OceanaGold Corporation has appointed Jose (Joey) P Leviste Jr as chairman of its subsidiary company in the Philippines, OceanaGold (Philippines).

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 Mining predecessor Filipino subsidiary. He is well known in the Philippines business community, having consistently been named by BizNews Asia Magazine as one of the 'most powerful 100' people in the Philippines.

He is the Philippine Resident Representative of the Australia-Philippine Business Council and in 2005 was appointed as a Commissioner to the Consultative Commission tasked with advising the Philippines' President on the changes needed to the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines.

OceanaGold's chief executive officer Stephen Orr says: "Joey's leadership and attention to community, environment and sustainability will be an important driving force for OceanaGold as we develop Didipio and continue to grow our business in the Philippines."

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