Since the last exploration update on November 8, 2017, the company has drilled 100 drill holes for a combined 26,149m at Haile using four surface diamond drills. Resource infill and extension drilling has targeted low-cost reserve growth areas in and around the Ledbetter, Mustang, Mill Zone, Snake, Red Hill, and Haile deposits.

OceanaGold reported several intercepts of note, including strong mineralisation within, or next to current pit designs. These intercepts included 46.6m grading 4.94 grams per tonne gold between Ledbetter and Snake; 32.3m grading 10.14gpt at the Mill Zone; 77.7m grading 4.04gpt at the upper Ledbetter target; 21.3m grading 4.51gpt at Red Hill; and 45.1m grading 1.17gpt between the Mill Zone and Mustang.

"These results demonstrate the potential fo...