Canadran

Minirg

fx #tffi

in the Philippines witlt rpecialfocus on tbe Cordillera:

A Brief Fact Sheet By: Cordillera Peoples Alliance

October 2010 $Tebsite: www.cpaphils. org Email address: cDa@,coaohtls.oto

Updated by: The Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights

Forcord'e."J.,If;rrll:;-T".@Jt"1J; 23 4pn12071

world view of indigenous peoples tokes everything in this eorth os integral to tife itself. The woters, the sky, the land, s * the minerals, the trees, the onimals, ond the people all interact in order to mointoin tife. These components cannot be s taken separote from each other. They are all parts of one - without one, Iife is threotened. a The

u

s

Canadian Miningin tlte Philippines, with specialfocas on tbe Cordillera: BriefFact Slteet

foreign countries. However, news of Canadian mining companies doing dirty business

Introduction Canada is the wodd's largest exporter of metals and minerals -In 2004 alone, the Canadian extractive sector invested ff26.6 billion Canadtan dollars (about g22biJJton using today's rates) in foreign countries. In the Philippines, Canadian companies rank second only to Australian frms in terms of the

number of projects and total amount

of

investments in mining. Ofncial datarn 2008 shovred that there are six Canadian mining companies with a combined total of 13 projects in the Philippines. The total dedared project cost of these ventures, which aim to extract silver, gold, copper, and nickel, is about$"1.26 billion.l

elsewhere hardly make the headlines. And that is the case when it comes to Canadian mining frms operating in the Philippines.

This is brief fact sheet on Canadian mining companies operating in the Philippines, with special focus on the Cordillera. This is a research work in ptogrcss.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

lntroduction

wodd.z

Placer

........2

Examples:

...........3

Dome..........

.............. 3

Canadian

The Philippines is rich in minetal resources and is one of the wodd's great mineral producers of copper, nickel, chrome, zinc, gold and silver. The Philippines' estimated gold ore reserves of four billion tones is 4fe wodd's third latgest, its 7.9 billion tones of coppef the fourth largest and the 815 million tones of nickel ore the fifth biggest in the

1

Toronto Ventu res, Pacific 1nc.................. 3

Canadian Mining Companies in the

Philippines.

........ s

Mining and lndigenous Peoples Rights in the Cordillera Region................. .......... 7

Mining companies operating in Canada are subject to relatively strict environmental and social regulations which demand that mining fums be good corporate citizens. Canadians presumably want the same standatds applied to these companies even as they operate in

Ganadian Mining Companies in the ...........8

Cordillera lvanhoe Terra

Mines

Nova

.....................8 ..........................8

Solfotara Mining Corporation and

Metallum Resources lnc. ........................ 8 Olympus Pacific M inerals 1nc.................. 8

I Isa Lorenzo and Philip Nen "After Marcoppet: The Canadian Quandary," Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (?CI). Dec 29,2008. Avatlable at htto: / / ocl\.oro / stories/the-canadian-otzndzru / 2

"Canada's cash raises concetns," Asian Pacific Post,

Novembet 19-25 - 2009 - o.13. www.asianoacificnost.com

Alcorn Gold Resources Corporation (AGRC)............ .... ... ............................... s

Towards a People's Mining Po1icy..............9

Page 2 ot 1O

Canadian Mining in tlte Pbikppines, witlt specialfocrc on tbe corclillera:

Wl/.A

Ganadian Examples:

Bief Fact sbeet

law suit wasf/ed

against Marcopper

b1t tbe

afexed nmmunities

Mining Corporation.,

i

Placer Dome On May 1.1,201,0, the Regional Trial Court Branch 38 issued a decision that ordered Marcopper to ptoduce all necessary documents on the case and also to open the Marcopper mine site for inspection onJune 1,6 and 77,2010. Both orders have not yet been implemented as the mining company filed for a reconsideration of this decision. Fourteen yearcafter the tragedyand destruction caused by Marcopper Mining, the communities continue to clamor for jrntice for the impact of the Marcopper Mining on their lives.

