

ENVESTRA

QCA issues draft decision on Envestra’s gas networks – first step in setting tariffs for 2006-2011

The Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) has released its draft decision on the review of Envestra’s Access Arrangement, which covers the Company’s gas distribution networks in the State.

The draft decision proposes that the following key financial criteria will apply to the networks over the five year period commencing on 1 July 2006:

8.8% rate of return (post-tax nominal), as proposed by Envestra;
Revenue of $32 million in 2006-07, increasing to $37 million in 2010-11 (forecast revenue in 2005-06 is $34 million);
An adjusted regulatory asset base of $234 million as at 1 July 2006 (the asset base
at the start of the current regulatory period was $180 million);
Operating and management costs of $13 million for 2006-07 (forecast operating
costs in 2005-06 are $12 million); and
$67 million for capital expenditure over the five year period (forecast capital expenditure over the current regulatory period is $50 million)...... - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

GOG: Progress Report for Rossco-1 - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

GOG ann: Daily Drilling Report: Rossco-1 Well (PEL 106) - Web Site

EQUINOX MINERALS

Completion of Capital Raising - Web Site

FELIX RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

GOLDEN CROSS

Proxy Form - Web Site

GIRALIA RESOURCES

Becoming a substantial holder for PMH - Web Site

GRD

Acquires 100% of Global Renewables - Web Site

HILLGROVE RESOURCES

Results of Meeting - Web Site

INNAMINCKA PETROLEUM

Daily Drilling Report - Pine 1 (PEL-103) - Web Site

INCREMENTAL PETROLEUM

OEL's ann:Prepares to Test Multiple Gas Zones - Turkey - Web Site

JACKSON GOLD

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

MURCHISON METALS

Major Industrials to evaluate Port & Rail Infrastructure - Web Site

MOSAIC OIL

Mosaic clears decks for busy quarter - Web Site

MONARCH RESOURCES

Change in substantial holding for SIB - Web Site

NIDO PETROLEUM

Top 20 shareholders - Web Site

ORCHARD PETROLEUM

South Belridge reaches 450 barrel per day prod milestone - Web Site

ORIGIN ENERGY

AEY: Moomba insurance claim settled - Web Site

REPUBLIC GOLD

Bolivian Presidential Election Held - Web Site

SMC GOLD

Plans New Exploration Programme at Charters Towers - Web Site

SANTOS

MAG ann: Muthero-3 - Drilling Update Report - Web Site

STUART PETROLEUM

Stuart Petroleum Limited advises that the Rogan #1 gas exploration well is currently drilling ahead to the Patchawarra, which is the first primary objective.

The status of Rogan #1 at 06:00 hrs (CST) on 22 December 2005 was:

Location: PEL 102
Planned Total Depth: 2622 metres (TVD)
Current depth: 2162 metres
Operation: Drilling ahead.
Spud: 22:00hrs 11 December 2005 - Web Site

YILGARN GOLD

Appendix 3B - Web Site

Wednesday 21 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4659.9	+43.2	Dow Jones	10,833.73	+28.18
ASX100	3837.9	+36.8	S&P 500	1262.79	+3.17
ASX200	4718.2	+45.9	Nasdaq	2231.66	+9.24
ASX300	4708.4	+44.9	Gold - spot/oz	US$492.50	-1.30
Materials (GIC)	9047.2	+162.4	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.33	+0.02
Energy (GIC)	10,998.7	+224.6	Platinum - spot	US$946.00	-4.00
AGC Macquarie Au	3909	-51.7	Palladium - spot	US$243.00	-12.00
Hartleys Explorers Index	7149	+43.0	Bridge CRB Futures Index	343.98	+0.07
Shanghai Composite	1130.8	-5.6	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$58.56	+0.47
FTSE 100	5587.4	+39.5	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$14.28	+0.19
Nikkei	15,957.6	+316.3	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4595	-24
Hang Seng	15,221.4	+52.3	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1126	-13
A$ = US73.32		-0.05	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1818	-4
A$ = 86.07yen		+0.05	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	13,150	-685
A$ = 0.619euro		unch	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2245	-3
US 10-Year Bond	4.486%	+0.020	Tin (LME - spot $US/tonne)	6770	+10
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Wednesday, December 21 2005, 9:16 PM

WALL STREET

Wall Street overcame its recent caution Wednesday, with a raft of acquisitions propping up stocks and lower-than-expected gross domestic product growth easing inflation fears.

Gold futures closed lower for a second day Wednesday, falling to their lowest level in a month as traders adjusted portfolios heading into the year end.

ALCASTON MINING

Relocation of Office - Web Site

ALEXANDER RESOURCES

App 3B: Series A Options - Placement & Underwriter Allotment - Web Site

APEX MINERALS

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

ARROW ENERGY

Operations Update

PL 194 – Kogan North Development
[Arrow 50%, CS Energy 50%]
As previously announced, 31 development wells have been drilled and completed on the Kogan North Project. Of these, 22 are now on stream and pumping – an increase of 13 from last month’s report. Unfortunately continued bad weather in the region has delayed the setup of the balance of the wells. Plans are in place to have the remainder of the wells on stream by year end, subject to no further weather delays.
Dewatering of the field is progressing well and various parts of the field are at different stages of dewatering, depending on their structural and geographic position in the field. The dewatering progress is illustrated by the fact that the KN-38 well was recently brought on stream at an initial flow rate of 175 thousand cubic feet per day (CFD).......

PL 198 - Tipton West Project
[Arrow holds 100%, with agreement to farm out 40% to Beach Petroleum]
The three wells comprising the Tipton North mini pilot, located 4 km to the north of the original Tipton West pilot are now on stream. However, the pumps are operating sub-optimally and will be replaced in the near future. In the meantime this pilot continues to produce 3,500 BPD of water and 100 thousand CFD gas, despite the low pump rates.
The three wells comprising the Tipton South mini pilot have been drilled and completed. Dam construction is also complete. The operations are currently waiting on the workover rig to install downhole pumps within the wells........

ATP 790 / PLA 230 Daandine Project
[Arrow 100%]
Three additional wells have been drilled on Daandine to delineate reserves. One of these was a core hole which is currently undergoing desorption tests. The data from these wells has been provided to reserve certifiers Netherland, Sewell and Associates Inc. (NSAI) to finalise reserve certification.
Progress towards financial close is advanced with all parties involved in the development of the power station. Drilling of the first development well has recently commenced, in anticipation of reaching financial close before the end of the year. Fifteen initial development wells are planned. .....

ATP 676 Dundee Project
[Arrow 100%]
Arrow is currently drilling the third of a three (3) well Dundee production pilot. A dam has been constructed in preparation for flow from the three production wells. The wells will be set up and the pilot put on stream in the New Year with the aim of certifying reserves on this project in the first half of 2006.

PEL 68 – Geneva #1 Well
[Arrow 100%]
The Geneva-1 core well was recently spudded in PEL 445, in the vicinity of the town of Kyogle in Northern New South Wales and in the southern part of the Clarence-Moreton Basin. This well is designed to test the Walloon Coal Measures in this part of the basin. Current status is coring ahead at 440 m. The well has a planned total depth of 700 m.- Web Site

BEACH PETROLEUM

A$28m Cash Injection - Web Site

BEACH PETROLEUM

Kiana-1 Extended Production Test Commenced - Web Site

CAZALY RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

COUGAR METALS

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

CHESTER MINING

Relocation of Office

COOPER ENERGY

Fairbridge-1 Exploration Well Information Memorandum

Cooper Energy is in for an exciting six months with ten wells on our planned drilling schedule. Our four operated wells (South Madura, Fairbridge, Strickland and Geordie) are undoubtedly potential company changing targets and we are very much looking forward to the outcome of these wells.

As per our ASX release this morning, Fairbridge-1 is expected to spud just after Christmas day with the first reservoir objective expected just after New Year's Day. Strickland and Geordie will be drilled back to back after Fairbridge. Like you, we will be keenly hoping for and anticipating a positive outcome from these wells.

As per previous communications, towards the middle of 2006 Cooper Energy's downside is limited and the upside is enormous. In the event of an exploration dry-run, we will still have reserves, still have production (generating cash) and still have a cash backing of approximately A$20 million or greater. In the event of an exploration success-run, with a 200 million barrel P50 recoverable oil target identified in South Madura and the relatively good size of the Cooper Basin targets, the company has the potential to grow by many multiples. An exploration outcome of any magnitude between these two extremes would still add considerable value to the company.

The personnel of Cooper Energy is continuing to grow the company with focussed effort in the Business Development, Exploration, Development and Production phases of the oil and gas business. Our primary objective of "Creating Shareholder Wealth" drives us to secure quality opportunities in our areas of interest. Rest assured that Cooper Energy is prudently managing the affairs of your company and we will only seek out and secure what we consider to be true value opportunities. - Web Site

DIATREME RESOURCES

Release of Escrowed Options - Web Site

DWYKA DIAMONDS

Appendix 3B - Issue of Shares under Share Plans - Web Site

ENERGY METALS

Appendix 3B - Conversion of Listed Options - Web Site

ENTEK ENERGY

Proxy Form for General Meeting - Web Site

GRD

Trading Halt - Web Site

HERON RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Acquisition of Mineral Tenements - Web Site

INDEPENDENCE GROUP

Amended Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

IMPRESS VENTURES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

LION ENERGY

Final Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

NAMAKWA DIAMOND

Qualification of Competent Person Statement - Web Site

NAMAKWA DIAMOND

Camute Diamond Project in Angola.
Brazil Option Exercised, and General Update - Web Site

NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Release of securities from escrow - Web Site

OILEX

Appendix 3B & Section 708 Notice - Web Site

REED RESOURCES

Section 708A Notice & Appendix 3B - Web Site

REPUBLIC GOLD

BOLIVIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HELD

The Directors of Republic Gold said today that the victory by Mr Evo Morales in the Bolivian Presidential election, held last Sunday, was expected and that the Company had factored a Morales victory into its views on investing in Bolivia.

The Company announced on July 26 its strategic investment, initially by way of option agreements, that has seen it taken an interest of approximately 19% in Canadian-listed Luzon Minerals Limited (TSX:LZN). Luzon has two properties in Bolivia – Amayapampa and Lipichi. Amayapampa is a near-term development property, with the Company working with Luzon to conclude a Bankable Feasibility Study.

Mr Morales has won 51 per cent of the popular vote in the Presidential election, but it seems likely that his party – the MAS - will not control the Congress.........- Web Site

SARACEN MINERAL HOLDINGS

Notice to Share & Option Holders re: Non-Renounceable Issue

SUN RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

TRAKA RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice x3 - Web Site

WASHINGTON RESOURCES

Becoming a substantial holder x2 - Web Site

Wednesday, December 21 2005, 3:16 PM

WEDGETAIL EXPLORATION

Options Expiry Notice - Web Site

AGL

Amends Gas Portfolio Arrangements - Web Site

ALLEGIANCE MINING

Company's request for Trading Halt - Web Site

AGD MINING

Results of EGM - Web Site

AURORA MINERALS

More results from the Hazelbrook Project NZ - Web Site

BUKA MINERALS

DNS: Merger Timetable - Web Site

CBD ENERGY

Initial & Final Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

COMPASS RESOURCES

Key Appointments - Web Site

COOPER ENERGY

SEA:In Return to Cooper Basin with 3 New Well Oil Program - Web Site

COOPER ENERGY

EPE's ann: Fairbridge-1 PEL-100 Cooper Basin SA - Web Site

DIORO EXPLORATION

TANAMI GOLD

COYOTE GOLD PROJECT - BOARD APPROVES DEVELOPMENT

The Directors of Tanami Gold NL are pleased to announce that a decision has been made to develop the Coyote Gold Project commencing early 2006.

The Company is targeting production by mid 2006 at an annualised rate of approximately 50,000 ounces per annum with a +4 year mine life for Stage 1 of the Project. Stage 2 of the Project will be advanced through further drilling during 2006 and beyond, aimed at converting more of the existing resources to reserves and delineating new resources.

Given the relatively low development costs of approximately A$7.5 million together with approximately A$1.5 million for ancillary costs and performance bonds, the Board has committed to the Project based upon the projected cash costs of approximately A$350 (US$260) per ounce.
As announced on 7 December 2005, Tanami Gold has acquired a modular gold processing plant which will enable the Company to efficiently produce gold from the high grade Coyote resource through the processing of up to 450,000tpa of ore utilising a combination of gravity, conventional CIP (carbon in pulp) and vat leaching extraction techniques......... - Web Site

TERRA GOLD MINING

Moline Project - Web Site

TRAKA RESOURCES

Appendix 3B & Section 708A Notice - Web Site

TALISMAN MINING

Drilling Update - Web Site

Wednesday, December 21 2005, 11:15 AM

ALLEGIANCE MINING

Trading Halt - Web Site

ALINTA LIMITED

SLD: Licence Agreement & Contracting Investment - Web Site

AURORA MINERALS

Amended Drilling Approval for Hazelbrook Project - Web Site

AUSTRALIAN WORLDWIDE

Sells PNG Interests - Web Site

ALEXANDER RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

ALEXANDER RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

BALLARAT GOLDFIELDS

Change in substantial holding x 5 - Web Site

BHP BILLITON

TAW: New Kimberlite Discovery - Web Site

BHP BILLITON

MAH: Wins Big Iron Ore Contract - Web Site

BUKA MINERALS

Merger Timetable - Web Site

BOUNTY OIL & GAS

Appendix 3B - Web Site

COOPER ENERGY

Fairbridge-1 Exploration Well Information Memorandum - Web Site

CARPENTER PACIFIC

Progress Report: Kenilworth Railroad#1 & #2 Well Completions - Web Site

DIAMONEX LIMITED

Share Purchase Plan - Web Site

EAGLE BAY RESOURCES

Director Appointment/Resignation - Web Site

EUREKA MINES

Constitution - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

GOG: Progress Report for Rossco-1 - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

Progress Report - Rossco-1 - Web Site

GOLDEN CROSS

Notice of General Meeting - Web Site

GOLDEN GATE PETROLEUM

Farm-Out of Padre Prospects - Web Site

GLENGARRY RESOURCES

FOLLOW UP DRILLING INTERSECTS SIGNIFICANT COPPER AND MOLYBDENUM AT MAITLAND

Highlights:

Diamond drill hole MTD005 has intersected 21 metres @ 1.95% copper from 137 metres depth including 7 metres @ 3.44% copper from 137 metres and 2 metres @ 3.13% copper from 153 metres.
Hole MTD005 also intersected significant molybdenum with 6 metres @ 0.16% molybdenum recorded from 143 metres depth including 1 metre @ 0.44% molybdenum from 133 metres.
Drill hole MTD005 is part of a recently completed four hole, follow up drilling program at Maitland which intersected significant visible mineralisation in all holes.
Assays have not yet been received for the other three holes.
Drill hole MTD005 was drilled approximately 30 metres up dip of hole MTD002 drilled in August 2005 which intersected 41 metres @ 1.85% copper and 0.06% molybdenum from 147 metres depth. Higher grade zones in hole MTD002 included 8 metres @ 0.43% molybdenum, 5 metres @ 3.63% copper and 4 metres @ 4.16% copper.
The mineralised zone remains open at depth and along strike. ......- Web Site

ILUKA RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

INNAMINCKA PETROLEUM

Progress Report - Pine 1 (PEL-103) - Web Site

INCREMENTAL PETROLEUM

OEL ann: Logs Confirm Multiple Gas Zones - Web Site

JAGUAR MINERALS

PDM's ann: Drilling at Mt David NSW & Auburn Qld - Web Site

JACKSON GOLD

Barrick farms in on Yindi gold project - Web Site

KAROON GAS

Browse Basin 3D Seismic Survey Update - Web Site

KENTOR GOLD

2005 Activities Review Presentation - Web Site

LAFAYETTE MINING

Appendix 3B - Web Site

LACH DRUMMOND

Suspension from Official Quotation - Web Site

METALLICA MINERALS

Positive Drill Results - Web Site

NAMAKWA DIAMOND

Camutue Diamond Project in Angola & General Update - Web Site

OXIANA LIMITED

Managing Director receives AusIMMs highest accolade - Web Site

PLACER DOME

Discovers High-grade Zones at Campbell Mine - Web Site

PERSEVERANCE

Convertible Notes Issue of $30m/Appendix 3B - Web Site

RANGE RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice x2 - Web Site

SARACEN MINERAL HOLDINGS

Appendix 3B

ST BARBARA MINES

Change of name to St Barbara Limited - Web Site

SOUTHERN CROSS

Dolomite Project

SANTOS

AEY: 2006 Delhi Petroleum P/L Share of Joint Venture Budget - Web Site

STUART PETROLEUM

DRILLING REPORT: ROGAN #1
PEL 102, COOPER / EROMANGA BASIN, SA

Stuart Petroleum Limited advises that the Rogan #1 gas exploration well is currently pulling out of the hole with test tools after completing DST #1. This test interval was 1954m to 1970m in the Hutton and recovered 41 barrels of water.

Drilling will recommence this afternoon.

The status of Rogan #1 at 06:00 hrs (CST) on 21 December 2005 was:
Location: PEL 102
Planned Total Depth: 2622 metres (TVD)
Current depth: 1970 metres
Operation: Pulling out of Hole after DST #1
Spud: 22:00hrs 11 December 2005 - Web Site

VIEW RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - View securities institutional investor - Web Site

VALHALLA URANIUM

Initial Director's Interest Notice x 3 - Web Site

WESTERN AREAS

WESTERN AREAS ANNOUNCES SULPHIDE INTERSECTIONS TOTALLING 54.2m FROM ONE DRILL HOLE AT FLYING FOX T5 NICKEL DEPOSIT

THIS NEWS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR
DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES

The Board of Western Areas is pleased to announce the widest intersection of sulphides at Flying Fox to date. Drill hole FFD 163 W9/W1/W1/W1 intersected two zones of strong mineralisation: an upper zone (16.5m down hole width) and a lower zone (37.7m down hole width), both comprising significant massive, stringer and disseminated sulphides. These zones include 10.45m and 12.35m of massive sulphides. Assay results are required to confirm that the sulphide mineralisation contains nickel.

Further drilling is planned to define the geometry of the mineralisation however true widths are expected to be about 50% of the down hole widths. FFD 163 W9/W1/W1/W1 is located 30m south of the ‘T5 South’ Indicated Mineral Resource (141,600 tonnes at an average grade of 9.0% nickel) announced on 14th December and approximately 30m north of Western Area’s tenement boundary with LionOre.

The two zones of mineralisation are interpreted to be separated by a fault which is intruded by granite and pegmatite. The 10.45m of massive sulphide above the fault was unexpected and is a bonus........ - Web Site

Tuesday 20 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4616.7	+15.9	Dow Jones	10,805.55	-30.98
ASX100	3801.1	+15.0	S&P 500	1259.62	-0.30
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ASX300	4663.5	+16.7	Gold - spot/oz	US$493.80	-9.30
Materials (GIC)	8884.8	+88.2	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.31	-0.23
Energy (GIC)	10,774.1	-6.5	Platinum - spot	US$950.00	-16.00
AGC Macquarie Au	3961	+105.6	Palladium - spot	US$255.00	-3.00
Hartleys Explorers Index	7116	na	Bridge CRB Futures Index	343.91	-0.
Shanghai Composite	1136.3	+4.6	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$58.09	+0.04
FTSE 100	5547.9	+8.1	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$14.09	+0.08
Nikkei	15,641.3	+249.8	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4619	+22
Hang Seng	15,169.2	-13.7	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1139	+12
A$ = US73.37		-0.62	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1822	+11
A$ = 86.02yen		+0.10	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	13,835	40
A$ = 0.619euro		+0.003	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2248	+34
US 10-Year Bond	4.466%	+0.024	Tin (LME - spot $US/tonne)	6760	-45
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Tuesday, December 20 2005, 9:15 PM

WALL STREET

Stocks fell in a volatile session Tuesday, with a sharp decline in General Motors Corp. dragging down the Dow Jones industrial average, while broader indexes fell slightly in an end-of-year malaise.

Broader indexes moved lower, despite a bullish report on wholesale inflation, an uptick in home construction for November and a strong earnings report by Wall Street firm Morgan Stanley.

The stronger US dollar has helped push the gold price sharply lower to substantially below $US500 an ounce.

The Australian dollar has been down to 73.21 US cents.

ASHBURTON MINERALS

Change of Company Secretary - Web Site

AXG MINING

Shares to be Released from Escrow - Web Site

BARAKA PETROLEUM

Baraka & CNPCI confirm Drilling Program on Block 20 - Web Site

BATAVIA MINING

Appendix 3B - Exercise of Options - Web Site

COUGAR METALS

Brazilian Update: High Grade Gold Assay Results & Drill Rig - Web Site

COMET RIDGE

STX ann: Increased Interest in Tow Creek - Web Site

CURNAMONA ENERGY

Drilling Update - Web Site

DYNASTY METALS

Entitlement Issue of Options - Web Site

DOMINION MINING

Response to ASX Share Price Query - Web Site

DRAGON MINING

Disclosure Document - Web Site

ECHELON RESOURCES

Buckland and Hills Airborne Geophysical Survey - Web Site

FELIX RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

GOLDEN WEST RESOURCES

Appendix 3B: Release of Shares from Escrow - Web Site

HARDMAN RESOURCES

Drilling Report Weekly Progress

Mauritania: Block 1 - Faucon-1 Exploration Well

The 'Stena Tay' drilling rig is currently concluding logging operations prior to plugging and abandoning the Faucon-1 exploration well in Block 1 offshore Mauritania. Since the last report the well was drilled from 3,475 metres to a total depth of 4,170 metres. Further sandstones were encountered over this interval but no significant hydrocarbon shows were observed.

The Faucon-1 well has encountered a total of 96 metres of potential Cretaceous reservoir sands including the approximately 40 metres reservoir sand reported last week. Wireline logs and pressure data indicate the upper 10 metres of that reservoir sand contains a hydrocarbon column and pressurised fluid samples taken from the reservoir sand are being transferred to an onshore laboratory for analysis during January 2006. A further announcement on the hydrocarbon type and column height will be made on completion of the analysis.

Upon completion of operations at Faucon-1 the rig will then move to Block 6 for the drilling of the Zoule-1 exploration well.

Uganda: Block 2 - Mputa-1 Wildcat

Mobilisation and rig up is complete and the rig is now undergoing inspection and testing prior to rig acceptance and spudding of the well.

Mputa-1 will target a structural prospect with potential multiple objectives. The prospect was defined by the 2005 onshore seismic survey and oil seeps have been identified in the immediate area.

The planned total depth is approximately 1,100 metres. The well location is 220 kilometres north-west of the capital Kampala and onshore 8 kilometres from Lake Albert. The location is 60 kilometres south-west of the Butiaba Waki-1 well (drilled in 1938) and 87 kilometres north-east of the Turaco exploration wells drilled by Heritage in 2002-2004.- Web Site

INCREMENTAL PETROLEUM

Trading Halt - Web Site

JACKSON GOLD

Appendix 3B - Web Site

JABIRU METALS

Results of General Meeting of Shareholders - Web Site

KIMBERLEY DIAMOND

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

METEORIC RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

MURCHISON METALS

Reserve Statement - Web Site

MONARCH RESOURCES

Change in substantial holding for SIB - Web Site

NIAGARA MINING

Ceasing to be a substantial holder

NIQUEST

Change of Name - Ferraus Limited - Web Site

TAP OIL

Ceasing to be a substantial holder - Web Site

TAP OIL

Woollybutt-5 Appraisal Well & Scalybutt-1H Tie In Update - Web Site

TRIAKO

POSITIVE RESULT FROM HERA PREFEASIBILITY STUDY

The prefeasibility study of the Hera project has concluded that –

based on the size and grade currently defined, development of a mine is feasible with the ore being treated at an offsite milling facility in the region.
a feasibility study incorporating an exploration decline to confirm the gold grade is the preferred route to complete the study.

The company believes that confirmation of the grade in this nuggetty gold deposit is best achieved by underground drilling and from bulk sampling. The company is presently continuing with surface drilling for extensions to the deposit, metallurgical testwork and permitting activities to make a decision in the first half of 2006 on commencement of an exploration decline....- Web Site

Tuesday, December 20 2005, 11:15 AM

ALLIANCE ENERGY

Placement of Shortfall/Appendix 3B/Top 20 - Web Site

AQUARIUS PLATINUM

Marikana Mine Update - Web Site

ANVIL MINING

Completion of Pre-Feasibility Study for SXEW Plant at Kulu - Web Site

AVOCA RESOURCES

Change in substantial holding from AMP - Web Site

AZTEC RESOURCES

Despatch of Rights Offer Documents - Web Site

AUZEX RESOURCES

Exploration Update - Web Site

BHP BILLITON

Approves Alumar Refinery Expansion - Web Site

BARAKA PETROLEUM

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

BEACH PETROLEUM

A$28M CASH INJECTION AS BEACH PETROLEUM CLOSES OUT MOST OF ITS ANZON AUSTRALIA SHAREHOLDING

A cash injection of A$28 million has been announced today by Beach Petroleum Limited (“BPT”) after the sale of most of its direct 9.6% shareholding in Anzon Australia Limited (“AZA”).

The sale represents a 180% net profit by Beach Petroleum on its original investment in Anzon – the Operator of the new Basker-Manta-Gummy (“BMG”) oil and gas fields in the Gippsland area of Bass Strait.

Adelaide-based Beach – which will still retain a stake of approximately 1.8% on Anzon Australia’s share register – acquired the original Anzon Australia shares through its A$10 million support of the company’s 2004 Initial Public Offering Proceeds from the A$28 million sale will be used by Beach Petroleum to fund in part, its acquisition last week of a further 12.5% direct holding in the BMG project itself.

The remainder is expected to be funded from a combination of existing cash reserves, Beach’s strong cashflow and debt. - Web Site

BOUNTY OIL & GAS

Resignation of Company Secretary - Web Site

CENTAMIN EGYPT

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

COCKATOO COAL

Activities Update - Web Site

CSR

Conditional agreement for sale of land in Auckland - Web Site

CARNARVON PETROLEUM

Appointment of Ted Jacobson as CEO - Web Site

DRAKE RESOURCES

Strikes High Gold Grades at and below Strauss Deposit - Web Site

ELKEDRA DIAMONDS

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

EUREKA MINES

Admission to Official List - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

Rossco-1 Daily Report 19 December 2005 - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

Rossco-1 Daily Progress Report - Web Site

EQUINOX MINERALS

Lumwana Development Agreement Signed - Web Site

ELIXIR PETROLEUM

Drilling Result - Web Site

FORTESCUE METALS

Environmental Approval for Stage B - Web Site

GOLDEN GATE PETROLEUM

Appendix 3B - Web Site

GAS2GRID

Drilling Update - Malolos 1 (day 9) - Web Site

GIRALIA RESOURCES

PMH: High Grade Uranium Surface Sample - Web Site

GLENEAGLE GOLD

Fortnum Gold Production to start in 2006 - Web Site

HILL END GOLD

Extensive drilling program underway at Hill End - Web Site

IMPERIAL ONE

Notice of Sale of Non-Marketable Parcels - Web Site

INNAMINCKA PETROLEUM

Progress Report - Pine 1 (PEL-103) - Web Site

JUPITER MINES

Appendix 3B: End of Restriction Period - Web Site

KAGARA ZINC

Becoming a substantial holder for MLM - Web Site

LAFAYETTE MINING

Appendix 3B - Web Site

LIVINGSTONE PETROLEUM

OPL: Gas Discovery at Edge 1-10 - Web Site

MACARTHUR COAL

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

MINCOR RESOURCES

10000 nickel resource estimated at new discovery - Web Site

MIDAS RESOURCES

Exploration Update - Web Site

NIDO PETROLEUM

Grove/Nido & Virgo Merge UK North Sea E&P Assets - Web Site

NEWMONT

Forms 3 & 4 lodged with SEC - Web Site

NORWEST ENERGY

First Kentucky Well - Web Site

PLANET GAS

North American Proposal - Web Site

PLATINUM AUSTRALIA

Kalplats Exploration Area Extended - Web Site

PAN PACIFIC PETROL

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

PURUS ENERGY

Gordon & Hawkesdale Drilling-Expected Commencement Date - Web Site

REPUBLIC GOLD

SIGNIFICANT DRILLING RESULTS RECEIVED AT THE COMPANY’S 100%-OWNED TREGOORA PROJECT IN THE HODGKINSON BASIN

The Directors of Republic Gold today announce that the Company has received a number of significant assays from the initial drillholes from its Stage II drilling programme at its 100%-owned Tregoora Project in the Hodgkinson Basin in Far North Queensland, including 9 metres at 3.44 g/t Au and 15 metres at 1.59 g/t Au in oxides at the Honey Prospect – see the attached location plan.

