Allied Gold Limited (Allied Gold) is a Australia-based company. The principal activities of the Company were the mining and processing of gold, and exploration of gold. The Company’s activities mainly involved Allied Gold’s wholly owned Simberi Gold Oxide Project, located in offshore Papua New Guinea. The Simberi Mining Joint Venture owns ML136 covering the eastern portion of Simberi Island, the northern island of the Tabar group, off New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. The Tabar Exploration Joint Venture owns EL609, which covers all of Tatau and Tabar Islands, as well as the ground on Simberi Island not covered by ML136. The Company operates in two business segments: mining and processing, and mineral exploration. In November 2009, the Company announced the acquisition of Australian Solomons Gold Limited (ASG).