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MINE CLOSURE. As FCF Minerals Corp. plans for its eventual mine closure and as part of the final mine rehabilitation and decommissioning Plan (FMRDP) updating this year, members of the Program Management Committee (PMC) of FCF Social Development and Management Program (SDMP), representatives of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Region 2 and FCF employees recently visited two mining companies in Zamboanga del Norte that have already reached their end of mine life and are in various stages of implementing their FMRDPs. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (October 7, 2023)—In preparation for its eventual mine closure, FCF Minerals Corporation on October 4, 2023 visited two mining operations in Zamboanga del Norte that have already reached their end of mi...

The Multi-Partite Monitoring Team (MMT) conducts 3rd Quarter Field Validation at FCF Minerals Corporation's Runruno Gold Project on the company’s ongoing efforts to maximize resource efficiency, increase environmental protection, reduce ecological impact and enhance social and community development initiatives. The validation that gave good results was to track FCF's mining and processing operations, environmental protection efforts, and social development initiatives. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (October 1)—With positive results, the Multi-Partite Monitoring Team (MMT) conducted its third quarter (Q3) field validation at FCF Minerals Corporation’s Runruno Gold Projects on September 19–23, 2023. Lorne Harvey, FCF Minerals Corporation general mana...

FCF Minerals Corp. sends representatives from the company’s Community Relations Office to attend a three-day Training on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) for Social Development Projects in the University of the Philippines Diliman Campus from September 13 to 15, 2023. The training was conducted by the Research and Extension for Development Office (REDO) of the College of Social Work and Community Development of UP Diliman as part of their public service training program for development practitioners. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (September 16, 2023)—At least six community relations staff from FCF Minerals Corporation have participated in the three-day Training on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) for Social Development Proje...

Rice retailers receive financial assistance from Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) representatives during the Economic Relief Subsidy distribution conducted by the agency in Nueva Vizcaya. PHOTO BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (September 15, 2023)—At least 88 Micro Rice Retailers (MRRs) in the province received financial assistance from the national government in the wake of the implementation of the Mandatory Rice Price Ceiling (MRPC) in the country. Marietta Salviejo, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial chief, said that the 88 MRRs came from the towns of Aritao, Bagabag, Bambang, Diadi, Bayombong, Dupax del Norte, Dupax del Sur, Solano and Villaverde. The MRRs received P15,000 cash assistance each...

Yabbi Elementary School in Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya is now online through the auspices of the Department of Science and Technology with the installation of Starlink and LokalFi network. FACEBOOK PHOTO/DOST NUEVA VIZCAYA BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (September 14, 2023)—The remote Yabbi Elementary School in the town of Dupax del Norte in the province of Nueva Vizcaya is now online through Project Resilient Education Information Infrastructure for the New Normal (Reiinn). A project by the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DoST-ASTI), Reiinn aims to close the digital gap in far-flung areas recognizing the importance of internet access, especially for communication and education.  It was from September 7 to 8, 2023 when a te...