MGB boosts IEC campaign

To inform the people on the recent issues and development of mining activities per province, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office No. II spearheaded Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign per province as part of its communication plan for year 2016.

The IEC campaign was spearheaded by Regional Director Mario A. Ancheta as head of the IEC team of the bureau.

The Bureau presented before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) during their regular session.

The team presented to SP Isabela on September 26, 2016; Quirino on September 27, 2016; Nueva Vizcaya on October 3 and 11, 2016; and Cagayanon December 3 and 15, 2016.

For the presentation in SP Nueva Vizcaya, the team discussed the mining operations of OceanaGold Philippines Incorporated, FCF Minerals Corporation as well other mining issues in the province.

For SP Isabela, operation of Geogen Corporation and Golden summit were tackled during the session.

The allocation of Social Development and Management Program (SDMP) of OceanaGold and other taxes were also discussed during the presentation of the team in SP Quirino.

On the other hand, the IEC team informed the board members of Cagayan regarding the status of black sand mining in the province and other quarry activities in Cagayan.