• Regulated use of explosives may be allowed in smallscale mining ...

     · Under RA 7076, smallscale mining refers to mining activities which rely heavily on manual labor using simple implementations and methods. The law also defines smallscale mining as an activity that "does not use explosives or heavy mining equipment". "The concept of smallscale mining before is really 'manomano' or manual labor.

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  • Women's Roles, Challenges, and Opportunities in SmallScale Mining ...

     · Smallscale gold mining is the primary livelihood of the Indigenous Peoples, specifically the Ibaloi's and Kankanaeys of Loacan, Itogon, Benguet. Mining is a part of their community life, providing the major means of livelihood .

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  • The future of smallscale gold mining in the Philippines – The ...

    By Scarlett Evans. Earlier this year the Philippine government passed a new law exempting smallscale gold miners from excise and income taxes when selling to the country's central bank – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).Here, Scarlett Evans looks into the new law and its potential impact on both the Philippine economy and smallscale mining in the country.

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  • Philippines: Small scale mining makes Comval more prone to .

     · Philippine Information Agency By Jean DuronAbangan Tagum CIty, Davao del Norte Improper small scale mining operation increases the vulnerability of Compostela Valley to landslides and flooding as wet weather condition is expected to prevail this year.

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  • Mines and Geosciences Bureau Advoes for a Genderinclusive Small .

     · In an effort to support women workers in the smallscale mining industry, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in partnership with planetGOLD Philippines, held a twoday online workshop on gender inclusivity last December 910, 2021. The workshop, dubbed "Mainstreaming Gender in Small Scale Mining," aimed to help the participants gain .

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  • Women's Roles, Challenges, and Opportunities in SmallScale Mining ...

     · Smallscale gold mining is the primary livelihood of the Indigenous Peoples, specifically the Ibaloi's and Kankanaeys of Loacan, Itogon, Benguet. Mining is a part of their community life, providing the major means of livelihood for the people including women and children. This study documented the contextualized experiences of women in the community, .

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  • Republic Act No. 7076

    (e) "Smallscale mining contractor" refers to an individual or a cooperative of smallscale miners, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other appropriate government agency, which has entered into an agreement with the State for the smallscale utilization of a plot of mineral land within a people's smallscale mining area;

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  • Artisanal and smallscale gold mining boosts rural programs and ...

    Gold mining in the Philippines is a major contributor to economic development and it occurs in two main forms: largescale, and artisanal and smallscale gold mining (ASGM). In 2018, the Philippines generated metric tons of gold, worth about US billion at world prices. According to the Central Bank of the Philippines (Bangko Sentral ...

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  • Regulated use of explosives may be allowed in smallscale mining ...

     · Regulated use of explosives in smallscale mining areas may be allowed in the amended version of the Republic Act (RA) 7076 or the People's SmallScale Mining Act, a top official at Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) said. This alarmed an environmental group, which said the MGB does not even have the capacity to monitor and regulate small ...

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  • PHOTOS: Child labor in Philippines' smallscale gold mines

     · The Philippine Statistics Authority has estimated that about million Filipino children are exposed to hazardous labor. Globally, there are about 152 million children engaged in work that deprives them of a normal childhood, 72 .

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  • AN ACT CREATING A PEOPLE'S SMALLSCALE MINING .

    (e) "Smallscale mining contractor" refers to an individual or a cooperative of smallscale miners, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other appropriate government agency, which has entered into an agreement with the State for the smallscale utilization of a plot of mineral land within a people's smallscale mining area;

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  • SmallScale Mining

     · AN ACT PROMOTING SMALL SCALE MINING BY EXEMPTING FROM THE PAYMENT OF INCOME AND EXCISE TAXES THE SALE OF GOLD PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7076, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PEOPLE'S SMALLSCALE MINING ACT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 32 AND 151 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL .

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  • » Social impacts of smallscale mining activities in some .

     · Mining and the Environment in K. Barning and B. Dorgbetor (editors). Proceedings of the National Mining Conference on Mining the Environment and Sustainable Development pp. 3339. Aryee BNA, Ntibery BL, Atorkui E. 2003. Trends in the smallscale mining of precious minerals in Ghana: a perspective on its environmental impact.

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  • Bottlenecks to formalization of smallscale mining in PH

    Bottlenecks to formalization of smallscale mining in PH The mining industry contributed around percent to the Philippines' gross domestic product in 2018 (Domingo 2018). That same year, it amassed a production value of PHP billion, providing employment opportunities to at least 207,000 people (MGB 2019).

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  • Artisanal and smallscale gold mining baseline report: Camarines .

    However, the main difference lies in the fact that the ASGM sector in Camarines Norte is largely informal, such as smallscale mining (SSM) in the province is considered illegal, and is thus, unmonitored and unregulated. In comparison, T'boli has a locally recognized Minahang Bayan.

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  • Artisanal and smallscale gold mining: Artisanal and smallscale gold ...

     · The artisanal and smallscale gold mining (ASGM) baseline profile report aims to assess the current environmental, social and economic conditions in ASGM in the Philippines. The study covers three mining municipalities, including Labo and Paracale in Camarines Norte and T'boli in South Cotabato.

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  • Artisanal and SmallScale Mining

    The Communities and SmallScale Mining (CASM) Charter set out its mission "to reduce poverty by supporting integrated sustainable development of communities affected by or involved in artisanal and smallscale mining in developing countries".

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  • SmallScale Mining in the Philippines: a Case Study

     · The 2008 and 2009 data of the Philippine mining Almanac showed a significant amount of gold production by the smallscale gold mining operations in the country. Reports revealed that the smallscale mining sector contributed almost 80% of the total gold production. This is equivalent to a Php32B contribution to GDP in 2007 (ibid).

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