2020-7-13 The Tampakan project is now the largest stalled mining venture in the country, which has been put on hold since 2010 after the local government unit (LGU) of South Cotabato banned open-pit mining in the province. The said ban is now the “only obstacle” for the project, Moncano said.
Read MoreThe proposed Tampakan project is a copper and gold mine in the south east of the southern Island of Mindanao, Philippines. Glencore (previously Glencore Xstrata) was the main company behind the project, until its exit in August 2015.
Read MoreIts local subsidiary Sagittarius Mining International (SMI) has ploughed $350 million into the $5.9 billion Tampakan project, which it describes as one of the world's largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits. The Tampakan project area contains 15 million
Read More2021-4-26 Tampakan's environmental compliance certificate or ECC, one of the conditions for a mining project to proceed to commercial operations, was restored by the Office of the President on May 6, 2019,...
Read More2020-10-19 This decision has implications for the controversial Tampakan Gold-Copper Project (TGCP), an open-pit mining project that straddles four provinces in Mindanao, including South Cotabato. TGCP is operated by Sagittarius Mines, Incorporated (SMI).
Read MoreSagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI) is developing the Tampakan Project for its shareholders by virtue of a Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) issued by the Philippine government in 1995. Our commitment to ethical behavior underpins all our actions and making this Project a reality requires us to work in partnership with our stakeholders in a responsible way.
Read MoreIf the Tampakan Project is approved, the mine would be the largest in the Philippines and among the largest copper mines in the world. The proposed mine site covers an area of approximately 10,000 hectares and is located between the towns of Tampakan, South Cotabato and Kiblawan, Davao del Sur in southern Mindanao.
Read More2016-12-31 MRC Tampakan Project is MRC’s flagship venture into mining exploration. This copper-gold tenement is situated next to Xstrata’s Tampakan project in Mindanao - the largest copper-gold reserve in Asia and the 5th largest the world, which project
Read More2020-11-5 5 November 2020 Protect Tampakan Defend Mindanao: SMI Tampakan, Leave MindaNOW We are one with the peoples of Mindanao and as the Filipino people, united in faith that calls for ecological justice and integrity. We vigorously oppose, vehemently denounce and verily object to this Tampakan Mining Project of the Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI), whose key player is the Alcantara Group
Read More2020-10-19 We oppose the Tampakan mining project because it poses a threat to our way of life, our food and water sources, and our livelihoods. This court ruling, and the recent decision of the local government to terminate its agreement with SMI, give us hope that the project will be finally stopped,” he said. High ecological values
Read MoreThe Tampakan project, the Philippines’ single largest foreign direct investment, has been held up by a 2010 ban on open-pit mining imposed by the provincial government of South Cotabato. That ban is still in place, but the central government’s grant of the environmental compliance certificate, or ECC , puts Xstrata a step closer to actual ...
Read More2020-11-14 Balik Lantaw on Tampakan Mines press conference is the platform to voice out the opposition to the Tampakan Mining Project of Saguittarius Mines Inc. (SMI), whose key player is the Alcantara Group of Companies. Ms. Carmela Santos, Director of Ecoteneo, shared the unity statement.
Read MoreSagittarius Mines, Inc. was developing the Tampakan Copper-Gold Project, an open pit mine and processing facilities, located approximately 50 km north of General Santos City on the Philippine island of Mindanao. If developed, the mine would be the largest in the Philippines and among the largest copper mines in the world.
Read More2020-9-4 Tampakan project now fully owned by Alcantara Group through Sagittarius Mines Inc is located in southern Mindanao in the Philippines. The project has suffered a series of delays since 2010 due to regulatory and political hurdles. The project was further shelved due to an open pit mining ban imposed by DENR in April 2017.
Read More2020-11-20 SMI is the developer of the $5.9-billion Tampakan mining project with the largest untapped gold and copper minefield in Southeast Asia has been granted the right to extract the mammoth mineral deposit in the ancestral claims of the b’laan community in the Tampakan town in South Cotabato.
