Mining Philippines 2025: From policy to progress

Just recently, and after a two-year hiatus, the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) held Mining Philippines 2025 to “set the tone for a new era” in the industry.

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President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. (center) is joined by Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Raphael Lotilla (to his right) and the author and COMP chairman Atty. Michael T. Toledo (to his left), along with members of the COMP Board of Trustees; (from left) DMCI Mining Corp. chairman and CEO Isidro Consunji, Marcventures Mining and Development Corp. director Anthony Te, Carrascal Nickel Corp. president Antonio Co, Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corp. director Adrian Ramos, Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co. president and COO Bryan Yap, Coral Bay Nickel Corp. president and CEO Naoki Kawai, Philex Mining Corp. president and CEO Eulalio Austin Jr., Global Ferronickel Holdings, Inc. president Dante Bravo, COMP vice chairman and Nickel Asia Corp. president and CEO Martin G. Zamora, TVI Resource Development Phils., Inc. managing director Michael Regino, OceanaGold Philippines, Inc. president Joan Adaci-Cattiling and Fortun Narvasa and Salazar Atty. Roderick Salazar III PBBM with Secretary Lotilla, and the author Philex Mining Corp.'s VP-operations and resident manager Ricardo S. Dolipas II and chief finance officer Romeo B. Bachoco and PBBM

With the theme “From Policy to Progress: Driving Mining Through Innovation and Investment,” the two-day international conference and exhibition convened at the Grand Hyatt Manila in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City and brought together government officials, industry executives, investor delegates and community representatives to chart the future of mining in the Philippines.