Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis “LRay” Villafuerte has thrown his support behind the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) plan to legalize more Minahang Bayan (MB) areas.
Photo from Mines and Geosciences Bureau
The MBs are zones wherein small-scale mining (SSM) operatio
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has identified nine million hectares of potential mining areas in the country as it vowed to boost the mining industry amid the country's continuous economic setbacks that started during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lawyer Jonathan Leones, DENR