The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) lauded the lifting of open pit mining ban in South Cotabato saying this will finally pave the way for the development of the Tampakan copper gold project in Mindanao. Based on COMP estimates, the initial 10 years of operation of the Tampakan...
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) was urged to be more transparent when it comes to getting the consent of Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICC) and Indigenous Peoples (IPs) for the $5.9-billion Tampakan gold and copper mine project in South Cotabato. In a phone interview,...
Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI) has secured the green light from the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to extract minerals in ancestral domain areas covered by the Tampakan gold and copper mine project. During an Indigenous Peoples’ (IP) summit, Bae Dalena Samling, chieftain of the...