CARAGA REGION BASIC Mineral Profile INFORMATION EMPLOYMENT Region: Region XIII (Caraga) The Philippine government Employed as of 2019 Provinces: 5 promotes the rational exploration, 23,167 Cities: 6 development, utilization and LAND AREA & Municipalities: 67 conservation of mineral resources MINERAL Barangays: 1,310 Population (as of 2015 census): guided by its commitment to POTENTIAL responsible minerals development. 2,596,709 2,147,835 hectares Major economic activities: Mining, Total land area of the region in farming and fishing hectares 2.33% or 50,130.93 ECONOMIC hectares (as of December 2019) CONTRIBUTION Percentage of the region’s total land area covered by mining tenements. PhP17.74 Billion or 16.8% SOCIAL Estimated Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) of Region XIII, Caraga DEVELOPMENT from mining and quarrying at constant & MANAGEMENT 2000 prices. It accounted 16.8% of the PROGRAM total GRDP of the Region in 2018. Mining Investments PhP555.58 Million PhP89.46 Billion Amount committed by the operating (as of December 2019) mines for the development of their host and neighboring communities Gross Output through the approved SDMP in Nickel Ore, 2019. Mixed Nickel-Cobalt Sulfide and Scandium Oxalate (2019) 181 Barangays PhP24.30 Billion, PhP20.07 Stand to benefit from the Billion and PhP353.54 Mineral Resources implementation of the approved Million Development Projects SDMP of the operating mines. Value of nickel ore, mixed nickel-cobalt sulfide and scandium oxalate produced, . ENVIRONMENTAL respectively in the region. del Norte (2 nickel PROTECTION & Gold mines) REHABILITATION PhP14.46 Billion (estimated 2019) . (1 gold mine Combined value of gold produced and gold processed and 1 mineral processing PhP2.64 Billion plant) Amount committed by the operating Export mines for the implementation of US$1.07 Billion (2019) . Province of approved plans / programs / projects Total estimated export value of nickel (4 nickel mines) / activities under their EPEP and ore, mixed nickel-cobalt sulfide (MNCS), FMR/DP, respectively in 2019. scandium oxalate and gold ore. . del Norte (4 nickel Mining Forest Program Taxes and Fees Paid mines and 1 mineral PhP8.36 Billion (2019) processing plant) 12,214,281 seedlings Amount of national and local taxes, fees Number of seedlings planted by the and royalties generated and contributed to . (4 nickel mining companies in more than the Philippine economy by operating 6,859.82 hectares of mined-out and mines in the region. mines) other areas as of December 2019.

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