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The DTI Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Office and FCF Minerals Corporation reaffirm their commitment to intensify their partnership on the implementation of various MSME and Industry Development initiatives under Project GOLD (Generating Opportunities for Livelihood Development) in a Focus Group Discussion on January 18, 2024 in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAYOMBONG (January 18, 2024)—The Department of Trade and Industry in Nueva Vizcaya and the UK-based FCF Minerals Corporation reaffirmed their commitment “to intensify their partnership on the implementation of various micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and industry development initiatives. According to Manilyn ponce, DTI Region 2 information officer, these initiatives are under Project Ge...

Didipio Mine President Joan Adaci-Cattiling (front, center) along with NCIP officials headed by Region 2 director Ronaldo Daquioag (front, third from left), officials from Nueva Vizcaya State University and Quirino State University join scholars as they wave their scholarship certificates under the company's Community Development Fund-Indigenous Peoples and Development of Mining Technology and Geosciences scholarship programs at the Ammungan Hall, Capitol Compound in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya in December 2023. PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO DIDIPIO Mine has awarded scholarships to 85 Indigenous Peoples (IP) students from the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino in a move to extend the benefits to wider beneficiaries. Lawyer Joan Adaci-Cattiling, Didipio Mine p...

The 8-megawatt Matuno River Hydroelectric Power Plant in Barangay Manamtam, Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya is set for commercial operation within the first quarter of 2024. MATUNO RIVER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (January 4, 2024)—The provincial government of Nueva Vizcaya has expressed dismay over the reported transaction by a local power company to sell its produced energy to another grid instead of the local cooperative in the province. Governor Jose “Jing” Gambito said his office was informed that the Matuno River Hydroelectric Power Plant (HePP) located in Bambang town is set for commercial operation within the first quarter of 2024. “To our dismay including the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislative board) and the peopl...

This Christmas season, FCF Minerals Corp. through its Corporate Social Responsibility joined hands with the provincial Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR) office in Nueva Vizcaya headed by Board Member Samuel Balinhawang for the conduct of the 2023 Information, Education and Communication 4th Quarter Event with the theme “𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙜 𝙋𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝙨𝙖 𝙢𝙜𝙖 𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙤 𝙑𝙞𝙯𝙘𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙤❞— a heartwarming Gift-Giving Activity for the Children of Nueva Vizcaya. FCF-IEC PHOTO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (December 17, 2023)—Celebrating the Christmas season, the British FCF Minerals Corp. through the Social Corporate Responsibility partnered with the Nueva Vizcaya Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR) office during the 2023 Information Education and Communication (IEC) 4th Quarter Event...

Members of Kasibu Coffee Growers Association, Inc. (KCGAI) receiving P2.5 million in financial assistance also undergo capacity building seminar on Coffee Post-Harvest Operations for the Golden Future for Agriculture project under the Didipio Mine’s corporate social responsibility program aimed at contributing to the association’s community, financial and organizational sustainability. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya: The Didipio Mine here is helping coffee farmers boost the industry by extending financial assistance and capacitating particularly the farmer-members of a coffee growers cooperative here. Didipio Mine president and general manager for external affairs and social performance Joan Adaci-Cattiling said the mine partnered with the Departmen...

The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department of the London-based FCF Minerals Corp. orchestrates an insightful in-house training session on First Aid and Basic Life Support on November 29-30, 2023 at the Medic Shed of Runruno Gold Project (RGP) site in Quezon, Nueva Vizcaya. FCF-IEC PHOTO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (December 6, 2023)—To empower safety, the London-based FCF Minerals Corp. conducted First Aid and Basic Life Support (BLS) in-house training for mine workers in Runruno village. The training was led by the company’s Occupational Safety and Health Department Empowering Safety: FCF Minerals Corporation's OSH Department Conducts First Aid and BLS In-House Training. FCF-IEC PHOTO Rodalyn Arcebal, FCF Information, Education and Communication (IEC) supervisor, said the ...

Fifteen FCF Minerals Corp. employees complete a seven-day extensive housekeeping training program in November 2023 at the Runruno Gold Project (RGP) site in Quezon, Nueva Vizcaya. The program was crafted to enhance the capabilities of the workforce. FCF-IEC PHOTO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (December 1, 2023)—To enhance the capabilities of its workforce, 15 FCF Minerals Corp. employees have completed a housekeeping training program at the Runruno Gold Project (RGP) site here. Rodalyn Arcebal, FCF Information, Education and Communication (IEC) supervisor, said these employees have undergone the extensive housekeeping training program that was crafted to enhance their capabilities. The training was conducted in two separate sessions from November 15 to 17 and from November 22 to 25, 2023...

FCF Minerals Corporation gets two ASEAN mineral mining awards in Cambodia in recognition of its outstanding best practices in sustainable mineral development, as 1st runner up in the Mineral Mining (Metallic) category and 2nd runner up in the Mineral Processing (Metallic) category. FCF-ICE PHOTO BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya (November 24, 2023)—FCF Minerals Corporation received two prestigious Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) Mineral Awards (AMA) in Cambodia in recognition of its outstanding best practices in sustainable mineral development. Rodalyn Arcebal, FCF Information, Education and Communication supervisor, said FCF won the AMA in the Mineral Mining (Metallic) category as first runner-up and in the Mineral Processing (Metallic) category as second runner...