Fourteen yeats ago, one of the worst mining disasters involving Canadian mining in the Philippines happened. In March 24, 1996, two to three million tons of mine waste from the Marcopper Mining Corporation leaked into the 26- kilometer long Boac River in Marinduque. This resulted in flash floods that buried agdcultural lands and flooded communities along the Boac River. Mine tailings covered the valley floor and contaminated the water the people relied on for drinking. There was a massive fish kill and a depletion ofother food sources for communities along the river. Twenty villages out of the 60 were physically displaced after the tragedy. The tailings spill disaster had serious effects as well on the health of the people. A report released on April 17,1996 by the Department of Health found nine residents in t}:'e atea to have zinc levels in their blood, more than 200 percent above safe limits. Sfater samples had levels of contamination 1,300 percent above the human toletable level of .5 microgram pet "l /"1000liters of watet. Residents also complained of skin irritations and respiratory problems, which could have been caused by the poisonous vapors emitted from tailings. Marcopper Mining Corporation was owned in patt (40 percent) by the Vancouver-based mining company Placer Dome until it sold its

shares a year after the disaster.

Toronto Ventures, Pacific lnc. ln

1997, Canadian mining company TVI Pacific in partnership with TVI Resources Development started'its *irirg operations at the heart of the Subanon indigenous people's sacted mountain Mount Canatuan in Zamboanga del Norte despite the absence

of

genuine free, prior and informed consent by the Subanon people. The open-pit mining for gold and sulphide caused the desecration of the Subanon sacred mountain. Community resistance against the project was met by the deployment of State security forces and patamittary fotces resulting in human rights a

violations.

The Philippines Indigenous Peoples ICERD Shadow Report a in August 2009 stated that

Mining Vfatch Canada reported that, 'In Decenber 2001, without waming or consiltation, Placer Dome Tuhnical Seraicu closed its ofice

in

Marinduque and it ofice in Manila andpt4tled out 0f the Pbilippines, leauing behind tbe toxic mine tailings

fu the Boac kiaer, the tbreat offue dangeruustl un$able mine strwctures, buih wlti/e PlacerDome nanaged the rzine, and the innnplete conpensation of Mainduquefros who ltad been afeaed fu tbe / 996

3 Mining Watch Canad4 "Backgrounder on placer Dome in Marinduque," zvoiable at http: / /www.miningrratch.calen /backgrounder-placerdome-marinduque-philiooines. .

a

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination. Philippines Indigenous Peoples ICERD Shadow Report for the consolidated fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth Philippine ICERD periodic reports. 73rd

Page 3 of {O

Canadian Miningin tbe Cordillera:

Bief Fact Slteet

'-fbe Zamboanga Peninsala is a recogniqed conflict P rafe s s o r Ro do lfo S tau e n b age n n a fu exp li ci t

In

2007, this case was submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD) and was considered undet the Early Warning Urgent

qo n e.

reference to tbe

CAFGU or

'n-calhd paramilitaies'

tbat are enpbled at TW's operatiorc at Moant Canatuan. His reqaest to uisiT the site was refased bjt the Gouemrzent. TW bas occupied tbe Subanon's land and secured it presence fu.tlepkling a 160-

Action procedure of the UN body. The UN CERD Anwat Kemal, in a letrer to the Philippine government dated Augus t 27 , 201.0, followed up on this case citing the 2007 consideration of the case under its Eady ITarning Urgent Action procedure and the 2009 recommendations urgtng the Philippine govemment to "consuh aitb all corcemed parties in

strong heauil1 anned paranilitarT force, paid for fut the companl bat arned, trained ad strpported fo tlte P hilippine nilitary. N ameroat paramilitary cbeckpoints were establbbed in tbe axcestral domain resticting tbe Sabaxon's nnuemeft.t, one cbeckpoint of wbich is located next to a public school. Tbis armed

order to

force stands accused ofnumeroas humax rigbt abuses (detailed in the Sabanm 2007 submision to

cEnnl

s

the State pargt

The Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) documented some of rhese

paramittary forces had violated their customary laws and committed violence against Subanon community members. ft imposed fines on the company in relation to this. The company has failed to comply with the ruling despite a prior commitrnent to do so, and the Government and the National Commission on fndigenous Peoples (I.JCIP) faiied to act to enforce the Gukom decision.