The first of the intersections above included 5 metres at 5.25 g/t Au, with the mineralisation in both drillholes continuing in sulphides for which assays have not yet been received. Other intersections at the Honey Prospect included 4 metres at 2.19 g/t Au, 7 metres at 1.85 g/t Au, 5 metres at 1.96 g/t Au and 4 metres at 1.79 g/t Au.

At the Rainbird Prospect, oxide intersections of 3 metres at 1.21 g/t Au, which continues in sulphide mineralisation where no results are yet available and 2 metres at 2.41 g/t Au as part of a total intersection of 5 metres at 2.32 g/t/Au were recorded. Other intersections at Rainbird include 5 metres at 2.00 g/t Au, 5 metres at 1.82 g/t Au and 3 metres at 2.98 g/t Au.

The results at the Honey Prospect are particularly significant as this is one of the outlying and parallel structures in the Tregoora region. Drilling has extended known mineralisation on this structure by 150 metres and the structure remains open to the south. These results vindicate the Company’s plan to explore in areas at Tregoora that are outside the main Sleeping Giant zone, the Prospect with the only resource calculated to-date.

Drilling has now concluded for the 2005 Field Season. Assays are still outstanding from drillholes at the Midway, Pillidge and Retina Far North Prospects. Once the assays are all received new resource models will be constructed for prospects in the Tregoora Project area where drilling density and intersections warrant this. Drilling has generally been designed so that intersections are as close to perpendicular to mineralisation as feasible, usually at 60- 70º.- Web Site

RIO TINTO

Rio Tinto plc share transaction 16/12/05 - Web Site

RIO TINTO

Share Repurchase Programme - Web Site

RESOLUTE

Becoming a substantial holder for VUL - Web Site

RED RIVER RESOURCES

Copper Mineralisation in Drill Core - Wongan Hills Project - Web Site

SINO GOLD

INITIAL WHITE MOUNTAIN RESOURCE OF 436,000 OUNCES GOLD

Highlights

Initial Mineral Resource estimate for the White Mountain project of 3.0 million tonnes at 4.5gpt gold, containing 436,000 ounces gold.
Deposit is relatively near-surface, open along strike to the northeast and at depth, with drill targets already identified for the 2006 field season.
Initial testwork indicates the gold mineralisation to be non-refractory.
Project is located near excellent infrastructure with no major impediments to mining likely.... - Web Site

SMC GOLD

65% Resource Increase at Cinabrio Copper Mine - Web Site

STUART PETROLEUM

DRILLING REPORT: ROGAN #1
PEL 102, COOPER / EROMANGA BASIN, SA

Stuart Petroleum Limited advises that the Rogan #1 gas exploration well is currently pulling out of the hole to test a fair to good oil show recorded from the top of the Hutton Sandstone. The test will be run over the interval 1954m to 1970m.

The status of Rogan #1 at 06:00 hrs (CST) on 20 December 2005 was:
Location: PEL 102
Planned Total Depth: 2622 metres (TVD)
Current depth: 1970 metres
Operation: Pulling out of the hole for DST #1
Spud: 22:00hrs 11 December 2005 - Web Site

STRIKE OIL

Immediate Development Planned For Shefcik 1 Gas Discovery - Web Site

UNIVERSAL RESOURCES

Blackard & Scanlan Resource Update - Web Site

WESTERN PLAINS GOLD

Fairy Hill RC Drilling Progress report - Web Site

Monday 19 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4600.8	+9.9	Dow Jones	10,836.53	-39.06
ASX100	3786.1	+12.6	S&P 500	1259.92	-7.40
ASX200	4655.4	+11.4	Nasdaq	2222.74	-29.74
ASX300	4646.8	+11.1	Gold - spot/oz	US$503.10	+0.20
Materials (GIC)	8796.6	+52.0	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.54	+0.04
Energy (GIC)	10,780.6	-28.3	Platinum - spot	US$966.00	+16.00
AGC Macquarie Au	3855	na	Palladium - spot	US$258.00	unch
Hartleys Explorers Index	7116	-49.7	Bridge CRB Futures Index	344.49	+1.65
Shanghai Composite	1131.8	+4.2	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$58.05	-1.00
FTSE 100	5539.8	+8.2	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$14.01	+0.36
Nikkei	15,391.5	+218.4	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4619	+22
Hang Seng	15,182.9	+153.1	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1139	+12
A$ = US73.99		-0.48	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1822	+11
A$ = 85.92yen		-0.26	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	13,835	40
A$ = 0.616euro		-0.003	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2248	+34
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Monday, December 19 2005, 9:16 PM

WALL STREET

Wall Street's hopes of prolonging its year-end rally suffered another blow Monday as cautious traders sold off stocks and the technology sector posted a steep decline.

Oil futures prices fell Monday in response to some warmer weather in the United States that would presumably lower demand for home-heating fuel.

Gold rose in New York for the first session in five after the Tokyo Commodities Exchange said it plans to lower margins for gold contracts, reducing the cost of buying the precious metal.

The exchange will halve the trading requirements on new contracts to 25,000 yen ($215) starting tomorrow, it said in a statement today. The trading requirement for both new and existing gold contracts will be 100,000 yen. Gold fell from a 24-year high after the exchange on Dec. 12 raised trading margins.

AUSTINDO RESOURCES

EXPLORATION PERMIT GRANTED, AISASJUR PROSPECT

PROVINCE OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE ANGLO AMERICAN GROUP (80%)
AUSTINDO (20%)

Austindo Resources Corporation NL (Austindo) is pleased to announce that a new tenement area has been granted for exploration of gold and its associated minerals, including copper, in the District of Teluk Bintuni, Papua, Indonesia pursuant to the Company’s Strategic Alliance with the Anglo American Group (Anglo).

The new tenement area, known as the Aisasjur Prospect, has been granted under a Kuasa Pertambangan (“KP”) which is held by PT Alam Papua Nusantara pursuant to the strategic alliance. The permit covers an area of 9,486 hectares and has been granted for an initial three year period which is renewable.

Geologically, the Aisasjur Prospect area lies within one of Indonesia’s young tertiary volcano plutonic arcs which are prospective for both porphyry copper-gold and epithermal gold mineralisation styles.

The primary target types at the Aisasjur Prospect are large porphyry related copper-gold deposits. Previous exploration in the area, including drilling, carried out in the 1990’s returned encouraging results and confirmed the presence of significant gold mineralisation.

Exploration programmes will start in the New Year and will be carried out by Anglo. Anglo will sole fund exploration expenditure and has an initial interest of 80% while Austindo retains a 20% interest. Together with Anglo, Austindo believes that the province of Papua is highly prospective for the discovery of major copper-gold deposits.

The Strategic Alliance between Anglo and Austindo was formed in May 2005 and specific details are set out in the Company’s announcement dated 20^th May 2005.

- Web Site

LAKES OIL

Appendix 3B - Web Site

SEDIMENTARY HOLDINGS

Change in substantial holding from AMP - Web Site

ADAMUS RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

AMADEUS ENERGY

Appendix 3B - Conversion of Options - Web Site

BHP BILLITON

BHP BILLITON APPROVES ALUMAR REFINERY EXPANSION

BHP Billiton today announced approval of the Alumar Alumina Refinery expansion project in Brazil. The project will increase annual alumina production capacity by 2 million tonnes to 3.5 million tonnes per annum (100% basis), at a cost of US$518 million (BHP Billiton share). Commissioning is expected to be completed in mid calendar year 2008, and ramp up to steady state production will take place in subsequent months.

BHP Billiton’s President Aluminium, Alex Vanselow, said: “This expansion is consistent with our strategy of focused investment in high quality and low cost alumina capacity. The expansion enhances BHP Billiton’s long alumina position, enabling us to meet increasing market demand for alumina.”

The expansion project will include upgrades to the existing production unit and duplication of the upgraded line.

BHP Billiton has a 36% interest in the Alumar Refinery, the remaining interest is held by Alcoa affiliates 54% (operator) and Alcan 10%.- Web Site

CROESUS MINING

Croesus Mining NL (ASX: CRS) today announced that settlement of the agreement for the sale of the Davyhurst project to Monarch Resources Limited has occurred.

Monarch Resources Limited is now the 100% beneficial owner of the Davyhurst project. - Web Site

CONSOLIDATED MINERAL

Ceasing to be a substantial holder for RDR - Web Site

CUE ENERGY

NAMAKWA DIAMOND

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

PLACER DOME

Placer Dome Discovers High-grade Zones at Campbell Mine, Including Down-dip Extension of Red Lake's Prolific "High Grade Zone"

Highlights

Placer Dome intersects Red Lake "High Grade Zone" on the Campbell mine property
High-grade zone with significant visible gold discovered within Deep Campbell

Placer Dome Inc. (NYSE, TSX, ASX: PDG) announces that exploration drilling has confirmed the extension of Goldcorp's Red Lake property High Grade Zone (HGZ) onto the Campbell mine property. Targeted drilling intersected the HGZ and a secondary wedge hole targeting the Hanging Wall 5 zone, the most prolific mineralized zone within the HGZ, is in progress.

Separately, mining and drilling activity within Campbell's Deep Campbell development has discovered a high-grade mineralized zone with significant visible gold. Drilling has confirmed continuity of the structure over a length of 100 metres down-dip.......- Web Site

REED RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice x2/Change in S/S notice - Web Site

REED RESOURCES

Placement - Web Site

WASHINGTON RESOURCES

Response to ASX Price & Volume Query - Web Site

PARTIAL UNDERWRITING OF ENTITLEMENTS OFFER
Golden Cross Resources is pleased to announce the underwriting of the final $1.75 million of the $3 million entitlements offer under the Company’s prospectus dated 18 November 2005.

Westchester Financial Services Pty Limited has underwritten the final 50 million shares and 25 million options under the entitlements offer under the prospectus in consideration of an underwriting fee of 3%.

The underwriting is fully sub-underwritten by two institutional fund managers, and is conditional on the sub-underwriters performing their obligations under the sub-underwriting deeds.

The number of shares to be issued in the event that all shareholders take up their entitlement under the entitlements offer is approximately 87.1 million. Shareholders have also been offered the right to apply for shortfall shares, the allotment of which is subject to the discretion of the Directors. Under the terms of the underwriting agreement, if the total number of new shares applied for under the entitlements offer plus the number of new shares allotted under shareholder shortfall applications exceeds 37.1 million, the Company will, subject to shareholder approval, place additional shares (and accompanying options) with the sub-underwriters, in the amount equal to the excess, together with the remaining shortfall under the offers, if any.

In the event that the entitlements offer (including shares allotted under shareholder shortfall applications, but excluding any take-up by the underwriter) is fully subscribed in the amount of approximately $3 million, the issue of the underwritten securities will result in an additional 50 million shares and 25 million options being issued, and an additional $1.75 million being raised, for a total of approximately $4.8 million.

The entitlements offer and shortfall offer are due to close on 16 January 2006. A Supplementary Prospectus is being finalised to provide details of the underwriting agreement and the new timetable for the offers. A Notice of General Meeting is also being prepared, to seek approval for the placement of the shortfall arising from the entitlements offer and of the underwritten securities to the sub-underwriters. - Web Site

GOLDSTREAM MINING

Further Platinum Intersections at Mibango

Goldstream Mining NL and Lonmin plc are exploring for Platinum Group Element (PGE) and associated Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide mineralisation at Mibango in Tanzania, East Africa. The Mibango joint venture enables Lonmin to earn a 65% interest from Goldstream by funding all exploration to the completion of a feasibility study.

Platinum Group Element (PGE) grades at relatively shallow depths have been received in the latest batch of results from the Mibango Project. Drill hole KPD110 intersected three broad zones of mineralisation which include higher grade intervals of 2m @ 3.94g/t Pt+Pd+Au (2PGE+Au) and 1m @ 3.11g/t (2PGE+Au)..........- Web Site

HAVILAH RESOURCES

Priority Offer for Shares in Geothermal Resources Ltd - Web Site

IBERIAN RESOURCES

LICHKVAZ GOLD PROJECT EXCEEDS 1.4 MILLION OUNCES

The Company is very pleased to announce that it has completed its initial JORC resource estimate for the Lichkvaz Gold Project in Armenia. This resource stands at:

8.86Mt at 3.78g/t Au, 23.9g/t Ag, 0.31%Cu
for approximately
1.4 million ounces gold equivalent.

The resource is open in all directions and considerable increases to the resource can be expected in the future following additional exploration. The Lichkvaz Gold Project has not been explored for over 20 years.

The resource contains 1,075,351 ounces of gold, 6,800,000 ounces of silver and 27,176 tons of copper, equating to approximately 1.4 million ounces gold equivalent.

The Company’s combined resource base at its Montemor and Lichkvaz Gold Projects now exceeds

1.75 million ounces of contained gold equivalent.

This represents a substantial (480%) increase in its resource base since the Company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange on 17 November 2004, just over one year ago.

Iberian Resources 80% and Global Gold Corporation 20% have commenced the fast track re-development of the Lichkvaz Gold Project.

The Company is targeting recommencement of gold production within six to twelve months, initially at a rate of approximately 60,000 ounces per annum. The Company will then assess options to increase gold production towards 150,000 ounces per annum. - Web Site

INCREMENTAL PETROLEUM

OEL: Encounters Gas in its first well in Turkey - Web Site

IMPRESS VENTURES

CANCELLATION OF SPP AND PLACEMENT

Placement

Impress Ventures Limited is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed a placement to raise $2,400,000 (before capital raising costs) by the issue of 48,000,000 shares at 5 cents per share to a number of long term sophisticated investors.

The shares to be issued will have 303,617,323 shares on issue after the placement.

Use of funds

The funds raised from the placement – pursuant to resolution 6 approved at the 29 November 2005 Annual General Meeting will be used for the following purposes:

Acquisition of 12.5% interest in PEL 86-89, 104, 111 and 115; and
Cash Calls associated with the consolidated entity’s interest in the above permits.

Cancellation of Share Purchase Plan

With the raising of the above funds, the Directors have decided to cancel the share purchase plan offer as outlined in the letter dated 16th December 2005. - Web Site

JACKSON GOLD

Notice under Section 708A - Web Site

KALGOORLIE-BOULDER

Appendix 3B - Web Site

KALGOORLIE-BOULDER

Appendix 3B - Web Site

NORTHERN GOLD

Financials 30 June 2005 and 30 September 2005 - Web Site

PERSEUS MINING

Drill Results at Obdilla Prospect - 70M @ 3.0g/t Au AT OBDILLA GOLD PROSPECT
(Tolubay Project - Kyrgyz Republic - Perseus 100%)

HIGHLIGHTS

Drill hole ZDDH008 intercepted 70m at 3.0g/t Au from 4m, including 10m @ 2.6g/t and 50m @ 3.6g/t Au (with a sub-intercept of 25m at 4.8g/t Au).
The previously announced holes ZDDH006 and ZDDH007 drilled on the same section intercepted 72.5m @ 2.4g/t and 90.5m @ 2.0g/t Au respectively.
ZDDH008 returned consistently higher grades than the previous holes..... - Web Site

REGAL RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

STRATEGIC MINERALS

Drill Results Woolgar Camp Vein & Soapspar - Web Site

SANTOS

Drilling Report - Firebird 1

The Firebird 1 exploration well in JPDA 03-12 has been drilled to a total depth of 3675 metres and will now be plugged and abandoned.

The well intersected hydrocarbons in both the primary and secondary objectives and confirmed the stratigraphic potential of the play.

Flow tests were conducted however commercial rates were not established over the intervals tested.- Web Site

STUART PETROLEUM

DRILLING REPORT: ROGAN #1
PEL 102, COOPER / EROMANGA BASIN, SA

Stuart Petroleum Limited advises that the Rogan #1 gas exploration well is currently drilling the 6 3/4" hole.

The status of Rogan #1 at 06:00 hrs (CST) on 19 December 2005 was:
Location: PEL 102
Planned Total Depth: 2622 metres (TVD)
Current depth: 1798 metres
Operation: Drilling the 6 3/4" hole.
Spud: 22:00hrs 11 December 2005 - Web Site

STUART PETROLEUM

PRODUCTION UPDATE South Australian-based oil producer, Stuart Petroleum Ltd, is pleased to announce that the recent Cooper Basin oil development well, Derrilyn 2 and exploration well, Arwon 1, have been brought on-stream, boosting Stuart's daily oil production to more than 2,900 barrels a day.

Stuart Petroleum managing director, Mr Tino Guglielmo, said:" Derrilyn 2 has delivered a strong initial rate, making 1500 barrels a day, bringing total field production to more than 2300 barrels per day, while the smaller Arwon field has come on stream at more than 110 barrels a day." Stuart’s equity interests are 35% in Derrilyn and 88.8% in Arwon.

With Arwon in production, Stuart now has five current producing oil fields in the South Australian sector of the Cooper Basin. "Meanwhile, engineering work is well underway to bring on-stream the recently discovered Padulla oil field where recoverable oil reserves are estimated at 1 million barrels," Mr Guglielmo said. Stuart has 100% equity interest in Padulla.

"Stuart's focus is to rapidly exploit our oil discoveries in order to take advantage of current high prices for prime South Australian light crude, which currently fetches near A$80/barrel."

"We are seeing a growing focus of a number of companies seeking to exploit oil reserves in the Cooper Basin, Australia's premier onshore oil province. Stuart's ambition is to be at the forefront of this exploration and development push."

Stuart is forecasting production of 800,000 to 900,000 barrels of oil in the year to June 2006. Production last year was 832,000 barrels. - Web Site

TAP OIL

Supplejack South-1 Exploration Well Update - Web Site

TAWANA RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice x4 - Web Site

TAWANA RESOURCES

Ceasing to be a substantial holder - Web Site

WASHINGTON RESOURCES

Drilling Programme at Yarawindah Brook - Web Site

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

STUART PETROLEUM

Drilling Report: Rogan #1 - Web Site

STRIKE OIL

Shefcik Well Likely Commercial - Web Site

THUNDELARRA EXPLORATION

Significant new nickel mineralisation in East Kimberley - Web Site

Friday 16 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4590.9	+15.5	Dow Jones	10,875.59	-6.08
ASX100	3773.5	+13.3	S&P 500	1267.32	-3.62
ASX200	4644.0	+16.1	Nasdaq	2252.48	-8.15
ASX300	4635.7	+15.8	Gold - spot/oz	US$502.90	-0.10
Materials (GIC)	8744.6	-17.0	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.50	-0.04
Energy (GIC)	10,808.9	+118.2	Platinum - spot	US$950.00	-1.00
AGC Macquarie Au	3855	-0.8	Palladium - spot	US$258.00	-4.00
Hartleys Explorers Index	7166	+2.8	Bridge CRB Futures Index	342.84	-0.43
Shanghai Composite	1127.5	+4.0	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$59.05	-2.05
FTSE 100	5531.6	+36.3	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$13.65	-0.16
Nikkei	15,173.1	-81.4	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4597	+112
Hang Seng	15,029.8	-29.2	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1127	+26
A$ = US74.47		-0.35	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1811	+54
A$ = 86.18yen		-0.82	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	13,875	+370
A$ = 0.619euro		-0.006	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2214	+29
US 10-Year Bond	4.448%	-0.020	Tin (LME - spot $US/tonne)	7005	-25
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WALL STREET

Stocks closed lower Friday as markets followed what has become a pattern at the sputtering end of this fourth-quarter rally: Early gains narrow through the day's trading and occasionally turn to losses. The major indexes finished the week mixed.

The price of oil fell to its lowest level in more than two weeks on Friday as traders took note of warmer weather in the Northeast and locked in profits ahead of the weekend.
Light sweet crude for January delivery declined $1.93 to settle at $58.06 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That is the lowest close for the front-month contract since Nov. 30, when futures settled at $57.33.

The recent sell-off in precious metal gold, the red-hot alternative investment play, is one factor helping the Japanese yen to come back from the abyss.

Bullion, a small player compared with the $1.9 trillion a day currency market, has seen explosive interest -- with prices rising around 100 percent since the beginning of 2001.

Prices recently topped $540 an ounce, their highest in almost a quarter of a century.

By contrast, the yen has lost as much as 18 percent versus the dollar this year as rising U.S. interest rates compared with near-zero rates in Japan encouraged investors to buy into overseas bonds and alternative investments with a higher yield.

The trend has turned in recent days, however, helped by prospects of an end to U.S. interest rate rises and new restrictions on gold trading in Japan's futures markets which has sent money back into the yen.

Gold futures briefly climbed back above $510 an ounce before closing lower Thursday, extending their losing streak to three sessions, in which nearly $25 an ounce was subtracted from the metal's value.

BEMAX

Replacement Appendix 3B - Web Site

MINOTAUR EXPLORATION

Minotaur Drilling Update

Drilling of eight base metal targets on five tenements in the Broken Hill Region is programmed for January 2006. Two targets are PACE-supported and seven targets fall within a joint venture with JOGMEC, the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation.
A 7,000 metre RC drill program targeting gold at Tunkillia and Glenloth is currently 20% complete and will resume in January 2006. Both Tunkillia and Glenloth are PACE-supported programs. A new 8-hole, 1000 metre PACE-supported program on the historic Glenloth Goldfield will be added to this program. Tunkillia is a joint venture with Helix Resources Limited, Glenloth with Range River Gold Limited.
Aircore drilling of regional targets along major shear zones in the vicinity of Tunkillia is continuing, but will be interrupted in January due to other rig commitments.
Negotiations are continuing with the Department of Defence and Aboriginal representatives to gain access for drill testing one of a number of airborne gravity targets on the Cultana Training Ground. Subject to these negotiations, it is anticipated that drilling may occur in the January – March Quarter. This project, in joint venture with Eagle Bay Resources, is managed by Minotaur.
A new PACE-supported initiative in the Streaky Bay region to drill sixteen gravity targets to test their iron oxide copper-gold potential and ten palaeochannel transects to test their uranium potential is expected to commence in March 2006 on completion of the Tunkillia Shear Zone aircore program.- Web Site

MOUNT BURGESS

TIANSHAN GOLDFIELDS

MSX ann: Company Update - Web Site

WESTERN PLAINS GOLD

PTS ann: Euriowie Drilling Progress Report - Web Site

WESTERN AREAS

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

Friday, December 16 2005, 3:15 PM

ADELAIDE BRIGHTON

Appendix 3B - Web Site

ALLEGIANCE MINING

Avebury Nickel Project: Market Update Presentations

Allegiance Mining’s feasibility study results for the Avebury Nickel Project in Tasmania was announced on 6th December 2005.

Key points:

The project is ready for development and production - all regulatory approvals are in place.
The company is in detailed discussions with its preferred offtake partner and finance
providers.
Work has already started on site clearing for construction, upgrade access roads, establish grid power reticulation and secure office and construction accommodation facilities.
Near-mine drilling is underway with 2 rigs and an additional large drill rig is en route to the project area. The near mine exploration seeks to expand resources substantially so that the company can commit to a doubling of mill throughput from 0.6 million tonnes of ore per annum to more than 1.0 million tonnes per annum as soon as possible. This would facilitate expansion of annual output from 5,700 tonnes of nickel in concentrates to more than 10,000 tonnes nickel.
Long lead items for the mill are planned to be ordered.
During Summer, weatherproof buildings are planned to be erected to minimise weather delays during mill construction, ensuring nickel production starts before the end of 2006. - Web Site

Munali to Proceed with Final Stage of Bankable Feasibility - Web Site

ALKANE EXPLORATION

Placement - Web Site

AMADEUS ENERGY

Exploration & Production Progress Report - Web Site

AUSQUEST LIMITED

Agreement with Falconbridge on Pilbara Nickel - Web Site

AQUARIUS PLATINUM

Implement pool & share agreement at Marikana - Web Site

ARC ENERGY

ORG: Weekly Drilling Report - Web Site

AUSTRALIAN WORLDWIDE

NWE: Magnolia 1 - Project Update - Web Site

ANTARES ENERGY

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

BOULDER STEEL

Proposal for Co-Operation signed with ISMT & Breitenfeld - Web Site

BHP BILLITON

GRN: Largest shareholder subscribes to full entitlement - Web Site

BHP BILLITON

Approves its share of NWS Angel Development

BHP Billiton announced today its share of development costs for the North West Shelf Venture’s Angel gas and condensate field off the north west coast of Australia. Development will begin immediately following final investment decisions by all of the joint-venture participants.

Based on the operator’s estimate the total investment is A$1.6 billion (BHP Billiton’s share approximately US$200 million). This will include installation of the Venture’s third major offshore production platform off the North West Shelf and associated infrastructure, including a new subsea 50km pipeline which will be tied in to the first trunkline at the North Rankin platform. The development is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2008. - Web Site

BUKA GOLD

Exploration and Operations Update - Web Site

CAZALY RESOURCES

CAZALY LODGES SECOND SUBMISSION FOR SHOVELANNA IRON ORE PROJECT

Cazaly Resources Ltd (ASX: CAZ) has lodged its second submission to the WA Department of Industry and Resources (DoIR) in support of its application for the Shovelanna Iron Ore Project (ELA 46/678).

The submission is in response to a request by Rio Tinto Limited (Rio) to the Minister for State Development, Mr Alan Carpenter MLA, to exercise his discretion under section 111A of the Mining Act of 1978 to refuse the application for ELA 46/678 on the grounds of public interest.

Cazaly had lodged an exploration license application for the tenement, located approximately 30 kilometres east of Newman, on 7 September 2005 after the exploration license, held by previous owners, Hamersley Resources Limited (a subsidiary of Rio Tinto), Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd and Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd, expired on 26 August 2005.

The Company was then given a timeframe in which to lodge an initial submission with the DoIR in support of its application for Exploration License 46/678. This was lodged on the 7th of November.
The Company has since reviewed Rio’s first submission and has now responded with its second submission accordingly............. - Web Site

CBH RESOURCES

Endeavour Mine 2006 Production Plan - Web Site

COCKATOO COAL

Admission to Official List - Web Site

DRAGON MINING

$35m convertible note issue - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

GOG's:Drilling Report for Rossco-1 PEL106 SA Cooper Basin - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

Rossco-1 Progress Report - Web Site

ENERGY RESOURCES

Ceasing to be a substantial holder - Web Site

GOLDEN GATE PETROLEUM

Drilling Commences in Padre Shallow Prospects - Web Site

GAS2GRID

Drilling Update - Malolos 1 Re-entry - Web Site

GIRALIA RESOURCES

Red Hill Iron Limited - Priority Application Date - Web Site

INNAMINCKA PETROLEUM

Daily Drilling Status Report - Pine 1 (PEL-103) - Web Site

JUBILEE MINES

Open Briefing.Jubilee.Chairman on 2006 Outlook - Web Site

JUPITER MINES

Variation to Klondyke Mining Tenement Sale Agreement

The Company wishes to advise that agreement has been reached with the vendors of the Klondyke Mining Tenements, Mr G E Mullan and Mrs M R Sommersperger-Mullan to vary the terms of the Sale Agreement. The Agreement originally called for the payment of $250,000 on 17 December 2005 as part consideration on the sale.

