Kelvin Flynn

Mutiny Gold has promoted non-executive director Alan Brown to non-executive chairman, following the resignation of Frank Lawson from the board of the WA gold explorer.

Special report: A subsidiary of global banking giant Goldman Sachs is backing a local private equity player to develop a freight hub near Bullsbrook, in anticipation of increased freight movements connected with the state government’s Northlink WA project.

James Mactier has been appointed to the board of Regis Resources as a non-executive director. Mr Mactier has a deep knowledge of financial markets, the gold industry and the broader resources landscape both in Australia and abroad.

International petroleum giant BP has become the first investor in Sirona Capital’s Northern Gateway industrial estate in Muchea, signing a $15 million deal to take up 2.5 hectares in the development.

Mineral Resources was coy about its plans after today announcing it has agreed to buy mining tenements, including lithium deposits, and infrastructure at the Wodgina tantalum mine, which is owned by private group Global Advanced Metals.

West Perth-based Sirona Capital has signed a memorandum of understanding with Brookfield Rail to ascertain the viability of a new intermodal freight hub in Bullsbrook.

The Supreme Court has ordered privately owned mining company Global Advanced Metals to open its books to a minority shareholder, despite the shareholder being a competitor, a litigation adversary in the US, and having a chief executive who was found to have carelessly handled confidential information supplied earlier this year.

Our daily board moves wrap includes David Varcoe, Mark Maine, Neville Bassett, David Porter, Marc Ducler, Kelvin Flynn, David Berg, Brendon Morton, Jonathan Downes, Gary Comb, Klaus Eckhof, Michael Montgomery, David Nour, Patrick Burke, Michael Davy, Jurie Wessels, and James Clement.

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Our weekly appointments wrap includes Troy Kirkham, Jane Bennett, Gillon McLachlan, Luke Tonkin, Struan Richards and Cameron Henry.