1 / 6

REPORT OF THE MINING GROUP

REPORT OF THE MINING GROUP. Mines and Geosciences Bureau Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Highlights of the LGU Forum. Mining Sector Briefer presented by Mr. Benjamin Phillip Romualdez – President of Chamber of Mines of the Philippines Contents of briefer:

meda
Download Presentation

REPORT OF THE MINING GROUP

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. REPORT OF THE MINING GROUP Mines and Geosciences Bureau Department of Environment and Natural Resources

  2. Highlights of the LGU Forum • Mining Sector Briefer presented by Mr. Benjamin Phillip Romualdez – President of Chamber of Mines of the Philippines • Contents of briefer: • Country’s mineral wealth • Executive Order No. 270 • Priority Development Projects • Global Competitive Index of the Philippines – based on the Fraser institute Survey

  3. Mining Break-Out Session • DENR Secretary Jose L. Atienza, Jr. was present but had to leave to attend budget hearing in Congress • Undersecretary Ramon JP Paje chaired the session • LGU Officials included: • Governor of Marinduque (Gov. Carreon) • PENRO of Bulacan • Provincial Board Member of Compostela Valley • Representative from Province of Zambales • Representative from

  4. Issues Raised • Unexplained use of guarantee funds regarding the reported expenditure of US$15 Million for the Marcopper Incident • Fast-tracking of approval of mining tenement applications without following the required consultations with the LGUs • Concern regarding the approval of the Exploration Permit of Philco without first securing the endorsement of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan • Small-scale mining vis-a vis large scale mining

  5. Other Discussions • Action Plan re: Remittance to LGUs of their share of mining excise taxes • Monthly newsletter of the Leagues of Provinces clarifying mining laws, rules and regulations • Requesting mining companies to pay their business taxes in the municipality where their operations exist

  6. AGREEMENTS • Proposed Action Plan ratified by the participants • Suggested to include additional action plans: • Strictly implement permitting requirements and processes • Conduct consultations among the DENR-MGB and the LPP and LCP on the rational implementation of small-scale mining laws based on socio-economic considerations and the allocation of areas for small-scale mining

More Related