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OceanaGold Corporation (”OceanaGold” - TSX, ASX and NZX codes “OGC”) plans significant gold production growth through new projects to add to production from its flagship Macraes Gold Mine in New Zealand. Can you explain your corporate growth strategy?
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Gold miner OceanaGold is looking for further acquisitions in Australasia, where the company believes gold projects are undervalued.
OceanaGold is using its three New Zealand gold mines - Macraes mine and the neighbouring Frasers underground mine near Dunedin, and Reefton - producing about 300,000 ounces a year as its foundation to expand in the region.
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OceanaGold Corporation (”OceanaGold” or “the Company”) is pleased to report its Third Quarter Activity Report for the quarter ended 30 September 2007, in accordance with Australian Stock Exchange (”ASX”) Listing Rule 5.1.
The third quarter and year-to-date results which include a full management discussion and analysis (MD&A) and quarterly financial statements, will be released on Wednesday […]

UST under two years ago the Philippines Government was keen to spread the message that it wanted a slice of the resources boom and it was open for business on the mining front.
Not known for its resources exports, the nation is right on the doorstep of China and one of the best-mineralised nations in the […]

AID agency Oxfam and locally listed OceanaGold have renewed hostilities over the $174 million Didipio gold project in the Philippines.
In a report to be released today, Oxfam claims Oceana used strongarm tactics to pressure local communities to accept the mine, now under development. Claiming five years of “investigative work” went into the report, Oxfam says […]

OceanaGold Corporation Ltd has rejected claims made by Oxfam Australia that it pressured Filipino villagers to accept a proposed gold and copper mine, and said it is considering “legal redress”.
OceanaGold said it had received a copy of Oxfam’s report on its proposed Didipio Gold and Copper project in the Philippines on Friday.
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DIDIPIO, Philippines, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Mining in the Philippines doesn’t just require hard hats and heavy machinery, it also involves good manners and lots of talking.
Albert Eacott, the safety manager for OceanaGold’s gold and copper project in Didipio valley, around 270 km (168 miles) north of Manila, assiduously waves to workers building an all-weather […]

MANILA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Australian gold miner OceanaGold (OGC.AS: Quote, Profile, Research) expects the Philippines’ mining industry to take off in the next few years as the archipelago’s vast mineral reserves attract more international companies.
Mining investments have been relatively subdued in the Southeast Asian country over the past few years but the president of […]

The Asia Pacific Downunder Conference in Perth today was told that OceanaGold will utilise a training programme for its growing workforce at the Didipio copper-gold mine in the Philippines for a dual purpose - to train a new workforce and fill holes in its workforce in NZ.
OceanaGold’s Vice President NZ Operations, John Kinyon, told Mineweb […]

MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 10 /CNW/ - OceanaGold Corporation today announced that Jose (Joey) P. Leviste Jr. has been appointed Chairman of its wholly-owned subsidiary company in the Philippines, OceanaGold (Philippines), Inc.
Joey has been a Director of the Philippines company since OceanaGold’s merger with Climax Mining in 2006. He was also a Director of the Climax […]