Hoping Oxiana

Hoping Oxiana... I mean Oxiana is my hope, not that Oxiana is hoping away..

Sorry about the sort of confusing title.. but I do really hope that things are getting better, for my mental health sake. Oxiana (as well as MGX) made up a big proportion on my portfolio, and at the current pace, they're just alright.

This morning Oxiana relesed it's March 2008 Quarterly Report. Not bad report, I would say, and the market seems to react well.

Here's the highlight of the report, I hope things start to pick up from here:

Sepon Copper
  • Record quarterly copper production at Sepon.
  • The Sepon copper expansion is on track for completion at the end of 2009.
  • Significant primary copper Resources are beginning to be delineated.
Sepon Gold
  • Strong gold production of 24,235oz.
  • The oxide gold Resource at Houay Yeng continues to be extended.
Golden Grove
  • Record volumes of ore mined and milled saw record copper production for the quarter.
  • Expansion studies on schedule for open-pit mining of surface gold and copper orebodies in 2009 and expanded underground mining in 2012.
  • Updated Resource modelling increases zinc Resources by 25% to 1.49Mt and copper Resources by 32% to 748,000t.
Prominent Hill
  • Construction and installation work during the quarter progressed well. Mining is ahead of schedule and infrastructure is 58% complete.
  • Delays in delivery of key equipment will see first production in the fourth quarter of 2008.
  • Underground mining scoping studies nearing completion with first expanded production scheduled for 2011.
Martabe
  • Final approvals for Indonesia proceeding on schedule.
  • Preferred EPCM contractor named.
A presentation on this announcement is available on Oxiana's website at http://www.oxiana.com.au/.

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