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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – An Australian-owned mining firm has resumed the rehabilitation of a 22-kilometer road linking villages along the remote mountain boundary between Quirino and this landlocked province.
OceanaGold Philippines Inc. said the road project, together with other development projects such as water systems and agriculture-related ventures, is part of its corporate social responsibility […]

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 4 (PIA)—OceanaGold Philippines, Inc.(OGPI) an Australian mining firm in Kasibu town here recently joined President Benigno Simeon Aquino’s National Greening Program(NGP).
OGPI, holder of a Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) for its gold and copper project in barangay Didipio in Kasibu town was the first private company in Cagayan Valley region […]

IF ANYONE wants to have a glimpse of how rich Nueva Vizcaya is in mineral resources, consider this: It is host to two of the only six large-scale mining projects in the country that have been given the green light by the government to start mineral extraction.
The Didipio gold-copper project and the Runruno gold-molybdenum project, […]

BAYOMBONG, NUEVA VIZCAYA, Philippines Officials of an Australian mining company took the hot seat before the provincial board here on Jan. 7, and were thrown questions on issues that had hounded other foreign companies that tried to conduct large-scale mining activities in the mountains of Nueva Vizcaya.
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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – Amid the legal battles it is facing with the provincial government, the Australian contractor of the controversial Didipio Gold-Copper Project here said its multimillion-dollar venture in the province will commence commercial production in two years’ time.
The OceanaGold Corp. (OGC), which the national government had commissioned to undertake the project under […]

Leonardo Perante II / Correspondent
DIADI, Nueva Vizcaya—After crossing borders to provide assistance to victims of typhoons that hit Northern Luzon recently, OceanaGold Philippines Inc. (OGPI) the ensuing day conducted another medical mission in this hilly town.
Spearheaded by community-relations manager Jun Floresca of OGPI’s exploration division, a team of doctors, dentists, nurses and social workers from […]

Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya (November 11) — Barangay officials of Didipio in Kasibu town recently signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with a mining firm, allowing their full blown operation to extract gold and copper deposits in the area.
Kasibu mayor Romeo Tayaban said the MOA, signed by the majority of barangay Didipio officials have strengthened the […]

Dupax Del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya (October 1) — The Association of Barangay Captains in this town yesterday conducted a one-day orientation-seminar on the role of the local government units on the implementation of various large scale mining projects.
The activity which was held at barangay Belance here after the issuance of the local government unit here […]

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: One of the province’s tribal communities here, known for their headhunting rituals during the bygone days, had given their nod to a national government-backed exploration project within their ancestral land.
The Bugkalot tribesmen, together with other migrant residents of Yabbi village in Dupax del Sur town, endorsed the exploration project of the Buena […]

MANILA, Philippines - The Court of Appeals on Monday declared as null and void the cease and desist order slapped by the provincial government of Nueva Vizcaya on the national-government sanctioned Didipio Gold-Copper Mining Project for lack of basis.
This was in response to the petition filed by Oceanagold Mining Inc. (formerly Australasian Philippines Mining Inc.), […]