The country’s biggest gold producer, Philex Mining Corp. (Philex), appealed to government regulators for the permanent lifting of their temporary permit to operate after completing requirements for the rehabilitation of its Padcal copper-gold mine in Benguet.

Philex Chairman Manuel Pangilinan said that they have already filed an application before the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) for the permanent resumption of operations at Padcal, after more than a year of rehabilitation and clean up operations in the areas affected by the tailings leak from its tailings storage facility No. 3 (TSF3).

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