Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) on Monday said the majority shareholder of the $5.9-billion Tampakan copper-gold project remains committed to developing what may be the biggest mining project in the Philippines to date.

Contrary to earlier reports, Glencore-Xstrata has assured SMI that it would not divest its majority interest in the controversial mining project, SMI spokesperson Manolo Labor said.

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