The Company and the vendors have agreed to vary that consideration to:

1) Payment of $100,000 by 17 December 2005. (Payment has been made.)
2) The issue of 1,500,000 ordinary shares in Jupiter Mines Limited.

The issue of shares in part consideration is subject to aproval of the Company’s shareholders. It is anticipated that a meeting of shareholders will be held early in 2006.- Web Site

JUPITER MINES

Assay results for Beasley River iron ore prospect

JUPITER CONFIRMS POTENTIAL ORE GRADE CHANNEL IRON DEPOSITS
(CID) ON ITS BEASLEY RIVER PROJECT AT TOM PRICE, W.A.

Further to the company’s ASX release on the 30 August 2005 with respect to the iron ore potential of its Beasley River project Jupiter Mines Limited (ASX:JMS) is pleased to advise the confirmation of its original ground truthing programme with ore grade Channel Iron Deposits grading up to 57.6% Fe.

The board is extremely encouraged after analysing 12 channel iron deposit (CID) samples with an average grade of 54.89% Fe. The overall results confirm the average grade of Jupiter’s CID samples is comparable with current mining operations of CID’s in the Pilbara and recent assay results announced to the ASX by AusQuest and Iron Ore Holdings.- Web Site

KAGARA ZINC

Balcooma Copper Resource Upgrade

As a result of an ongoing drilling program to define the total copper resource at Balcooma, which is located south of Mt Garnet in far north Queensland, Kagara is pleased to announce an interim upgraded resource of 3.3 million tonnes at a grade of 3.9 % copper, 18 grams per tonne silver and 0.43 grams per tonne gold (see table below). The resource integrity has been significantly enhanced and contained copper has increased by 17% to 126,000 tonnes of metal. The Balcooma main lens and the no. 1 copper lens remain open down plunge and no resource has yet been calculated for the no. 2 copper lens so this total resource is expected to grow as further extension drilling is carried out.

With the copper price currently well in excess of US$4,000 per tonne it is expected that a high proportion of the copper resource at Balcooma will convert to reserve and various options are currently being considered to produce an early cash flow from this substantial asset. Some of the ore will be processed through the copper circuit which is nearing completion at Mt Garnet but alternative processing options are under consideration for the bulk of the resource. - Web Site

KAGARA ZINC

Strategic Investment in Metallica Minerals Limited

Kagara Zinc Ltd is pleased to announce a strategic fully diluted 18% investment in Metallica Minerals Ltd which holds a large block of tenements prospective for copper, lead, zinc, nickel, uranium and scandium stretching between our Mt Garnet operation and our mining operations at Balcooma and Dry River South (see attached plan). This investment is consistent with Kagara’s objective of strengthening its land position in a highly prospective mineral province.

Under the terms of the agreement reached with Metallica, Kagara will subscribe for 12 million shares at an average price of 17.08 cents per share and will receive 6 million free attaching options with an exercise price of 30 cents per share exercisable before 31 December 2007. The shares and options will be issued in two tranches for a total consideration of $2.05 million. The first tranche is for 7 million shares at 15 cents per share payable immediately and 3.5 million options and the second tranche will be for 5 million shares at 20 cents per share and 2.5 million options subject to Metallica shareholder approval........- Web Site

LAFAYETTE MINING

Appendix 3B - Web Site

LION SELECTION GROUP

Change in substantial holding for LAF - Web Site

MIRABELA NICKEL

Issue of 1 million shares to Inco Ltd & Appendix 3B - Web Site

METALLICA MINERALS

METALLICA MINERALS’ $2 MILLION STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH KAGARA ZINC BOOSTS QUEENSLAND NICKEL PROJECT

Metallica Minerals Limited (ASX Code ‘MLM’) today announced a $2 million strategic alliance with Kagara Zinc Limited that boosts the development prospects of Metallica’s NORNICO nickel project.

A placement of 12 million Metallica shares will be made to Kagara Zinc (ASX Code ‘KZL’) in two tranches. At an average issue price of 17.08 cents a share, the placement will raise $2.05 million. Kagara will also have up to 6 million (exercise 30 cent price) options to subscribe a further $1.8 million by 31 December 2007.
- Web Site

MONARCH RESOURCES

Change in substantial holding for SIB - Web Site

NAVIGATOR RESOURCES

WME's ann: Sale of Gold Tenements - Web Site

NEW ZEALND OIL & GAS

Pike River Mine Access Construction Underway - Web Site

OROPA

Significant Mineralisation in New Discoveries

New Gold Discovery at Tambang Tinggi
25m @ 4.58g/t Au in Drilling
Spot Values up to 60.5g/t Au, 0.9% Cu, 30.1 g/t Ag
Significant Exploration Upside
New Porphyry Target Discovered Near Tambang Ubi - Web Site

POLARIS METALS

Higher Gold Grades - Yarbu & Clampton North Prospects - Web Site

RIO TINTO

Rio Tinto plc share transaction 15/12/05 - Web Site

RIO TINTO

Rio Tinto plc share transaction 14/12/05 - Web Site

RIVERSDALE MINING

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

RANGE RESOURCES

$6.25M Option Exercise at 5 cents per Share - Web Site

REEFTON MINING

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

STUART PETROLEUM

DRILLING REPORT: ROGAN #1
PEL 102, COOPER / EROMANGA BASIN, SA

Stuart Petroleum Limited advises that the Rogan #1 oil and gas exploration well is currently preparing to drill the 6 3/4" hole.

The status of Rogan #1 at 06:00 hrs (CST) on 16 December 2005 was:
Location: PEL 102
Planned Total Depth: 2622 metres (TVD)
Current depth: 804 metres
Operation: Drilling the casing shoe.
Spud: 22:00hrs 11 December 2005 - Web Site

STRIKE OIL

Weekly Drilling Report Gulf Coast Texas - Web Site

TAP OIL

Ceasing to be a substantial holder from AMP - Web Site

THUNDELARRA EXPLORATION

SIGNIFICANT NEW NICKEL MINERALISATION IN EAST KIMBERLEY

Thundelarra Exploration Ltd (“Thundelarra”) have been advised by our joint venture partner LionOre Australia Pty Ltd (“LionOre”) that drilling at Keller Creek has in their opinion identified a mineralised intrusion that may represent the most significant nickel occurrence since the discovery of the Sally Malay and Copernicus deposits.

LionOre advise significant results were returned from sulphides intersected in LEKD0044 which was drilled to follow up the sulphide intersections in LEKD0023 (6.2m @ 0.56% Ni, 0.16% Cu from 104.8m) and LEKD0040 (18m @ 0.58% Ni, 0.27% Cu from 267m) in the central portion of the intrusion.

This hole intersected a broad disseminated pyrrhotite – chalcopyrite halo, with the basal contact displaying minor (~ 1m) of massive sulphides. LEKD0044 returned 12m @ 0.34% Ni, 0.14% Cu from 405 metres, including 0.7m @ 2.4% Ni, 0.17% Co, 0.05% Cu from 409 metres (massive sulphides).

Assays received for all basal contact drilling to date are shown below. (Approximate co-ordinates are given for bottom pierce point of intercepts. Surface RL = 450m RL). - Web Site

THUNDELARRA EXPLORATION

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

UNION RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

WOODSIDE

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

WOODSIDE

CLO: NWS Venture Jetty Expansion Contract Awarded Clough JV - Web Site

WESTERN AREAS

Appendix 3B - Web Site

Thursday 15 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4575.4	+8.1	Dow Jones	10,881.67	-1.84
ASX100	3760.2	+8.1	S&P 500	1270.94	-1.80
ASX200	4627.9	+10.0	Nasdaq	2260.63	-1.96
ASX300	4619.9	+9.9	Gold - spot/oz	US$503.00	-3.20
Materials (GIC)	8761.6	-6.0	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.54	+0.18
Energy (GIC)	10,690.7	-13.8	Platinum - spot	US$951.00	-7.00
AGC Macquarie Au	3856	-43.5	Palladium - spot	US$262.00	+3.00
Hartleys Explorers Index	7163	-73.2	Bridge CRB Futures Index	343.27	-1.57
Shanghai Composite	1123.6	-1.8	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$61.10	-0.77
FTSE 100	5495.3	-25.8	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$13.81	-0.79
Nikkei	15,254.4	-210.1	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4557	+70
Hang Seng	15,059.0	+82.8	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1113	-22
A$ = US74.82		-0.71	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1813	-7
A$ = 87.00yen		-1.62	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	13,560	-625
A$ = 0.625euro		-0.004	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2237	-13
US 10-Year Bond	4.468%	+0.018	Tin (LME - spot $US/tonne)	6955	-65
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Thursday, December 15 2005, 9:16 PM

WALL STREET

Stocks slogged through a disappointing session Thursday, with stocks modestly lower as investors consolidated their holdings despite solid corporate earnings reports and the biggest drop in consumer prices in 56 years.

Tumbling gasoline prices pushed November's consumer price index down 0.6 percent, the biggest one-month decline since July 1949, according to the Labor Department. Investors considered the drop a good omen for the holiday shopping season. Core CPI, with food and fuel prices removed, rose a modest 0.2 percent, in line with economists' forecasts.

With the Federal Reserve closely watching inflation, the CPI figures bode well for future interest rates.

Gold bounced in Europe on Thursday afternoon after an earlier foray below $500/oz, but traders were wary of further sales from Japanese investors and a wider-based fund retreat before the year-end.

Platinum also recouped a little after earlier scoring its lowest since Nov. 9 at $940 an ounce. Base metals have also fallen sharply over the past couple of days, suggesting across-the-board portfolio selling was taking place.

As the Japanese yen shot up versus the dollar, it prompted Japanese investors, heavy buyers of gold on Monday, to perform a U-turn and hit the sell button.

Analysts said there could be more sales to come from Japan as investors were unable to offload as much as they wanted due to daily price limits set by the TOCOM exchange.

CITIGOLD

Convertible Note Interest Payment - Web Site

GRAVITY DIAMONDS

1 FOR 4 NON-RENOUNCEABLE PRO RATA RIGHTS ISSUE – CONFIRMATION OF DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF NORMAL TRADING

On 13 December 2005, the company announced that normal trading was expected to commence on 18 January 2006, following close of acceptances on 11 January 2006.

In fact, the company’s share registry will complete despatching holding statements arising out of the issue on 19 January 2006 – hence, normal trading will not commence until 20 January 2006.

- Web Site

MITHRIL

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

STELLAR RESOURCES

Stellar attracts additional PACE Drill funding

The Board of Stellar is pleased to announce receipt of 50 percent funding, from the South Australian Department of Primary Industry and Resources (PIRSA), for two drilling proposals under the current round of submissions for the Program for Accelerated Exploration (PACE). Under the proposals PACE will provide up to $88,500 for drilling expenses on the Robins Rise iron-oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) project and up to $69,500 for drilling expenses on the Tarcoola Basin base metal project. Under the terms of the PACE agreement, the drilling programs are to be completed before December 2006.

Robins Rise Project

The Robins Rise project includes two exploration licenses in the northern Gawler Craton region, approximately 120 kilometres west of the Prominent Hill IOCG deposit. Detailed gravity surveys carried out over selected aeromagnetic and structural targets during 2005 have outlined a number of gravity anomalies consistent with Prominent Hill style mineralisation. Stellar’s PACE proposal involves first pass reverse circulation drill tests of four of these gravity features (Figure 1). Drilling is planned to commence in the first quarter 2006.

Tarcoola Basin Project

The Tarcoola Basin project includes exploration licenses in the Tarcoola region of the central Gawler Craton, where previous work by Stellar has established the presence of widespread low order base metal mineralisation within sediments of the mid-Proterozoic Tarcoola Formation. Detailed analysis by Stellar, in collaboration with PIRSA geologists, has outlined two stratigraphic/structural target positions within the “Cooladding” EL2898 (Figure 2) which are expected to be tested with diamond drilling in the first half of 2006.

- Web Site

WEDGETAIL EXPLORATION

SOIL SAMPLING DELINEATES SIGNIFICANT NEW TARGETS FOR DRILLING

The regional soil sampling program that Wedgetail commenced within its Nullagine Gold Project in September continues to delineate strong gold-in-soil anomalies in areas that have not previously been explored. The most important new anomalies are located immediately south of the flagship Golden Eagle resource, and also in the area southeast of the Shearers resource. The company is confident that scout drilling of these anomalies will yield significant results, similar to those delineated during the first two drill tests of gold-in-soil anomalies in the Golden Gate area, which were reported upon in announcements dated the 22nd and 29th November.

Highlights Include:

Gold-in-soil anomaly delineated at Golden Eagle is 1.8 km long at the >100 ppb threshold
Four gold-in-soil anomalies delineated south of Shearers each extend for 400 m at the >100 ppb threshold
Visible gold observed in quartz-veined outcrop within the strongest of the Shearers anomalies............ - Web Site

Appendix 3B - Web Site

BLACK RANGE

Drilling Programme Successfully Completed-Kookenberry - Web Site

BMA GOLD

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

CLIMAX MINING

Investor Update December 2005 - Web Site

DIORO EXPLORATION

First Quarter Activities Report - Web Site

EMPEROR MINES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

ENVESTRA

Header Correction: Seeking to Issue 20 Year CIBs - Web Site

GREAT AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES

Letter to Option Holders re Replacement Disclosure Document - Web Site

GLOBE URANIUM

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

GOLD AURA

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

HILL END GOLD

Bonus Issue Timetable - Web Site

ILUKA RESOURCES

Becoming a substantial holder from AXA - Web Site

JERVOIS MINING

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

KAGARA ZINC

Balcooma Copper Resource Upgrade - Web Site

LACH DRUMMOND

Merger with Alto Energy - Acceptances at 83% - Web Site

NIDO PETROLEUM

Amended Appendix 3B - Web Site

OIL SEARCH

Progress Report - Nabrajah-9 - Web Site

PETRATHERM

Change of Registered office address - Web Site

ST BARBARA MINES

Ceasing to be a substantial holder - Web Site

XSTRATA COAL

Xstrata Coal Awarded Right To Evaluate Donkin Coal Resource

Xstrata Coal welcomes today’s announcement by the Nova Scotia Ministry for Natural Resources awarding it and its partners in the Xstrata Donkin Mine Development Alliance the exclusive right to apply for a license to develop the Donkin coal resource block in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Xstrata Coal holds a 66% participating interest in the partnership. Other partners include Kaoclay Resources (Canada) at 20% and Atlantic Green Energy Development (USA) at 14%.

Peter Coates, Chief Executive Xstrata Coal, said, “I am delighted the Government of Nova Scotia has awarded Xstrata Coal and its partners the right to pursue exploration of the Donkin block as we see the resource as having strong potential for development.”

The award allows Xstrata Coal and its partners to pursue evaluating the feasibility of mining the estimated 200 million tonne Donkin thermal and metallurgical coal resource located off Cape Breton Island in the Sydney coal field. Work on the project will begin early in 2006 with the evaluation of the resource and the development of feasibility studies expected to take about two years to complete. - Web Site

Thursday, December 15 2005, 11:15 AM

AUDAX RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

ALKANE EXPLORATION

Trading Halt - Web Site

ARROW ENERGY

Executive & Board Appointments - Web Site

ASHBURTON MINERALS

CGM ann: Acquisition of Brazilian Gross Metal Royalty - Web Site

AXG MINING

Board Appointments - Web Site

BLINA DIAMONDS

Ceasing to be a substantial holder - Web Site

BEACH PETROLEUM

BEACH PETROLEUM MOVES TO 50% OWNERSHIP OF
NEW PRODUCING BASS STRAIT OIL FIELD

Beach Petroleum Limited (“BPT”) has moved to a 50% stake in the Basker-Manta- Gummy (“BMG”) oil and gas fields in the Gippsland area of Bass Strait.

The Company announced today it had exercised its option to acquire from Anzon Australia Limited a further 12.5% interest in the fields at a cost of A$50 million, to take its holding to 50%.

It is the second major play into the project for Beach Petroleum this year, having in August increased its interest to 37.5% from its original 25% stake in BMG, the Company’s first offshore oil production project in Australia.

The remaining 50% is held by Anzon, which also acts as Operator of the BMG Joint Venture. - Web Site

BEACH PETROLEUM

BEACH PETROLEUM ACQUIRES FURTHER EQUITY IN BASKER-MANTA-GUMMY

Beach Petroleum is pleased to advise that it has exercised its option to acquire from Anzon Limited a further 12.5% interest in the Basker-Manta-Gummy ("BMG") oil and gas project in the Gippsland Basin, offshore Victoria. This transaction will increase Beach's equity in the BMG Project to 50%. - Web Site

BEACH PETROLEUM

AZA ann: Beach Option Farmin - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

News Release: Wave of Drilling in Cooper Basin - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

Rossco-1 Update - Web Site

GREAT AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES

Amendment to Record Date: Placement to Option Holders - Web Site

GAS2GRID

Drilling Update - Malolos 1 Re-entry - Web Site

HILL END GOLD

Appendix 3B - Web Site

IMAGE RESOURCES

MULTIPLE, WIDE MINERAL SAND TARGETS AT BIDAMINNA

Continued analysis of the new ground magnetic data shows a proliferation of higher magnetic amplitude mineral strand targets in the northern section of EL70/2825 at Bidaminna South.

In this area, 9km of high-amplitude magnetic anomalies (>2.5 nano Teslas) occur at the intersection of the interpreted Ganymede and Callisto strands. The zone where these strands merge together is termed the central high-grade target zone which is some 2.5km long and up to 800m wide. This area is interpreted to comprise multiple stacked strands and is the focus of Image’s proposed initial drilling programme and is considered to be the likely centre of any possible future mining/dredging operation (see attached target map).

A further 18km of linear magnetic anomalies ranging from 1.5 to 2.5nT in amplitude and about 200m in width have been identified which may represent extensions to the interpreted high-grade strands. An additional 9km of strands up to 100m in width and with magnetic amplitudes of 1.0 to 1.5nT have also been interpreted and which appear parallel with and unconnected to the defined 27km of higher amplitude strands.

The westernmost (youngest) strand (Amalthea), is a sizeable 4.4km-long target zone which remains open to the south. This interpreted strand represents a potential zircon target as it may represent a reworking and upgrading of the older Ganymede and Callisto strands to the east. Further detailed ground magnetic surveys (50 line-km) are planned to define the extent of the Amalthea strand and determine if the Callisto and Io strands are linked.- Web Site

IMAGE RESOURCES

MEI: Completes Wilthorpe Earn-In - Web Site

INNAMINCKA PETROLEUM

Daily Drilling Status Report - Pine 1 (PEL-103) - Web Site

INCREMENTAL PETROLEUM

OEL ann: Update on Drilling in Turkey - Web Site

KINGSGATE CONSOLIDATED

Daily Share Buy-Back Notice - Web Site

LAFAYETTE MINING

Appendix 3B - Shares issued on conversion of notes - Web Site

MACARTHUR COAL

Results of General Meeting - Web Site

METEORIC RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

MURCHISON METALS

Change in substantial holding from AMP - Web Site

MOTO GOLDMINES

Independent Technical Report Moto Gold Project - Web Site

MONARCH RESOURCES

Change in substantial holding for SIB - Web Site

NAVIGATOR RESOURCES

Tenement Acquisition extends Leonora Project - Web Site

NEW HOLLAND MINING

Notice of Annual General Meeting

NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

RIO TINTO

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

REDPORT

Section 708A Notice - Web Site

RANGE RESOURCES

Trading Halt - Web Site

STUART PETROLEUM

DRILLING REPORT: ROGAN #1
PEL 102, COOPER / EROMANGA BASIN, SA

Stuart Petroleum Limited advises that the Rogan #1 oil and gas exploration well is currently nippling up BOP’s prior to drilling ahead.

The status of Rogan #1 at 06:00 hrs (CST) on 15 December 2005 was:
Location: PEL 102
Planned Total Depth: 2622 metres (TVD)
Current depth: 804 metres
Operation: Nippling up BOP’s
Spud: 22:00hrs 11 December 2005- Web Site

THUNDELARRA EXPLORATION

United Gold Ltd - New IPO with Gold & Iron Ore Focus - Web Site

TECTONIC RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

UNIVERSAL RESOURCES

Ivy Ann Results - Web Site

VULCAN RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

Wednesday 14 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4567.3	+28.6	Dow Jones	10,883.51	+59.79
ASX100	3752.1	+26.3	S&P 500	1272.74	+5.31
ASX200	4617.9	+30.8	Nasdaq	2262.59	-2.41
ASX300	4610.0	+30.6	Gold - spot/oz	US$506.20	-13.80
Materials (GIC)	8767.6	+28.1	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.36	-0.13
Energy (GIC)	10,704.5	+130.4	Platinum - spot	US$958.00	-27.00
AGC Macquarie Au	3900	+2.7	Palladium - spot	US$259.00	-9.00
Hartleys Explorers Index	7236	-22.1	Bridge CRB Futures Index	344.84	-4.27
Shanghai Composite	1125.4	+7.5	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$61.87	-0.44
FTSE 100	5521.1	+13.9	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$14.60	-0.69
Nikkei	15,464.6	-314.3	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4487	-77
Hang Seng	14,976.3	+33.6	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1135	-11
A$ = US75.53		+0.12	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1820	+5
A$ = 88.62yen		-1.96	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	14,185	+45
A$ = 0.629euro		-0.003	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2250	-13
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Wednesday, December 14 2005, 9:16 PM

WALL STREET

Stocks closed mixed Wednesday as sagging energy prices and a strong advance by Honeywell International Inc. sent the Dow Jones industrials higher, but downgrades of Apple Computer Inc. dragged the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite lower.

A surge in oil imports and a flood of Chinese televisions, toys and computers helped to drive the U.S. trade deficit to an all-time high in October.
The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that the gap between what America sells overseas and what it imports rose by 4.4 percent to $68.9 billion, surpassing the old record of $66 billion set in September.

Gold in New York plunged 2.8 percent, the biggest drop in a year, on speculation demand will slow from Japanese investors after the Tokyo Commodity Exchange increased the cost of trading the metal. The Tokyo exchange, the world's second-largest metals and energy futures market, boosted minimum deposits for trades to curb speculation after gold surged to a 24-year high of $544.50 an ounce on Dec. 12. Gold sold in yen climbed 18 percent in the five weeks ended Dec. 9. Tokyo gold trading last month was the most since February 2003 at 1.92 million contracts.

GIPPSLAND OFFSHORE PETROLEUM

LKO's ann: Banjo 1 Stratigraphic Core Hole PEP155 -Vic - Web Site

MACMIN SILVER

SHARE PURCHASE PLAN

The Company is offering shareholders, who were registered at close of business on 12 December 2005, the opportunity to purchase up to 25,000 fully paid ordinary shares at an issue price of 20 cents each.........

- Web Site

MINERAL DEPOSITS

MDL Engages Macquarie Bank

The directors of Mineral Deposits Limited are pleased to announce that it has engaged Macquarie Bank Limited ("MBL") to arrange and underwrite debt and associated gold hedging facilities for the development of the company's Sabodala Gold Project in Senegal, west Africa. MBL has a long history of debt funding in the resources industry and has been instrumental in financing a number of major gold projects in Africa.

Fieldwork continues on the Sabodala Project with some 18,000 metres of drilling completed on the Sabodala and Niakafiri mineralised zones. The Phase 1 drilling programme of approximately 14,500 metres over 450 metres north-south by 300 metres east-west has been completed on the Sabodala ore zone. The Phase 2 infill programme to reduce the drill hole density to 20 by 20 metres is now underway. This programme will include significant step-out drilling. The company anticipates that 25,000 to 30,000 metres of drilling by February 2006 should enable a JORC compliant resource estimate as regards Sabodala to be announced.

- Web Site

TASGOLD

Rights Issue Completed/Change in Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

AXG MINING

WRF's ann: Mt Constance Iron Ore Project Update - Web Site

BASS STRAIT OIL

Offer Information Statement - Web Site

CITYVIEW

November 2005 Appendix 5B & Cash Flows - Web Site

ENERGY RESOURCES

Ceasing to be a substantial holder - Web Site

GOLDEN TIGER

Seed Capital Raising Over-subscribed - Web Site

GRAYNIC METALS

Short Form Prospectus - Web Site

KALGOORLIE-BOULDER

Appendix 3B - Options/Top20 Holders - Web Site

KALGOORLIE-BOULDER

Appendix 3B - Ordinary Shares - Web Site

KIMBERLEY DIAMOND

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

KIMBERLEY DIAMOND

Change of Director's Interest Notice x2 - Web Site

METEX RESOURCES

Appendix 3B & Change of Director's Interest Notice x2 - Web Site

MURCHISON METALS

Appendix 3B Placement - Web Site

OILEX

Appendix 3B & Change of Director's Interest Notice x2 - Web Site

ORD RIVER RESOURCES

Appendix 3B: Release of Restricted Securities - Web Site

SARACEN MINERAL HOLDINGS

ASX Circular: Reorganisation of Capital

SANDFIRE RESOURCES

Drilling Update - Sandfire Project - Web Site

WESTERN PLAINS GOLD

Voluntary Escrow End 31 December 2005 - Web Site

YILGARN GOLD

Disclosure Document - Web Site

Wednesday, December 14 2005, 3:16 PM

ALEXANDER RESOURCES

Successful Completion of Capital Raising - Web Site

BERKELEY RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

CBH RESOURCES

Payment of Bi Annual Interest on Convertible Notes - Web Site

COPPER STRIKE

Three Drilling Programmes - North Queensland - Web Site

CONTACT RESOURCES

Non-Renounceable Entitlement Offer of Options - Web Site

ENERGY RESOURCES

Ceasing to be a substantial holder - Web Site

ENERGY WORLD CORPORATION

Appendix 4C: month ended 30 November 2005 - Web Site

GINDALBIE GOLD

Makes Appointment to Head Pellet Project - Web Site

INDEPENDENCE GROUP

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

JUPITER MINES

Acquisition of Mount Mason Iron Ore Tenement

Enclosed for release to the market is an announcement that the Company has today entered into an Option Agreement to acquire the rights to iron ore deposits covered by Exploration licence E29/495 in the Yilgarn district of Western Australia.

Terms of the Option Agreement with the owner, Mr Robert Watson, include:

an option fee of $30,000 for 12 months.
Upon exercise of the option, Jupiter to pay $250,000 and 5 million fully paid shares Jupiter Mines Ltd.
Jupiter to pay a royalty of 1.5% on gross iron ore revenue.
During the option period Jupiter must spend $200,000 on exploration on the tenement.

