3. MINING
AND
CONFLICT:
Mindanao
Mining
Situa7oner
I.
Mindanao
“Land
of
Promise”
II.
Mindanao:
a
militarized
and
plundered
land
III.
People’s
Resistance
IV.
Appeal
to
the
IPCM
2015
19. Zipper
or
Backbone?
Pineapple
Planta7on,
Polomolok,
South
Cotabato
hJp://www.choosephilippines.com/
specials/lists/1299/awesome-‐aerial-‐
photos-‐mindanao-‐part2/
20.
Surigao
del
Sur:
Tagbina's
banana
farm
creates
interesGng
paKerns
as
a
river
winds
through
it
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specials/lists/1299/awesome-‐aerial-‐photos-‐
mindanao-‐pa
/
24.
Siocon,
Zamboanga
del
Norte
Gold
Project
Toronto
Ventures,
Inc.
Canada
Tampakan,
South
Cotabato
Copper
Project
SagiAarius
Mines/
Xstrata-‐Switzerland
Gov.
Generoso
&
Ma7,
Davao
Oriental
Nickel
Project
Hallmark
Mining/
Austral-‐Asia
Link
Mining
Nonoc
Island,
Surigao
del
Norte
Nickel
Project
Pacific
Nickel
Adlay-‐Cagdianao-‐Tandawa,
Surigao
del
Norte
Nickel
Project
QNI,
BHP
Billiton,
Australia
Siana,
Surigao
del
Norte
Gold
Project
JCG
Resources
&
Red
V
Australia
Boyongan,
Surigao
del
Norte
Copper
project
Philex
&
Anglo
American,
UK
Diwalwal,
Compostela
Valley
Gold
Project
State-‐owned
Pantukan,
Compostela
Valley
Gold-‐Copper
Project
Benguet
Corpora%on
Maco
&
Mabini,
Compostela
Valley
Gold-‐Copper
Project
North
Davao
Mining
Government Priority Large-scale
Mining Projects in Mindanao
Source
:
DENR
26. TV
I
Mi
ds
ali
p
mi
nin
g
ten
em
ent
s
SMI
-
Xtr
ata
S
i
e
r
r
a
m
i
n
i
n
g
B
HP
Bil
lit
on
M
as
ar
a
mi
ni
ng
Ph
ilc
o
Mi
ni
ng
Di
wa
lw
al
P
M
D
C
Omega Gold
Tubay mining
Pantaron tenements
Bunawan mining
Claver mining
Taganito miningMining
Tenements in
Lake Mainit
1st Inf Div
101st IBde
4thIBPA
5thIBPA
6thID
51stIBPA
33rdIBPA
44thIBPA
102IBde55thIBPA
601stIBde
602ndIBde
66thIBPA
28thIBPA
72ndIBPA
75thIBPA
25thIBPA
39thIBPA
76thIBPA
64thIBPA
73rdIBPA
3rdSF
38thIBPA
40thIBPA
402ndIBde
36thIBPA 67thIBPA
403rdIBPA
29thIBPA
30thIBPA
58thIBPA
4thID
8thIBPA
KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS in Mindanao,
ancestral domain areas mono-crop plantations,
biofuels, and mining,
military deployment
• 55
combat
baKalions
(excluding
community
rela2ons
groups,
CMO
ba:alions,
intelligence
ba:alions,
engineering
ba:alions,
mechanized
ba:alions)
• Est.
46k
–
50k
soldiers
35. The
ZamPen
has
a
total
land
area
of
1,
413,
754
hectares;
54%
of
which
is
classified
as
forest
land.
There
are
278
mining
tenements
with
the
total
land
are
of
690,851.28
has.
TVI
has
95,742.00
37. • 26%
of
the
total
land
area
of
Region
XI
(SMR)
is
covered
by
mining
applicaGons,
totaling
597,
292.90
has.
• Large-‐scale
mining
operaGons
resulted
in
the
loss
of
livelihood
for
40,000
small-‐scale
miners
in
Pantukan
in
2010.
Mining Tenements
in Southern Mindanao
38. Mindanao hosts some of the
world’s biggest companies:
BHP
Billiton
Xstrata
Anglo-‐American
Sumitomo
Toronto
Ventures,
Inc.
Red
5
Limited
Rio
Tinto
Benguet
Mining
Corp
TVI
39. Mining
Act
=
Evil
Act
The
modern
Trojan
”bringing
gins
of
empty
promises”
(Bp.
Zacarias
C.
Jimenez,DD)
43. AJacks
on
our
People
Advocates
against
big
mining,
plantaGons,
and
other
extracGve
projects,
as
well
as
teachers
and
students,
have
been
lodged
with
fabricated
criminal
suits.
They
are
facing
threats
to
their
lives.
Several
of
those
who
find
their
names
in
the
AFP’s
“order
of
baKle
hit
list”
have
become
vicGms
of
summary
execuGons.
46. AJacks
on
our
Schools
Indigenous
community
schools
in
Mindanao
have
been
targeted
for
closure,
encampment,
vilifica7on,
and
harassments.
These
schools
have
been
ini7ated
by
Lumad
community
organiza7ons,
with
assistance
from
non-‐government
organiza7ons
and
support
groups,
in
response
to
the
need
to
address
high
illiteracy
rates
in
rural
areas.
49. AJacks
on
our
Communi7es
Advocates
against
big
mining,
plantaGons,
and
other
extracGve
projects,
as
well
as
teachers
and
students,
have
been
lodged
with
fabricated
criminal
suits.
They
are
facing
threats
to
their
lives.
Several
of
those
who
find
their
names
in
the
AFP’s
“order
of
baKle
hit
list”
have
become
vicGms
of
summary
execuGons.
51. -‐
Join
the
ISM-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐SHOUT
OUT!
-‐Support
Manilakbayan
2015:
support/sponsor
a
Lumad
-‐
Adopt
a
Lumad
School
-‐Sharing
of
experiences
through
study
tour,
interna7onal
fact
finding
mission
and
other
forms
of
collabora7on
-‐
public
dissimina7on
of
Mindanao
issues
through
Media,
local&
interna7onal
networks
and
social
media
III.
APPEAL
TO
IPCM
2015
55. Acknowledgments:
• IBON
Founda7on
• Center
for
Environmental
Concerns
• Defend
Patrimony
•
Kalikasan
People’s
Network
for
the
Environment
•
Environmental
Science
for
Social
Change
• “Philippine
Mining
or
Food”-‐Robert
Goodman,
Clives