The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) expects no major changes in the development plan timetable for the $5.9-billion Tampakan copper-gold project, despite earlier announcement by Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) that it would scale down operations amid regulatory impasse.

“We are still evaluating the revised work program submitted to us. It looks like the timetable, as I recall, have no major changes,” MGB Director Leo Jasareno said in a telephone interview.

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