Jupiter is obliged to maintain the tenement in good standing during the option period. - Web Site

KIMBERLEY OIL

Top 20 holders - Web Site

LAFAYETTE MINING

LSG ann: Conversion of Notes into Lafayette Shares - Web Site

LAFAYETTE MINING

AUS: To invest $2m in Lafayette - Web Site

MIDWEST CORPORATION

Company Update - Web Site

MEDUSA MINING

Acquisition of Anoling Gold Project Philippines - Web Site

MARATHON RESOURCES

Release of Securities from Escrow - Web Site

NORTHERN GOLD

Change of Address - Web Site

REED RESOURCES

Underground Operations commence at Comet Vale - Web Site

RIVERSDALE MINING

Additional Information Increased Resource at ZAC - Web Site

SARACEN MINERAL HOLDINGS

ASX Circular - Reorganisation of Capital

SCIMITAR RESOURCES

Lake Frome SA PACE Funding - Web Site

STRIKE OIL

Continuation of gas shows Shefcik No 1 Well Texas - Web Site

TETHYAN COPPER

Fourth Supplementary Bidder's Statement from Skafell P/L - Web Site

THUNDELARRA EXPLORATION / UNITED GOLD

UNITED GOLD LTD – NEW IPO WITH GOLD AND IRON ORE FOCUS

United Gold Ltd (“United Gold”) was formed as a spin off from Thundelarra Exploration Ltd (“Thundelarra”) and incorporated on 23 February 2004 with United Gold acquiring all of Thundelarra’s gold and iron ore tenements. The sale of the various assets by Thundelarra involved a capital reduction in Thundelarra and an in specie distribution of shares held by Thundelarra in United Gold to Thundelarra shareholders.

A proposed Australian Stock Exchange Ltd listing by United Gold at that time did not proceed due to the market downturn. Thundelarra has continued to provide loan funds to United Gold during 2005 to enable United Gold to continue exploration on its various tenements. - Web Site

UNION RESOURCES

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

WESTERN AREAS

Appendix 3B - Option Conversion - Web Site

WESTERN AREAS

Initial Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

Wednesday, December 14 2005, 11:15 AM

ANGLO AUSTRALIAN

Drill Testing to Commence at Feysville - Web Site

ADAMUS RESOURCES

Form 484 - Cancellation of Shares - Web Site

ADELAIDE RESOURCES

Company Presentation 13 December 2005 - Web Site

ALBIDON

High Quality Nickel Concentrate from Enterprise Deposit - Web Site

AUSTRALIAN MAGNESIUM

First commercial order for AM-lite - Web Site

AMADEUS ENERGY

Drilling Update - Web Site

ARC ENERGY

Bunjong 1 exploration well update - Web Site

AUSTRALIAN MINES

Nickel Production Update Blair Mine - Web Site

ANTARES ENERGY

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

BORAL

Appendix 3B: Quotation of Additional Securities - Web Site

COMET RIDGE

COMET RIDGE INCREASES INTEREST IN OIL FIELD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

The directors of Comet Ridge Limited (ASX Code: COI) are pleased to advise that its wholly owned subsidiary Comet Ridge USA Inc. has increased its interest in the Tow Creek project in Routt County, Colorado from 25% to 37.5% working interest.

Joint venture partner, AJ Lucas Group Limited, has elected not to take up its 1/3rd participation in the project for reasons unrelated to the merits of the prospect. Lucas has advised that it is still in the position to provide drilling equipment and its directional drilling technology when drilling commences in the second quarter of 2006.

Comet Ridge’s other Rocky Mountain Joint Venture partner Strike Oil Limited (ASX Code: STX) will be offered the opportunity of also increasing its interest to 37.5%. Private US interests hold the other 25%.

Comet Ridge has acquired a lease position covering close to 9,000 acres over the Tow Creek anticline. Over 5 million barrels of oil have been produced from fractured shale reservoirs in a number of fields on the structure. Comet Ridge is planning on extending and redeveloping the old fields using directionally drilled, sub-horizontal to horizontal holes designed to maximize the number of fractures intersected.

A grid of conventional 2D seismic lines has been acquired and the data are currently being reprocessed to optimize the initial drilling locations.- Web Site

DRILLSEARCH ENERGY

ATP783P - Chandos Block - Farm Out - Web Site

DISCOVERY NICKEL

Update on Maun Copper Project - Web Site

DOMINION MINING

Appendix 3B - Web Site

DRAGON MINING

UPDATE ON VOLUNTARY SUSPENSION FROM QUOTATION

The Company is pleased to advise that negotiations with respect to a potential substantial fund raising are well advanced and the Company anticipates being able to make an ASX release with full details by opening of trade on Thursday 15 December 2005. - Web Site

ENERGY METALS

Appendix 3B - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

GOG: Rossco-1 Drilling Commences Today - Web Site

FOX RESOURCES

Capital Raising & West Whundo Copper Project Update - Web Site

GAS2GRID

Driling update (day 3) Malolos 1 Re-entry - Web Site

INNAMINCKA PETROLEUM

Daily Drilling Status Report - Pine 1 (PEL-103) - Web Site

LAFAYETTE MINING

Trading Halt - Web Site

LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS

PT LNG Energi Utama receives Indonsian foreign inv approval - Web Site

LION SELECTION GROUP

LAF:$10 million share placement&proposed share purchase plan - Web Site

MIRABELA NICKEL

Trading Halt - Web Site

MIRABELA NICKEL

Progress on Santa Rita Bankable Feasibility Study - Web Site

MICHELAGO LIMITED

Reinstatement to Official Quotation - Web Site

MONARCH RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice x 2 - Web Site

NAVIGATOR RESOURCES

Placement - Web Site

NEWMONT

RRL ann: Formal Agreement with Newmont executed - Web Site

NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

PLANET GAS

West Esponda Pilot Drilling Program - Web Site

POLARIS METALS

Placement - Web Site

RIVERSDALE MINING

20 Mt Resource established at Zululand Anthracite Colliery - Web Site

ROC OIL

Faucon-1 Exploration Well Drilling Update - Web Site

RANGE RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

SARACEN MINERAL HOLDINGS

Results of Meeting

ST BARBARA MINES

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

SUNSHINE GAS

Roma Shallow Gas Project - First Walloon Gas Being Sold - Web Site

STUART PETROLEUM

Rogan #1 Drilling Report - Web Site

STRIKE OIL

Further Gas Shows Shefcik No1 Well Texas - Web Site

TAP OIL

Woollybutt-5 Appraisal Well & Scalybutt-1H Tie In Update - Web Site

TAP OIL

Supplejack South-1 Exploration Well Update - Web Site

TRIAKO

Lapsed Performance Rights - Web Site

TRITTON RESOURCES

Amendment to Offtake Arrangement with Sempra - Web Site

VULCAN RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

WOODSIDE

Woodside-Tokyo Gas Sign HOA for Pluto LNG - Web Site

WESTERN AREAS

Final Prospectus for Canadian IPO - Web Site

Tuesday 13 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4538.7	-23.5	Dow Jones	10,823.80	+56.03
ASX100	3725.8	-20.2	S&P 500	1267.43	+7.00
ASX200	4587.1	-24.8	Nasdaq	2265.00	+4.05
ASX300	4579.4	-25.1	Gold - spot/oz	US$520.00	-8.10
Materials (GIC)	8739.5	-95.9	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.49	-0.28
Energy (GIC)	10,574.1	-40.3	Platinum - spot	US$985.00	-24.0
AGC Macquarie Au	3897	-139.5	Palladium - spot	US$268.00	-23.0
Hartleys Explorers Index	7258	-108.9	Bridge CRB Futures Index	349.11	+0.95
Shanghai Composite	1117.8	+1.4	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$61.37	+0.07
FTSE 100	5507.2	+5.7	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$15.29	+0.48
Nikkei	15,778.9	+40.2	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4564	-41
Hang Seng	14,942.6	-41.8	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1146	+2
A$ = US75.41		-0.13	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1815	-11
A$ = 90.58yen		+0.14	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	14,140	+20
A$ = 0.632euro		unch	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2263	-17
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Tuesday, December 13 2005, 9:15 PM

WALL STREET

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday pushed a key interest rate to the highest level in 4 1/2 years while signaling that the campaign to raise interest rates to fight inflation was probably drawing to an end.

Stocks made a moderate advance Tuesday as Wall Street welcomed signals that an end to the Federal Reserve's rate-tightening campaign may be drawing near.
While the Fed raised interest rates a quarter percentage point to 4.25 percent Tuesday, the market was pleased by a revision to the accompanying statement in which the central bank no longer characterized its rate hikes as accommodative. That change was widely seen as an adjustment in Fed monetary policy.

Gold prices in New York fell from the highest in 24 years on sales by some investors after prices rallied 16 percent in the past five weeks.

Hedge funds and other large speculators have more than tripled their net-long positions in New York gold futures since the end of July.

Gold also fell due to the U.S. Federal Reserve boosting its benchmark interest rate, widening the gap between U.S. rates and those in Japan and Europe and eroding the appeal of the precious metal as an alternative investment.

GRAVITY DIAMONDS

1:4 Non-Renounceable Issue - Extension of closing date - Web Site

LAKES OIL

BANJO 1 STRATIGRAPHIC CORE HOLE
PEP 155 EASTERN BLOCK, ONSHORE GIPPSLAND BASIN, VICTORIA

Lakes Oil N.L. (ASX listing code “LKO”) as operator advises that problems have continued with the drilling of the Banjo 1 well.

Accordingly a new well “Banjo 1A” will now commence drilling using a cable tool rig which is due to arrive on site later today. This rig will drill to a depth of approximately 100 metres and surface casing will be set. The rotary drilling rig will then move back on to the well site early in the New Year to re-commence drilling to the target depth.

Gippsland Offshore Petroleum Limited (ASX listing code "GOP"), as part of a Farm-in Agreement is committed to paying up to $400,000.00 of a two well program in the Marlo Block in PEP 155 to earn a 51% interest.

- Web Site

MACMIN SILVER

Final Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

SEDIMENTARY HOLDINGS

NMC ann: NuStar Merger Presentation - Web Site

WEDGETAIL EXPLORATION

Golden Gate Resource Expands

An updated resource estimate, that includes assays from the recent small extensional drilling program that returned high grade drilling results for the Golden Gate project has almost doubled the total resources at a 1.0g/t. Au cut off grade.

Highlights:

Golden Gate Resource ounces increased by 82%
Total resources reported are 591kt @ 3.64g/t. Au (1.0gt/ Au cut off )

Wedgetail Exploration has received an updated resource estimate for the Golden Gate project which forms part of the Nullagine Gold Project. The Nullagine Gold project is currently nearing completion of a feasibility study to produce approximately 70,000oz pa. over a period of 5 years.

The resource estimate was prepared by independent resource consultants Hellman & Schofield and includes the recently reported high grade near surface drilling results recently reported at Golden Gate. - Web Site

ALCASTON MINING

Appendix 3B - Web Site

BOUNTY OIL & GAS

Placement to raise $960000

Bounty Oil & Gas NL (ASX Code: BUY) (“Bounty”) is pleased to announce that commitments have been received by its placement managers from sophisticated and experienced retail investor clients for the placement of 12 million new fully paid ordinary shares at $0.08 per share, to raise $0.960 million, before costs. Once issued, the shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares on issue. The 12 million shares are being issued in accordance with shareholder approval from the Annual General Meeting held on 30 November 2005.

The funds raised from the placement will be used for any contingencies related to the Magnolia-1 well in the AC/P 32 permit off Western Australia, and for working capital. Bounty retains 10.4% interest in AC/P 32, and only has to fund 0.64% of Magnolia-1 up to a total capped well cost of US$8 million (A$10.6 million).- Web Site

CHAMELEON MINING

Notice of General Meeting - Web Site

CHESTER MINING

Completion of Kununurra Land Investment

FLINDERS DIAMONDS

Appendix 3B - Web Site

HARDMAN RESOURCES

Mauritania Block 1 - Faucon 1 Exploration Well - Web Site

IMAGE RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

KAGARA ZINC

Record Date for Interest on Convertible Notes

Kagara Zinc Limited announces that it will pay the eighth interest payment on the Convertible Notes (KZLG) on 31 December 2005. The amount payable will be 9.75% per annum and based on the Adjusted Face Value of 42.5 cents this will equate to 2.0889 cents per Convertible Note for the 184 day period 1 July 2005 to 31 December 2005 inclusive.

The record date will be Friday, 23 December 2005.
The "ex" date will be Monday, 19 December 2005.- Web Site

LATROBE MAGNESIUM

Appendix 5B - Month ended 30 November 2005 - Web Site

METEORIC RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

MURCHISON METALS

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

NIAGARA MINING

Becoming a substantial holder

RIO TINTO

MND: New Major Contract Wins - Web Site

THUNDELARRA EXPLORATION

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

WHITE SANDS PETROLEUM

Disclosure Document - Web Site

Tuesday, December 13 2005, 11:15 AM

ADELAIDE RESOURCES

Higher Grade Results from Tripitaka - Web Site

ANGLOGOLD

Appendix 3B - Web Site

AGL

Southern Hydro Investor Tour - Presentation - Web Site

ALKANE EXPLORATION

New Results from Wyoming - Web Site

AURORA MINERALS

Amended Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

AURORA MINERALS

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

BARAKA PETROLEUM

Amended Change in substantial holding - Web Site

BOLNISI GOLD

SALE OF GEORGIAN INTERESTS

Further to the Company's announcement dated 18 October 2005, the Directors are pleased to advise that Bolnisi Gold NL ('Bolnisi') and its controlled entities have completed the sale of the Bolnisi Group's 50% interests in the Georgian entities, Quartzite Ltd ('Quartzite') and Trans Georgian Resources Ltd ('TGR') and the related loans to Quartzite and TGR ('Georgian Interests').

Completion of the US$10.0 million cash consideration sale of Bolnisi Group's Georgian Interests allows the Company to continue to focus its management and financial efforts on the development of the Company's Mexican projects. - Web Site

BLUESTONE TIN

Becoming a substantial holder from GPG - Web Site

CRESCENT GOLD

Trading Halt - Web Site

CRESCENT GOLD

News Rel: Reserves Double - Web Site

CARNARVON PETROLEUM

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

DIATREME RESOURCES

Response to ASX Share Price Query - Web Site

ELKEDRA DIAMONDS

AIM Placement - Web Site

GOLDEN CROSS

High grade drill hole at Copper Hill

GCR has received results from diamond drill hole GCHR64 at its 100%-owned Copper Hill gold-copper porphyry project near Molong, NSW. Results are tabulated below and represent some of the highest grade gold-copper mineralisation encountered in the Copper Hill area to date. The hole is located in the newly discovered Saddle area east of the Western Zone.

Individual 2m samples in hole 64 returned up to 15.2 g/t gold and 3.06% copper.

Stockwork and sheeted quartz veins containing chalcopyrite and bornite mineralisation host highest grades. - Web Site

GAS2GRID

Update of Malalos-1 & Nuevo Malolos-1 - Web Site

GIRALIA RESOURCES

Red Hill Iron Limited IPO - Web Site

GREEN PACIFIC ENERGY

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

GRAYNIC METALS

NSW Projects Acquisition & Placement - Web Site

HILL END GOLD

Appendix 3B - Web Site

HERON RESOURCES

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

INNAMINCKA PETROLEUM

Progress Report - Pine 1 (PEL-103) - Web Site

LAFAYETTE MINING

Request forTrading Halt - Web Site

MIRABELA NICKEL

Request forTrading Halt - Web Site

MURCHISON METALS

Disclosure Document 12 December 2005 - Web Site

NEW HOPE

Reduction of Capital - Web Site

NIQUEST

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

PLACER DOME

Agreement regarding Shareholder Rights Plan - Web Site

PACRIM ENERGY

Potential Gas Zones at Plymire Road 4-14 Well - Web Site

PERSEVERANCE

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

RIO TINTO

DOW: Argyle Mine - Web Site

REDPORT

Drilling Confirms Shallow High-Grade Uranium Zone - Web Site

RESOURCE PACIFIC

Development Progress at Newpac No. 1 Colliery - Web Site

ROX RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

ST BARBARA MINES

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

UNION RESOURCES

Itok Share Swap Agreement

Union Resources Limited (“Union”) advise that Itok GmbH (“Itok”) has failed to settle the Share Swap Agreement (“Agreement”) within the time that was stipulated in the Agreement. Under this Agreement Itok will receive cash and shares in Union in exchange for its shares in the Iranian operation company Mehdiabad Zinc Company (“MZC”), upon the terms previously advised .

Without prejudice to its rights under the Agreement, Union has allowed an extension of time until 23rd December, to assist Itok to complete the settlement. - Web Site

WESTONIA MINES

Drilling Progress Report

Westonia Mines Limited wishes to announce the following in regard to its drilling programme at Westonia.

Dewatering of the pit will be completed during the coming week.
Drilling along the pit floor is now entering the fifth week, with drill productivity typically higher than budgeted.
All QA/QC systems are working well, as confirmed by an independent audit of drill sampling and the assay laboratory.
In order to condense the timeframe for the drilling programme, whilst retaining the
same scope, the Company will drill through the Christmas break with the aim of
releasing a new Geological Resource estimate before the end of March 2006.
♦ The Company expects to be in a position to make a further interim announcement in
mid-January based upon drill assays and modelling but is generally encouraged by
assays received to date.- Web Site

WESTERN AREAS

Results of 2005 AGM - Web Site

WESTERN AREAS

Notice under s708A(5) - Web Site

WESTERN AREAS

Canadian IPO closes/WSA lists on TSX/Director Appointment - Web Site

Monday 12 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)

All Ords

4562.2

+27.4

Dow Jones

10,767.77

-10.81

ASX100

3746.0

+26.1

S&P 500

1260.43

+1.06

ASX200

4611.9

+31.8

Nasdaq

2260.95

+4.22

ASX300

4604.5

+31.0

Gold - spot/oz

US$528.10

+1.80

Materials (GIC)

8835.4

+75.0

Silver - spot/oz

US$8.77

-0.22

Energy (GIC)

10,614.4

-62.2

Platinum - spot

US$1009.00

+14.00

AGC Macquarie Au

4037

+67.8

Palladium - spot

US$291.00

+7.00

Hartleys Explorers Index

7367

Bridge CRB Futures Index

348.16

+4.95

Shanghai Composite

1116.4

+2.9

Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)

US$61.30

+1.91

FTSE 100

5501.5

-15.9

Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)

US$14.84

+0.53

Nikkei

15,738.7

+334.7

Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)

4605

-18

Hang Seng

14,984.4

+73.9

Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)

1144

A$ = US75.54

+0.49

Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)

1826

unch

A$ = 90.44yen

-0.11

Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)

14,120

unch

A$ = 0.632euro

-0.003

Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)

2280

+21

US 10-Year Bond

4.547%

+0.010

Tin (LME - spot $US/tonne)

6900

+75

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Monday, December 12 2005, 9:16 PM

WALL STREET

Stocks barely budged Monday, finishing mixed as interest rate worries and a legal setback for Merck & Co. countered momentum from a possible multibillion-dollar acquisition by ConocoPhillips.

Forecasts for midweek snowstorms in the Northeast catapulted energy prices on anticipation for increased demand, although OPEC said it will keep producing oil at current record levels before considering whether to scale back next year. A barrel of light crude surged $1.91 to settle at $61.30 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Comex gold shot to another fresh 25-year high on Monday but eased from that level by the close at the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Gold futures closed over $1 an ounce higher - fresh reports of investment demand in Asia and the Middle East drove prices up for an eighth session in a row.

The silver market followed gold's moves but settled lower on the day.

Copper closed down 4.4 cents at $1.986 a pound, a more than one-week low.

LAKES OIL

BANJO 1 STRATIGRAPHIC CORE HOLE
PEP 155 EASTERN BLOCK, ONSHORE GIPPSLAND BASIN, VICTORIA

Lakes Oil N.L. (ASX listing code “LKO”) as operator advises that the Banjo 1 well is at a depth of 72.6 metres. Currently the drilling contractor is waiting on additional cement due to loss of circulation whilst drilling.

Gippsland Offshore Petroleum Limited (ASX listing code "GOP"), as part of a Farm-in Agreement is committed to paying up to $400,000.00 of a two well program in the Marlo Block in PEP 155 to earn a 51% interest.

- Web Site

MITHRIL

Mithril to Explore for Nickel Sulphides on Dominion's Tenements in South Australia

The Board of Directors of Mithril Resources Ltd is pleased to announce that the company and Dominion Mining Limited have agreed in principle to terms and conditions for inclusion in a joint venture covering 3332 square kilometres currently held under five Exploration Licences in the Gawler Craton South Australia.

Previous gold exploration and regional drilling by Primary Industries and Resources of South Australia within the lease area has identified numerous large mafic and ultramafic bodies which have the potential to host nickel sulphide mineralization (see target igneous rocks in attached diagram).

The joint venture allows Mithril to earn 75% interest in the leases for the expenditure of five million dollars over a six year period, with a minimum commitment of one hundred thousand dollars prior to June 2006 before the company can withdraw. Dominion has the right to a 25% interest that is free carried to the completion of a Bankable Feasibility Study at which time it can elect to contribute or dilute its interest in the Joint Venture converting to a 2.5% net smelter return royalty if its interest falls below 10%.

Mithril has access to all of Dominion's regional drilling and surface samples for the purposes of analysing them for nickel and associated elements. Dominion has an extensive sample data base over most of the tenements which will substantially reduce the time and cost for Mithril to delineate drill targets.

The Joint Venture area is situated at the northern end of the Fowler Domain, a major tectonic zone on the north-western flank of the Gawler Craton. The Fowler Domain comprises dense, magnetic and intermediate to ultramafic rocks overlain by thin Tertiary sands and recent sand dunes. The Thompson Nickel Belt in Canada has similar features and is considered by the Department of Primary Industry and Resources of South Australia (PIRSA) as a possible analogue of the Fowler Domain. The Thompson Nickel Belt hosts major nickel deposits which have been mined by Inco Limited (INCO) since the early 1960s. INCO has been actively exploring portion of the Fowler Domain further to the southwest.

Dominion's existing database combined with the extensive landholding, excellent geological setting and proximity to rail infrastructure make this a very exciting exploration opportunity for Mithril.

- Web Site

MOUNT BURGESS

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

ANEKA TAMBANG

Monthly Exploration Report for the Month of November 2005 - Web Site

BHP BILLITON

Notification of Change of Interests of Directors - Web Site

BARAKA PETROLEUM

Managing Director's address to Shareholders - Web Site

BARAKA PETROLEUM

Results of AGM - Web Site

BOW ENERGY

Escrowed Securities - Web Site

EQUINOX MINERALS

Appendix 3B - New Issue - Web Site

GLOBE URANIUM

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

HANNANS REWARDS

Rights Issue Now Closed - Web Site

HORIZON OIL

The Board of Sydney Gas announced today that it has a properly constituted board that complies with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements. Stephen Kwik, a chartered accountant based in Sydney, is Executive Director and Company Secretary, Richard Gelski, a Sydney-based lawyer and Tony Sennitt a Melbourne-based businessman are Non- Executive Directors and Michael Norster, a Melbourne-based businessman and the founder and a Director of Australian Energy Ltd is the Chairman.

In light of the sudden departure of the former Board of the Company including its Managing Director and Company Secretary, the positions held currently by new Directors will be treated as interim subject to ratification by shareholders. The new Board expressed its overriding priority is ensuring the Company’s ongoing operations, including its partnership with AGL.- Web Site

VULCAN RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

Monday, December 12 2005, 3:16 PM

AUDAX RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

ACCLAIM EXPLORATION

Appendix 3B - Web Site

BURDEKIN PACIFIC

Change of Company Name to Redbank Mines - Web Site

D'AGUILAR GOLD

New Drilling Program Commenced - Web Site

DEEP YELLOW

Change in substantial holding from PDN - Web Site

FELIX RESOURCES

Company Update - Web Site

GUNSON RESOURCES

Commencement of Drilling at the Mount Gunson Copper Project - Web Site

GRAYNIC METALS

Trading Halt - Web Site

HORIZON OIL

Go Ahead of Construction of Maari Platform - Web Site

INTEGRA MINING

HIGH GRADE MAXWELLS RC INTERCEPTS & EXPLORATION UPDATE

RC drilling has been completed testing the Maxwells West high-grade gold
mineralisation, partial assay results from four holes of six holes include:
- 4 metres at 13.14 g/t gold,
- 8 metres at 3.69 g/t gold, including 1 metre at 11.17 g/t gold, and
- 16 metres at 2.59 g/t gold.

Results from two RC holes in the central zone at Maxwells West have yet to be received.

RC drilling has been completed testing extensions to previous high-grade intercepts at the Flora Dora prospect and Cock-eyed Bob deposit, assays pending.
A 55 line-kilometre Induced Polarisation (IP) survey has been completed in the Main Zone / Harry’s Hill area over large, untested gold in soils anomalies and magnetic features with affinities to those associated with known gold mineralisation. The survey has generated high-quality drill targets with the potential for discovery of new zones of gold mineralisation. Recent survey activity involved in-fill high-resolution surveys over identified anomalies to better define drilling targets.
A large high-resolution gravity survey has been completed in the French Kiss / Italia / Salt Lake City area. While a full interpretation incorporating existing magnetic, geology and drilling data is yet to be completed, the survey has identified a clear linear feature associated with the French Kiss gold mineralisation which appears to extend to the north and northeast and could be drill tested in the near future.
All required clearances and approvals have been received for the drilling of the Borthanna ‘Olympic Dam’ target in the Oodnadatta project. Additionally, the strong technical merits of this target have been recognised by the granting of South Australian Government co-funding of the drilling through the PACE programme.
Concurrent with this high level of exploration activity, the Aldiss-Randalls Scoping Study is progressing and remains on target to be completed in the March Quarter 2006.
Current A$ gold prices are expected to have a very beneficial impact on project cashflows. - Web Site

JUPITER MINES

Placement/Appendix 3B - Web Site

LYNAS

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

LYNAS

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

METALLICA MINERALS

Appendix 3B - End of Restriction Period - Web Site

MONARCH RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

MURCHISON UNITED

Update of Company Activities - Web Site

NGM RESOURCES

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

NEW ZEALND OIL & GAS

Change of Director's Interest Notice x3 - Web Site

ORCHARD PETROLEUM

NEO: Jack Hamar Oil & Gas Progress Report - Web Site

OIL SEARCH

Appendix 3B - Web Site

RANGE RESOURCES

Section 708A Notice - Web Site

SOUTHERN CROSS

EME ann: Drilling Commences at Bigrlyi

SANTOS

Open Briefing Santos Cooper & Fairview Update - Web Site

TAP OIL

Spudding of Marley-1 Exploration Well - Web Site

UNITED KIMBERLEY DIAMONDS

Appendix 3B - Web Site

Monday, December 12 2005, 11:15 AM

GIPPSLAND OFFSHORE PETROLEUM

LKO ann: Drilling Update Banjo 1 well - Web Site

MALACHITE RESOURCES

Update on Drilling at Tooloom - Web Site

TASGOLD

Hole KD005 Intersects 2m of 15.05g/t Gold - Web Site

ADAMUS RESOURCES

Adamus Discovers New High Grade Reef Containing Intersections up to 8m @ 17.7g/t Gold at the Company’s Southern Ashanti Gold Project

The Directors of Adamus Resources are pleased to announce that recent exploration drilling targeting the footwall of the Salman Shear, within the Akanko area, has successfully intersected a new high grade reef, situated 70m east of the historic Akanko Mine (ref to map). Two RC holes, located 150m apart, have intersected the new reef returning assays, from 4m composite samples, of 8m @17.7g/t and 8m @ 7.3g/t gold. Two additional RC holes intersected lower grade mineralization that may represent a continuation of the same structure.

