NCIP issues permission for gold, copper extraction in South Cotabato community

The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, or NCIP, issued on September 19 a “Certification Precondition,” or CP, to the Sagittarius Mining Inc., or SMI, the developer of the Tampakan project in the borders of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Davao del Sur. READ MORE

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OP restores ECC for $5.9-B Tampakan project

Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Director Wilfredo Moncano said that OP already restored the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) of the $5.9-billion Tampakan copper-gold mining project of Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI), which could become one of the largest copper mines in the world. READ MORE