/bodies /cerd /docs

issues oper

Mount Canataan in a

in relation tofufther deuekpmgnts.'r

The letter further stated thag 'Aaording

abuses 1n 2002, but to date no effective action has been taken. In 2007, following a.violent assault on the daughter of the Timuay (traditional Subanon leader) by company guards, the Gukom (Subanon judicial authority) of the Seven Rivers ruled ltrat the

Session, 03-28 August 2009. http: / /v'ww2.ohchr.orglenglish s/PIP PhiliooinesT5.odf

addrut the

manner tbat rerpects castomary law and practices of the Subanon peoph ard wehones infomationJron

destruction to thrir sared site, as well as to theirfarws and homel In adtlition, the State panl alleged! ltar

notlet imphmented tbe rccommendation made b1 tlte Committu regarding tbe mnsultation of tbe Sabanon people." The Philippine government also was

utgendy reminded by the Committee to implement the recommendations before J^uxy 31,2011.

/ngo

5 Discrimination Against Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines - Philippines llrligenous Peoples ICERD Shadow Report Submitted to the Committee on tlle Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discdmination (CERD) on its 73rd Session, 03-28 August 2009; Available at: Submission to CERD (JN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination) by 7 NGOs.

http:/ /www.forestpeoples.orglsites/fop/files /publicati onl201

0

to

rpdated infomation rueiaed b1 tbe Committee, nining axiuitiu continued to be carried out atithin tbe ance$ral land of tbe Subanon people utitbout their free, pior and irforzed consent, and not in confomilt witb tbeir traditionalfotms of deciion-naking. Thue mining actittities @orted! caused irEarable

/08 /philippinescerdjulOTeng.pdf 6

CERD/C/PHL / CO / 20,

Page 4 of 10

pata.25

Canadian Mining in the Cordillera: Brief Fact Sbeet

Canadian Mining Companies in the philippines Recent additions to this table of Canadian mining companies in the Philippines are the Solfotara Mining Colporation and Metallum Resources Inc. operating in the Cordillera Administrative Region.

As ofJune 20L0, thete werc 215 mining applications covering almost the whole region. Table 1: Canadian Mining Companies Operating in the philippinesT Source: Mines and GeoSciences Bureau (MGB), t200Sl

TOTAL TENEMENT HOLDEWPERMITTEE/OPERATOR

LOCATION

DISCLOSE,D PROJECT COST (in million dollars)

Sitio Canatuan, Bgy. Tabayo, Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte

TVI

Resources Development Philippines Inc.

57.57

Maco, Compostela Valley

Apex Mining Corp. Inc (Crew Gold)

36.58

Victoria, Mindoro Oriental

Crew Minerals

1,100.09

MRL Gold Phils., Inc.

3.15

Jabong4 Santiago, Tublay, Agusan del

Norte* Balabag, Bayog, Zanfioanga Sibugay

Bgy. Camanlangan, New Bataan,

TVI

Resources Development Philippines Inc.

Philco Mining Corporation (Sur American)

5

Jabel Corporation (Kadabra Mining Corp.,

48

Compostela Valley Sitio Capcapo, Licuaan-Baay, Abra

2

Olynpus, Inc.) Bgy. Balibago, Lobo, Batangas

MRL Gold Phils., Inc.

4.4s

Bgy. Balibago, Lobo, Batangas

MRL Gold Phils.,Inc.

