Authorities to complete the renewal

DESPITE BEING one of the most secure gold mining operations inside the global with latest automatic and digital generation, the Didipio Mine of OceanaGold Philippines Inc. (OGPI) still suffers from zero production from the non-renewal of its contract with the Philippine authorities.

It become in March 2018 while OceanaGold submitted its applications for the renewal of its economic or technical help settlement (FTAA) with the Philippine authorities.

When its FTAA expired on June 20, 2019, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau issued a letter authorizing the Didipio Mine to keep its operations at the same time as the business enterprise endured to work with the authorities to complete the renewal.

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The Didipio Mine of OceanaGold Philippines Inc. That straddles Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya. PIA PHOTO

OGPI’s Didipio Gold and Copper venture is located throughout Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya.

As one of the safest gold mining operations inside the international, OGPI obtained severa awards.

These had been the 2 Presidential Awards recognizing the mine because the most environmentally and socially responsible mining operations inside the Philippines.

Internationally, the employer become additionally presented the first Asean Mineral Award for nice practices in sustainable improvement. Asean is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

David Way, Didipio Mine General Manager, said the mine additionally implements International Organization for Standardization structures for environmental management, occupational fitness and protection and strength control.

“Being a proud member of the UN (United Nations) Global Compact, OGPI practices absolute transparency in its dedication to the popular sustainability principles of human rights, exertions, the surroundings and anti-corruption,” Way said.

“This is so due to the fact sustainability approach incomes the proper to remain a valuable a part of the community for many years to come back,” he added.

Also, OGPI has introduced sizable socioeconomic blessings to the host barangay of Didipio and 10 different neighboring villages in Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino.

“We at once employ 1,500 employees, wherein approximately ninety seven percent are Filipinos, with 59 percentage who hail from local communities,” Way said.

He said the company additionally affords livelihood possibilities and indirect jobs thru partnerships with cooperatives and social improvement organizations. Religious corporations are also grateful for OGPI’s presenting faculty, roads and energy to the network.

“Our major initiative was to contribute to the local financial system through the construction of a P43 million senior excessive school building at Eastern Nueva Vizcaya National High School,” Way introduced.

A report presented to the Philippine Mining and Exploration Association showed that OGPI has generated over 3,000 jobs as part of its monetary contribution to the united states of america.

The document added that 119 kilometer of roads have been improved and evolved, 201 students graduated for the reason that 2007, eleven mining engineers produced and 114 nearby citizens educated to end up globally aggressive underground mine workers. The corporation also established a community-owned company that gives a mess of offerings to OGPI whilst financially and technically supporting 13 agricultural cooperatives.