PHILEX Mining Corp., one of the country's biggest gold producers, said Friday it has pushed back mining operations in one of its prospective mineral reserves at Padcal mine, in the northern Philippine province of Benguet.

In a telephone interview, Philex Mining President and CEO Eulalio Austin, Jr. said the start of mining at the 800-600 meter level (ML) of Padcal has been moved to 2018 instead of 2017 as earlier scheduled.

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