Offshore magnetite exploration in Cagayan ongoing

TUGUEGARAO CITY: The Mines and Geoscience Bureau said government-sanctioned large-scale black sand or magnetite exploration project is ongoing offshore at six coastal towns of Cagayan province.

MGB officials said that the magnetite exploration project which is covered with a permit from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has been going on a few kilometers from the shore in said coastal towns of northern Cagayan.