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Gold panning along the country's streams has now been legalised provided the panners obtain the necessary permits and deposit their gold with the Reserve Bank or its agents. The panners are also required to rehabilitate their operations by backfilling. The move, which is aimed at controlling illegal panning while at the same time preserving the
Published July 12, 2021, 2:41 PM
The government has declared two Minahang Bayan (MB) areas in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) covering a combined mining area of 50 hectares.
In two separate announcements, Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in CAR said that the Provincial Mining and Regulatory Board of Abra (PMRB-Abra) recently declared the first-ever MB area in Abra almost four years since its application with the government was lodged.
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A month prior to this, PMRB of Benguet Province also signed a resolution declaring an MB in Tuba, Benguet.
An MB is an area in the Philippines where small-scale mining (SSM) operations can legally operate.