2012.11.23 Sabah forces profile Mindanao armed group. The country's gold trade has become notorious because gold has been missing from the Philippines for more than a year now —an open secret that has
Read More2022.5.2 Mt. Canatuan Gold Mine on Subanon Ancestral Lands, Western Mindanao, Philippines. Last update: 2022-05-02. AR. TR. ES. FR. CN. IT. Sacred lands and Philippines’ corporate gold rush: the Subanon indigenous oppose the destruction of their sacred Mountain Canatuan by the Canadian mining company TVI Pacific Inc. Description of the
Read More2021.10.31 The open-pit King-King Copper-Gold Project operated by Nadecor and St. Augustine in Pantukan threatens the rich biodiversity of Southern Mindanao. The environmental group Panalipdan-SMR cited the 2013 NI 43-101-compliant Technical Report and Preliminary Feasibility Study of M3 Engineering Technology (M3ENG), which
Read More2023.8.4 Camp at Tampakan copper-gold project on Mindanao Island, southern Philippines. ( Image: Sagittarius Mines.) The Philippines’ biggest mining project, the Tampakan copper-gold site in...
Read More2022.5.2 Illegal gold mining and killing of anti-mining indigenous leaders, Mindanao, Philippines. Last update: 2022-05-02. FR. AR. IT. ES. CN. TR.
Read More2024.2.21 A Feb. 6 landslide in a gold mining village in the Philippines’ southern island of Mindanao claimed nearly 100 lives and buried about 55 houses and a government office.
Read More2020.12.1 The Masara Gold District in southeastern Mindanao island is an area of prolific hydrothermal copper and gold mineralization. This study documents the mineralization characteristics of the NW-trending Bonanza-Sandy epithermal veins to constrain possible hydrothermal fluid sources and ore-forming mechanisms.
Read MoreThe Boyongan and Bayugo copper-gold porphyry deposits are located in the Surigao Mineral District at the north-eastern tip of Mindanao Island in the Philippines, approximately 750 km southeast of Manila. The deposits, occurring in one intrusive complex, are the two major assets of Silangan Mindanao Mining Co. Inc. (“SMMCI”), a subsidiary of ...
Read MoreCHICO-NAZARIO, J.: This resolves the motion for reconsideration dated 12 July 2006, filed by Southeast Mindanao Gold Mining Corporation (SEM), of this Court's Decision dated 23 June 2006 (Assailed Decision). The Assailed Decision held that the assignment of Exploration Permit (EP) 133 in favor of SEM violated one of the conditions stipulated in ...
Read More2023.8.4 The Philippines' biggest mining project, the Tampakan copper-gold site in Mindanao, may begin commercial operations in the last quarter of 2026 at the earliest, project developer Sagittarius Mines ...
Read More2021.10.31 Augustine Copper-Gold Ltd (SAGCL), based in Spokane, Washington, USA, is managing the technical aspects of the project, which, if approved, would lead to the displacement of the local tribal populations. The King-king tenement is the second largest copper and gold deposit in the Philippines. In Spring 2016 NADECOR, in partnership
Read More2006.10.1 The small-scale gold mining activities using mercury began in the late 1980s in Sibutad, Western Mindanao. It is located very near the Murcielagos Bay with tailing ponds directly discharging into bodies of water. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the health and environmental effects of gold mining activities on the community.
Read More2012.11.23 According to the World Gold Council, the Philippines is among the top 20 gold producers in the world, sitting at number 17 as of 2010. Gold is the king of Philippine metals, accounting for about 55 percent of the country’s total mineral output. Of this volume, over 60% comes from small-scale mining, MGB said.
Read More2024.2.12 New Delhi: A gold-mining village in the southern Philippines was hit by a landslide as the death count rose to 68 on Monday, news agency AFP reported officials as saying while stating that rescue teams are losing hope of finding any more survivors. The landslide, which struck the mountainous terrain of Mindanao island last Tuesday, has
Read More2020.12.1 The Philippines hosts world-class epithermal lode gold deposits found throughout the archipelago (Mitchell and Leach, 1991, Malihan et al., 2015).The majority of gold endowment in the Philippines has been produced from five major gold districts, including Baguio-Mankayan in northern Luzon, Paracale and Masbate in Bicol, and
Read More2023.8.7 The Tampakan copper-gold project in Mindanao is expected to start commercial operations by 2026. The mine site covers an area of about 10,000 hectares located between the towns of Tampakan, South Cotabato and Kiblawan, Davao del Sur in southern Mindanao. (Photo courtesy of Sagittarius Mines Inc.)
Read More2017.7.1 The horsetail feature of the Philippine Fault Zone in its southernmost terminus is consistent with its active character. The Masara epithermal gold – silver mine, operated by Apex Mining Company Inc., is located in the community of Masara, Municipality of Maco, Compostela Valley Province in the southern region of eastern Mindanao (Fig. 1).
