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==MGB shelves 51 mining applications in Region 12== | |||
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=380297 | |||
*October 19, 2011, 5:50 pm | |||
:by (PNA) | |||
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GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Oct. 19 (PNA) -– Fifty-one mining applications have been rejected in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao in line with the government’s “use it or lose it” policy to revive the mining industry, officials said. | |||
Constancio Paye Jr., Mines and Geosciences Bureau regional director, said there was a total of 69 mining applications that were reviewed across the region in line with the policy that aims to give serious investors the chance to utilize prospective mineralized zones. | |||
While the regional MGB office rejected 51 applications, it endorsed to the main office 18 others for possible approval. | |||
“We denied their applications for failure to submit the necessary requirements, mainly the FPIC [Free and Prior Informed Consent] from the tribal communities despite repeated reminders,” Paye said | |||
An FPIC is a document where indigenous peoples give their consent for companies to operate in their ancestral lands. | |||
Paye noted the disqualified mining companies are mostly based in Metro Manila and without any foreign backing. | |||
Based on the regional MGB records, these companies have land applications ranging from 637 to 16,535 hectares in the different parts of Central Mindanao, a region covering the provinces of South Cotabato, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Sarangani. | |||
Hernani Abdon, MGB Region licensing and records division chief, said the purged mining companies have pending applications since 2008 and earlier. | |||
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje earlier directed the field offices to conduct a crackdown to cleanse non-moving mining applications as part of the government’s thrust to reform the mining sector. | |||
MGB records earlier showed that there were at least 2,180 pending mining applications filed in various MGB regional offices. | |||
Region 12 hosts the largest known undeveloped copper gold resources in Southeast Asia, a project pursued by Sagittarius Mines, Inc, which is controlled by Xstrata Copper, the world’s fourth largest copper producer. | |||
Discovered in 1992, the Tampakan copper-gold deposit is a 2.4 billion ton mineral resource when measured at a 0.3 percent copper cut-off grade. It is estimated to contain 13.9 million tons of copper and 16.2 million ounces of gold, with potential for growth. | |||
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To prevent more people from being ill, Kudarat said the villagers had been advised to boil water for 10 minutes before drinking it to make sure that water-borne bacteria are killed. | To prevent more people from being ill, Kudarat said the villagers had been advised to boil water for 10 minutes before drinking it to make sure that water-borne bacteria are killed. | ||
A cleanliness drive was also ongoing, he said. | A cleanliness drive was also ongoing, he said. | ||
==GenSan allots P52.8-M for construction of gabion dikes== | ==GenSan allots P52.8-M for construction of gabion dikes== | ||