2.02

Camanlangan, Panay and Fatima New Bataan, Compostela Valley

Philco Mining Corporation (Sur American)

0.1

Bgy. Camanlangan, New Bataan, Compostela Valley

Philco Mining Corporation (Sur American)

0.1

MRL Gold Phils., Inc.

0.1

Malimono and Mainit, Surigao del Norte

TOTAL

7

1,259.16

Table from lsal-menzo and Philip Ney,'?fter Marcopper: The Canadian Quandary," Philippine Centel for Investigative (PcI). Dec 29,2}ol.Available athrlrr:/ /pcii.org/stortes/the-carndran-quandary/

Journalism

Page 5 of {O

Canadian Miningin the Cordillera: BiefFact Slteet

Philippine environmental groups Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment and Defend Patrimony! Alliance in its 2008 mining situationner declared that: The national gouentneflt, witb its initial 23 piniry niningpm1ects (in 2004) under tbe Mining Reuitaliqatio tt Progmm, stnngtbened its nining pluiltr ofentiae in 2007, wben it inrearcd tlre list oJ

prioiry niningprojectsfron 2t t0 62, ten of wbich are cun'entlt infull operation Tbe list includes 8 pmjects in tbe stage of nining conshvction and derclopment, 8

explomtion,

2j

infxancing 9 in

adaanced

in ear! nining exploration, and 5 in

secord-tier deuekpn ent expansion.

creation of tbe

IDF

is in witbin theframework

of reuolationaryfomzatioxs the P lti lippines (CPP),

tbat pitate and foreign nining TN Cs baue inrease d contml of ua$ rataral antl uineral resources. As of

J**ry 2008, tbm werc 294 nining agreements in xistence, conistixg of hao (2) Financial and Tubnical Atsistance Agreemefis (FTAZ), 252 Mixeral Pruduction S baing Agreenexts (MPSA) ard 30 Exphmtiott Pemtits (EP)" t Furtlternore, the en@ and operations of nixing coreEond witb operations of tbe Amed Forcet of tbe Pbilippines (AFP) and the Philipine Nationel agents tbat sene as the gotnrlment's'Tnuestment Defense Force" (DF). These baue ru*hed in seaere nilitariqation eEecially of indigerorcpmple's commuxitiu and in buman ights dolalions @t State secdlforces and tbeir agenfi. Tbe IDF aas mated in response to the Departnent of Enuimnmext and Natural Resoarces' (DENR) Mineral Deuehpment Council's Rcsohtion requestingfor a Mining Seui4t Protocol.e Tbe

Polia (PNP) axd their

of tbe Communist

New Pnp h't

Ponj of

Aorl (I{PA)

and tbe National Denocratic Fmnt of tbe Pltitippines

NDFP), or Mtsbm suessionistgroaps sucb at tbe Mom hlamic Uberation Front (A,fiU). Aecording to tbe AFP, "stable base areas" are places "...ifrom abicb more regukrirytlfoms of warfare, nobile and

potitional, can

be morxted,-

tbe reuolutionaryforcet

Morewer, the Armlo gouemment (wbicb ended in 20/ 0) pronoted uery accommodating regilations, sacb

of

Pkn Bantal l-a-ya (Operation Plan Freedam l{/atub) and it specifc Nationat lxtemal Suui! Plan on Indigenou Peoplu NISP IP) Tbis poliry futberjustfed AFP operations in indigenous tedtory it coniders as "ttabh ba.te areas" Operation

but also nobiliry

tbe

and tbe Eace witbin wbicb

dt xot

on/1

rephnifi

tbemselaes

poptilation."to :

Under the curent administration of Ptesident Benigno Simeon Aquino III (which replaced the Arroyo govemment in 2010), these policies contiflue. A month after President Aquino took office in Malacafrang, he met with the officials of the Philippine Chambet on Mining and appointed Ramon Paje as the new Secretary of the Departrnent of Envitonment and Natual Resources. Paje served as Presidential Assistant to the mining executive director on the Mining Development Council. Aquino also continued the government's countefinsurgeocy plan Operation Plan Bantay Laya, now renamed as Operation Plan Bayanihan

The Philippines And The Philippine National Police To Joindy Establish A Security Protocol For Mining Operations.

