Excluding Certain Areas From The Operation Of Proclamation No. 87 DatedAugust 9, 1966, Under Republic Act No. 3092, And Opening The Same For Mining Purposes

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Presidential Decree No. 1589

Excluding Certain Areas from the Operation of Proclamation No. 87 dated August 9, 1966, under Republic Act No. 3092, and Opening the Same for Mining Purposes

- Pursuant to Section 3(0) of Commonwealth Act No. 136, the President of the Philippines issued Executive Order No. 245 dated July 10, 1970, prescribing the procedures for mineral prospecting and exploitation in government reservations other than mineral reservations.
- In accordance with Executive Order No. 245 and Presidential Decree No. 463, Baler Consolidated Mines, Inc. applied for and was granted a Prospecting Permit by the Bureau of Forest Development and subsequently an Exploration Permit by the Bureau of Mines, over a certain parcel of Dibudalan Mountain Forest Reserve located at Barrio Dibut, Municipality of Baler, Sub-province of Aurora, Province of Quezon.
- Investigations, exploration works, and feasibility studies conducted by Baler Consolidated Mines, Inc. and verified by the Bureau of Mines revealed that the applied area is more valuable for mining purposes than the purpose for which it has been reserved, and that the chromite deposit therein could be commercially exploited.
- After complying with the requirements under Executive Order No. 245, Series of 1970, and under the Mineral Resources Development Decree of 1974 (P.D. 463), Baler Consolidated Mines, Inc. requested the exclusion of the applied area from the forest reservation.
- The President, by virtue of the power vested in him by the Constitution, hereby decrees and orders that a parcel of land within the Dibudalan Mountain Forest Reserve established under Proclamation No. 87 dated August 9, 1966 (R.A. No. 3092), be excluded from the operation of said Proclamation and hereby awards the development, exploitation, and utilization of the chromite deposits and other minerals found therein to Baler Consolidated Mines, Inc., subject to existing rights, if any, and to existing policies, laws, rules and regulations pertinent thereto.
- The specific parcel of land, containing an area of One Thousand One Fifty Three & 1519/10,000 (1,153.1519) hectares, more or less, is described in detail with boundary coordinates.
- This Decree takes effect immediately.