Number of trees allowed to be cut down in South Cotabato's Tampakan mining project not revealed
Source: MindaNews
Published on: 2026-04-22 08:48
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 22 April) - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Region 12 has declined to divulge the number of trees that had been cut down or will be toppled within the controversial $5.9-billion Tampakan project in South Cotabato, the largest undeveloped copper and gold reserve in Southeast Asia and among the largest of its kind in the world. Maria Elvira Lumayag, DENR-12 OIC regional executive director, said the request for information on the tree cutting permit and the number of trees authorized to be cut down within the Tampakan copper-gold project falls under the agency's "list of exceptions," unless waived by the concerned party. Sagittarius Mines, Inc (SMI) has been pursuing the development of the Tampakan project towards commercial production through a Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) issued by the national government in 1...
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