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NVSU visits Runruno Mine for educational tour

Some 18 participants composed of professors and graduate school students from the College of Business Education of Nueva Vizcaya State University, Bayombong Campus, were accommodated by FCF Minerals Corp. in Runruno, Quezon town in Nueva Vizcaya for an educational mine tour on March 18, 2023. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO

QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (March 21), 2023)—The Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) visited the FCF Minerals Corp. here for an educational mine tour on March 18.

The NVSU delegates who are newly exposed to the mines were 18 professors and graduate school students from the university’s College of Business Education in its Bayombong town campus.

Lorne Harvey,  FCF Minerals Corp. general manager for operations, noted that like any other who are new to the mining area, the NVSU delegates were amazed at the programs of the company and the FCF management as a whole.

Professors and graduate students from Nueva Vizcaya State University, Bayombong Campus, Nueva Vizcaya visit FCF MInerals Corp. for an educational tour. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

“They were there to see for themselves the company’s rehabilitation and the scholarship programs of the company,” Harvey said thanking them for their interest to visit.

He also thanked the NVSU delegates for allowing the company to showcase its best practices in safety, environment, and social as well as its mining method and process plant operations.

FCF on-the-job training program

Earlier, teachers from Runruno National High School and Dippog National High School also met with FCF Minerals Corp. to discuss the work immersion program of their Senior High School students under the K-12 Program of the Department of Education.

Teachers from Runruno National High School and Dippog National High School meet with FCF Minerals Corporation personnel to discuss the Work Immersion Program for their Senior High School students under the K to 12 Program of the Department of Education. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Harvey said a total of 117 students will be accommodated by the company as on-the-job training or OJT to be deployed to various departments appropriate for their skills acquisition.

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These students are coming from different K-12 strands such as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), General Academic Strand (GAS), Home Economics (Cookery, Bread and Pastry) and Industrial Arts (EIM).

Citing Republic Act 8525, known as the “Adopt-A-School Program,” Harvey said the company believes that education drives sustainable development. TVJ