Read More2020-8-19 Tampakan Copper-Gold Project Institute for Development and Peace (INEF), commissioned by MISEREOR (German Catholic ... mining is one of the main - if not THE main - hotspot in the fi eld of business and human rights. For a long time, all three organizations have
Read More2016-12-31 MRC Tampakan Project is MRC’s flagship venture into mining exploration. This copper-gold tenement is situated next to Xstrata’s Tampakan project in Mindanao - the largest copper-gold reserve in Asia and the 5th largest the world, which project explores 2.4 billion tonnes grading at 0.6% copper and over 15 million ounces of gold.
Read More2016-12-12 The Tampakan mining project is located about 50 kilometers north of General Santos City, a major growth center in Mindanao. The city is accessed by highways, a major deep water port and an ...
Read More2020-11-5 5 November 2020 Protect Tampakan Defend Mindanao: SMI Tampakan, Leave MindaNOW We are one with the peoples of Mindanao and as the Filipino people, united in faith that calls for ecological justice and integrity. We vigorously oppose, vehemently denounce and verily object to this Tampakan Mining Project of the Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI), whose key player is the Alcantara Group
Read More2020-11-14 The Tampakan Project is estimated to yield “an average of 375,000 tonnes per annum of copper and 360,000 ounces per annum of gold in concentrate over the 17 year period of mining and ore production.” The SMI said they take “environmental responsibilities very seriously.”
Read More2020-11-14 Balik Lantaw on Tampakan Mines press conference is the platform to voice out the opposition to the Tampakan Mining Project of Saguittarius Mines Inc. (SMI), whose key player is the Alcantara Group of Companies. Ms. Carmela Santos, Director of Ecoteneo, shared the unity statement.
Read MoreThe Tampakan mining project, consequently, does not concern state-owned land granted to a mining company for mineral extraction but primarily indigenous-owned land that has been recognized as such by the government.Challenging the hard fought gains of indigenous peoples' rights as chartered in the IPRA, is the Philippine Mining Act of 1995, a ...
Read More2020-9-4 Tampakan project now fully owned by Alcantara Group through Sagittarius Mines Inc is located in southern Mindanao in the Philippines. The project has suffered a series of delays since 2010 due to regulatory and political hurdles. The project was further shelved due to an open pit mining ban imposed by DENR in April 2017.
Read More2020-11-20 SMI is the developer of the $5.9-billion Tampakan mining project with the largest untapped gold and copper minefield in Southeast Asia has been granted the right to extract the mammoth mineral deposit in the ancestral claims of the b’laan community in the Tampakan town in South Cotabato.
Read More2020-10-12 The revived Tampakan Forum will serve as a venue for unity and systematic opposition to the Tampakan project, he said. Touted as Southeast Asia’s largest known undeveloped copper and gold minefield, the Tampakan Project has the potential of yielding per annum, an average of 375,000 tons of copper and 360,000 ounces of gold in concentrate ...
Read MoreStop the Tampakan Mining Project! This petition had 9,979 supporters. Broderick Pabillo started this petition. Despite the existing ban on open pit mining issued by the local government unit of South Cotabato, the residents and indigenous peoples community are still under grave threat from the world's fourth largest copper producer Xstrata ...
Read More2017-1-23 Mining vs Food: Tampakan Case Study [click to view] Human Rights Impact Assessment of the Tampakan Copper-Gold Project [click to view] Mining in Tampakan: Intensifying Conflict, Danger in Perpetuity [click to view] Tampakan Fact Finding Mission Report, April 2012
Read More2015-8-4 (There is no opposition.) He said local councils in six towns, including Tampakan, endorsed the mining concession. Of the four provinces, he added, the legislative councils of Sultan Kudarat, Davao del Sur and Sarangani gave the green light to Tampakan. Barangay or village councils in most towns also approved the project, Jasareno said.
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