MANILA: The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) is optimistic about the result of a government audit on the industry, as it expects the findings to be “fair and objective”.

“We expect the findings to be fair, anchored on the promise of President Rodrigo Duterte of giving us a clean government. That the audit was done with utmost objectivity and that the findings will be properly transmitted to the respective audited mining companies for them to be able to address the gaps in their operations,” said Nelia Halcon, COMP executive vice president.

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