In addition to the new discovery, drilling has also intersected an intact section of the main Akanko Reef. Previous drilling had encountered historical stopes, but AKRC 065 successfully intersected a broad zone of mineralization, which included a low angle intersection (ref to section) of 24m @ 5g/t gold from 12m.- Web Site

ADELAIDE RESOURCES

ILU: Further Encouraging Drilling Results - Eucla Basin - Web Site

ADELAIDE RESOURCES

Media Release: Highly Encouraging Results at Tripitaka - Web Site

ANGLO PACIFIC

Scrip Dividend Circulars - Web Site

AMADEUS ENERGY

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

AUSQUEST LIMITED

Appendix 3B - Exercise of Options - Web Site

AVOCA RESOURCES

A research note completed by Patersons Securities’ resource analyst, Myles Ertzen following the release last week to the ASX of two announcements by Avoca: Exploration Update for Higginsville and Pre-feasibility Study Update for Trident. - Web Site

AVOCA RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

BARAKA PETROLEUM

Results confirm potential of Mauritania & Mali - Web Site

BORAL

USA Analysts Presentation - Web Site

BEACH PETROLEUM

Appendix 3B - Conversion of bonus options - Web Site

CENTENNIAL COAL

Becoming a substantial holder from AXA - Web Site

CARNARVON PETROLEUM

Initial Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

DRAGON MINING

Exceptional Results continue at Zara - Web Site

EXCEL COAL

Native Title Agreement for Wilpinjong - Web Site

ELIXIR PETROLEUM

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

FALL RIVER RESOURCES

Prospectus - Web Site

FORTESCUE METALS

Land Access Agmt with MIB Group over Cloud Break Extensions - Web Site

FOX RESOURCES

Trading Halt - Web Site

GOLDSTAR RESOURCES

Ceasing to be a substantial holder - Web Site

GALLERY GOLD

In-Fill drilling success at Buckreef - Web Site

GIRALIA RESOURCES

Distribution of PMH Shares to Giralia Shareholders - Web Site

HANNANS REWARDS

Appendix 3B - Web Site

INNAMINCKA PETROLEUM

Daily Drilling Report - Pine 1 - Web Site

LIHIR GOLD

Initial Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

LYNAS

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

MACARTHUR COAL

Change of Registered office address - Web Site

MICHELAGO LIMITED

Suspension from Official Quotation - Web Site

MEDUSA MINING

Appendix 3B - Web Site

NUSTAR MINING

NuStar to merge
NuStar and emerging Canadian gold and silver miner, Intrepid Minerals Corporation, have agreed to merge, creating a new dual-listed intermediate producer with an international portfolio of attractive precious metals assets.

The combined company will have high grade resources approaching one million gold equivalent ounces and an expanded portfolio of advanced exploration projects providing strong future growth potential.

Group production is projected to double to 160,000 gold equivalent ounces per annum with development of the high grade Kamila open pit at the Casposo project in San Juan Province, Argentina, during 2007........ - Web Site

NUSTAR MINING

Trading Halt - Web Site

NORTHERN STAR RESOURCES

DRILLING COMPLETED AT RED BILLABONG PROJECT AND RANGE PROSPECT.

Recent drilling programs have now been completed at both the Range Gold Prospect (part of the Wilson River Project) and the Red Billabong Nickel-PGM Project in the East Kimberley district of Western Australia.

Red Billabong Project

The Red Billabong Project is located about 50km west of Halls Creek. The first phase reconnaissance drill program of the Red Billabong project was completed last quarter, with anomalous platinum group elements (PGEs) and base metal results for the southern portion of the project area announced to the ASX on 4 October 2005 and anomalous nickel and base metals results for the northern portion of the project reported to the ASX on 31 August 2005.

The recently completed drill program, which was designed to determine the source of mineralisation in the Emull area particularly the recently intersected PGE mineralisation, comprised 74 aircore holes for a total of 1,313m. In addition, a single RC percussion hole (48m) tested the zone beneath the best of the previously intersected PGE mineralisation (RBA-211 6m @ 0.20g/t Platinum (Pt), 0.25g/t Palladium (Pd), including 1m @ 0.46g/t Pt, 0.25ppb Pd from 16m and 1m @ 0.49g/t Pt, 0.71g/t Pd from 20m to EOH).

The new drilling has confirmed the presence of mafic host rocks associated with a weak north-east trending magnetic anomaly some 1.5km in strike length. In addition, the drilling has shown that the depth of younger cover is generally less than 5m with hole depths averaging less than 20m.

Preliminary assay results from the drilling are expected to be available in late January 2006.

Range Prospect (Wilson River Project)

The Range prospect is located about 130 km due north of Halls Creek.

The first phase of drilling was completed last quarter (20 shallow RC percussion holes for a total of 1,214 metres) and reported to the ASX on 28 September 2005, with a number of high-grade gold intersections confirming the potential for epithermal-style gold mineralisation identified by Northern Star in the Kimberley region.

The best intersections included 5m @ 15.08g/t gold and 39.94g/t silver, 8m @ 1.42g/t gold and 0.81g/t silver and 2m @ 1.02g/t gold and 26.5g/t silver, which were considered very significant for reconnaissance exploration.

Two follow-up diamond holes, for a total of 48.24m, have been completed twinning the significantly mineralised RC holes drilled earlier this year to gain essential geological information in relation to vein textures. WRD-002 (EOH 29.34m) twinned WRC021 which returned 5m @ 15.08g/t Au and 34.94g/t Ag from 23m and WRD-001 (EOH 18.9m) WRC018 which intersected 8m @ 1.42g/t Au and 0.81g/t Ag from 6m including 1m @ 5.53 g/t and 2.5 g/t Ag from 9m.

Significantly, visible gold has been logged from several intervals from the strongly altered quartz veined zone from 21.65m to 27.65m within WRD-002. Preliminary assay results from the drilling are expected to be available in the New Year.- Web Site

PLACER DOME

Shares Issued as at October 31 2005 - Web Site

PETSEC ENERGY

Spuds first of four new wells at Main Pass 19 - Web Site

PLATSEARCH

Exploration Update - Web Site

PO VALLEY ENERGY

Commences Sillaro Test Program - Web Site

ROC OIL

Becoming a substantial holder from AMP - Web Site

SYDNEY GAS

Appointment of Director and Company Secretary - Web Site

STUART PETROLEUM

DRILLING REPORT: ROGAN #1
PEL 102, COOPER / EROMANGA BASIN, SA

Stuart Petroleum Limited advises that the Rogan #1 oil and gas exploration well is currently drilling ahead at 652 metres.

The status of Rogan #1 at 06:00 hrs (CST) on 13 December 2005 was:
Location: PEL 102
Planned Total Depth: 2622 metres (TVD)
Current depth: 652 metres
Operation: Drilling ahead
Spud: 22:00hrs 11 December 2005 - Web Site

TAWANA RESOURCES

Placement - Web Site

Friday 09 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4534.8	+3.2	Dow Jones	10,778.58	+23.46
ASX100	3719.9	+2.2	S&P 500	1259.37	+3.53
ASX200	4580.1	+2.1	Nasdaq	2256.73	+10.27
ASX300	4573.5	+2.4	Gold - spot/oz	US$526.30	+7.10
Materials (GIC)	8760.4	+61.0	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.99	+0.11
Energy (GIC)	10,676.6	+104.2	Platinum - spot	US$995.00	+3.00
AGC Macquarie Au	3969	+35.3	Palladium - spot	US$284.00	+5.00
Hartleys Explorers Index	7367	+53.2	Bridge CRB Futures Index	343.21	-1.48
Shanghai Composite	1113.5	+15.2	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$59.39	-1.27
FTSE 100	5517.4	-13.7	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$14.31	-0.68
Nikkei	15,404.1	+220.7	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4623	+16
Hang Seng	14,910.5	+31.4	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1135	+12
A$ = US75.05		+0.10	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1826	+12
A$ = 90.55yen		+0.35	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	14,120	+795
A$ = 0.635euro		+0.001	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2259	-5
US 10-Year Bond	4.537%	+0.073	Tin (LME - spot $US/tonne)	6825	+165
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Friday, December 09 2005, 9:16 PM

WALL STREET

Gold fever took prices as high as $530.40 an ounce for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century on Friday as investors, particularly in Asia, rushed to buy an asset that has gained over 16 percent in the past month.

Gold's tight supply, strong global demand, worries about inflation and growing fund interest in precious metals and other commodities have unleashed a wave of speculative buying, defying warnings that the market was overbought.

Other precious metals got caught in gold's slipstream, with silver hurdling $9.00 to levels last seen 17-1/2 years ago. Spot was at $9.01/9.04, up 1.4 percent from $8.88/8.91 late in New York.

Platinum was at $1,000/1,004 an ounce, against $998/1,002 late in New York. It touched $1,004 against Monday's peak of $1,006, the highest since March 1980.

Palladium was at $293/297 an ounce, versus $278/282, having reached $298, the highest since April 2004.

Energy Prices Retreat From Record Highs After Winter Storm Hits Northeast

A storm that dumped as much as 10 inches of snow from Texas to Indiana hit the Northeast on Friday, shutting down schools and snarling traffic as commuters headed to work on slippery roads.

While the storm system lost steam as it crossed the Ohio Valley and western Pennsylvania early Friday, it was expected to merge with another one off the Virginia coast later in the day. Forecasters said the system would move up the coast, bringing as much as a foot of snow to New England.

Easing energy prices gave stocks a modest lift Friday as Wall Street set aside worries about interest rates and a weak forecast from Intel Corp. But the gains weren't enough to help the major indexes, which ended the week with losses.

- Web Site

GIPPSLAND OFFSHORE PETROLEUM

LKO: Banjo 1 Stratigraphic Core Hole Progress Report - Web Site

MACMIN SILVER

Appendix 3B Allotment of Shares - Web Site

BERKELEY RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

CENTRALIAN MINERALS

Extension of Public Offer Closing Date for Share Issue - Web Site

CLIMAX MINING

Appendix 3B - Web Site

CONQUEST MINING

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

CONSOLIDATED MINERAL

Initial Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

CITIGOLD

Newsletter Issue Eleven-9 - Web Site

DYNASTY METALS

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

DYNASTY METALS

Results of AGM - Web Site

DRDGOLD

Change in substantial holding for EMP - Web Site

ELDORE

Clarification of previous announcement (9 Dec 05) - Web Site

ENERGY METALS

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

FELIX RESOURCES

Profit Update - Web Site

GOLDEN CROSS

STRIKE OIL

Change of Director's Interest Notice x 2 - Web Site

WESTRALIAN GAS & POWER

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

Friday, December 09 2005, 3:16 PM

AGINCOURT RESOURCES

Drilling in Brazil and Iron Ore Potential

ANGLOGOLD

CLO: Clough Murray & Roberts Inaugural Contract - Web Site

BRANDRILL

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

COMET RIDGE

COMET RIDGE ADDS TO ACREAGE POSITION IN SOUTHERN WASHINGTON, USA

Comet Ridge adds 15,000 gross acres in south-western Washington
Leases infill existing 100,000 acre leasehold position and establish a new prospect
Technical studies confirm the presence of biogenic gas in coals and sandstones
Total net investment in land to date is US$70,000

Expiry of Unlisted Options - Web Site

ST BARBARA MINES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

SUN RESOURCES

Advice of Listing of Shares from Recent Placement - Web Site

TETHYAN COPPER

Extension of Offer Period - Web Site

Friday, December 09 2005, 11:15 AM

ALBIDON

Large Increase in Nickel Resource to 97000t of Ni Metal - Web Site

ALINTA LIMITED

Change of Chairman of the Board - Web Site

ALEXANDER RESOURCES

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

BLINA DIAMONDS

Letter for despatch to shareholders & Appendix 3B - Web Site

CBD ENERGY

Completion of OP Consolidated Sale - Web Site

CBH RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

CENTAMIN EGYPT

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

CENTAMIN EGYPT

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

CENTAMIN EGYPT

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

CRESCENT GOLD

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

CALTEX

Change of Director's Interest Notice x2 - Web Site

CUE ENERGY

Permit Granted for Maari Oil Field Development

Cue Energy Resources Limited (ASX Code : CUE) is pleased to announce that the New Zealand Government has granted Petroleum Mining Permit (PMP) 38160 for the Maari oil field development to the Maari Joint Venture. The PMP covers the Maari field area of some 34 sq. km. and grants the Joint Venturers the right to conduct mining operations for 22 years, giving sufficient time to recover the P50 field reserves, which are currently estimated to be about 50 million barrels.

The Maari field is located in the offshore Taranaki basin of New Zealand. The Maari Field was first discovered in 1983, some 80 kilometres off the South Taranaki coast, when Cue participated with others in the drilling of the Moki-1, Moki-2 and Kea-1 discovery and appraisal wells.

The Permit has been granted for 22 years due to the anticipated long production life of the field. The development of the Maari oil field will materially increase Cue’s oil production profile by an expected 1,750 barrels of oil per day. First oil is expected in March/April 2008. In addition, a successful appraisal over the nearby Manaia discovery could further add to production and also be produced through the Maari facilities. - Web Site

EASTERN CORPORATION

Increased Coal Resources at Broughton - Web Site

GAS2GRID

Drilling Operations to Commence 10 December 2005 - Web Site

GRYPHON MINERALS

Placement - Web Site

GRAYNIC METALS

Company Trading Halt Request - Web Site

ILUKA RESOURCES

Amended Release: Closure of Florida/Georgia - Web Site

INNAMINCKA PETROLEUM

Pine 1 Daily Drilling Report - 8 Dec 2005 - Web Site

JAGUAR MINERALS

PDM ann: Paradigm-Jaguar JV at Mt David gold project NSW - Web Site

LACH DRUMMOND

Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting - Web Site

LION SELECTION GROUP

AGM Manager's Presentation 9 Dec 05 - Web Site

LION SELECTION GROUP

Chairman's Address - AGM 9 Dec 2005 - Web Site

LYNAS

Board Changes: Director Appointment/Resignation - Web Site

MAXIMUS RESOURCES

First Maximus Drill Hole Hits Bird In Hand Gold Reef - Web Site

NIDO PETROLEUM

Disclosure Document - Web Site

NEW WORLD ALLOYS

Change of Director's Interest Notice x 2 - Web Site

NORTHWEST RESOURCES

High grade gold-antimony results confirm new discovery

OILEX

Change of Director's Interest Notice x2 - Web Site

PLACER DOME

Vancouver, Canada: Placer Dome Inc. (NYSE, TSX, ASX: PDG) has increased the inferred mineral resource estimate at its 50%-owned Sedibelo project in South Africa by 175% since July 2005(1). Exploration drilling is on-going and the deposit remains open down dip and along strike. Sedibelo is located on the western limb of the Bushveld Igneous Complex, the largest known layered mafic intrusion in the world and host to approximately 80% of the world's platinum group element (PGE) mineral resources.

Placer Dome has been conducting exploration activities on the property since June 2004. Exploration activities have largely focused on three areas: the Central, East, and West blocks, where drilling has tested the UG2, Pseudo and Merensky reefs that subcrop on the property. Drilling to date has outlined inferred mineral resources amounting to 15.9 million ounces (100%) of 3PGE+Au (platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold) at a grade of 5.77 grams per tonne 3PGE+Au. Grades are similar to other operating mines in the area. Placer Dome's 50% share of the inferred mineral resources is approximately 7.95 million ounces.

Placer Dome's President and CEO Peter Tomsett said: "The Sedibelo project has progressed rapidly and we are now moving it into pre-feasibility. Based on current PGE and gold prices, this platinum-rich deposit would be equivalent to a gold deposit of approximately 29 million ounces in situ."(2)

The Central, East, and West blocks account for only a portion of the overall potential of the property. Infill delineation drilling has been completed in the Central block, and conversion of a portion of the inferred mineral resources to indicated mineral resources is anticipated with the next revision and update of the geologic model. An existing prospecting shaft in the Central block has been re-commissioned and provides access to the Merensky reef to assess the geologic continuity and degree of local faulting.

"Like Cortez Hills, Sedibelo is yet another example of our ability to generate value through exploration," Mr. Tomsett said. "The project has the potential to be quickly developed into a high-margin operation, and it complements our portfolio of world-class gold development projects. Given recent increases in platinum prices and the relative scarcity of quality platinum projects, Sedibelo represents another example of the strategic value of Placer Dome's portfolio." - Web Site

REDPORT

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

RED RIVER RESOURCES

Initial Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

SYDNEY GAS

APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR AND COMPANY SECRETARY

Sydney Gas announced today that Stephen Kwik has been appointed a Director and Company Secretary. Stephen has also been appointed as Acting Executive Director.

Sydney Gas also today discontinued the court proceedings which it had commenced in the Equity Division of the Supreme Court of NSW. - Web Site

SINO GOLD

Ceasing to be a substantial holder - Web Site

STRIKE OIL

Weekly Drilling Report Gulf Coast Texas - Web Site

WESTERN AREAS

Appendix 3B/Notice under S 708A(5) - Web Site

ZINICO RESOURCES

Davie Drilling Commences - Web Site

Thursday 08 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4531.6	-44.7	Dow Jones	10,755.12	-55.79
ASX100	3717.7	-36.9	S&P 500	1255.84	-1.53
ASX200	4578.0	-45.9	Nasdaq	2246.46	-5.55
ASX300	4571.1	-45.7	Gold - spot/oz	US$519.20	+5.10
Materials (GIC)	8699.4	-91.5	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.88	+0.10
Energy (GIC)	10,572.4	-262.1	Platinum - spot	US$992.00	+5.00
AGC Macquarie Au	3933	+78.5	Palladium - spot	US$279.00	+7.00
Hartleys Explorers Index	7314	-31.7	Bridge CRB Futures Index	344.69	+4.24
Shanghai Composite	1098.3	-1.3	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$60.66	+1.45
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A$ = US74.95		+0.20	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1814	+25
A$ = 90.20yen		-0.27	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	13,325	+5
A$ = 0.634euro		-0.004	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2264	+16
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Thursday, December 08 2005, 9:16 PM

WALL STREET

Stocks extended their losses into a second day Thursday after a cautious outlook from home builder Toll Brothers Inc. and a surge in energy prices rattled investors.

Natural gas prices jumped 9 percent to a new high Thursday and oil prices also climbed as cold weather across the U.S. raised jitters about increased demand for home-heating fuels this winter.

GIPPSLAND OFFSHORE PETROLEUM

LKO ann: Drilling update Banjo 1 well - Web Site

LAKES OIL

BANJO 1 STRATIGRAPHIC CORE HOLE
PEP 155 EASTERN BLOCK, ONSHORE GIPPSLAND BASIN, VICTORIA

Lakes Oil N.L. (ASX listing code “LKO”) as operator advises that the Banjo 1 well is at a depth of 81 metres. A cement plug has been set across the bottom of the hole. Currently preparation is underway to drill ahead.

Gippsland Offshore Petroleum Limited (ASX listing code "GOP"), as part of a Farm-in Agreement is committed to paying up to $400,000.00 of a two well program in the Marlo Block in PEP 155 to earn a 51% interest.

BHP Billiton Appoints President Marketing

Mr Tom Schutte, previously Vice President Finance for Marketing, will become President Marketing. - Web Site

BMA GOLD

First Ore from Twin Hills Gold Project - Web Site

BOUNTY OIL & GAS

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

BOUNTY OIL & GAS

Initial Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

DIATREME RESOURCES

Ceasing to be a substantial holder from MSC - Web Site

FIRST AUSTRALIAN

Takes bigger slice of South Grosse Tete - Web Site

HARDMAN RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

LYNAS

Final Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

LYNAS

Final Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

NIDO PETROLEUM

Share Placement to raise $19.05m - Web Site

NIQUEST

Completion of Acquisition - Web Site

ORIGIN ENERGY

ARQ: Bunjong 1 Exploration Well Update - Web Site

PAN AUSTRALIAN

Open Briefing Pan Australian MD on 2006 Outlook - Web Site

PLENTY RIVER

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

RIO TINTO

Approves Argyle underground mine development - Web Site

SALLY MALAY

Sally Malay Limited (ASX: SMY) is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter agreement with Platinum Australia Limited (ASX: PLA) whereby Sally Malay will fund a two stage feasibility study to determine whether high grade PGM ore from Platinum’s Australia’s Panton Project could be processed through the Sally Malay Plant to produce a PGM rich concentrate for export through Wyndham to PGM refineries overseas. - Web Site

THUNDELARRA EXPLORATION

SPINIFEX URANIUM PROJECT : HISTORICAL ROCK SAMPLES UP TO 13.5% U3O8.

Thundelarra Exploration Ltd has applied for exploration licence 80/3572 (119 square kilometres) covering the Spinifex uranium prospect, located approximately 50 kilometres north of the Argyle Diamond Mine, East Kimberley region, Western Australia.

The Spinifex prospect was discovered in 1971 during a regional airborne spectrometric survey. Follow up ground checking of the radiometric anomaly revealed the presence of very rich secondary uranium mineralisation in fractures and breccia zones within the Middle Proterozoic Hensman Sandstone.

Seven shallow trenches between 0.5 and 1 metre deep and 1 to 3 metres long were blasted into the sandstone in areas of high radioactivity. The trenches cover approximately 120 metres strike of the exposed sandstone.

Systematic channel and grab sampling of the trenches returned some very high grade results. Trench 1 contained the richest mineralisation, with selected specimens collected close to the surface assaying 8.44% U3O8 and 13.5% U3O8. Channel samples collected over 1-2 metre lengths ranged between 0.093% U3O8 and 0.24% U3O8. - Web Site

TROY RESOURCES

Open Briefing Troy Resources Chairman on Gold Strategy - Web Site

WASHINGTON RESOURCES

Drilling commences at Yarawindah project - Web Site

Dikoloti North Results Enhances Dikoloti Project Potential

Discovery Nickel (ASX:DNL) is pleased to announce that drilling at the Dikoloti North and Kima Prospects has intersected nickel and platinum group element (“PGE”) mineralisation. Nickel sulphide mineralisation intersected at Dikoloti North indicates that the geological fold structure hosting the Inferred Nickel Resource at the Dikoloti prospect continues at least 800m further north of the current northern limit of the Inferred Resource.

HIGHLIGHTS

3.77m of 0.89%Ni, 0.42%Cu and 1.14 g/t PGE, on the upper limb and 2.12m of 0.52%Ni, 0.12%Cu and 0.52 g/t PGE, on the lower limb, intersected in DN6-05 at Dikoloti North
Mineralised Dikoloti fold structure confirmed to extend 800m further north
Infill drilling completed at Dikoloti and metallurgical test work commenced - Web Site

THUNDELARRA EXPLORATION

Expiry of Unquoted Options - Web Site

WESTERN PLAINS GOLD

Exploration Update - Web Site

Wednesday 07 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4576.3	+7.6	Dow Jones	10,810.91	-45.95
ASX100	3754.6	+5.4	S&P 500	1257.37	-6.33
ASX200	4623.9	+7.9	Nasdaq	2252.01	-8.75
ASX300	4616.8	+8.2	Gold - spot/oz	US$514.10	+3.90
Materials (GIC)	8790.9	+49.3	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.78	+0.10
Energy (GIC)	10,834.5	+167.3	Platinum - spot	US$987.00	+7.00
AGC Macquarie Au	3855	+61.1	Palladium - spot	US$272.00	+3.00
Hartleys Explorers Index	7346	+62.0	Bridge CRB Futures Index	340.45	+0.99
Shanghai Composite	1099.6	+11.8	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$59.21	-0.73
FTSE 100	5528.8	-10.0	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$13.70	+0.21
Nikkei	15,484.7	+61.3	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4546	-35
Hang Seng	15,135.0	+144.3	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1123	-13
A$ = US74.75		-0.69	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1789	+3
A$ = 90.47yen		-0.55	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	13,320	-20
A$ = 0.638euro		-0.001	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2248	+7
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Wednesday, December 07 2005, 9:16 PM

WALL STREET

Stocks fell moderately Wednesday as investors found little reason to extend a year-end buying spree.
The market is more than a month into a fourth-quarter rally that has started to feel halfhearted, with strong early gains in many sessions being whittled away by afternoon selling.
Data on petroleum inventories came in better than expected, but that didn't improve Wall Street's mood.

AUSTINDO RESOURCES

Details of Registered office/Appt of Asst Co Secretary - Web Site

AUSTINDO RESOURCES

EXPLORATION IDENTIFIES GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES
PEKALONGAN GOLD PROJECT, CENTRAL JAVA

Several geochemical anomalies have been identified by Austindo Resources Corporation NL (Austindo) following the first stage of exploration at the Pekalongan Gold Project, located in Central Java. Indonesia and these have been defined as exploration prospects.

Austindo is developing the Cibaliung epithermal gold project (85% Austindo) in Banten Province, western Java and selected the Pekalongan Project as the first new area to apply its expertise to locate similar styles of mineralisation to fulfil its aim of becoming a significant gold producer in Indonesia. The selection priority was based on Austindo’s view of the favourable exploration potential.

Austindo has a joint venture interest in the project with PT Sumber Mineral Nusantara (SMN) and is also the operator.

The tenement was granted in May 2005 covering an area of 5,618 Ha. An extensive program of stream sediment sampling, collecting 291 samples of –80# sediment has just been completed. The –200# fraction of the samples were analysed in a certified laboratory (PT Intertek Utama Services) in Jakarta for gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, arsenic, and antimony. Some areas were identified having anomalous geochemical values in which five of them are anomalous for gold (0.1 to 0.83 ppm), arsenic (60 to 173ppm), and/ or antimony (5 to 7 ppm). In one of the anomalous areas (Kuning), quartz veins and vein lets were identified in several zones trending northwest-southeast, and enveloped by smectite-illite-kaolinite alteration. The quartz veins/ vein lets are millimeters to centimeters in thickness, characterized by fine- to medium-grained quartz with crustiform-colloform banding textures, which are indicative of potential epithermal gold silver mineralisation.

The next stage of exploration is now underway with detailed mapping being carried on each of the prospect areas. Targets identified by this work will then be assessed for possible drilling in 2006.

- Web Site

AUSTINDO RESOURCES

ANZ PROJECT FINANCE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS SIGNED
WITH PT ANTAM TBK IN JAKARTA

Austindo Resources Corporation NL (ASX Code: ARX) is pleased to announce that the Project Facility Agreement in relation to the provision of US$26 million has been signed with ANZ Investment Bank in Melbourne and was signed with PT Antam Tbk in Jakarta on 1 December 2005.

The funding to be provided by ANZ will support the development of the Cibaliung Gold Project in Banten Province, Indonesia. Construction has commenced on site at Cibaliung with gold production scheduled in Quarter 4 of 2006.

Resolute Mining is pleased to announce that there has been a strong response to the Valhalla Uranium Ltd initial public offer share issue. The A$8m offer has been closed and was over subscribed.

The directors will finalise the allotment of the Valhalla shares over the next week. Share holding statements and refund cheques will be dispatched by the Company’s share registry on approximately 14 December 2005.

Subject to finalisation of the ASX listing application and in accordance with the Prospectus indicative timetable, it is currently anticipated that quotation and trading in Valhalla shares will commence on approximately 20 December 2005 under the ASX code VUL. - Web Site

RED RIVER RESOURCES

Appendix 3B-exercise of options - Web Site

SCIMITAR RESOURCES

Flagstaff Uranium Project Joint Venture - Web Site

TANAMI GOLD

COYOTE PROJECT ADVANCES
COYOTE MODULAR PLANT PURCHASED

Modular high grade coarse gold plant.
Reduced project construction time.
Reduced project capital.

The directors of Tanami Gold NL ("Tanami Gold") are pleased to confirm that the Company has acquired a high quality mobile gold processing plant for its Coyote Gold Project in Western Australia from Allied Gold Limited for $2 million.