8

Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment and Defend Patrimony! Alliance, "Intensifi ed Imperialist Mining, Growing People's Resistance: 2008 Mining Situation and Struggle in the Philippines", September 2008. http: /

/w.boelLde/dovnloads/economylocial/Intensifi

ed i

mperialist mining growing peoples resistmce Philippines

o2008.odf 9 Departrnent of Environment and Natural Resources, Mineral Development Council (A{DC) Resolution No. 2008-02: Resolution Requesting The Armed Forces of

Se

10 AFP, Knowing The Enemy Part 4 Slideshow- Concrete Conditions on the Ground by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). "Part of theAtmed Forees

of the

Pbilipinu' (AFP) pywm

eimiatior

Itft

canpaign ag*inst the is tbe of a PoaerPoirt presntation, 'Knowing the Enerry," books phere seaeral legltinate otganiVhiots

-

inchditgfron the churcb and media - are deseribed as 'tommuist front otganiqations. " Fo llowing pmtest booetnr, 'Knouing the Enen1" was palled o* b1 ro less than Defexse Seeretary Awkno Cru4" Excerpt from "A Reign of Silence by GMA," by Dabet Castaneda and Alexander Martin Remollino. Available at http: / /wwv/.buladat.com/news/5-1 4/5-1 4investimtive2.htm

Page 6 of 1O

Canadian

Minitg in

the Cordillera:

BriefFact Sbeet

and allotted a bigget budget for the operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Mining and lndigenous Peoples Rights in the Gordillera Region Cordillera region is home to several ethnic rninorities and is the ancestral land of about 1.5 M indigenous peoples belonging to eight (8) major ethno linguistic groups rhat are collectively knovzn as "Igofot." 11 It is also the hub of mining producdon over the past cenhry, making the Philippines a major producer of gold and copper in the wodd. Today, with the open mining policy of the Philippine govemment supposedly to bring the economy past its cuffent fiscal crisis, the region is once again one of the major attractions for exploration by mining transnational colporations Cn {C9.

Geographically located in Northem Luzon, the Corrlillera region has rich minerals, forest, and water resources which have enabled its people to sustain agriculture on mountainside tice terraces, and to sustain life for sevetal genetations in the provinces of Mt. Province

Abr4 Benguet, Ifugao. Apayao, and Kalinga. Cordillera hosts about 25 percent of gold ore and 39 percent of copper ore of the total confirmed minetal reserves in the Philippines.

Also known fot the diverse cultures of indigenous peoples, the Cordilleta region has been historically considered by the government and foreign capitalists as a resource base for extraction often at the expense

ofthe ancestral lands and resources

of the region. State laws and policies crafted and imposed under the ftamework of the

Regalian Doctrine 12 and driven today by globalization have glossed over and violated the right of the indigenous peoples to selfdetetmination and the dght to decide on activities v/ithin theit ancestral domain. Areas of government "dwelopment projects,' are also areas where State secudty forces operate and concentrate. In most of these mining ptojects, the decision to advance mining proiects in the face of community opposition has led to military operations and human rights violations.

Mining in its big-scale, greedy co{Pofate operations for profit with no regard for the indigenous peoples, their ancestral lands, cultute and the environment is the one of the many faces of development aggression. The Cordillera

Region continues to be a major target of local and

multinational mining companies for the extraction of its rich mineral resources, mainlygold and copper.

