THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is further streamlining the processing of mining permits this year with the full digitalization of exploration permit (EP) and Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) processes, Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga said.
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources is further streamlining the processing of mining permits this year with the full digitalization of exploration permit and Mineral Production Sharing Agreement processes, Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga said.
“In the past year alone, the country has generated a total of P160 billion in the production of copper, gold, and nickel. Recently, Oceana Gold turned over to DENR the government share of more than one billion pesos as part of its FTAA agreement,” she said. “For the period 2020-2022, a total of 34 EPs and MPSAs have been released. For the same length of time during this administration, we’ve increased the processing and release of EPs and MPSAs by 29 percent. This includes the MPSA of a gold mine and an aggregates project in the north, and a nickel mine in the Visayas as well as EPs for nickel and gold exploration in other parts of Luzon,” she said.
Nevertheless, Yulo-Loyzaga said the streamlining of mining permits would not exclude the deeper evaluation of the impacts of resource exploration and development on livelihoods and communities, ecosystem services, cultural identities, and historically significant natural systems and built heritage. “Leading nations like the United States, Canada, Australia, China, the United Kingdom, and the EU have shown interest in collaborating with the Philippines for mining opportunities, most particularly in the nickel sector,” she said.
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