• Surigao Sur, Surigao Norte and Agusan del Norte are the

principal gold-producing provinces in what is called the

Barobo Gold Corridor and the Surigao Gold District
• Deposits of metallurgical grade chormite are found in the
islands of Dinagat. Vast nickel laterites are found in
Surigao Norte and Sur. Extensive deposits of alumnimum
bauxite are in Bucas Grande Island.
• Coal can be found in three of its provinces: Agusan del Sur,
Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur. Biggest bulk of coal
reserve is said to be found in Bislig and the Andap Vallex
Complex.
WHO BENEFITS?
• PGMA claims that the push for mining investments is to create
jobs and alleviate the economic condition of Filipinos especially
the residents of communities in and surrounding the mining
concessions.
• Majority of residents in these municipalities and provinces
remain poor.
• In 2006, Caraga ranks 2nd among the poorest regions in the
country.
• Surigao del Norte where mining is most rampant, is the 4 th
poorest province in the country.
• Agusan del Sur the 9th and Surigao del Sur the 35th poorest.
• Inspite of mining onslaught, the number of mining companies
and mining operations, Caraga region remains basically
agricultural
FLOODS
• With the distruction of forests, many areas in the
region has become easily flooded.
• In February 2006, flooding resulted in the death of 13
persons, damages to infrastructure alone reached
P296 million while crop damages reached around
P50 million.
• Most affected were areas in Surigao del Sur, Butuan
City, municipalities of Esperanza and San Francisoco,
Agusan del Sur and Las Nieves and Jabonga in
Agusan del Norte.
LANDSLIDES
• Depletion of trees has resulted to landslides. There
are 186 landslide prone areas in the region. Most of
these landslide prone areas are situated in mining
and logging areas or former logging and mining sites
now abandoned.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTAMINATION

• Industrial waste and mine tailings are being

dumped indiscriminately from open pits and
tailing ponds of gold mining operations.
• Mining at its present scale and practice has
brought massive environmental and human
damage.