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AID agency Oxfam and locally listed OceanaGold have renewed hostilities over the $174 million Didipio gold project in the Philippines.
In a report to be released today, Oxfam claims Oceana used strongarm tactics to pressure local communities to accept the mine, now under development. Claiming five years of “investigative work” went into the report, Oxfam says […]

OceanaGold Corporation Ltd has rejected claims made by Oxfam Australia that it pressured Filipino villagers to accept a proposed gold and copper mine, and said it is considering “legal redress”.
OceanaGold said it had received a copy of Oxfam’s report on its proposed Didipio Gold and Copper project in the Philippines on Friday.
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From: Inquirer.net
Canadian mining firm Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc. has completed due diligence of its Capcapo Project in the Baguio-Mankayan Gold district, its Philippine partner said.
The Baguio-Mankayan mine is said to have 60 million ounces in historic production and current resources.
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DIDIPIO, Philippines, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Mining in the Philippines doesn’t just require hard hats and heavy machinery, it also involves good manners and lots of talking.
Albert Eacott, the safety manager for OceanaGold’s gold and copper project in Didipio valley, around 270 km (168 miles) north of Manila, assiduously waves to workers building an all-weather […]

KORONADAL CITY–Australian mining firm Indophil Resources NL has officially started acquiring the stakes of a local Filipino company involved in the huge Tampakan copper and gold venture straddling three Mindanao province, the foreign company confirmed.
Last March, Indophil and Alsons Corp., which is held by the Alcantara family, forged an agreement for the latter to yield […]

Capcapo Gold Property is strategically located north of the prolific Baguio-Mankayan Gold District that has combined production, current reserves and resources in excess of 60 million ounces of gold.
Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc. (TSX: OYM) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has completed its due diligence at Capcapo , whereby the company and Philippine […]

MANILA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Australian gold miner OceanaGold (OGC.AS: Quote, Profile, Research) expects the Philippines’ mining industry to take off in the next few years as the archipelago’s vast mineral reserves attract more international companies.
Mining investments have been relatively subdued in the Southeast Asian country over the past few years but the president of […]

Cotton & Western Mining, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CWRM) / International Minerals Mining Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: IMNM) — CWRM issues Letters of Intent to two copper mineral rights holders in the Republic of the Philippines and is hopeful that a copper mineral deposit development and mineral sharing agreement can be reached before the end of year 2007.
World […]

KORONADAL CITY — Australian mining firm Indophil Resources NL has officially started acquiring the stakes of a local Filipino company involved in the huge Tampakan copper and gold venture straddling three Mindanao province, the foreign company confirmed.
Last March, Indophil and Alsons Corp., which is held by the Alcantara family, forged an agreement for the Alsons […]

The Asia Pacific Downunder Conference in Perth today was told that OceanaGold will utilise a training programme for its growing workforce at the Didipio copper-gold mine in the Philippines for a dual purpose - to train a new workforce and fill holes in its workforce in NZ.
OceanaGold’s Vice President NZ Operations, John Kinyon, told Mineweb […]