OceanaGold Corporation announced the appointment of Paul Biddy as Chief Executive Officer for the company, replacing Steve Orr, who left the company in June 2009. With this appointment, Marcus Engelbrecht ceased in the role of Interim CEO to continue his duties as CFO and Jim Askew reverted to his position as Non-Executive Chairman from the position of Executive Chair.

OceanaGold Corporation announced the appointment of Paul Bibby as Chief Executive Officer, commencing immediately. Paul is a metallurgist with broad international operations and business development experience across many commodities, with leadership roles in recent years at Capral, Zinifex and most recently, as London based Chief Development Officer with Nyrstar, which was created through the IPO of Zinifex's smelting operations. Prior to this, he had some 23 years at Rio Tinto in a broad range of operating and business development roles. Paul is Australian and based in Melbourne. With this appointment, Marcus Engelbrecht will cease the role of Interim CEO and continue his duties of CFO. Additionally, Jim Askew will revert from his position of Executive Chair to Non-Executive Chairman of OceanaGold.

OceanaGold Corporation reported audited consolidated earnings results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009. For the quarter, the company reported earnings after income tax and before gain of CAD 1,859,000 on gold sales of CAD 59,928,000 against earnings after income tax and before gain of CAD 2,806,000 on gold sales of CAD 54,038,000 reported a year ago. Earnings before income tax and gains were CAD 2,288,000 against CAD 2,748,000 a year ago. EBITDA was CAD 24,425,000 against CAD 18,991,000 a year ago. Cash flow from operating activities was CAD 21,647,000 against CAD 20,399,000 a year ago. Net earnings were CAD 13,800,000 or CAD 0.07 per diluted share against net loss of CAD 10,905,000 or CAD 0.07 per diluted share reported a year ago. For the nine months period, the company reported earnings after income tax and before gain of CAD 17,894,000 on gold sales of CAD 170,208,000 against loss after income tax and before gain of CAD 5,462,000 on gold sales of CAD 169,369,000 reported a year ago. Earnings before income tax and gains were CAD 20,227,000 against loss before tax and gains of CAD 10,025,000 a year ago. EBITDA was CAD 77,941,000 against CAD 41,812,000 a year ago. Cash flow from operating activities was CAD 65,008,000 against CAD 27,807,000 a year ago. Net earnings were CAD 62,968,000 or CAD 0.33 per diluted share against net loss of CAD 41,309,000 or CAD 0.26 per diluted share reported a year ago.