INTRODUCTION

MGB AT A GLANCE

PLANNING, POLICY & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION

Mines and Geosciences Bureau
June 15, 2019
The MGB is the primary government agency under the DENR
responsible for the conservation, management, development
and proper use of the country’s mineral resource.

Republic Act No. 7942 – Philippine Mining Act of 1995

MGB aims to be an enabler of a mining industry that is not only prosperous
but also socially, economically sustainable, with broad community and
political support while positively and progressively assisting in governments
program on poverty alleviation and contributing to the general economic
well being of the nation.

It also aims to become the leading geoscience and geo-resources agency

serving the public and nation with scientific reliability.
As steward of the country’s mineral resources, MGB is committed to the
promotion of sustainable mineral resources development, aware of its
contribution to national economic growth and countryside community
development. It fully recognizes that the development of a responsive
policy framework in partnership with stakeholders to govern mineral
exploration, mining and investment decisions and an effective
institutional structure are fundamental requisites for the sustainable
utilization of the country’s mineral resources.
It is adherent to the promotion of geological studies as an integral
element of socio-economic development, environmental protection and
human safety. Yet, it is sensitive to the known environmental impacts of
mining and the need for restoration and rehabilitation of mining affected
areas and the development and adoption of environmental and
geoscientific technologies.
• Spanish Regime - “Inspeccion General de Minas.“
• Philippine Revolutionary Republic – (1898) Departamento de Fomento (Department
of Public Welfare was created thru a decree of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo; Industry and
Agriculture Division (under the Departamento de Fomento) was created, under which are
the Mines Section and Mountains Section;

• American Regime – (1900) the emergence of the Mining Bureau; to the Public Lands;
Bureau of Science, and the Mining Bureau became the Division of Geology and Mines;

• Commonwealth Regime – (1936) created the Bureau of Mines;

• Second World War – (1942) reconstituting the Bureau of Mines under the Department
of Agriculture and Commerce; then Bureau of Mines shrunk again into a Division of the
Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources;
• Post World War Era – (1945) Bureau of Mines was restored and had been under the
direct supervision and control of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources;

• Marcos Era – (1974) the Bureau of Mines was transferred to the Department of Natural;
(1978) the Bureau of Mines was renamed as Bureau of Mines and Geosciences;

• EDSA Revolution Era – (1987) Reorganizing the DENR with the Mines and Geosciences
Bureau as one of the staff bureaus;

• 1995 Mining Act Era – (1995) passage of Republic Act No. 7942, otherwise known as
the Philippine Mining Act of 1995, transforming the MGB into a line bureau.
• Directly in charge in the administration and disposition of the country’s mineral lands
and mineral resources;

• Recommends to the Secretary the granting of MA;

• Endorses to the Secretary, for approval by the President, the granting of FTAA;

• Undertakes geoscientific surveys and researches in the fields of land and marine
geology, mining, mine environment, metallurgy and mineral economics;

• Confiscates, after due process, surety, performance and guaranty bonds after notice of
violation;
• Cancels or recommends the cancellation, after due process, mining rights, mining
applications and mining claims for noncompliance with pertinent laws, rules and
regulations;

• Deputizes, when necessary, any member or unit of the PNP and Barangay, duly
registered and DENR-accredited NGO or any Qualified Person to police all mining
activities;

• Assists the EMB in the processing or conduct of EIA in mining projects;

• Provides laboratory and other technical services to the public and other
government entities;
• Provides technical assistance to LGUs in the performance of devolved
functions on small-scale mining and quarry/sand and gravel mining operations;

• Provides staff support and technical advisory to the Office of the President on
mining and geology matters;

• Acts as secretariat to the MAB; and

• Exercises such other authority vested by the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 and
its implementing rules and regulations.
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• Administrative Division;
• Financial Management Division;
• Legal Service Division;
• Planning, Policy and International Affairs Division;
• Mineral Economics, Information and Publication
Division;
• Metallurgical Technology Division;
• Mining Technology Division;
• Mine Safety, Environment and Social Development
Division;
• Mining Tenements Management Division;
• Marine Geological Survey Division; and
• Lands Geological Survey Division.
• Finance and Administrative Division;
• Geosciences Division;
• Mine Management Division; and
• Mine Safety, Environment and Social Development
Division.
• Office buildings in the CO, and ROs CAR, I, II, V, VII, VIII, X, XI, XII and XIII.
Ongoing construction of office building in RO III;

