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AN OVERVIEW OF MINERALS
POTENTIAL AND OPPORTUNITY IN
THE PHILIPPINES
Mines and Geosciences Bureau
Philippines
Porphyry Cu belts
Porphyry Cu belts
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Simplified tectonic
map of the
PHILIPPINES
Philippine Sea
TRENCHES IN THE
PHILIPPINES
1.
Manila Trench
2.
Philippine Trench
3.
Negros Trench
4.
Sulu Trench
5.
Cotabato Trench
Volcanic arc terrane
(Au, Cu, Fe, Pb, Zn)
Ophiolite Terrane
(Cr, Pt, Co, Ni, CuPb-Zn, Au)
Sulu Sea
Celebes Sea
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ONSHORE MINERAL
RESOURCES
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OPERATING MINES
2 Big mines:
Victoria Gold Mine
Padcal Copper Mine
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ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS
OF THE MINERALS SECTOR (FY 2004)
Production Value
P 41.5 Billion
or 19% increase from CY 2002
Value Added
Contribution
Exports
Paid-up Investments
Employment
104,000
P 4 to P5 Billion
Multiplier Effect
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MAJOR DISCOVERIES
FAR SOUTHEAST porphyry
copper - gold deposit
RESERVE: 163 million tons
with 0.81% copper and 1.76
grams per ton gold; 1.8 Cu eq.
BOYONGAN porphyry
copper - gold deposit
RESOURCE: 300 million tons
with 0.6% copper and 1 gram
per ton gold.
TAMPAKAN porphyry
copper - gold deposit
RESOURCE: 700 million tons
with 0.81% copper and 0.32
gram per ton gold
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Lepanto Enargite
deposit
Far Southeast
porphyry copper
deposit
Victoria gold
deposit
Far Southeast
porphyry-copper gold
deposit
163 M tons reserve
0.81% Cu
1.76 g/t Au
1.8% Cu eq.
N
1 km
Bato dacite
(Pleistocene)
Imbanguila dacite
(Pliocene)
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Bagon tonalite
(Miocene)
Basement rock
s
(CretaceousMiocene)
Porphyry Cu-Au
deposit/prospect
Epithermal Cu- Au/
Au-(Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu)
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Simplified
geologic map
of Surigao
peninsula
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Tampakan Cu-Au
deposit
> 1 billion T resource
0.7% Cu
0.3 g/t Au
Tampakan
Cu-Au deposit
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PIPELINE PROJECTS
DIDIPIO porphyry copper gold deposit (20.4 MMt, 0.65%
Cu, 1.7 g/t Au)
RAPU-RAPU polymetallic
deposit (7 MMt, 2.61g/t Au, 14
g/t Ag, 1.24% Cu, 2.06% Zn)
AROROY gold deposit (71.3
MMt, 1.34 g/t Au)
PALAWAN HPP Project (11.5
MMt, 2.3% Ni)
CANATUAN gold project
(954,763 Mt, 3.81 g/t Au; 1.4
MMt, 2.6% Cu, 1.61% Zn, 1.07
g/t Au, 63.3 g/t Au)
DIWALWAL gold deposit (>6
MMt, 0.8 g/t Au)
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OTHER PROJECTS
COPPER
BATONG-BUHAY porphyry
copper-gold project (85.9 MMt,
0.6% Cu, 0.25 g/t Au, 2.7 g/t Ag)
SAN ANTONIO porphyry copper
project (178.3 MMt, 0.44% Cu,
0.09 g/t Au, 1.19 g/t Ag)
ATLAS porphyry copper
project (872 MMt, 0.41% Cu)
AMACAN porphyry copper- gold
project (110 MMt,0.3% Cu, 0.43g/t
Au; 133 MMt, 1.5-10 g/t Au)
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OTHER PROJECTS
GOLD
TERESA gold project (7.3 MMt,
5.29 g/t Au)
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OTHER PROJECTS
NICKEL
MINDORO nickel project (>200
MMt, 0.94% Ni)
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OFFSHORE RESOURCES
Magnetite
Chromite
Magnetite
Manganese
Chromite
Magnetite
Gold
Chromite
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Chromite
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Northern Luzon
Central Cordillera
Baguio-Mankayan
district
Vizcaya-Ecija
Known district
Areas of interest
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Surigao-Agusan
district
Mindanao
Central
Cordillera
Zamboanga
Discovery of Tampakan
grabs
attention
for
Cotabato
Central
Cordillera
of
Mindanao
remains
unexplored; gold panning
activities reported.
Diwalwal-Masara
district
Cotabato
Known district
Areas of interest
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OTHER METALS
NICKEL
The Philippine nickel resource is the biggest in Southeast Asia
Improved technology makes low-grade lateritic ore viable
CHROMITE
Improving chromite prices could revive Philippine chromite
mines in Zambales, Palawan, Samar, Dinagat and Zamboanga.
IRON
The increasing demand for iron is reviving exploration for the
commodity in the Philippines
The spatial relationship of carbonate rocks with younger
intrusives in the Philippines offers the possibility of finding
new skarn deposits
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VISION
A MINING AND MINERALS INDUSTRY THAT IS NOT
ONLY PROSPEROUS BUT ALSO ECONOMICALLY,
SOCIALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY
SUSTAINABLE, WITH BROAD COMMUNITY AND
POLITICAL SUPPORT, WHILE POSITIVELY AND
PROGRESSIVELY ASSISTING IN THE
GOVERNMENTS PROGRAM ON POVERTY
ALLEVIATION AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE
GENERAL ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF THE
NATION
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