It is no sulprise to find that there ate more Canadian

mning companies operating in the Cordilleta than the companies that have been mentioned. The reason is because it has been difficult to establish ownership and nationality due to the common practice of changing company names and usingproxies and fronts. For instance, it was not v/idely known that Terra Nova was a major partner in the Kalinga mine project because a Swedish company \vas fronting for them.

t'R.gulirn

Doctrine, first imposed by Spanish colonizers, gave the state ownership and control of land and natural resources. National laws and policies were crafted based on this concept, and deviated and

contadicted indigenous concepts that forbid monopolistic and ordain communal land ownership, conftol, use and development for the common good. 11

The word Igorot means people from the mountains.

Page 7 oI

1O

Canadian Miningin the Cordilhra: BiefFact Sheet

The Cordillen rcgon remains a favoite target fot mining plunder and exploitation. In fact, 247 tppltcatons have akeady been endorsed and approved under the present Aquino regime. The tegime has regained five

Cotdillsl2 locations among its 23

pioity

mine development sites. Of the Cordillera's totai land atea of 1.8 miliion hectares, close to a million are covered by mining tenements. In Abra province alone,'14 Exploration Petmit applications and one Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement QFTIAA) are currendy being processed, while thtee Mineral Sharing Production Agteements (I\4PSA) were approved.

Terra Nova Partner of

lfolfland

in the mine proiects

Resources and operating

in

Magnao, Tabuk,

Kalinga.

Solfotara Mining Corporation and Metallum Resources lnc. OnJanuary 26,201.0, the shareholders of Solfotara Mirirg Corp. approved the amalgamation of Solfotara Mining Co1p. and a newly incorporated British Columbia subsidiary of Metallum.

The adverse effects of large scale mining are concrete and indisputable. They have resulted in irreparable damage to the natural environment and local agriculture, the economic and even physical displacement of indigenous communities, and the aggravation

The applications of Solfotara Mining Corporation, a Bdtish Columbia-based mining company, and Metallum Resources are in Kibungan and Bakun in Benguet and in Abra.

of climate change impacts. t:

These areas, especially in Abra, ate currently

Canadian Mining Companies in the Cordillera

lvanhoe Mines Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. is a major investor of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Compann the Philippines'largest gold producer which has operated in Mankayan, Benguet since 1936.

Lepanto has gained notoriety with its unsafe mining practice of dumping its mine taiJings along the Abra River, and its record of committing unjust labor practices and violating workers' rights.

13

Cordillera Peoples Alliance, "CordtlletaDay 2017

Central Statement." Available at http:/ /rrww.cpaphils.orglcampaigns/cd201

ment FINAL.odf

lcentralstate

1

heavily mthtaized. Soldiers encamp \rdthin communities and use day cate centers, barangay (village) halls, residential houses and sometimes churches and schools in their military opetations. Solfotara, through a number of foteign subsidiary companies, is involved in five exploration properties in St. Anthony, KilongOlao, @oth in the Cordillera) and also in Basay, Biliran and Tawi-Tawi.

Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc. The Olympus Pacific Minerals, Inc. in partnership with its local subsidiaries Abra Mi.i"g and Industrial Co. (AMIC) andJabel Mining conducted exploration activities in Mount Cap capo, B a- ay Licvan, Abra in February 2007 until August 30, 2007 when they were ordered by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples to stop their operations. A tide of petitions from the affected communities stated that they never agreed to any exploration activity. In 2008, in response to protests by the Binongan people,

Page 8 of {O

Canadian Mining in the Cordillera:

Bief Fad

Sheet

the NCIP found Olympus to be in violation of the indigenous people's right to Ftee, Prior, and fnformed Consent trPIC). The NCIP feport qualified that Olympus grossly violated the rights of the indigenor,rs cultural communities and indigenous peoples over their ancestral domain and failed to comply 8371 and NCIP Administrative Otder No.1,

s. 2006.