The purchase of the plant which is a complete modular treatment plant, will enable Tanami Gold to significantly improve the rate and efficiencies of production from its high grade resource through the processing of up to 450,000 tpa of ore utilising a combination of gravity, conventional CIP (carbon in pulp) and vat leaching extraction techniques.

The plant comprises a two stage crushing circuit, 500 kw ball mill, gravity circuit, small leaching circuit, elution circuit and gold room. Minor modification will be required in Perth prior to relocation to the mine site. Modifications and pre-commissioning tests will be undertaken in Perth over the next two months with relocation planned shortly thereafter.

Acquisition of the plant will enable the rapid and cost effective establishment of an efficient processing facility on site at Coyote in line with the Company’s intention to bring the Coyote Gold Project into production in the June 2006 Quarter......... - Web Site

TAP OIL

Update on Woollybutt-5 Appraisal Well - Web Site

Wednesday, December 07 2005, 11:16 AM

A1 MINERALS

Appendix 3B - Web Site

ALLIED GOLD

TAM:Coyote Project Advances - Web Site

ALINTA LIMITED

Change of Director's Interest Notice x5 - Web Site

AVOCA RESOURCES

Avoca Update: Pre-feasibility Study and New Drill Results

Two announcements made to the ASX this morning regarding the results of the Trident pre-feasibility study, and an update on recent drilling activities at Higginsville.

The pre-feasibility has demonstrated that by using a gold price of $AUD620 per ounce ($60 per ounce less than current spot prices), the Trident deposit is a viable underground mining opportunity. Importantly, the pre-feasibility study is based only on the Indicated Resources of the Western and Eastern Zones at Trident. None of the very high grade Athena Lode intersections are included in the pre-feasibility study, which to date include 10m @ 229 g/t gold, 7m @ 72 g/t gold, 10m @ 13 g/t gold and today’s new result of 74m @ 9 g/t gold. We expect the Athena Lodes, and the new intersections of the Western Zone (also released today – see exploration update announcement) will increase the resources at Trident and provide better financial returns that those suggested from the pre-feasibility study.

HIGGINSVILLE EXPLORATION UPDATE

Highlights

Additional high grade results from the Athena Lodes have been returned from recent drilling, including 10m @ 6.5 g/t gold and 3m @ 22 g/t gold in HIGD052. The new intersections when combined with the previously released intersections from HIGD052 produce the following mineralised interval which comprises several Athena Lodes:
- 74m @ 9 g/t gold from 390m to 464m.
A potentially significant intersection has been recorded from HIGD050 where 4m @ 7.3 g/t gold was returned from a drill hole testing 200m north of the Western Zone resource boundary, on the same structure that hosts the Western Zone deposit. The intersection represents the first high grade result north of the Western Zone resource boundary. Drilling to test for additional high grade results associated with the new intersection is ongoing.
Diamond drilling has defined additional mineralisation including 5m @ 6.6 g/t gold 40m south of the Western Zone resource boundary. Potential exists to further increase the resource of the Western Zone south towards the existing underground development.
The Company has commenced a regional exploration program aimed at discovering new ore positions associated with near surface resources within the Higginsville gold field. RC and diamond drilling has been completed at the Aquarius, Mitchell 4 and Mars prospects with assays awaited.
The Company is also to commence an RC drill test of the Higginsville North prospect where previous reconnaissance aircore drilling returned 4m @ 6.8 g/t gold from 28m in a sulphidised and laminated quartz vein. - Web Site

AVOCA RESOURCES

Pre-Feasibility Study Update for Trident - Web Site

BLINA DIAMONDS

Prospectus: Non-renounceable rights issue 1 for 10 at $0.38 - Web Site

BHP BILLITON

BHP Billiton Prices Global Bond - Web Site

BULLION MINERALS

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

BONAPARTE DIAMOND MINES

Short Form Disclosure Document - Web Site

BATAVIA MINING

Appendix 3B - Web Site

BLUESTONE TIN

Appointment of Managing Director

SANTOS

DLS:Major Oil Drilling Programme - Tintaburra Block - Web Site

TAP OIL

Spudding of Supplejack South-1 Exploration Well - Web Site

TAWANA RESOURCES

Snowden scoping study

- Web Site

TAWANA RESOURCES

Prospectus - Bonus 1 for 3 Option Issue - Web Site

TAWANA RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

TAWANA RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

TAWANA RESOURCES

UPDATE

Placement
Tawana Resources NL ("The Company") has engaged Intersuisse Corporate Pty Ltd (“Intersuisse”) to place shares to institutional and sophisticated investors to raise funds to supplement the Company's working capital.

The placement is to be within the limits set out in the ASX Listing Rules and does not require shareholder approval.

The purpose of the placement was to augment the funds raised by the exercise of the November 2005 options, which raised a total of approximately $1,125,000.

Purpose of raising
Funds will be applied to continuation of the Company’s exploration and development programs, with particular focus on taking the Company to diamond mining producer status. Specific activities include :

complete processing of the bulk samples from the Kareevlei Wes Project , and definition drilling of the KV1 and KV2 kimberlites as a precursor to final feasibility and production during 2006.
fast track detailed bulk sampling and further definition drilling of the Blacktop kimberlite in the Pilbara Project in Australia
complete the purchase of the De Beers laboratory in Melbourne
complete the assessment of the kimberlites discovered in the Daniel Kimberlite Project in South Africa
continue the trial mining of the Eastern Gravels.

Kareevlei Wes Kimberlite Project
Kimberley Region, Northern Cape, South Africa
Tawana 74%, Seven Falls 26%.

It is proposed to use funds raised in the placement to complete crushing and processing of the remaining plus 6mm material of the 6,500 tonnes of kimberlite excavated from 4 of the 5 kimberlites. The results of this work, and additional drilling to determine the geometry of the kimberlites, will be used to plan and implement the mining of the pipes. Subject to final feasibility, mining is targeted to commence before the end of 2006.
The project encompasses 5 kimberlite pipes with a total surface area of 10.8 hectares.

Earlier drill-indicated grades strongly suggested the potential for a diamond mining operation on a significant scale. The Company commissioned a Dense Media Separation ("DMS") plant to treat a 6500 tonne Kareevlei Wes kimberlite sample. Processing of this sample will be completed early in 2006.

Snowden Mining Consultants ("Snowden") has completed a scoping study aimed at confirming initial project economics, scale, and estimated capital and operating costs. Snowden concluded that under the technical and financial assumptions set out in Table 1 mining of the KV1 and KV2 kimberlites is economically feasible with a Net Present Value of Rand 36 million at 10% discount rate, and an Internal Rate of Return of 43%. Snowden recommends “additional expenditure on defining the other kimberlites in the cluster by means of a full feasibility study since the business case for mining the deposit is financially justifiable.” - Web Site

UNION RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

URANIUM EXPLORATION

Completion of Prominent Hill South Airborne Survey - Web Site

Tuesday 06 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4568.7	-8.1	Dow Jones	10,856.86	+21.85
ASX100	3749.2	-6.9	S&P 500	1263.70	+1.61
ASX200	4616.0	-8.6	Nasdaq	2260.76	+3.12
ASX300	4608.6	-8.5	Gold - spot/oz	US$510.20	+1.80
Materials (GIC)	8741.6	-49.4	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.68	+0.05
Energy (GIC)	10,667.2	+41.4	Platinum - spot	US$980.00	-14.00
AGC Macquarie Au	3794	-57.4	Palladium - spot	US$269.00	unch
Hartleys Explorers Index	7284	-11.1	Bridge CRB Futures Index	339.46	-1.46
Shanghai Composite	1087.8	+8.6	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$59.94	+0.03
FTSE 100	5538.8	+28.4	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$13.49	-0.17
Nikkei	15,423.4	-127.9	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4581	+5
Hang Seng	14,990.6	-168.2	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1136	+33
A$ = US75.34		+0.18	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1786	+36
A$ = 91.02yen		+0.21	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	13,340	+450
A$ = 0.639euro		+0.001	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2241	-4
US 10-Year Bond	4.494%	-0.071	Tin (LME - spot $US/tonne)	6790	+275
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Tuesday, December 06 2005, 9:16 PM

WALL STREET

A sharp jump in productivity, the biggest surge in two years, lifted stocks Tuesday, but early gains sputtered, leaving the market up only slightly at the close.

Investors welcomed word from the Labor Department that the nation's productivity rose 4.7 percent over the summer. That helped push labor costs lower, easing fears of inflation on Wall Street.

Despite the advance, trading volume was light, leading analysts to question whether the market could climb substantially higher during the next few weeks.

AUSTINDO RESOURCES

ANZ Bank Documentation signed with PT Antam TBK in Jakarta - Web Site

AUSTINDO RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

GIPPSLAND OFFSHORE PETROLEUM

LKO ann: Commenement of Drilling Banjo 1 well - Web Site

GRAVITY DIAMONDS

GRAVITY DIAMONDS' 1-FOR-4 RIGHTS ISSUE FINANCES NEXT STAGES OF PROMISING DIAMOND SEARCH IN DRC AND AUSTRALIA

Company continues to recover diamonds from ABN 021 discovery pipe in NT

Up to A$12.6 million fundraising gives ‘better chance of delivering successful outcomes'

Regional sampling of 113,000 square kilometres in DRC completed: 30 targets being drilled

Significant progress by Gravity Diamonds on both its Australian and Democratic Republic of Congo exploration programmes has been achieved cost effectively through focused and dedicated field personnel. "However, in order to give a better chance of delivering successful outcomes on both programmes, further funding beyond Gravity's present cash resources is required," states Dr Robert V. Danchin, chairman, in the prospectus despatched to shareholders on 24 November 2005 for shares that went ex rights on 14 November 2005.

The company is raising up to A$12.6 million by a non-renounceable 1-for-4 rights issue at 42 cents per share with a 1-for-2 November 2007 option exercisable at 50 cents (bringing in possible additional funding of A$7.4 million). The issue, which is not underwritten, closes on 14 December 2005 and is intended to raise additional working capital and enable shareholders to further participate in the growth potential of Gravity. Directors have reserved the right to place shares and options not taken up within the three month period after the close of the offer.

- Web Site

LAKES OIL

BANJO 1 STRATIGRAPHIC CORE HOLE

PEP 155 EASTERN BLOCK, ONSHORE GIPPSLAND BASIN, VICTORIA

Lakes Oil N.L. (ASX listing code "LKO") as operator advises that the drilling rig has arrived at the Banjo 1 location approximately 7 kilometres south of Orbost Victoria, Onshore Gippsland Basin. Drilling is expected to commence later today.

This stratigraphic core hole is being drilled to provide stratigraphic and reservoir information regarding the Cunninghame Greensand and the underlying Colquhoun Gravel at this location if they are present. It will test the competency of a large anticlinal structure which runs roughly East-West broadside to the coast. It will also test the extent of hydrocarbon migration from the spilling, offshore fields, up-dip towards this onshore portion of eastern Gippsland Basin.

Gippsland Offshore Petroleum Limited (ASX listing code "GOP"), as part of a Farm-in Agreement is committed to paying up to $400,000.00 of a two well program in the Marlo Block in PEP 155 to earn a 51% interest.

Participating interest in the designated area after the farm-in is completed will be:

Lakes Oil N.L.		46%
Gippsland Offshore Petroleum Ltd		51%
Rilo Explorations Pty Ltd		3%
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Stellar Resources Limited ASX code SRZ)

- Web Site

MACMIN SILVER / NEW GUINEA GOLD

Director Appointment - Web Site

MOUNT BURGESS

TSUMKWE DIAMOND EXPLORATION PROJECT NAMIBIA
Further Fresh Kimberlitic Garnets Recovered from Drilling

During the weekend, the Company received further encouraging kimberlitic indicator mineral results, from drilling conducted in areas which have previously produced very fresh Class 4 kimberlitic pyrope garnets¹, showing little sign of travel from their kimberlitic source.

NAM 822 contained 1 fresh Class 4 pyrope garnet and 1 Class 5 pyrope garnet.
NAM 828 contained 3 fresh Class 4 pyrope garnets.

Whilst it is possible that there is a direct relationship between all the kimberlitic mineral results recently obtained from drilling and announced to the market, it would now appear probable that there are 3 discrete fresh Class 4 pyrope garnet anomalies in the area currently being explored, as follows :

Drill holes in the northern anomaly, contained within a radius of 800m, have produced the following kimberlitic pyrope garnets:

NAM 772. 6 x Class 4, 4 x Class 5 and I x Class 6 pyrope garnets
NAM 773. 2 x Class 4 and 3 x Class 5 pyrope garnets.
NAM 775. 7 x Class 4 and 2 x Class 5 pyrope garnets.
NAM 800. 2 x Class 4 pyrope garnets.
NAM 834. 4 x Class 4 pyrope garnets.

Drill holes in the southern anomaly, contained within a radius of 1.2km and situated 3km south of the northern anomaly, have produced the following pyrope garnets:

NAM 803. 3 x Class 4 pyrope garnets.
NAM 826. 1 x Class 4 pyrope garnet.
NAM 828. 3 x Class 4 pyrope garnets.

Drill holes in the eastern anomaly, contained within a radius of 1.4km and situated 3km east of the southern anomaly, have produced the following pyrope garnets:

NAM 819. 2 x Class 4 pyrope garnets.
NAM 821. 1 x Class 4 pyrope garnet.
NAM 822. 1 x Class 4 and 1 x Class 5 pyrope garnets.
TK 11 was also drilled within this anomaly and contained a high niobium count of 31.4 ppm

All these pyrope garnets have been recovered from approximately the same depth in a similar stratigraphy immediately above the (Tsumkwe) clay horizon which overlies the Karoo basalt.

A rig is currently drilling a number of geophysical targets in this area. - Web Site

WEDGETAIL EXPLORATION

VSA Resources Research Report. - Web Site

WEDGETAIL EXPLORATION

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

ANEKA TAMBANG

ARX: ANZ Bank Documnetation signed with PT Antam TBK Jakarta - Web Site

ANVIL MINING

Change of x3 & Final x2 Director's Interest Notices - Web Site

BARRA RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Issue of Director Options - Web Site

BOUNTY OIL & GAS

Final Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

BOUNTY OIL & GAS

Final Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

CAZALY RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Exercise of Options - Web Site

COMET RIDGE

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

CRESCENT GOLD

Appendix 3B - Web Site

DRILLSEARCH ENERGY

Shareholder Share Purchase Plan - Web Site

DOMINION MINING

Appendix 3B - Web Site

DRAGON MINING

Suspension from Official Quotation - Web Site

ENERGY METALS

Issue of Unlisted Options/Change of Director's Int Notice x3 - Web Site

ENERGY RESOURCES

Changes to Ownership Structure - Web Site

GEODYNAMICS

Change of Director's Interest Notice x 2 - Web Site

GALLERY GOLD

IAMGold Implementation Agreement - Web Site

HARMONY GOLD

WESTRALIAN GAS & POWER

Letter to Shareholders - Web Site

Tuesday, December 06 2005, 3:16 PM

AUSMELT

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

ALLEGIANCE MINING

Positive Avebury Result: Plan to Double Mine Capacity in Tasmania

Highlights

Avebury Project Feasibility Study results for a 5,700tpa nickel mine are positive.
Allegiance will build Avebury mill that is readily doubled to more than 10,000tpa nickel production as resource base expands. This Business Plan has a $94M NPV.
Excellent cost structure because of continuous, shallow and thick orebodies, low cost mining, simple metallurgy and existing infrastructure.
Construction schedule will capitalise on summer weather window allowing for construction to be completed under cover.
Mine finance and offtake discussions reaching finality.
Drill out of sufficient resources to double mill size is underway.
Exploration continually firming Allegiance vision for new nickel province with additional mines feeding a central mill....... - Web Site

GALLERY GOLD

IAMGOLD CORPORATION TO ACQUIRE GALLERY GOLD

The Directors of Gallery Gold Limited are pleased to announce a proposed scheme of arrangement under which IAMGOLD Corporation will acquire all of the shares in Gallery Gold Limited.

Under the scheme, Gallery Gold shareholders will receive one IAMGOLD Corporation share for every twenty two Gallery Gold shares held at the record date1. Based on the closing prices of Gallery and IAMGOLD Corporation shares on Friday 2 December 2005, the proposed terms equate to a value of 46 cents per Gallery Gold share2, representing a premium of:

25% above the Gallery closing price on Friday 2 December 2005;
40% above the one month weighted average share price of Gallery shares; and
43% above the three month weighted average share price of Gallery shares prior to 5 December 2005.

The Directors of Gallery Gold unanimously support the proposed scheme and will, in the absence of a superior offer, recommend that all Gallery shareholders vote in favour of the scheme at a meeting of shareholders scheduled for February next year.....

IAMGOLD Corporation is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the AMEX, but will seek a secondary listing on the ASX to facilitate trading of IAMGOLD Corporation Chess Depositary Interests on the ASX....... - Web Site

GALLERY GOLD

AUS: Prosposed acquisition of Gallery Gold - Web Site

GALLERY GOLD

LSG: Proposed Acquisition of Gallery Gold by IAMGOLD - Web Site

HAVILAH RESOURCES

CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS TO AGM
HAVILAH’S FORWARD DIRECTION AND STRATEGY

Dear Shareholders

We have had another successful year and have grown our resource asset base by our consistent focus on exploration of our Curnamona Craton tenements and our steady determination to build shareholder wealth.

By securing prospective ground and using smart exploration technology in accordance with its original charter, Havilah’s drilling over the last twelve months has succeeded in outlining two high value ore deposits, namely:
KALKAROO - > $3 billion in ground value resource of copper, gold and molybdenum, with an NPV of approximately $350 million (discount rate 10%)
MUTOOROO - > $2 billion in-ground potential value resource of copper and cobalt (values calculated at approximately current metal prices and exchange rates).
Neither of these discoveries are new, but are the result of drill-testing models developed from the careful geological evaluation of previous major company drilling data, which revealed many new exploration leads.
Havilah is determined to progress both discoveries through the feasibility and development stages as rapidly as possible in order to realise the latent value in these deposits and achieve an early cashflow.
Directors have the view that it is more prudent for Havilah to seek partners to fund this work by selling down equity in the individual projects, which are contained within a specific, relatively small area of the total tenement block. .............- Web Site

HARDMAN RESOURCES

Ceasing to be a substantial holder from WPL - Web Site

HARDMAN RESOURCES

ROC: Drilling Activity Update - Faucon-1 Offshore Mauritania - Web Site

HINDMARSH RESOURCES

Acquires new Cariewerloo Project/Funding Granted - Web Site

ILUKA RESOURCES

Douglas Project Update

Iluka Resources Limited provides the following advice in relation to the construction of facilities at its Murray Basin Douglas mineral sands project in Victoria.

The project includes mine establishment, construction of a wet concentrator plant (WCP) and a mineral separation plant (MSP). In June 2004, Iluka announced an approved project investment of A$270 million, of which approximately $2 00 million relates to a lump sum, largely fixed price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract awarded to Roche Mining Pty Ltd.

Mining activity, which is contracted to Abigroup, has to date recovered approximately 600,000 tonnes of heavy mineral bearing ore to date. The ore is being stockpiled near the mining unit plant (MUP). Commissioning of the MUP and WCP commenced in November 2005 and is expected to be completed by the end of the cale ndar year.

The WCP will process ore into high grade heavy mineral concentrate which will be stockpiled on site pending completion of the MSP (under construction) near Hamilton......... - Web Site

IMAGE RESOURCES

36km of Mineral Sand Strands Outlined at Bidaminna

The first phase of ground magnetic surveys totalling 152 line-km has now outlined a very large strike length (36km) of potentially high-grade heavy mineral strands within the Bidaminna project (see attached location map). This significantly increases the strike extent of the strands from the previously announced estimate of 16km. In addition two new strands, Europa and Amalthea, have been identified taking the total number of strands identified to date to five.

As mentioned previously (ASX release 27 October 2005), the higher than average magnetic amplitudes and lengths of these five new strands indicate the possibility for highgrade mineral strands when compared to the known Bidaminna strand (44Mt at 3.0% HM) which is 6km long and only averages 0.9 nano Teslas (nT) in magnetic amplitude. By comparison:

Ganymede strands; 9.0km length, average 2.2nT;
Callisto strands; 14.5km length, average 1.8nT;
Europa strands; 4.0km length, average 1.9nT;
Amalthea strands; 4.4km length, average 1.6nT;
Io strands; 4.1km length, average 2.4nT..............- Web Site

LEFROY RESOURCES

Gold-in-soil Anomaly Defined & Drill Season Commences - Web Site

LIVINGSTONE PETROLEUM

OPL: Commenced Drilling at Edge 1-10 - Web Site

LION SELECTION GROUP

NET TANGIBLE ASSET BACKING (NTA)

We advise the unaudited net tangible asset backing (excluding equity accounting adjustments) of Lion Selection Group Limited (Lion) as at 30 November 2005.

The NTA was $2.01 per share prior to estimated tax on gains from a theoretical disposal of Lion’s investment portfolio at market prices, and $1.90 per share after estimated tax on gains from such disposal. - Web Site

LION SELECTION GROUP

Proposed Acquisition of Gallery Gold

Key Points

IAMGOLD is proposing to acquire Gallery Gold for equivalent of 46¢ per share under a scheme of arrangement
Lion has entered into an option deed with IAMGOLD over its shareholding in Gallery but retains the ability to benefit from higher offers
If the scheme proceeds on the proposed terms, Lion may realise a pre tax profit of $29 million- Web Site

MAGELLAN PETROLEUM

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

MONAX MINING

Media Rel: SA Hot Spot for Monax Minerals Survey - Web Site

MOLOPO AUSTRALIA

Re-Commences production testing/Spuds new Corehole - Web Site

MONARO MINING

Listing Rule Waiver - Web Site

NORTON GOLD FIELDS

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

NIAGARA MINING

Appendix 3B

NORTHERN GOLD

GBS Gold Int. Inc - Director Appt - Web Site

NORWEST ENERGY

LDR: First of three wells spudded in Kentucky - Web Site

ODYSSEY ENERGY

Completion Work on Kenilworth Railroad #1 & #2 Wells Comm - Web Site

ORIGIN ENERGY

SLIVER Technology wins REDI Grant - Web Site

OXIANA LIMITED

Open Briefing Oxiana Ltd MD on Review & Outlook - Web Site

PLACER DOME

Placer Dome Calls Barrick Application to Strike Down Shareholder Rights Plan "Premature"

Vancouver, Canada: Placer Dome Inc. (NYSE, TSX, ASX: PDG) today responded to an application made by Barrick Gold Corporation after the close of markets on Friday, December 2, 2005 requesting that the British Columbia Securities Commission ("BCSC") effectively strike down Placer Dome's Shareholder Rights Plan.

"Placer Dome is in active discussions with a number of parties about a range of potential value-enhancing transactions," said Peter Tomsett, President and Chief Executive Officer. "By applying to "cease trade" the rights at this time, Barrick is seeking to prematurely end the value-enhancing process Placer Dome has underway and thereby deny Placer Dome shareholders the opportunity to consider any potential alternatives to Barrick's inadequate offer. Cutting that process short may be in Barrick's interests, but it is certainly not in the best interests of Placer Dome shareholders."..... - Web Site

PAN AUSTRALIAN

Gold-silver intercepts support the resource potential of the Phu He Prospect in Laos

Pan Australian is pleased to report more results from drilling at the Phu He Prospect in Laos.

The latest results support the resource potential of the high-grade gold-silver intercept in hole PHR002 of 10 metres at 14.6 g/t gold and 197.9 g/t silver (reported to ASX on 23 November) after drilling intercepted zones of mineralisation in two holes collared at an inclination of 60 degrees on the same geological section as PHR002.

Hole PHR003 was drilled 50 metres away from PHR002 (vertical hole) and intercepted shallow intervals of:

4 metres at 3.4 g/t gold and 25.4 g/t silver (gold equivalent grade of 3.8 g/t1) from a depth of 4 metres; and
4 meters at 1.3 g/t gold and 22.0 g/t silver (gold equivalent grade of 1.7 g/t) from a depth of 48 metres.

Hole PHD001 was drilled 175 metres away from PHR002 and intercepted:

16 metres at 1.7 g/t gold and 35.7 g/t silver (gold equivalent grade of 2.3 g/t) from a depth of 170 metres, including
- 4 metres at 4.7 g/t gold and 107.8 g/t silver (gold equivalent grade of 6.5 g/t)

A third hole PHR004 that was drilled along the same section as PHR002, PHR003 and PHD001 was terminated in broken ground after failing to reach the design depth.

Early indications are that the intercepts are from multiple zones of shallow and deeper mineralisation rather than an intersection of one continuous zone. Further work will be required to evaluate the resource potential of the drill intercepts at Phu He and to ascertain the true width of reported drill intercepts. Phu He is a high-grade epithermal vein system and shares similar geological characteristics to the Chatree Gold Deposit in Thailand.......... - Web Site

PERSEUS MINING

Obdilla Gold Prospect - Web Site

PETSEC ENERGY

Vermilion Gas Field resumes production - Web Site

PERSEVERANCE

Initial Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

QUEENSLAND GAS

Monthly Status Report - December 2005 - Web Site

QUEENSLAND ORES

New Drilling Programmes - Web Site

SUB-SAHARA RESOURCES

Barrick Media Statement regarding Nyanzaga Joint Venture

Joint Venture partner Barrick Exploration Africa Limited (BEAL), has stated to the North America media "that it has completed 24 pre-collared core holes testing the Tusker prospect situated within the Nyanzaga Project in Tanzania (Figure 1). The BEAL drilling totalling 8,368 metres has confirmed the broad, low grade gold mineralization intersected by previous drilling with holes intersecting greater than 50 metres (true width) of visually mineralised core extend over 500 metres of strike and 400 metres depth.

The southern extension is overlain by a barren / weakly mineralised magnetic siltstone unit up to 300m thick. Mineralisation is exposed in the northern part of the trend.

Assay results are pending for the majority of the drill holes, but intersections to date include:
DDH21 313m (down hole depths) @ 1.17g/t Au (30g/t top cut; 0.5g/t cut-off but includes zones of internal dilution up to 9m wide).

Preliminary metallurgical tests suggest good recoveries in both the oxide and primary mineralisation.

Five core rigs are currently active and will continue drilling into December. An infill program will be conducted in the first half of 2006".

BEAL has the right to earn 70% of Sub-Sahara's interest by completing a bankable feasibility study and Sub-Sahara will retain a 27.3% contributing interest at that time.- Web Site

SIPA RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

THUNDELARRA EXPLORATION

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

TRIAKO

Lapsed Performance Rights - Web Site

TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA

Doubling of Angas Zinc reserve brings mine start-up nearer - Web Site

WOODSIDE

Board Retirement & New Appointment - Web Site

WESTERN AREAS

A$23 MILLION PLACEMENT, FINALISATION OF CANADIAN
PROSPECTUS AND TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING

The Board is pleased to announce that Western Areas NL has reached in-principle agreement with Sprott Securities Inc. (on behalf of a syndicate comprising Sprott, CIBC World Markets Inc. and Haywood Securities Inc.) Hartleys Limited and Tricom Equities Ltd to raise approximately A$23 million through the placement of 13.525 million shares at an equivalent issue price of A$1.70 per share.

