DEL NORTE

BASIC Mineral Profile INFORMATION EMPLOYMENT Region: Region XIII () The Philippine government Province: 11,963 Employed as of 2019 Surigao del Norte (SDN) promotes the rational exploration, City: 1 Municipality: 20 development, utilization and LAND AREA & Barangays: 335 conservation of mineral resources MINERAL Population (2015 Census): 485,088 guided by its commitment to POTENTIAL Major economic activities: Nickel responsible minerals development. mining and processing, farming 197,293 hectares Total land area of SDN in hectares and fishing 8.03% or 15,843.3616 ECONOMIC hectares (as of December 2019) CONTRIBUTION Percentage of the SDN’s total land area covered by mining tenements. PhP 17.74 Billion SOCIAL or 16.8% Estimated Gross Regional Domestic DEVELOPMENT Product (GRDP) of Region XIII, Caraga & MANAGEMENT from mining and quarrying at constant PROGRAM 2000 prices. It accounted 16.8% of the total GRDP of the Region in 2018. PhP369.24 Million Mining Investments Amount committed by the company PhP78.03 Billion for the development of its host and (as of December 2019) neighboring communities through the approved SDMP in 2019. Gross Output Nickel Ore, 52 Barangays Mixed Nickel-Cobalt Sulfide Stand to benefit from the and Scandium Oxalate (2019) implementation of its approved Mineral Resources PhP11.92 Billion, SDMP. Development Projects PhP20.07 Billion and ENVIRONMENTAL PhP353.54 Million 4 Nickel Mines Estimated value of nickel ore produced Tagana-an Nickel Project PROTECTION & and mixed nickel-cobalt sulfide and ( Mining Corporation) REHABILITATION scandium oxalate processed by THPAL, respectively. SIRC Nickel Project PhP2.16 Billion (Surigao Integrated Resources Export Amount committed by the company Corporation/ Platinum Group Metals for the implementation of approved (2019) US$674.08 Million Corporation) plans / programs / projects / activities Total estimated export value of nickel under its EPEP and FMR/DP, ore, mixed nickel-cobalt sulfide (MNCS) Taganito Nickel Project respectively in 2019. and scandium oxalate. China and Japan (Taganito Mining Corporation) are the major trading partners. Urbiztondo Nickel Project Mining Forest Program Taxes and Fees Paid (Adnama Mining Resources, Inc.) 7,410,988 seedlings PhP4.95 Billion (2019) Number of seedlings planted by the Amount of national and local taxes, fees 1 Processing Plant mining company in more than and royalties generated and contributed to Taganito HPAL Project 2,691.55 hectares of mined-out and the Philippine economy by operating other areas as of December 2019. mines in the province. (Taganito HPAL Nickel Corporation)

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