In May 2009, Olympus sought the FPIC of the communities in Baay-Licuan for the project and nine (9) out of the eleven banngay (villages) turned the project down. This was despite threats, harassment and intimidation by the military-against the members and leaders of the people's orgatizattons namely, B aay I)cuan Intay Salakniban @LIS), Baay I)cuan Takderan Omnu a Karbengan (Balitok) and the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA).

l\lcorn Gold Resources Gorporation (AGRC) Alcorn Gold Resources Corporation (AGRC) has an Option Agreement rrith Pembleton Minerals Corporation eMQ for AGRC's Exploration Permit Application in the Cordillsl2 Autonomous Region. The subiect atea of the Agreement covers 295 hectares located in Tinongdan, Itogon, Benguet.

Pembleton Minerals Cotporation @MC) is an affthate company of Asiapac Capital Seryices Ltd., based in Toronto, Canada and engaged in diversified exploration activities and mineral properry acquisition in the Philippines for possible mine development and

and non-governmental groups (from the scientists, indigenous peoples, health workets,

faith-based groups, students and professionals) produced the document called "Tovzards a People's Mi.i"g Policy."tt

ft believes that mining and a prosperous minerals industry play a significant role to ptogressive, independent and self^ttiln reliant ^economy and that the Filipino people with its rich natural resources can bring this about. It is not against mining. It calls for an alternative mining policy which provides the basis fot the immediate scrapping of the Phiiippine Mining Act of 1995. The Philippine Mining Act of 1995 allows foteign access and conrol in every aspect of the local mining activity from exploration, development to utilization. "The Philippine Mining Act of 1995 allows foteign mining companies: 100 percent ownership of mining projects; daim to are of up to 81,000 ^n 324,000 hectares hectares onshore or offshore (Phnippine-based companies are by contrast restricted to 8,000 hectares; in one province and 16,000 hectares within the country); full repatriation of nll profits, equipment and investmenq guafantee against expropriation by the state; easement rights i.e., the removal of all 'obstacles'to mining, induding settlements and farms; priority access to water resources udthin their concession."rs

The People's Mining Policy is anchored on time-tested ptinciples of social justice, respect for people's rights and welfare, environmental conservation, defense of Philippine national

ptoduction.. 1a

Towards a People's Mining PoIicy Kailikasan-The People's Netrvork for the

F.nvironment,

a

network of Philippine

sectoral organizattons, regional formations

Kalikasan-The People's Nework for the Environment,'"Iowards a People's Mining Poticy." Available at http:,//www.kalikasan.org/kalikasancms/files/pmpo 20061005120505final.pdf

15 Philippine Netrvork forJustice and Peace, Brief prepared for the Toronto Roundtable on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Exttactive Sector Hosted by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Tnde,I2 September 2006.

Page 9 of {O

Canadian Miningin the Cordilhra:

Bief Fact

Sheet

sovereignty and patrimony and national

industrialization. The People's Mining Policy recommends that (1) to achieve genuine deyelopmenq the mineral industry musr be nanonahzed; (2) mineral production and development must help in modernizing agriculture within the framework of genuine agraian reform; (3) mining development must be programmed in accordance vrith the avaiabthqr of resources, without sacrificing the capabihty and well being of the people; (a) mining operation and development at all times must guarantee environmental protection and safety and (5) mining will be done aftet itis evaluated to be the best option ot use for . At all stages ^n ^re of mining, envkonmental protection and development shall be guaranteed. Oniy with sufficient ptovisions for environmental protection and recovery shall mining be undertaken.

As concerned Canadians and Filipinos in Canada,we support the indigenous people's rights over their land and resources arrd dreir firm, organized resistance to put an end to destructive foreign cofporate mining operations in the Philippines.

We urge the Canadian goverflment to assume responsibiJity for regulating the operations of Canadian mining companies in the Philippines and in other countries and to make Canadian mining companies and their directors accountable in Canada for human rights abuses and environmental disasters committed overseas.

We urge the Canadian public to be vigilant and to speak out against the dirty business that Canadian mining companies do in the Philippines and in other countries.

Page {O of {O