Oxiana Limited was an Australian copper and gold miner and exploration company.

History

Oxiana was founded in 1932 as Golden Plateau and listed on the

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. In the early 1980s, the company shifted its focus from gold mining to gold exploration. In 1995, Golden Plateau was renamed Oxiana Resources and in 2003 to Oxiana Limited. The company's operations were located in Laos, Australia, Cyprus and the Philippines. It was focused on the operation and development of the Sepon copper and gold project in South East Laos, the Golden Grove Mine in

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and development of the Prominent Hill copper/gold deposit in

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. In June 2005, Oxiana purchased the Golden Grove Mine from

Newmont Newmont Corporation is a gold mining company based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States. It is the world's largest gold mining corporation. Incorporated in 1921, it owns gold mines in Nevada, Colorado, Ontario, Quebec, Mexico, the Domin ...

.Oxiana to Acquire Golden Grove Base and Precious Metal Operation
Oxiana 24 June 2005 In February 2007 Oxiana launched a friendly takeover bid for Agincourt, this bid was accepted in April. Oxiana acquired through this the

Wiluna Gold Mine The Wiluna Gold Mine is an active gold mine in Western Australia near the town of Wiluna. The mine was active from 1984 until its closure in 2007 when it was put into care and maintenance, and again from late 2008 to June 2013 when the owners, ...

, the energy company Nova with its uranium rights at Wiluna and the Martabe Gold Project in

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. Oxiana sold the Wiluna Gold Mine in July 2007 to Apex Minerals. In March 2008, Oxiana and

Zinifex Zinifex was an Australian company that operated lead and zinc mines, refineries and a lead smelter. It was established in April 2004, when the assets of Pasminco were spun-off. In 2008 it merged with Oxiana to form OZ Minerals. History In ...

announced they intended to merge. The merger took effect on 20 June 2008 with a rebrand to OZ Minerals on 18 July 2008.Vote ushers in the beginning of OZ Minerals
OZ Minerals 22 July 2008

References

Companies based in Melbourne Companies formerly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Defunct mining companies of Australia Gold mining companies of Australia 1932 establishments in Australia 2008 disestablishments in Australia {{Australia-company-stub