St. Barbara is an Australian based, ASX listed company with development projects in Papua New Guinea and in Nova Scotia, Canada.'Move on Bendigo Mining, St. Barbara acquires 49.53 million shares', Bendigo Advertiser, 13 January 2007. Following the suspension of production at Bendigo Mining and the crash in the share price, St. Barbara 'bought 49.53 million shares at an average price of 34.8c'. 'Market speculation continued yesterday about a possible take-over of Bendigo Mining with some sources saying that a full bid from St. Barbara was likely'. On right hand side of article, a graph showing Australian Gold Producers in 2006 - production in ounces on left hand side of graph. Newcrest, Perseverance & Leviathan, St. Barbara, Equigold, Agincourt, Leviathan, Dominion, Croesus, Perseverance, Intrepid and Troy companies are shown.bendigo mining n.l., bendigo, mining, gold, swan decline, shareholders, st. barbara, newcrest, perseverance & leviathan, equigold, agincourt, leviathan, dominion, croesus, perseverance, intrepid and troy