OceanaGold Q4 Earnings Call Highlights

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• The company will double the number of rigs operating at Wharekirauponga following New Zealand government approval

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• 2025 cash costs and EBITDA included accounting allocations related to capitalized sustaining waste stripping at Haile and Macraes, translating to about a $70 per ounce increase in cash costs for the year, without affecting AISC or free cash flow

  80% confidence

• Waihi exceeded production guidance and met AISC guidance for 2025

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• The board approved a tripling of the quarterly dividend and a doubling of the share buyback for 2026, resulting in up to $432 million of total shareholder returns—an increase of 112% year-over-year

  80% confidence

• Front-end engineering is commencing now and development would take about two years, starting sometime next year, with first development ore toward the back end of 2029 and sustainable ore production from 2030 onward

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• The company's M&A strategy has not changed and inorganic opportunities remain an option, though not a priority focus

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• An updated technical report is scheduled for release at the end of March and will outline mining the next phase of Ledbetter from underground, which improves margins and overall net present value

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• The company ended the period in its strongest net cash position to date, with zero debt and cash of $477 million, up 42% from the prior quarter

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• The company recorded record average realized gold price of just over $4,200 per ounce in Q4

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• The mine plan is expected to produce above 200,000 ounces per year from 2026 through 2031

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• OceanaGold set annual records for EBITDA, EBITDA margins, net profit, earnings per share, operating cash flow, and free cash flow

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• Adjusted EPS included roughly a $0.26 per share impact from share-based compensation in Q4

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• An illustrative slide assumes a $4,700 gold price and implies about a 40% payout ratio using guidance midpoints and a reasonable gold price assumption

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• Investments in mine resilience, including underground pumping infrastructure, helped keep operations running through extreme weather events at Didipio

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• Updated technical report for Macraes expected at the end of March is slated to show a five-year mine life extension to 2032 using a $2,200 gold price assumption

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• Macraes produced 56,000 ounces in Q4, aided by access to higher-grade open-pit ore following waste stripping at Innes Mills earlier in 2025

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• Haile produced 56,000 ounces in Q4, its planned highest quarter of 2025

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• Using the midpoint of guidance, the company expects to produce 12% more gold than in 2025 at a 7% lower AISC

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• Haile's unit costs are expected to decline 25% year-over-year

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• Didipio met production guidance and in Q4 produced approximately 24,000 ounces of gold and 3,200 tons of copper

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• Record free cash flow of $259 million exceeded the company's total free cash flow generated in all of 2024

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• The first half of 2026 will focus on resource-to-reserve conversion at Wharekirauponga, with a plan for more than 30 drill holes targeting 300,000 ounces of reserves

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• Full-year AISC at Didipio came in around the top end of the guided range

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• The cash increase came despite more than $100 million returned to shareholders in Q4 through dividends and buybacks

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• Q4 represented the strongest production quarter of the year, with increased production from all four operating sites

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• The company could consider increasing the buyback if operating performance and gold prices allow, similar to 2025

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• OceanaGold safely delivered 2025 guidance for production, all-in sustaining costs (AISC), and capital

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• The growth in 2026 production is driven primarily by Haile, where guidance reflects a 35% increase in output

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• Horseshoe Underground decline advance is a full year ahead of mine sequence

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• All four sites increased production in Q4 and each met its production guidance for the year

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