Approximately A$11.7 million is expected to be placed mainly to institutions in Canada and in the UK as part of the Company’s anticipated listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”). An additional A$11.3 million is expected to be placed to institutions and existing shareholders in Australia and the UK on a private placement basis. - Web Site

Tuesday, December 06 2005, 11:15 AM

ALINTA LIMITED

Ceasing to be a substantial holder - Web Site

CLUFF RESOURCES

$750000 Share & Option Placement - Web Site

EASTERN CORPORATION

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

NICKEL AUSTRALIA

Drilling Commences at Davyhurst - Web Site

OIL SEARCH

Presentation to Australian Journal of Mining - 05 Dec 05 - Web Site

PETRA DIAMONDS

Results of Meeting - Web Site

PEPINNINI MINERALS

Release of restrictred securities from escrow - Web Site

SALLY MALAY

Appendix 3B: Allotment of 2659574 Shares - Web Site

Monday 05 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
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WALL STREET

Higher oil prices and news of slowing growth in the service sector pulled stocks lower Monday despite some optimism over a $25 billion bid for Guidant Corp.

Inflation worries again plagued Wall Street as crude futures pierced $60 per barrel, reinforcing concerns that the Federal Reserve might continue lifting interest rates to stem inflation from increased energy costs.

TIR's ann: Company Update re:Reed Res Ltd - Web Site

SMC GOLD

Initial Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

SMC GOLD

Section 708A - Share Options - Web Site

Monday, December 05 2005, 3:16 PM

A1 MINERALS

WME: Proposed Sale of Gold Properties - Web Site

ARC ENERGY

Bunjong 1 exploration well spuds

ARC Energy Limited advises that drilling of the exploration well Bunjong 1, operated by ARC and located in the onshore Perth Basin Production Licence L2, commenced at 1300 hours on Sunday 4 December 2005 using the Century 11 drilling rig. As at 0600 hours, the current operation was running 340 mm (13 3/8 inch) casing at 115 metres measured depth.

The well is located approximately 2.2 kilometres north of the town of Dongara.

The depth to the prognosed top of the primary objective Dongara Sandstone is approximately 1,745 metres measured depth. The proposed total depth of the well is 2,060 metres measured depth and it is expected to take 13 days to drill on a dry hole basis.- Web Site

AUSTRAL COAL

Top 20 shareholders/Distribution Schedule re T/O by CEY - Web Site

AUSTRALIS MINING

ASIC Proceedings & Meeting of Creditors - Update - Web Site

ANTARES ENERGY

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

BHP BILLITON

FCL: AWB & Elders strengthen fertiliser position - Web Site

BHP BILLITON

AWB: AWB and Elders Strengthens Fertiliser Position - Web Site

CARPENTER PACIFIC

Appointment of Chairman - Web Site

CONSOLIDATED MINERAL

Appendix 3B - Web Site

CONSOLIDATED MINERAL

Form 484 - Share Cancellation - Web Site

CARNARVON PETROLEUM

Carnarvon Petroleum Limited is pleased to advise that, as foreshadowed at the Company's Annual General Meeting last week, Mr Ted Jacobson was today appointed as a non-executive director.

Mr Jacobson is a petroleum geologist with 35 years experience in petroleum exploration principally in the European North Sea, South East Asia, South America and Australia. Within Australia he has been responsible for initiating a number of petroleum discoveries within the Cooper Basin, Barrow Sub Basin, and Timor Sea. Mr Jacobson is well known as a co-founder of Discovery Petroleum and more recently since 1996 co-founder and technical director of Tap Oil Ltd which grew to a market capitalization of over $400 million under his technical leadership. - Web Site

EXTRACT RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Conversion of Performance Shares

GREAT AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES

Placement to Optionholders - Web Site

GREAT AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES

Initial Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

GEODYNAMICS

Funding for the Cooper Basin HFR Geothermal Demonstration Power Plant

Geodynamics is pleased to announce another step forward in the Cooper Basin Hot Fractured Rock (HFR) geothermal zero emission power generation project. The Hon Ian MacFarlane (Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources) and Senator Ian Campbell (Minister for the Environment and Heritage) today announced that Geodynamics has been awarded a grant of $5 million under the Renewable Energy Development Initiative. - Web Site

GUNSON RESOURCES

EPA Recommends Coburn Mineral Sand Project for Approval - Web Site

LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS

Response to ASX Query - Web Site

LIVINGSTONE PETROLEUM

Release from Escrow - Incentive Options - Web Site

MATRIX OIL

ASX Circular:Reorganisation of Capital - Web Site

ORIGIN ENERGY

2005 AGM Report to Shareholders - Web Site

ORIGIN ENERGY

ARQ ann: Bunjong 1 exploration well spuds - Web Site

RED FORK ENERGY

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

TIANSHAN GOLDFIELDS

Drill Results from Gold Mountain - Web Site

UNITED KIMBERLEY DIAMONDS

Appendix 3B - Web Site

Monday, December 05 2005, 11:15 AM

A1 MINERALS

Brightstar Resource doubles to 600000 ounces gold - Web Site

AGL

MD Conference Presentation 5 Dec 2005 - Web Site

ATLAS GOLD

Ceasing to be a substantial holder from YAM - Web Site

ALLIED GOLD

Amended Change in substantial holding from MRC - Web Site

ALINTA LIMITED

Appendix 3B - Web Site

AMADEUS ENERGY

Change of Director's Interest Notice x3 - Web Site

AURORA MINERALS

Option Issue Disclosure Document - Web Site

ARAFURA RESOURCES

Kurinelli Gold Project - Web Site

AUSTRALIAN WORLDWIDE

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

ALEXANDER RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

BLUESTONE TIN

Non-Renounceable Rights Issue closed - Web Site

DYNASTY METALS

Constitution - Web Site

DRAGON MINING

Trading Halt - Web Site

DEEP YELLOW

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

EMPEROR MINES

Emperor Raises A48.8 million by Placement

Emperor Mines has today announced the placement of 23.2 million shares at 38 cents per share to raise A$8.816 million before costs. Austock Corporate Finance Limited has arranged this placing for Emperor which has been issued to investors exempted from disclosure under section 708(8) of the Corporation Act 2001 (Cth). - Web Site

ENVESTRA

Change of Director's Interest Notice x 2 - Web Site

EQUINOX MINERALS

Equity Offering - Web Site

EXCO RESOURCES

Final Director's Interest Notice x2 - Web Site

FORTESCUE METALS

Signing of State Agreement for Mining - Web Site

FOX RESOURCES

Major New Whundo Anomaly - Web Site

GREAT AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES

Final Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

GREAT AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES

Final Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

GOLDEN CROSS

Latest Copper Hill Drilling Results and Drilling Schedule

GCR has received results from a further four holes drilled at its 100%-owned Copper Hill gold-copper porphyry project near Molong, NSW. Results have been received for the RC portion of hole 69, hole 70 and for the diamond tail portions of holes 52 and 56.

Best results were from the RC portion of hole GCHR069, designed to test the northwestern extension of the Saddle area mineralisation at a downhole depth of between 230m and 330m. The RC pre-collar portion of this hole encountered chalcocite-rich zones of copper and gold mineralisation from 18m to 114m, returning an intersection of 96m at 0.76 g/t gold and 0.52% copper, including 26m of almost 4 g/t gold equivalent. The RC portion of the hole ended at 140m and a diamond drill rig was positioned to continue the hole and is currently drilling at 190m. It has encountered a zone of chalcopyrite and bornite-bearing quartz stockwork from 170m.

Chalcocite mineralisation in the upper part of hole 69 occurs above the target zone in an area of strong copper and gold surface geochemistry, and highlights the need for further drilling of previously undrilled areas at Copper Hill.

The collar of hole 69 is located 130m west of hole 63 in the Saddle area, which returned 164m at 0.9 g/t gold and 0.62% copper.

Hole 70 is located in the southeastern part of the Western Zone and encountered weak mineralisation in the top 75m however it drilled into late, barren intrusions at depth. Results received for the diamond tail portions of holes 52 and 56 confirmed previously reported visual estimations of low grade copper minerals.

Two additional diamond drill holes are due for completion before Christmas. The holes will use existing RC holes 59 and 61 and test mineralisation down to depths of around 300m below surface. Hole 59 will test the Eastern Zone and hole 61 will assess the possibility that the Saddle mineralisation dips steeply to the south as indicated by detailed surface mapping and oriented drill core. Results for these holes are expected in January 2006. .........- Web Site

GALLERY GOLD

Trading Halt - Web Site

GIPPSLAND LIMITED

Drilling Contract Signed

Multipurpose rig to be shipped to Egypt in December 2005
14,000m drilling programme to commence January 2006
3 month drilling programme expected to confirm the extension at depth of the highly encouraging surface gold results.

Gippsland Limited ("Gippsland" or "the Company") (ASX & AIM: GIP) today announces that a contract to complete up to 14,000m of drilling in Egypt has been signed with Perth based contractors Wallis Drilling. Under the terms of the contract Wallis Drilling will supply and operate a new Mantis multipurpose rig that will arrive in Egypt for commencement of drilling during January 2006.

The rig will be used to drill test the Company’s highly prospective gold and copper-nickel prospects in the Wadi Allaqi region located southeast of Aswan. There is no record of previous drilling at any of the gold prospect areas.- Web Site

GULLEWA

Appendix 3B - Web Site

HAMPTON HILL MINING

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

INNAMINCKA PETROLEUM

Progress Report - Pine 1 (PEL103) - Web Site

JACKSON GOLD

Placement & Agreement for Corporate Advisory Services - Web Site

KINGSGATE CONSOLIDATED

Daily Share Buy-Back Notice - Web Site

KIMBERLEY DIAMOND

Appendix 3B - Options Exercised - Web Site

LACH DRUMMOND

Merger with Alto Energy - Acceptances at 44% - Web Site

LIHIR GOLD

Becoming & Ceasing to be a substantial holder - Web Site

LODESTONE

Tungamull Prospect Update - Web Site

MACARTHUR COAL

Presentation to Mining & Logistics Conference - Web Site

METALLICA MINERALS

Prospect Project - Airborne EM Targets Identified - Web Site

MURCHISON METALS

GERALDTON IRON ORE ALLIANCE FORMED
COOPERATIVE FOCUS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN AUSTRALIA’S FASTEST GROWING IRON ORE PROVINCE

A coordinated approach to common-user infrastructure development and stakeholder relations is vital to unlock the full potential of Australia’s fastest growing new iron ore province, according to the newly formed Geraldton Iron Ore Alliance (“the Geraldton Alliance”), which was launched today.

The three initial members – Midwest Corporation Ltd, Murchison Metals Ltd and Gindalbie Metals Limited – have agreed to cooperate to facilitate the development of the iron ore industry in the Geraldton area, which is rapidly emerging as the most active region for new iron ore projects in Australia outside the Pilbara.

Former Western Australian State Development Minister, Clive Brown, who has agreed to act as independent Chairman of the Geraldton Alliance, said the Geraldton region could be producing 50- 60mtpa of iron ore and carbon steel related minerals and products within a decade – with up to 10% of this material in the form of value-added products such as pellets....... - Web Site

MURCHISON METALS

Capital Raising closes more than two times oversubscribed - Web Site

MURCHISON UNITED

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

NEWMONT

Form 4s as Lodged with SEC - Web Site

NOVERA ENERGY

Final Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

NEW ZEALND OIL & GAS

Pike Transport Resource Consent Granted - Web Site

ORCHARD PETROLEUM

NW Lost Hills 1-22 Well Update - Web Site

ORIGIN ENERGY

Becoming a substantial holder from IFL - Web Site

OIL SEARCH

Appendix 3B - Web Site

PETRA DIAMONDS

Convertible Loan Notes & Block Admission Review - Web Site

PAN AUSTRALIAN

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

PACRIM ENERGY

Plymire Road 4-14 Well Update - Web Site

RIVERSDALE MINING

Update on ZAC Acquisition and company presentation - Web Site

ROX RESOURCES

Rox Agreement with De Beers - Web Site

SALLY MALAY

Project Breaks Another Record - Web Site

STUART PETROLEUM

Drilling Report: Harry #1 - Web Site

TAWANA RESOURCES

Trading Halt - Web Site

UNION RESOURCES

Exploitation Licence Granted to Mehdiabad Zinc Project - Web Site

VIEW RESOURCES

Cockburn Project Drilling Update - Web Site

Friday 02 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4573.8	+41.5	Dow Jones	10,877.51	-35.06
ASX100	3754.8	+36.6	S&P 500	1265.08	+0.41
ASX200	4623.5	+43.4	Nasdaq	2273.37	+6.20
ASX300	4615.9	+43.2	Gold - spot/oz	US$502.90	+0.60
Materials (GIC)	8744.2	+163.7	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.55	+0.04
Energy (GIC)	10,532.3	+165.9	Platinum - spot	US$992.00	+5.00
AGC Macquarie Au	3836	+129.9	Palladium - spot	US$263.00	+3.00
Hartleys Explorers Index	7295	+52.2	Bridge CRB Futures Index	339.69	+1.51
Shanghai Composite	1094.3	-4.5	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$59.32	+0.85
FTSE 100	5528.1	+42.0	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$13.93	+0.90
Nikkei	15,421.6	+291.1	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4522	+103
Hang Seng	15,200.4	+132.4	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1093	+29
A$ = US74.86		+0.67	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1752	+40
A$ = 90.15yen		+0.65	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	12,780	+310
A$ = 0.639euro		+0.007	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2231	+67
US 10-Year Bond	4.519%	-0.002	Tin (LME - spot $US/tonne)	6300	+250
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Friday, December 02 2005, 9:16 PM

WALL STREET

Solid employment data failed to extend Wall Street's rally Friday as renewed interest rate concerns spurred profit-taking and left stocks mixed. The major indexes also ended the week mixed.

Outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Friday that America's exploding budget deficit and a protectionist backlash against soaring trade deficits could disrupt the global economy. He said U.S. deficits are set to soar with the pending retirement of 78 million baby boomers and he suggested that Congress consider trimming Social Security and Medicare benefits because the government probably has promised more than it can afford, especially in health benefits.

Crude-oil prices rose above $59 a barrel Friday, buoyed by natural gas futures surging on forecasts of colder weather.

Metal traders are having to dig ever further into their history books to discover when prices were last at such exalted levels, following a new surge in prices this week.

New long term records were set for aluminium, copper, gold, lead, platinum, silver and zinc. Sugar also managed to nudge a nine- year high on Friday, showing it is not just the metals markets that are attracting investor attention.

The rise in commodity markets has come at a time when equity markets are also performing well, and during a period when the dollar is at long-term highs against the euro, yen and sterling. These trends underline a disconnect between the traditional market behaviour patterns of commodity markets rising when equity markets underperform and commodities being a hedge against a declining dollar.

Gold bugs were out in force as bullion prices reached a 23-year high of $506.50 a troy ounce on Friday, having moved through the $500 level earlier in the week for the first time since 1987. "In the short term gold is likely to oscillate around $500, but the next test will be the February 1983 high of $509.30. If that is broken it could attract another bout of buying,"said Martin Stokes, vice-president commodities at JP Morgan.

The investment flows into gold, trickled down into silver, which struck a 18-year high of $8.60 a troy ounce on Friday. Platinum also reached a long-term milestone when it burst through $1,000 an ounce on Tuesday for the first time since January 1980.

In other metal markets, copper remained in focus as speculation continued about the trading position of China's State Reserve Bureau, which is reported to have an obligation to deliver up to 200,000 tonnes of copper in the short term. Traders believe it may rolled forward part of this position for the next two years.

BEMAX

Appendix 3B - Web Site

GRAVITY DIAMONDS

Constitution - Web Site

MOUNT BURGESS

Change of Director's Interest Notice x3 - Web Site

MACMIN SILVER / NEW GUINEA GOLD

NGG TO CONDUCT AGGRESSIVE EXPLORATION PROGRAMS
ON FOUR KEY PROJECTS

Vancouver December 1, 2005 On the 15^th November 2005, New Guinea Gold Corporation (NGG) announced a $7,000,000 financing. The primary objective of the financing is to define NI 43-101 compliant resources at each of the key projects below and to complete development and commence gold production at the Sinivit Project.

Subject to a successful financing, funds will be used to drill extensions to known gold mineralisation at four key, company gold projects - Imwauna /Normanby (100% NGG) Weioko/Sehulea (100%), Sinivit (92%) and Mt Penck (60%). NGG did not carry out any drilling on its projects between June and November 2005.

Areas of gold mineralisation are already known at each of the above projects as a result of extensive trenching and approximately 240 completed drill holes.

A total of four drill rigs will be used to advance these projects -NGG is presently drilling about 8 drill holes at Weioko and early in the new year this rig will move to Imwauna. It is planned to acquire a second rig for Imwauna and maintain a two drill rig program throughout 2006.

The second NGG drill rig, which is in the process of being delivered to the company, will be used at the Sinivit Project.

A third drill rig has been mobilised to West New Britain and is expected to commence drilling at the Mt Penck Project in early 2006 and continue drilling there throughout 2006.

Negotiations are in progress to acquire or hire a fourth drill rig which initially will be used to test the molybdenum zones at Simuku announced in a Press Release dated 3^rd October 2005. This rig will then move to the Weioko Project.

The company also owns 6 bulldozers and 2 excavators which are in use in exploration

Part of the financing will also be used to complete development of the Sinivit Property where gold production is expected in second quarter 2006 (see Press Release dated 7^th July 2005). As noted above, management also plans to drill extensions to known gold mineralization at Sinivit

- Web Site

MACMIN SILVER

Change of Directors - Web Site

STELLAR RESOURCES

Project update - Robins Rise
Drilling update - Tarcoola region (SA) - Coolybring

Robins Rise (IOCG)

Stellar Resources holds exploration title over ground considered to be broadly on trend with Olympic Dam and Prominent Hill and is greatly encouraged by the recent Carrapateena discovery.

During the last 6 months, the Board elevated the priority of the Company's Iron Oxide Copper-Gold (IOCG) targets and detailed gravity surveys were carried out in the Robins Rise and Lake Woorong Exploration Licence areas. Results have now been received and merged with existing aeromagnetic and drilling information.

The Company is very pleased to report that strong gravity responses of up to 5 mGals magnitude have been identified in structural target zones adjacent to low order magnetic features, comparable to the geophysical signatures at the Prominent Hill deposit and the new Carrapateena discovery.

These surveys have defined four priority drilling targets for IOCG style mineralisation and drill testing will be carried out early in 2006, as soon as a suitable rig is secured.

Coolybring

Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling at Coolybring has been completed on two sections to establish the dimensions of potential iron ore deposits of magnetite jaspilite intersected in earlier diamond drilling. Three holes intersected the magnetic sequence and have established a minimum thickness for the jaspilite unit of approximately 200 metres. Assay results include:

Hole	From (m)	To (m)	Length (m)	Grade (Fe%)
WILRC06	116	140 (EOH)	24	39.34
WILRC08	110	176 (EOH)	66	34.0
WILRC09	76	156	80	33.18

Drilling results from Coolybring have confirmed a thick sequence of magnetite mineralisation within jaspilite, with consistent levels of Fe indicated. Further metallurgical test-work is planned to evaluate the processing characteristics prior to deciding on further work. - Web Site

TASGOLD

Extensive Gold at New 666 Lode Narrawa Prospect

Gold Prospectivity of New 666 Lode at Narrawa Prospect Confirmed By Drilling,
with 3.2m Grading 10.2g/t Gold and 32.3m Grading 1.19g/t Gold,
plus the Higgs Deposit is Extended Further to the SE

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

PERSEUS MINING

Appendix 3B - Web Site

RANGE RESOURCES

Disclosure Document/Appendix 3B - Web Site

REEDY LAGOON CORP

September 2005 Quarterly Report - Web Site

UNION RESOURCES

Exploitation Licence granted to Mehdiabad Zinc Project

Union Resources Limited (Union) is pleased to announce that the Ministry of Mines and Industry (Ministry) in Iran has granted an Exploitation Licence (“EL”), number 60/101711 for the Mehdiabad Zinc Project.

The EL has been granted in the name of IMPASCO, Union’s Iranian Government partner in the project. Under the agreements in place, IMPASCO is obliged to transfer the EL to Mehdiabad Zinc Company (MZC) upon delivery of the Feasibility Study Report, which is scheduled to occur early next year.

The conditions attached to the licence state that it is transferable after obtaining a clearance that the transferor (in this case IMPASCO) has met its statutory obligations to the Ministry.

The EL has been granted for 25 years, with a maximum construction period of five years before mining is to commence. - Web Site

UNION RESOURCES

Further Drilling Results - Mehdiabad Zinc Project, Iran

Union Resources Limited (Union) announces the results of a further six drill holes from the Mehdiabad Zinc Project in Iran.

The holes are part of a program of in-fill drilling and have intersected both the main zinc resource and the separate high level lead resource, which occurs along the western edge of the deposit.

The significant zinc intersections set out below are at a cut-off of either 4% Zn or 4% Pb and with a maximum of 3.0m of internal waste over a minimum mining thickness of 5.0m........

- Web Site

VULCAN RESOURCES

Letter to Optionholders - Web Site

Friday, December 02 2005, 3:16 PM

ADELAIDE BRIGHTON

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

AED OIL

Notification from Department of Environment & Heritage - Web Site

CAZALY RESOURCES

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

COMPASS RESOURCES

Corrected Drill Results Mt.Fitch Uranium Prosp.&New Results - Web Site

EAST COAST MINERALS

Results of Annual General Meeting - Web Site

EXCEL COAL

Clarification of Misleading Press Report re Millennium Coal - Web Site

FALCON MINERALS

Change of Registered office address - Web Site

GREENVALE MINING

Results of Annual General Meeting - Web Site

JUPITER MINES

Restricted securities to be released from escrow - Web Site

LEFROY RESOURCES

Exploration Potential Report - Web Site

NEWCREST MINING

Change in substantial holding from CBA - Web Site

NEW ZEALND OIL & GAS

Share Placement Finalised - Web Site

PEPINNINI MINERALS

Release of restricted securities from escrow - Web Site

PLENTY RIVER

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

RESOLUTE

Isa Uranium Joint Venture

Summit Resources (Australia) Pty Ltd, the manager of the Isa Uranium Joint Venture advises that a recent drill program at the Valhalla deposit, owned 50% by Resolute Mining subsidiary Valhalla Uranium Limited, has been completed. Three holes were drilled into the northern end of the Valhalla deposit targeted at the main mineralised shoot. All three holes steepened during drilling and missed the target, intersecting poorly developed breccias and narrow zones of weak uranium and vanadium mineralisation underlying and to the north of the main mineralised shoot. - Web Site

SMC GOLD

Initial Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

VITAL METALS

Appendix 3B: Issue of Options - Web Site

WESTERN AREAS

Amended - Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

Friday, December 02 2005, 11:15 AM

A1 MINERALS

Share Purchase Plan - Web Site

ABRA MINING

More Strong Drilling Results - Web Site

AKD

Expiry of Unlisted Options - Web Site

ALLSTATE EXPLORATION

Chairman's Address - Web Site

AMADEUS ENERGY

Issue of Shares/Secondary Trading Notice - Web Site

AQUILA RESOURCES

Mining Lease Issued for Isaac Plains Coal Project - Web Site

AQUARIUS PLATINUM

Annual General Meeting Results - Web Site

ARC ENERGY

Presentation illustrations - Web Site

ANVIL MINING

Resignation of Director - Web Site

ALUMINA LIMITED

S&P Dec 2005 Quarterly Rebalance to the S&P/ASX Indices - Web Site

AUSTRALIAN WORLDWIDE

Appendix 3B - Web Site

BEACH PETROLEUM

Appendix 3B New issue announcement -conv of bonus options - Web Site

BOLNISI GOLD

PALMAREJO GOLD-SILVER PROJECT
SURFACE USE AGREEMENTS COMPLETED

The Palmarejo Project is held by the Company's subsidiary, Planet Gold SA de CV ('Planet Gold'). Planet Gold is owned 100% by Palmarejo Gold Corporation, a Canadian TSX Venture Exchange listed corporation which is approximately 79.5% owned by and controlled by the Company.

The Directors are pleased to advise that agreement has been reached with all landowning communities ('ejidos') which are affected by the Company's Palmarejo Project development plan. These agreements secure surface use rights and a temporary occupation agreement over 958 hectares identified by the Company as being required to facilitate the development, construction and mining of the Palmarejo Gold-Silver Project.

The Company has secured surface use and temporary occupation rights for 15 years, with a right to renew for a further 15 years, for annual payments totalling US$46,060 (US$48 per hectare). - Web Site

BOUNTY OIL & GAS

Resignation & Appointment of Directors - Web Site

BOUNTY OIL & GAS

Expiry of Unlisted Options - Web Site

CH4

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

DRILLSEARCH ENERGY

Director Appointments - Web Site

DISCOVERY NICKEL

Release of restricted securities from escrow - Web Site

DEEP YELLOW

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

EASTERN CORPORATION

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

ENTEK ENERGY

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

ELIXIR PETROLEUM

Muness Well Spuds - Web Site

GOLDSTREAM MINING

AGM Results - Web Site

GOLDEN GATE PETROLEUM

Results of AGM - Web Site

GIRALIA RESOURCES

Results of Meeting - Web Site

HERALD RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Web Site

HINDMARSH RESOURCES

St Barbaras Day Presentation - Web Site

KIMBERLEY OIL

Shareholders approve name change to European Gas Ltd - Web Site

KIMBERLEY DIAMOND

Completion of Share Placement - Web Site

KORAB RESOURCES

Results of AGM - Web Site

LIHIR GOLD

Trading Halt Lifted - Web Site

MURCHISON METALS

Trading Halt - Web Site

NORTHERN GOLD

Ceasing to be a substantial holder from MBL - Web Site

PETRA DIAMONDS

Appendix 3B: Conversion of Convertible Notes - Web Site

PARADIGM GOLD

Drilling to commence at Auburn Gold Project - Web Site

PALADIN RESOURCES

SIM: Tenements Granted in Western Australia - Web Site

PERSEVERANCE

Pricing of $30m offering of Convertible Notes - Web Site

PO VALLEY ENERGY

New Gas Zone for Po Valley's Italian Well - Web Site

RIO TINTO

Rio Tinto private placement with Ashton Mining of Canada Inc - Web Site

ROC OIL

Appendix 3B - Web Site

RANGE RESOURCES

Puntland Oil & Gas Potential - Web Site

SUNSHINE GAS

ATP 645P Overston 2 & Narrene 1 Operations Update - Web Site

STUART PETROLEUM

Progress Report - Harry #1 - Web Site

WASHINGTON RESOURCES

Extension of time re: AGM - Web Site

Thursday 01 December 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4532.3	-51.3	Dow Jones	10,912.57	+106.70
ASX100	3718.2	-43.3	S&P 500	1264.67	+15.19
ASX200	4580.1	-54.7	Nasdaq	2267.17	+34.35
ASX300	4572.7	-54.5	Gold - spot/oz	US$502.30	+7.50
Materials (GIC)	8580.5	-123.5	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.51	+0.24
Energy (GIC)	10,366.4	-87.6	Platinum - spot	US$987.00	+18.00
AGC Macquarie Au	3706	-225.2	Palladium - spot	US$260.00	+3.00
Hartleys Explorers Index	7243	-103.5	Bridge CRB Futures Index	338.18	+5.69
Shanghai Composite	1098.7	-0.5	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$58.47	+1.15
FTSE 100	5486.1	+62.9	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$13.03	+0.44
Nikkei	15,130.5	+258.4	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4419	+2
Hang Seng	15,068.0	+130.9	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1064	+13
A$ = US74.19		+0.41	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1712	+17
A$ = 89.50yen		+1.09	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	12,470	-570
A$ = 0.632euro		+0.006	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2164	+14
US 10-Year Bond	4.521%	+0.021	Tin (LME - spot $US/tonne)	6050	-10
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Thursday, December 01 2005, 9:16 PM

WALL STREET

EXTRACT RESOURCES

Company Update

HARDMAN RESOURCES

Sale by Woodside of its 10% Shareholding in Hardman

Hardman Resources Limited (“Hardman”) today issued the statement below following the announcement by Woodside Petroleum Limited (“Woodside”) regarding the sale by Woodside Mauritania Investments Pty Ltd of 67.4 million shares in Hardman.

