August 13, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — A subsidiary of Consunji-led DMCI Mining Corp. has secured from the federal government a 25-year unique proper to discover, develop and make the most of mineral assets in Palawan.
This comes after DMCI Mining’s Berong Nickel Corp. signed a mineral manufacturing sharing settlement (MPSA) with the Division of Atmosphere and Pure Assets for its Lengthy Level property.
Overlaying over 2,100 hectares, the MPSA is renewable for an additional 25 years and is about to take impact as soon as registered with the Mines and Geosciences Bureau.
“The MPSA isn’t just about useful resource improvement; it’s about creating shared worth with the folks of Palawan via accountable mining,” DMCI Mining president Tulsi Das Reyes mentioned.
Since final yr, Berong Nickel was mentioned to have invested round P1 billion for the Lengthy Level venture within the municipality of Aborlan.
The funding covers fleet enlargement, port infrastructure, ongoing exploration actions and pre-operating prices.
With operations focused to begin as early as October, the venture has an annual manufacturing capability of 1 million moist metric tons (WMT) beneath its present environmental compliance certificates.
“We’ll work intently with our host communities to make sure improvement goes hand in hand with environmental stewardship and inclusive progress, guided by the identical requirements that formed our operations and ongoing rehabilitation of the Berong mine in Quezon,” Reyes mentioned.
He was referring to the ultimate mine rehabilitation and decommissioning plan for Berong Nickel’s mine web site in Quezon, Palawan, the primary of its sort authorised in Area 4-B.
This system has reached the midway level of its six-year timeline, with over 106 hectares of the mining web site already rehabilitated.
Berong Nickel operated the Quezon mine from 2006 till its full useful resource depletion in December 2021, with post-mining actions persevering with via 2023.
The mine web site generated a complete of 10.3 million WMT of nickel ore over its lifespan, the corporate famous.