• A 500-ton research vessel, the only one of its kind in the Philippines designed for
marine geological survey;

• A laboratory building equipped with specialized equipment for petrological,

mineralogical and mine environmental analysis, researches and services;

• A 1,634 square meter structure provided with various metallurgical process

equipment for laboratory and batch scale and continuous pilot scale
metallurgical and chemical researches and services;
• A library with a collection of about 6,000 books and reports on mining,
geosciences and related sciences;

• A rock museum showcasing hundreds of ore samples and fossils;

• Field vehicles in the CO and ROs; and

• Various technical and scientific equipment (GPR, XRF, GPS, RTK, Total Station,
AAS, etc.) for geoscientific and mineral land surveys, and mining technology
and mine environment researches and services.
• Operations:
 DENR has three Organizational Outcomes;
 MGB’s programs shall be in two (2) Organizational Outcomes only:
 OO1: Environment and Natural Resources Sustainably Managed; and
 OO2: Adaptive Capacities of Human Communities and Natural Systems
Improved
MGB ORGANIZATIONAL OUTCOMES
OO1 – NATURAL RESOURCES SUSTAINABLY MANAGED
Program 1: Mineral Resources Enforcement and Regulatory Program

Sub-Program – Mining Regulation

Services
o Mineral Investment Promotion
Program
o Mining Industry Development
Program
o Mine Rehabilitation Program
Mineral Investment Promotion Program
o Issuance of Mining Permits/Contracts and
other Mining Permit related documents;

o Promotion of small-scale mining thru the

declaration of Minahang Bayan Areas for
issuance of Small-Scale Mining Contracts;
Mining Industry Development Program
o Ensures the implementation of responsible mining practices in the minerals
industry
 Monitoring of mining permits/contracts to determine their compliance,
including the payment of taxes and fees

 Anti-illegal mining operations

Mine Rehabilitation Program

o Remediation and rehabilitation of abandoned mines to reduce, if not eliminate,

the negative environmental impacts, such as, acid mine drainage, erosion,
siltation, pollution of rivers, etc.

o Abandoned Mines
 Bagacay Mine
 Marcopper Mine
 Black Mountain Mine
 Palawan Quicksilver Mine
 Other abandoned mines

Bagacay Mine, Eastern Samar

MGB ORGANIZATIONAL OUTCOMES
OO1 – NATURAL RESOURCES SUSTAINABLY MANAGED

Program 2: Mineral Resources and Geosciences Development Program

Sub-Program – Mineral Resources Development

o Communication Plan for Mineral Resources and Geosciences
Development
o National Mineral Reservation Program
o Offshore Exploration Program
Communication Plan for Mineral Resources and Geosciences Development

o Advocacy program to inform the public on the various laws, rules and
regulations on mining, practices on responsible mining, complexities of
mining operations and geosciences development.

 Continuing stakeholder
engagement with LGUs, CSOs,
other NGAs, etc.
 Development and distribution of
IEC materials; and
 Capacity building programs for
stakeholders.
National Mineral Reservation Program
o Declaration of new mineral reservations and managing existing ones
o Existing Mineral Reservations:
 Ilocos Norte Feldspar Mineral Reservation;
 Zambales Chromite Mineral Reservation;
 Biak-na-Bato Mineral Reservation;
 Siruma Clay Mineral Reservation;
 Samar Bauxite Mineral Reservation;
 Diwalwal Mineral Reservation;
 Surigao Nickel Mineral Reservation;
 Zamboanga Gold Mineral Reservation; and
 Offshore Mineral Reservation.
Offshore Exploration

o Generation of geo-scientific information

from offshore areas, with focus on the
Philippine Rise
MGB ORGANIZATIONAL OUTCOMES
OO2: ADAPTIVE CAPACITIES OF HUMAN COMMUNITIES AND NATURAL SYSTEMS IMPROVED

Program 1: Geological Risk Reduction and Resiliency Program

Sub-Program – Geological Assessment for Risk Reduction and
Resiliency

o Geohazard Assessment Program

o Land Geohazard Survey
o Coastal Geohazard Survey

o Geologic Assessment Program

o Geologic Survey
o Laboratory Services

o Groundwater Resource
Assessment Program
Geohazards Assessment (Land)
o Identification of areas susceptible to various geohazards
 Landslide, Flooding and Subsidence;
o Determination of risk exposures of communities, road networks
and infrastructures to geohazards thru Vulnerability and Risk
Assessment;
o Providing vital information to LGUs and various stakeholders
on the mitigation the impacts of geohazards;

