BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO
QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya: FCF Minerals Corporation turned over P500,000 worth of laboratory equipment to its host village’s national educational institution.
James Carmichael, FCF Minerals Corporation country manager, said the laboratory equipment was funded under the mining firm’s Social Development and Management Program (SDMP) under the Development of Mining Technology and Geosciences or DMTG 2021 budget.
SDMP components consist of yearly community programs in areas that include health, education, livelihood, public facilities and socio-cultural promotion. Its allocation is equivalent to 1.5% of a mining company’s annual operating cost.
Georly Tugade, Runruno National High School principal, received the laboratory equipment which included Led Binocular Compound Microscope, Digital Laboratory Weighing Scale, Distillation Apparatus Kit, solar lights, among others.
Representatives from the Department of Education – Quezon District and Nueva Vizcaya Division Office and FCF community relations office employees witnessed the ceremony for the turnover of the laboratory equipment for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics or STEM strand.
FCF Minerals Corporation which is 100 percent owned by the British-based Metals Exploration, Plc operates the Runruno Gold-Molybdenum Project here under a financial or technical assistance agreement or FTAA issued by the Philippine government.