Following advice from Woodside concerning the sale, Hardman requested a trading halt in its securities. The Companies have today worked together to ensure the divestment has taken place in an orderly fashion.

Woodside’s initial investment in Hardman was made in July 2001, following the Chinguetti discovery offshore Mauritania. Woodside’s prime strategic interest was to ensure that Hardman could fund its continuing activities in Mauritania. This ensured stability in the joint venture, which was also in Woodside’s interest.

At present, Hardman is well funded with existing resources sufficient for committed and planned expenditures. The presence of Woodside on the register is no longer seen as relevant and the sale will free up additional liquidity in the stock................ - Web Site

HARDMAN RESOURCES

WPL: Woodside Divests Shareholding in Hardman Resources - Web Site

HERALD RESOURCES

Chairman's AGM Address to Shareholders - Web Site

INDEPENDENCE GROUP

Appendix 3B: Contributing Shares Paid Up - Web Site

INNAMINCKA PETROLEUM

Pine 1 Exploration Well to Spud - Web Site

MAGELLAN PETROLEUM

Winna-4 Spuds Cooper Basin Queensland - Web Site

METALLICA MINERALS

Securities to be released from escrow - Web Site

NIDO PETROLEUM

Suspension from Official Quotation - Web Site

OILEX

Appendix 3B: Release of Restricted Securities - Web Site

OIL SEARCH

Drilling Report (Nabrajah-9) 01 December 2005 - Web Site

PETRA DIAMONDS

76 Carat Diamond recovered - Web Site

PLATINUM AUSTRALIA

Company Presentation - Web Site

PLENTY RIVER

Appendix 3B - Web Site

REPUBLIC GOLD

Appendix 3B - Web Site

REDPORT

Completes $8m Capital Raising & S708A(5)(e) Notice - Web Site

SIPA RESOURCES

Appendix 3B - Issue of Employee Options - Web Site

SANTOS

Investor Seminar - Web Site

WOODSIDE

Woodside divests shareholding in Hardman Resources - Web Site

WOODSIDE

Woodside welcomes border announcement - Web Site

Weekly Drilling Report Gulf Coast Texas - Web Site

TANAMI GOLD

Company Secretary Appointment - Web Site

THUNDELARRA EXPLORATION

COPERNICUS RESOURCE UPDATE

In July 2003, Thundelarra Exploration Ltd (“Thundelarra”) entered into a Farm-in Agreement (“Agreement”) with Sally Malay Exploration Pty Ltd (“Sally Malay”) in respect of the Copernicus Project (“ML Area”) now covered by mining lease application 80/540 in the East Kimberley. Under the terms of the Agreement, in order for Sally Malay to earn a 60% joint venture interest in the ML Area, Sally Malay had 18 months (that is to 7 January 2005) to carry out and deliver a “Feasibility Study” to Thundelarra. - Web Site

UNIVERSAL RESOURCES

Wide zones of open pittable copper intersected at Ivy Ann - Web Site

WOODSIDE

Michael Chaney joins Board of Directors - Web Site

Reinstatement to Official Quotation - Web Site

ENVESTRA

Appendix 3B - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

Managing Directors Report to Shareholders - Web Site

ESSENTIAL PETROLEUM

CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS - AGM

........we are now preparing to drill our first exploration well in onshore Otway Basin permit PEP 151, with Pritchard 1 scheduled for February 2006 (subject to rig availability). This is a milestone that represents the first test of the exploration objectives on which the Company was founded.

.......In respect of PEP 151, we are pleased to have entered into an agreement with Bass Strait Oil Company whereby it will earn a 25% interest in the permit by contributing to the drilling of our first exploration well. We are also pleased to advise that we are currently in discussions with other potential farminees. These farm-in partners will carry a significant portion of Essential Petroleum’s share of exploration costs over the next phase of exploration. Essential Petroleum expects to retain a 50% interest in PEP 151 and therefore considerable exposure to the exciting potential of this key onshore permit.

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

Wednesday 30 November 2005 (Close of Business - New York)
All Ords	4583.6	-1.7	Dow Jones	10,805.87	-82.29
ASX100	3761.5	-6.2	S&P 500	1249.48	-8.00
ASX200	4634.8	-4.2	Nasdaq	2232.82	+0.11
ASX300	4627.2	-4.0	Gold - spot/oz	US$494.80	-4.40
Materials (GIC)	8704.0	+4.4	Silver - spot/oz	US$8.27	-0.02
Energy (GIC)	10,454.0	-11.2	Platinum - spot	US$969.00	-20.00
AGC Macquarie Au	3931	-33.6	Palladium - spot	US$257.00	-5.00
Hartleys Explorers Index	7347	-0.5	Bridge CRB Futures Index	332.49	+2.46
Shanghai Composite	1099.3	+2.3	Light Crude (NYM - $US per bbl.)	US$57.32	+0.82
FTSE 100	5423.2	-67.8	Natural Gas (NYM - $US per mmbtu.)	US$12.59	+0.85
Nikkei	14,872.2	-55.6	Copper (LME - spot $US/tonne)	4417	+49
Hang Seng	14.937.1	-91.6	Lead (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1051	+23
A$ = US73.78		unch	Zinc (LME - spot $US/tonne)	1695	+23
A$ = 88.41yen		+0.11	Nickel (LME - spot $US/tonne)	13,040	+80
A$ = 0.626euro		unch	Aluminium (LME - spot $US/tonne)	2150	+27
US 10-Year Bond	4.500%	+0.018	Tin (LME - spot $US/tonne)	6060	-25
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Thursday, December 01 2005, 1:01 AM

WALL STREET

Strong growth in the nation's gross domestic product spooked investors and sent stocks mostly lower Wednesday as the data renewed fears that the Federal Reserve would continue raising interest rates.

BEMAX

AZC ann: Mindarie project plant acquisition - Web Site

GRAVITY DIAMONDS

Results of AGM - Web Site

LAKES OIL

Results of Meeting - Web Site

LAKES OIL

AGM Presentation part two - Web Site

MINOTAUR EXPLORATION

PEN's ann: Project Update - Web Site

MOUNT BURGESS

TSUMKWE DIAMOND EXPLORATION PROJECT NAMIBIA
Further Fresh Kimberlitic Garnets Recovered from Drilling

The Company has received results overnight from Drill Hole NAM 834 which contained 4 very fresh Class 4 kimberlitic pyrope garnets¹.

NAM 834 was drilled within an 800m radius of four other drill holes, all of which contained fresh Class 4 pyrope garnets as previously announced to the market as follows:

NAM 800 which contained 2 Class 4 garnets was drilled 800m WSW of NAM 834.

NAM 773 which contained 2 Class 4 garnets was drilled 500m NW of NAM 834.

NAM 772 which contained 6 Class 4 garnets was drilled 350m N of NAM 834 and

NAM 775 which contained 7 Class 4 garnets was drilled 750m SE of NAM 834.

Further afield, NAM 657 which contained 35 garnets, 8 of which were Class 4 garnets, was drilled 3km NW of NAM 834 and

NAM 826 which contained 1 Class 4 garnet was drilled 2.5km SSE of NAM 834.

The recovery of this many fresh Class 4 garnets from this number of drill holes which have been drilled in such a concentrated area indicates the possibility of a local kimberlite source.

A surface G10 garnet² trail has been defined in this area together with the recovery of a diamond.

Interpretation of basement geomorphology and aeromagnetics is currently being undertaken to identify the kimberlite source in this area. It is believed that any potential kimberlite source should be under about 30m of Kalahari sand cover. A number of select targets are ready for drilling within the next three weeks.

- Web Site

MITHRIL

Mithril Consolidates Musgrave Province South Australia

The Board of Directors of Mithril Resources Ltd is pleased to announce that the company and Argonaut Resources NL have agreed in principle to terms and conditions for the company's inclusion in a joint venture covering 4314 square kilometres currently held under four Exploration Licence Applications in the Musgrave Province of South Australia.

The joint venture, which is to be conditional on the grant of exploration licences by the South Australian government and access by the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY), will allow Mithril to earn a 51% interest in the leases for the expenditure of two million dollars over a three year period commencing from the grant of licences. At that stage Argonaut may elect to contribute on a pro rata basis to the joint venture to maintain it's 49% interest, or dilute, retaining a 1.5% net smelter return royalty, if their interest falls below 10%.

- Web Site

WEDGETAIL EXPLORATION

High-Grade shoots extended at Golden Gate - Web Site

ACCENT RESOURCES

Results of Meeting - Web Site

AUDAX RESOURCES

Appendix 3B: Employee Options - Web Site

AKD

Annual General Meeting 2005 - Results of Resolutions - Web Site

AKD

Chairman's Address to Shareholders - Web Site

ALINTA LIMITED

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

AUSTRALIAN OIL COMPANY

Planned Drilling EP 435 & Farmin EP 412 - Web Site

ASTRO MINING

Results of 2005 AGM - Web Site

ARAFURA RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

AUSTRALIAN MINES

Gold Exploration Update - Duplex Hill South Project - Web Site

AUSTRALIAN WORLDWIDE

AWE's Tui PMP Granted - Web Site

ALEXANDER RESOURCES

Results of Drilling FTG-003 - Web Site

ANTARES ENERGY

AGM Presentations - Web Site

APEX MINERALS

Chairman’s Address to AGM 2005

Drilling Completed at Kalatage G2 Target, Xinjiang

Two New Copper-Gold Projects Acquired

The last of four diamond drill holes for a total of 1,117 metres in the first programme at the Kalatage copper-gold project has just been completed Executive Chairman, Stephen Stone is to advise shareholders at the Apex Minerals NL 2005 AGM in Perth this morning.

The 70 square kilometre Kalatage licence lies 130 kilometres southwest of the regional centre of Hami in Eastern Xinjiang.

Results of Annual General Meeting - Web Site

CAZALY RESOURCES

Cazaly Reaches Agreement on Shovelanna MOU - Web Site

CENTENNIAL COAL

Newstan Longwall Clears Fault Zone - Web Site

COUGAR METALS

Results of AGM - Web Site

CASPIAN OIL & GAS

Results of Meeting - Web Site

CARNARVON PETROLEUM

Chairman's Address to Shareholders

..........As advised in our recent September quarterly report, Pan Orient Energy Corp successfully completed its takeover of Tiger Petroleum Inc, Carnarvon’s joint venture partner in the Wichian Buri oilfield. Extensive discussions between Carnarvon and Pan Orient to resolve the various outstanding matters between Tiger and Carnarvon have been progressed in a very constructive manner.

We are pleased that, as announced earlier today, agreement has been reached with Pan Orient on future operations of the joint venture. This agreement comprehensively deals with our past concerns and now provides a sound platform for a strong working relationship with our new partner.

The principal terms agreed by Carnarvon and Pan Orient provide for:

Pan Orient to fund Carnarvon’s share of the cost of the next two wells to be drilled in accordance with an approved work program and budget to a limit of US$350,000
A restructure of the joint venture to ensure that both parties’ commercial interests are adequately protected
Pan Orient to be appointed to operate the joint venture
A new operating agreement that will incorporate terms and conditions substantially in line with industry standards
Confirmation that Carnarvon is entitled to a 40% working interest in Exploration Block L33/43 and acknowledgement by Carnarvon that it will contribute 40% of all reasonable costs from application date........... - Web Site

COMET RIDGE

CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS TO THE AGM

.....At the Tipton West project, working with Arrow Energy as the operator, the Company has matured the project to the point where its technical and commercial viability has been established. As you are aware at a General Meeting on 5 October shareholders approved the sale of Comet Ridge’s interest in this project to Arrow. This sale will mean that by the end of this year the Company will have received payment for the asset of approximately $4.8 million. Comet Ridge will receive a further $8 million dollars in royalty payments from future production which we expect will commence in 2006.

This total consideration of $12.8 million compares favourably to the $4.14 million that your company invested in the Project.

Consequently, as of the end of October, Comet Ridge has current assets in excess of $5 million – more than we had at when were admitted to the ASX in April 2004......... - Web Site

COMPASS RESOURCES

Notice under Section 708A of the Corporations Act - Web Site

CRESCENT GOLD

Results of Meeting - Web Site

CARRICK GOLD

Kalpini drilling returns high grade gold - Web Site

CONSOLIDATED MINERAL

Open Briefing: Business & Exploration Outlook - Web Site

CITIGOLD

Results of Meeting - Web Site

CARNARVON PETROLEUM

Corporate Changes - Web Site

D'AGUILAR GOLD

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

DRILLSEARCH ENERGY

Chairman's Address to Shareholders - Web Site

DIATREME RESOURCES

Non-Renounceable Issue/Distribution Schedule/Top 20 - Web Site

DEEP YELLOW

Results of Meeting - Web Site

ECHELON RESOURCES

Reinstatement to Official Quotation - Web Site

ENERGY METALS

Results of AGM - Web Site

ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS

Westport & ENE enter next phase of project - Web Site

ENTERPRISE ENERGY

Results of Meeting - Web Site

EXTRACT RESOURCES

Results of Meeting

FOX RESOURCES

Results of Meeting - Web Site

GATEWAY MINING

LATEST SAMPLING CONFIRMS NEW GOLD DISCOVERY AT JULIA’S FAULT
HIGH-GRADE RAB RESULT OF 6 METRES @ 8.2 g/t GOLD RETURNED FROM ROSIE NORTH

Gateway Mining NL (GML) is pleased to announce that it has received results of 1-metre split sampling at Julia’s Fault (Victory Creek, GML75%, Red 5-25%) and further encouraging RAB drilling intersections from Rosie North within the Airport Gold Trend (GML85%, Herald Resources15%).

1 metre splits of previous RC drilling have confirmed a shallow flat lying structure at Julia’s Fault returning 22 metres @ 1.8 g/t gold from a depth of 65 metres.
At Rosie North, RAB drilling has returned 6 metres @ 8.2 g/t from a hanging wall structure located 90 metres to the east of the main mineralised zone. Previous RAB intersected multiple quartz veins over a 400 metre length while this latest drilling extends the zone a further 100 metres to the south........... - Web Site

GOLDEN CROSS

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

GONDWANA RESOURCES

Share Placement & Activities Update - Web Site

GOLD AURA

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

GOLDSTREAM MINING

Drilling Intersects Wide Zones of Massive Magnetite with Strong Copper & Gold Mineralisation

A program of 24 RC percussion drill holes totalling 2,800m has been completed at Cairn Hill. Initial results are highly encouraging with broad zones of massive magnetite intersected over widths up to 64m. Strong copper and gold mineralisation is associated with the magnetite and includes intersections such as 19m @ 1.24%Cu, 0.67g/tAu. Once all assay results have been received a scoping study will be initiated in order to determine the viability of a combined magnetite iron ore and copper/gold mine development.

The Company’s 100% owned Cairn Hill Project is located 50km south of the town of Coober Pedy in South Australia. The deposit occurs adjacent to the Stuart Highway and 40km east of the AustralAsia Railway which links the port facilities at Darwin and Adelaide.

Massive magnetite bodies in the form of two sub-parallel tabular lodes have been intersected on contiguous 80 and 100m spaced sections over a combined strike length of 1300m. - Web Site

GREEN PACIFIC ENERGY

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

GREAT WESTERN EXPLORATION

AGM Presentation - Web Site

GOLDEN WEST RESOURCES

Results of Meeting - Web Site

HODGES RESOURCES

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

HARDMAN RESOURCES

JINDALEE RESOURCES

Results of AGM - Web Site

KORAB RESOURCES

Exploration Update

Korab is pleased to report that assays have been completed for more than 60% of drill samples from Bungarra verification drilling program.

Assays received to date confirm the continuity and supergene nature of most of the gold mineralization at Bungarra. They also indicate potential for mineralization at depth and point to a possible northerly connection with the Hurley’s Prospect.

Results include multiple gold hits over 10 g/t gold including one hit of 211 g/t (over 6 ounces of gold per tone).

At the Mt. Elephant copper/gold project, ground-based Transient EM survey is currently in progress to test the Mt Elephant Gossan which produced rock chips up to 29g/t Au and more than 10% copper.

At Batchelor, ground radiometrics and geological mapping is currently underway to define the extent and origin of radiometric anomalies. - Web Site

LACH DRUMMOND

Annual General Meeting Presentation 29 November 2005 - Web Site

LIHIR GOLD

Rio Tinto agrees to sell its investment in Lihir

Rio Tinto today entered into contracts to sell its 14.46 per cent shareholding in Lihir Gold for approximately A$399 million (US$295 million). The shares will be sold in a block trade at a price of A$2.15 per share.

Commenting on the sale, Rio Tinto's chief executive, Leigh Clifford, said: "Rio Tinto generally does not hold long term minority positions in other listed companies. Following our relinquishment of management rights announced on 16 September 2005, we have taken advantage of the current favourable market conditions to sell our holding in Lihir."

[Note: The securities have not been registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.]

Note to editors
The block trade price of A$2.15 per share is at a discount of 3.2 per cent to the 1 week VWAP of A$2.22 per share. - Web Site

LIHIR GOLD

Trading Halt - Web Site

LYNAS

AGM Presentation - Web Site

MAGELLAN PETROLEUM

Bidder's Statement - Off-market bid from MPC - Web Site

MATILDA MINERALS

AGM Presentation - Web Site

MIDAS RESOURCES

Managing Director's Presentation to 29 November AGM - Web Site

MEDUSA MINING

Results of Meeting - Web Site

MURCHISON METALS

Becoming a substantial holder from AMP - Web Site

MURCHISON METALS

Investor Roadshow Presentation - Web Site

MOBY OIL & GAS

Presentation - AGM - 29 November 2005 - Web Site

MONAX MINING

Results of Meeting - Web Site

MONAX MINING

MD's Address to Shareholders - Web Site

MATRIX METALS

Results of AGM - Web Site

MINERALS CORP

Kaolin Sales Forecasts - Web Site

MURCHISON UNITED

Retirement of Director/Final Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

NIDO PETROLEUM

Trading Halt - Web Site

NOVA ENERGY

New Uranium Exploration Projects - Web Site

NOVA ENERGY

Results of Meeting - Web Site

NEWMONT

Form 8-K as lodged with SEC - Web Site

NORTON GOLD FIELDS

Results of AGM 2005 - Web Site

NUSTAR MINING

Change in substantial holding - Web Site

ODYSSEY ENERGY

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

ODYSSEY ENERGY

Becoming a substantial holder - Web Site

OLYMPIA RESOURCES

Extension of Disclosure Document - Web Site

ORCHARD PETROLEUM

Final Two Project Deals Signed with Aera - Web Site

OROPA

AGM 2005 Presentation - Web Site

PANCONTINENTAL OIL

AGM Presentation - Web Site

PANCONTINENTAL OIL

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

PANCONTINENTAL OIL

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

PANCONTINENTAL OIL

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

PANCONTINENTAL OIL

Change of Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

PAN AUSTRALIAN

Drilling supports resource upgrade at Phu Kham Cu/Au

Pan Aust said drilling supports likely resource upgrade at Phu Kham Copper Gold Pan Australian Resources Limited on Wednesday said it was likely that infill drilling intersects of high-grade copper-gold would support a resource upgrade at its Phu Kham Copper Gold project in northern Laos.

Managing director Gary Stafford said results of the final infill drilling program in the Central Area of the deposit continued to show high-grade copper-gold intercepts within broad lower grade intervals at the deposit.

“The infill drilling has confirmed that the high-grade intervals are continuous, which will enable optimisation of mine planning and accelerate returns on capital invested,” he said.

“For example, one hole intersected 82 metres at 1.3 percent copper and 0.5 grams per tonne gold from a depth of 8 metres. This included a high-grade interval of 18 metres at 2.3 percent copper and 1.1 grams per tonne gold from a depth of 48 metres.......... - Web Site

PAN AUSTRALIAN

Infill drilling intersects high-grade copper-gold and supports resource upgrade at the Phu Kham Copper-Gold Deposit, Laos

Pan Australian has completed infill drilling within the ‘initial mining area’ of the Phu Kham coppergold deposit (Figure 1). The infill drilling program has confirmed the continuity of mineralisation through the Central Area of the deposit (Figure 2). In accordance with the mine plan for the feasibility study on the Phu Kham Project, mining through the first five years will focus on the Central Area.

Consistent with previous results, the last set of results from the infill reverse circulation and diamond core drilling program has returned high-grade copper-gold intercepts within broad lower grade intervals.

For example, hole GDD195 intercepted:

82 metres at 1.3% copper and 0.5 g/t gold (gold equivalent grade of 3.1 g/t1) from a depth of 8 metres and included a high-grade interval of:
- 18 metres at 2.3% copper and 1.1 g/t gold (gold equivalent grade of 5.6 g/t) from a depth of 48 metres........... - Web Site

PANCONTINENTAL OIL

Appendix 3B - Web Site

PETRA DIAMONDS

76 Carat Diamond recovered

Petra Diamonds Limited ('Petra' or 'the Company'), the AIM-quoted and ASX-listed
diamond mining group, announces the recovery of a 76 carat diamond from the
Sedibeng mine in South Africa. When sold, it is expected that the stone will
realise a sales value of approximately US$500,000.

The same mining complex produced several large stones last year, one of which
was a 57 carat stone that sold for US$489,000 and a 42 carat stone that sold for
US$282,000. - Web Site

PLATINUM AUSTRALIA

AIM Listing - Web Site

PAN AUSTRALIAN

Appendix 3B - Web Site

PEPINNINI MINERALS

AGM Presentation - Final - Web Site

PEPINNINI MINERALS

Results of Meeting - Web Site

PLACER DOME

Significant new resources at Bald Mountain Mine

Vancouver, Canada: Placer Dome Inc. (NYSE, TSX, ASX: PDG) announces that its Bald Mountain mine has doubled its measured and indicated gold mineral resources to 2.8 million ounces and tripled its inferred gold mineral resources to 0.6 million ounces. Mineral reserves stand at 0.9 million ounces factoring in depletion to September 30, 2005. These results include drilling completed up to September 2005. The exploration program at Bald Mountain was expanded in 2005 to $5 million and these results are the initial evidence of the program's success. Exploration and definition drilling continues on the property, with five drill rigs currently operating. An evaluation is underway on the deposits in the mineral resource category aimed at converting a portion of the mineral resources to mineral reserves by the end of this year and expanding production levels to approximately 300,000 ounces per year, more than triple the production forecast for 2005. The mine will increase exploration spending in 2006 to $13 million, with a focus to expand these new deposits and begin drilling a number of high priority target areas. - Web Site

PLENTY RIVER

Results of Meeting - Web Site

PLENTY RIVER

2005 AGM Chairman's Address - Web Site

PERSEUS MINING

Results of Meeting - Web Site

PURUS ENERGY

Gordon Project - Expected Commencement Date - Web Site

PO VALLEY ENERGY

Daily Drilling Report - Sillaro 1 (Crocetta Permit) - Web Site

QUANTUM RESOURCES

Results of Meeting - Web Site

RAWSON RESOURCES

Results of Meeting - Web Site

REGAL RESOURCES

Exciting Grades at Eucalyptus & Yerila - Web Site

RIMFIRE PACIFIC

Results of AGM - Web Site

RESOLUTE

Results of Meeting - Web Site

RED RIVER RESOURCES

Results of AGM/Resignation & Appointment of Directors - Web Site

SANTOS

Investor Seminar

Key points made included:

The Company reaffirmed its production guidance for 2005 of 55 million barrels of oil equivalent with a further increase of 10% in 2006.
A sharp increase in the level of drilling activity is planned during 2006 which will see a total of 313 wells drilled - up from 193 in 2005 - of which 25 wells will be exploration wells.
The commencement of a drilling campaign in early 2006 in the Cooper Basin which aims to triple the Company's share of Cooper Basin oil output from the current 7,000 barrels per day over the next five years. Associated capital expenditure in 2006 will be approximately $160 million in the base case.
Production and reserves at the new John Brookes gas project offshore Western Australia had exceeded expectations.
Production is to be ramped up at the newly acquired Fairview coal seam gas project in Queensland with capital expenditure in 2006 of $94 million including spending on a new pipeline.
A resultant improvement in the production profile which continues to grow at least until the end of the decade. This is driven by the above factors together with a range of new projects coming on stream including Bayu-Undan LNG, Casino, Oyong and Maleo.
The Timor-Bonaparte Basin has been confirmed as a core area for Santos with the LNG phase of the Bayu-Undan project coming on-stream in early 2006. An active exploration and appraisal program is planned for the area in 2006 to follow up the recent Caldita discovery, which has been confirmed to have a C02 content in the range of 12-13%, and the Lynedoch gas discovery in the newly awarded exploration permit NT/P69.
The Company outlined details of a four-well appraisal program on the Jeruk oil discovery offshore Indonesia which will commence early in 2006.
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SYDNEY GAS

ASX Grants Suspension

Sydney Gas announced today it requested and the ASX has granted a suspension in trading of the Company’s securities until 10.00 am on 12 December 2005. The purpose of the extension is to allow the Company to progress its inquiries regarding the ownership of, and arrangements concerning the exercise of rights affecting, a substantial number of shares in the Company.

Sydney Gas directors became aware of the issues concerning the control of these shares in the period leading up to and at it’s annual general meeting held last Friday 25 November 2005. In particular, the directors have taken account of the granting of proxies and appointments of corporate representatives for that meeting, the voting patterns of certain proxy holders and corporate representatives at that meeting, certain transactions involving the shares in the Company, certain responses to previous notices given by the Company under section 672A of the Corporations Act and information obtained through conversations with a number of parties which involved officers of the Company.

The information which Sydney Gas has obtained indicates that shareholders may be acting in concert, there appear to be shareholders who have failed to lodge substantial shareholding notices, the 20% takeover threshold may have been breached and there could be an undisclosed block shareholding capable of controlling the company. Accordingly, this information indicates to Sydney Gas that the market for shares in the company’s securities appears to be materially uninformed concerning arrangements affecting up to 35% of the company’s voting shares. Nonetheless the information the company has is not sufficiently certain or definite to make it appropriate for it to be subject of a release to the market. The purpose of the Company’s enquiries is to ensure both that the market is fully informed and that the Corporations Act has been complied with....... - Web Site

SYDNEY GAS

Final Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

SUNSHINE GAS

Awarded ATP769P - Web Site

SCIMITAR RESOURCES

Results of Meeting - Web Site

SOUTHERN PACIFIC

Notice to Shareholders - Web Site

SANTOS

Appendix 3B - Web Site

STUART PETROLEUM

Drilling Report: Harry #1 PEL96 SA - Web Site

STRIKE OIL

Chairman's Address to Shareholders/Presentation - Web Site

TANTALUM AUSTRALIA

Results of Meeting

TAP OIL

Kultarr-1 Discovers Gas - Web Site

TASMAN RESOURCES

Media Release - Tasman starts drilling SA Gold Project - Web Site

TRAKA RESOURCES

Results of Meeting - Web Site

TRITTON RESOURCES

Resolutions passed at AGM - Web Site

TRITTON RESOURCES

Managing Director AGM Presentation - Web Site

TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA

Zinifex-Terramin in drill start on lead zinc project - Web Site

UNION RESOURCES

Initial Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

UNIVERSAL RESOURCES

Final Director's Interest Notice - Web Site

UNIVERSAL RESOURCES

ASX Announcement re Results of AGM - Web Site

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