Mt. Province Region: Cordillera Administrative the MINERAL PROFILE Region (CAR) Land Area and Mineral Potential Province: Mt

Republic of the Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources MINES AND GEOSCIENCES BUREAU Mt. Province Region: Cordillera Administrative THE MINERAL PROFILE Region (CAR) Land Area and Mineral Potential Province: Mt. Province The Philippine government Municipality: 10 promotes the rational 220,990 Hectares total land area Barangays: 144 exploration, development, of Mt. Province. Population (2015): 119,184 utilization and conservation of Income Classification: 4th Class mineral resources guided by its Province commitment to responsible Environmental Protection and Major economic activities: minerals development. Management Agriculture, Mining The Philippine government Mineral Statistics ensures the adequate protection of the environment, ₱ 153 Million or 12.1% before, during mining Estimated Gross Regional operations and beyond the life Domestic Product (GRDP) of CAR. of the mine. Mining and quarrying registered ₱2.05 Million at 2000 constant prices. It accounted a downtrend of LIST OF MINERAL DEPOSITS 2.9% of the total GRDP of the Region Metallic Deposits Mineral Commodities Copper - Kayan, Belwang, Mt. Sand & Gravel Province ₱457 Million Estimated value of Sand & Gravel Gold - Mainit, Mt. produced in Mt. Province in 2017. Province Employment 33 as of 2017 Non-Metallic Deposits Workers currently employed in Location Gypsum - Kayan, Mt. Province sand and gravel operations in Mt. Province. Gypsum/Clay- Daldal, Bago, Mt. Situated centrally in the Cordilleras, Province While estimates vary, it is Mt. Province is bounded on the conservatively projected that for north by Kalinga. On the south by every basic job in the mines, about Ifugao, southwest by Benguet and four ancillary/indirect jobs may be on the west by Abra and Ilocos Sur. generated in the upstream and It is accessible from Ifugao through National Greening Program downstream sectors. the Banaue-Bontoc Road and Baguio Extraction Fees Collected through the scenic Halsema Highway Potential area for rehabilitation ₱19.29 Million famously known as Mountain Trail. - total of 50,419 Extraction Fees collected for sand Hectares and gravel by the province in CY Social Equity and Development 2017. Area Planted as of December 2017 The Philippine government - total of 13,713 Extraction fee is the fee imposed by recognizes the rights and provinces for the extraction of sand participation of the communities Hectares and gravel materials which are and indigenous peoples and directly paid in the Provincial ensures the fair and equitable Treasurers Office with sharing as sharing of benefits among the follows: company, the government and host 40% Barangay; 30% Municipal; and communities 30% Province. “Mining shall be pro-people and pro-environment in sustaining wealth creation and improved quality of life”