OceanaGold Corporation appoints Ms. Linda Broughton as Non-Executive Director to the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Ms. Broughton is a Canadian citizen based in Vancouver with over 35 years' experience in both corporate and operations roles in a variety of environmental and mining related fields throughout North and South America. She has specialized in environmental geochemistry, water and tailings management, mine reclamation and closure, as well as risk management.

Most recently, Ms. Broughton was the VP Technical Services for Alexco Resource Corp., responsible for the reclamation of an historical mining district in northern Canada. She was also previously VP Projects at Alexco, responsible for managing mine development and mine closure projects through design, permitting and implementation. Prior to that, she held various senior environmental and engineering roles with BHP Closed Sites, BHP Base Metals, SRK (UK and Canada), Compañia Minera Antamina Peru, as well as various independent consulting roles.

She participates in industry organizations as a corporate representative and is on independent technical review boards. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Mining Engineering) from Queen's University and a Master of Applied Science from the University of British Columbia. Ms. Broughton will be included in the Company's Information Circular for the upcoming Annual General and Special Meeting scheduled for release next month.