QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya: The provincial office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) disclosed that Barangay Runruno, here, which is part of the mining exploration area of the London-based FCF Minerals Development Corp., forms part of the domain claimed by the Gaddang indigenous cultural communities–indigenous peoples (ICCs-IPs) covering the towns of Bayombong, Solano, Villaverde, Bagabag, Diadi, and this municipality.

NCIP OIC provincial officer Roderick Alquin said in a certification that the total land area covered by the domain of the Gaddang IPs is more or less 75,000 hectares.

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