Small-scale miners push for pocket mining areas

BAGUIO CITY: The Benguet Federation of Small Scale Mining Industry is pushing for the release of the Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR) for Executive Order No. 79, including government’s go-ahead to the proposed minahang bayan areas in nine out of the 13 municipalities of the province.

Lomino Kaniteng, Federation president at the regular weekly media forum here at Baguio Palace Hotel, pointed out the importance of the IRR of EO 79 to pocket miners whose as small scale mining is main livelihood.