1:10,000 Geohazard Map Subsidence Susceptibility Map of Bohol

Geohazards Assessment (Coastal)
o Determination of susceptibility of coastal areas to erosion and
accretion (coastal geohazards)

Coastal Maps Showing Shoreline Shifts DGPS shoreline mapping

Geological Mapping
o Generation of geo-scientific information as inputs for mineral resources
development, other geological assessment activities, and land use, zonation and
development.

 Total Universe – 970 quadrangles covering the entire country

Groundwater Resources Assessment

o Determination of the availability of groundwater resources and the threats to

contamination and depletion

o Development of 1:250,000 AND 1:50,000 scale groundwater resource maps (Total

Universe – 81 Provinces + 1 NCR)
A. Geohazards Assessment (Land)
o Complete the VRA of the 1,634 cities/municipalities;
o Continue the updating of geohazard maps of LGUs affected by natural
calamities;
o Complete the sub-surface assessment for mass
movement/sinkhole/subsidence for areas identified with karst
topography;
o Complete the IEC Campaign to Cities/Municipalities where VRA was
conducted;
o Print and distribute geohazard maps to LGUs (barangay, municipality,
province) and Congress/Senate officials;
B. Geohazards Assessment (Coastal)
o Complete the 1:10,000 scale assessment of the 872 coastal
cities/municipalities
o Complete the vulnerability and risk assessment of the 1,634
cities/municipalities

C. Groundwater Resources Assessment

o Complete the Regional Assessment of the 81 provinces + NCR
o Undertake detailed assessment (1:50,000 scale) of highly critical areas
D. Geological Mapping
o Complete the geologic survey and generate the geologic map of the
entire country.

E. Mining Industry Development Program

o Strict implementation of responsible mining – technically viable,
environmentally compliant, socially acceptable and economically
feasible.

F. Mineral Investment Promotion Program

o Address illegal mining thru the declaration of Minahang Bayan areas
G. Communication Plan for Mineral Resources and Geosciences Development
o Counter the negative perceptions of mining by providing factual and timely
information

H. Mine Rehabilitation Program

o Complete the rehabilitation of Bagacay and Palawan Quicksilver Mines and
other priority abandoned mines
 MINES AND GEOSCIENCES BUREAU

Mineral Resource Management

To promote the rational exploration, development, utilization and
conservation of mineral resources under the full control and supervision
of the State.

Republic Act No. 7942 – Philippine Mining Act of 1995

DAO No. 2010-21 – Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations
 Mining Tenement Management
• Permitting system (FTAA, MPSA, MPP, EP, ISAG, etc.)

• Undertake final evaluation of all mining applications, conduct audit of the

disposition of mineral lands and resources, and manage the Mineral Rights
Management System
 Mine Safety, Environment and
Social Development
• Environmental, social and mine safety requirements at each stage of mining
operation including its financial mechanisms for the implementation of SHES
programs.

• Promotion of best practices in environmental management committed to

reducing the impacts of mining and effectively and efficiently protecting the
environment, as well as health, safety and social concerns.
 Mineral Processing &
Laboratory Services
• Development of metallurgical processes of beneficiating/extracting
minerals/metals from ores

• Provide metallurgical and analytical services to the various mining

stakeholders
 Geology/Geohazard Mapping
• The geology and mineral resources potential of the area, susceptibility of areas
to geohazard, and water resources availability.

• Management of the national geoscience programs on geoscientific surveys

including geological mapping, mineral exploration, geohazard assessment,
hydrogeological exploration and vulnerability assessment, and engineering,
geological and geo-environmental studies.
 Small-scale Mining
• Procedure on the registration, licensing, declaration of Minahang Bayan, and
awarding of small-scale mining contracts.

• Provision of technical assistance to small-scale miners.

 Law Enforcement
• Conduct of apprehension, seizure, confiscation and disposition of illegally-
sourced minerals/mineral products and by-products.

• Provide a uniform procedure in the conduct of apprehension, seizure,

confiscation and disposition of illegally-sourced minerals/mineral products and
by-products
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