DAVAO CITY March 18 (PIA)- A ground-breaking ceremony was held
last March 15, 2016 in Barangay Katipunan, Nabunturan, Compostela Valley
Province for the Field-Testing of the Integrated Gold-Copper Mineral Processing
Pilot Plant.
The event was attended by officials of the Provincial Government
of Compostela Valley led by Vice-Governor Manuel Zamora and the Department of
Science and Technology led by Undersecretary Dr. Rowena Cristina Guevarra and
DOST-XI Regional Director Dr. Anthony Sales.
The field-testing of the Gold-Copper Mineral Processing Plant
introduces this mineral processing technology in the province, this method
enhances the procedural mineral extraction techniques for gravity
concentration, flotation, without the use of harmful chemicals with no
cyanidation and amalgamation process of extracting gold and copper minerals.
It is also a safer process on gold processing, safeguarding the
health and the environment within the community apart from economically
benefiting the miners as it extracts double the amount of gold compared to the
usual method and also extract copper in the same process.
A memorandum of understanding was signed by the provincial
government and the DOST last October 5, 2015 in the provincial capitol of
Compostela Valley to start the project.
“This project does not only add value on our metallic minerals. It
also promotes sustainability of our small-scale miners which are slowly being
eaten by big players. The Field-Testing project is a viable opportunity to be
competitive especially to our local communities specifically Benguet, Bicol,
Caraga and now in Comval,” Usec. Guevarra said during the ground-breaking.
Compostela is the fourth site to benefit from the technology. The
project is the initiative of the University of the Philippines- Diliman-
Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.
(UP-Diliman-DMME).
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