Read More2024.2.7 3mo. R escuers are battling to find dozens of people missing after a landslide buried buses and houses in a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines. The landslide, triggered by heavy rains ...
Read More2022.2.28 TAMPAKAN, Philippines — For nearly a decade, Nora Sukal was the public face of Indigenous opposition to the Tampakan project, a planned gold and copper mine on Blaan tribal land in Mindanao in ...
Read MoreThe Tampakan mine would be the largest in the Philippines and among the largest copper mines in the world. "SMI has invested around PHP31 billion in developing the Tampakan copper-gold project and provided (even if not operating) PHP2.582 billion in national taxes, PHP38.780 million in local taxes and PHP1.4 billion in community and social ...
Read More2010.11.15 FIRST DIVISION. G.R. No. 135190 April 3, 2002. SOUTHEAST MINDANAO GOLD MINING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. BALITE PORTAL MINING COOPERATIVE and others similarly situated; and THE HONORABLE ANTONIO CERILLES, in his capacity as Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural
Read More2024.3.16 34_Apex Mining v. Southeast Mindanao Gold Mining Corp. - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .docx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This document summarizes a Supreme Court of the Philippines case involving multiple mining companies and cooperatives disputing mineral rights over an area in Davao del
Read More2022.5.18 Print. MINDANAO, Philippines – Legislators in the southern Philippine province of South Cotabato moved this week to overturn a 12-year-old provincial ban on open-pit mining that has for years ...
Read More2 天之前 Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) ASGM is a collective term embracing both small scale and artisanal mining. It covers formal or informal mining which is characterised by low capital intensity and high labour intensity and relatively simple methods for exploration, extraction, and processing. ASGM can involve men and women working
Read More2022.5.2 The conflict centred on the attempts of the SANMATRIDA organization, supported by paramilitary groups, to achieve representative status of the local indigenous groups in order to obtain a 52,000ha ancestral land domain .The aim to achieve the ancestral land certificate was to gain control over the area and to invite mining investors
Read MoreLocation: Central Eastern Mindanao. Size: 122 km2 of tenements. Strike length: Ore body strike length 2.10 km. ... The Company's flagship project is the Co-O Gold Mine which has been continuously producing gold for well over a decade. Apr 24, 2024. March 2023 Quarterly Report ...
Read More3.3.4 Mining Taxes and Other Tax Related Issues. As shown in Table 7, 19.75% of Gango’s respondents pay taxes with an average of 5% tax rate. There is a big difference on the payment of taxes between Gango and the other mining sites where only 0.8% or almost 1% of the population of the four mining sites pays taxes.
Read MoreThis case study on prospective copper-gold mining in Mindanao is one of thirteen case studies in the book "The Open Cut: Mining, Transnational Corporations and Local Populations" (2016) that deals with the increase in social conflicts in settings where large-scale mining is happening or about to happen. It looks at the case of Tampakan, where ...
Read More2022.5.2 Inc., on October 23, 1996 [1]. TVI Resource Development Phil. Inc., which is further involved in other mining projects in Mindanao, such as the Balabag mine [6], is a subsidiary of Canadian TVI Pacific. Inc. Among other shareholders is the Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corporation [7] . The Canatuan mine was the first mine
Read MoreThis changed in 1968 when small-scale mining above and below the surface kicked off with some gold diggers from the nearby island of Mindanao discovering gold right at Pinut-an’s beach. Observing the temporary settlers shovelling pebbles onto a sluice box with its carpet catching tiny nuggets, the locals were soon to imitate the process and ...
Read More2024.3.15 1) The case involved a dispute over mining rights in the Diwalwal gold rush area between Southeast Mindanao Gold Mining Corporation (SEM) and small-scale miners. SEM claimed rights under Exploration Permit 133 while the miners asserted the permit had expired. 2) The DENR Secretary issued Memorandum Order 97-03 directing DENR
Read MoreFeb 07, 2024, 09:28 AM. MANILA - At least seven people were killed and 31 injured when a rain-induced landslide hit a gold-mining village in a mountainous region of the southern Philippines ...
Read More2013.10.24 2. Apex Mining Co., Inc., Vs. Southeast Mindanao Gold Mining Corp. - Free download as Word Doc (.doc), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The case involves the "diwalwal Gold Rush area," a rich tract of mineral landlocated inside the Agusan-Davao-Surigao Forest Reserve in Davao del Norte and Davao Oriental.
Read More2015.6.23 These two consolidated cases involve the "Diwalwal Gold Rush Area" in Mt. Diwata, Mindanao that has beenembroiled in controversies since the mid-1980’s.1 The instant controversy focuses on the 729-hectare portion excluded from respondent Southeast Mindanao Gold Mining Corporation’s Mineral Production Sharing Agreement application,
Read More2024.2.8 MANILA: At least seven people were killed and 31 injured when a rain-induced landslide hit a gold-mining village in a mountainous region of the southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday (Feb 7).
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