gerard brimo 02_mar_2012_ part i

�If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it,

people will eventually come to believe it�!

Joseph Goebbels!

Correcting lies !and disinformation!

�!�!Gerard H. Brimo!

President, Nickel Asia Corporation!Director, Chamber Of Mines Of The Philippines!

A presentation on large-scale metallic mining, but first...!

The face of small-scale mining.!

P42 .9 Billion in gold sold to the Central Bank in 2010 on a �no-names� basis!!

The face of small-scale mining.!

Child Labor!No Environmental Programs!No Safety Programs!No Rehabilitation!No Taxes!

The face of small-scale mining.!

And yet the attack is on the legitimate !

large-scale sector. !

Republic of the Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources

MINES AND GEOSCIENCES BUREAU

Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering College of Engineering

University of the Philippines

Areas covered by Applications for

Exploration Permits

Operating Mines as of 2011

Applications For Exploration Permits

Operating Mines

Mining Footprint:!Food Security And Fishing!

Many applications...! but few large-scale operating mines, occupying only 60,000 hectares or 0.2% of the country�s landmass, because...!

Mining Footprint:!Food Security And Fishing!

Applications For Exploration Permits

Areas covered by Applications for

Exploration Permits

Areas covered by Applications for

Exploration Permits

Applications For Exploration Permits

Many applications...! but few large-scale operating mines, occupying only 60,000 hectares or 0.2% of the country�s landmass, because...!

Global statistics !on mining:!.. out of 25,000 exploration prospects, !500 will see serious exploration work, and out of these, ONE will become a mine.!

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SCARE TACTICS!!

Mining Footprint:!Food Security And Fishing!

The same situation in Palawan…!

Many of these applications are in protected areas and will not be approved.!

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APPLICATIONS

!Only three operating mines!!

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Rio Tuba Nickel (Bataraza)

Coral Bay Nickel Plant (Bataraza)

Rio Tuba Nickel (Bataraza)

Citinickel (Narra and Espanola)!

Berong Nickel (Quezon)

Coral Bay Nickel Plant (Bataraza)

Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Area

(NIPAS)

R.A. 7942 - Mining Act of 1995; Sec. 19:!Areas Closed to Mining Applications.!R.A. 7611 - Strategic Environmental Plan for!Palawan!R.A. 7586 - National Integrated Protected!Areas System (NIPAS)!!

Mining and the environment!

Areas closed to mining:!

Rio Tuba, Palawan, lateritic soil, shrubs, stunted trees, fringe areas logged out. 1970s photo.

Berong, Palawan, lateritic soil, tertiary grown, stunted trees.

!Surigao Mineral Reservation, lateritic soil, sparse vegetation. Fringe areas logged out.

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Tampakan, South Cotabato, �slash-and-burn� area.

!Philex Benguet site, steep terrain, logged out area. 1960s photo.

Mining and the environment!Typical(Mining(Areas((on(the(issue(of(Biodiversity(and(Agriculture)(

Original Vegetative cover!

Top Soil!

Nickel ore!extraction zone!between!5 to 20 meters!from !top!

Bedrock!

Mining and the environment!Mining Rehabilitation!

Mine rehabilitation is a requirement of the 1995 Mining Act!Can this be rehabilitated?!

Rio Tuba operations!

Mining and the environment!Mining Rehabilitation!

Total Area Rehabilitated:!238 has.!

!No. of Trees Planted in mined-out areas:!500,000 plus!

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Environmental Expenses (2011):!Php 57 Million !

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Rio Tuba operations!

Sept. 2009!

March 2011!

May 2008!

Mining and the environment!Mining Rehabilitation!

Inside a !rehabilitated !mine area!

Mining and the environment!Wildlife!

Barangay Rio Tuba, Bataraza!