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From: globeinvestor.com
MANILA (Reuters) - Burglars ransacked the offices of a Canadian-run gold mine on the troubled southern Philippine island of Mindanao earlier this week and stole the payroll for local staff, police said on Thursday.
Superintendent Jose Bayani Gucela, police spokesman in the Western Mindanao region, said about 1.1 million pesos ($26,378) in cash was taken […]

From: Inquirer.net
By Melvin Gascon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
KASIBU, NUEVA VIZCAYA – Tribal residents of this upland town have expressed disgust over the rapid loss of their rice lands amid the ongoing land-clearing operations by Australian mining firm OceanaGold Philippines Inc.
Officials of Didipio village here fear a possible shortage of locally produced rice and other farm products as […]

From: smh.com.au
A development charity has called on the mining industry and federal parliament to establish an independent complaints mechanism to resolve disputes between overseas communities and Australian miners.
The call by Oxfam Australia follows the shooting of a Philippines villager by a security contractor employed by Melbourne-headquartered OceanaGold Corporation.
Oxfam said the villager’s home was being demolished […]

From: Inquirer.net
By Ronnel Domingo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Australian firm CGA Mining Ltd. said its management and those of its partners Filminera Resources Corp. and Philippine Gold Processing and Refining Corp. had engaged Leighton Contractors for work that would lead to the start of open pit mining in Masbate province, south of Manila.
CGA Mining said in a […]

From: Inquirer.net
By Ronnel Domingo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Canadian firm Mindoro Resources Ltd. said last week it was taking steps closer to on-site processing of nickel ores in its Agata project in Surigao mining district.
At the same time, the company said in a statement its direct shipping ore (DSO) operation in the Agata North project was expanded, […]

From: abnnewswire.net
Sydney, Mar 27, 2008 (ABN Newswire) - Leighton Asia, a subsidiary of Leighton Holdings, has secured three new projects worth $US300 million in Hong Kong and the Philippines.
In a joint venture with China State Construction Engineering, Leighton Asia was awarded a US$80 million contract for the construction of an aircraft maintenance hangar at […]

From: theage.com.au
A SECURITY guard working for an Australian mining company in the Philippines is likely to face charges over the shooting of an unarmed villager trying to stop the demolition of houses on a mine site.
Senior Filipino police detective Crisanto Jasmin told The Age the guard, working for Melbourne company OceanaGold, shot and injured Emilio […]

From: Reuters.com
MANILA, March 27 (Reuters) - Burglars ransacked the offices of a Canadian-run gold mine on the troubled southern Philippine island of Mindanao earlier this week and stole the payroll for local staff, police said on Thursday.
Superintendent Jose Bayani Gucela, police spokesman in the Western Mindanao region, said about 1.1 million pesos ($26,378) in cash […]

From: foxbusiness.com
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PERTH, Western Australia, Mar 27, 2008 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) — MINING CONTRACT FOR THE MASBATE GOLD PROJECT AWARDED TO LEIGHTON
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The Boards of CGA Mining Limited, Filminera Resources Corporation (”FRC”) and Phil. Gold Processing and Refining Corp. are pleased to announce that they have executed a 6 year mining contract with Leighton […]

From: Marketwire.com
EDMONTON, ALBERTA–(Marketwire - March 26, 2008) - Mindoro Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MIO)(FRANKFURT:OLM) is pleased to announce the following additions to the management team of its Philippine operating subsidiary, MRL Gold Phils. Inc.
Alan Buenavista has been appointed to the position of Exploration Manager. Alan is a well known and accomplished geologist with 25 years of […]