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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1696
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1696 -
EXCLUDING CERTAIN AREAS FROM THE OPERATION OF PROCLAMATION NO. 217
DATED FEBRUARY 16, 1929 AND OPENING THE SAME FOR MINING PURPOSES
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WHEREAS, to
accelerate mineral production and bolster the national economy, a
well-planned exploration and systematic development and exploitation of
minerals and mineral lands is imperative; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 463, the
President of the Philippines may release areas within existing forest
reservations for mining purposes if found to be mineralized; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in accordance with the aforesaid Decree and the implementing
regulations, Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company, upon applications
duly filed, was granted by the Bureau of Forest Development Prospecting
Permit No. 419-4379 and by the Bureau of Mines and Geo-Sciences Permit
to Explore No. 72 covering an area within the Central Cordillera Forest
Reservation;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company is presently conducting
mining operations on its area adjoining the area of Permit to Explore
No. 72, and the ore deposit being mined is known to extend to the
permit area as indicated by underground workings and geologic features
manifested on the surface, which findings were verified and confirmed
by the Bureau of Mines and Geo-Sciences;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the existence of mineralization in the area adjacent to that
of Permit to Explore No. 72 which were already released for mining
purposes lends credence to the fact that the area sought to be released
is also mineralized;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company requests the exclusion of
said area from the Central Cordillera Forest Reservation; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order that an area within the Central Cordillera Forest
Reservation established under Proclamation No. 217 dated February 16,
1929, be excluded from the operation of said Proclamation and the
development, exploitation and utilization of the minerals found therein
is awarded to Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company, subject to existing
rights, if any there be, and to existing policies, laws, rules and
regulations pertinent thereto, and which area is more particularly
described, as follows:cralaw:red
Beginning at pt. 1 (16º50' 27.71 "N Lat., 120º48' 40.75" E
Long.) which is N 18º00'w, 120.00 m. from tie point at Barrio
Bulalacao, Mankayan, Benguet, Luzon (16º50.4N Lat., 120 48.7 'E
Long.); chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 53º44'W, 91.31 m. to pt. 2;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 26º44'W, 106.06 m. to pt. 3;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 83º44'W, 82.49 m. to pt. 4;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 40º52'W, 117.69 m. to pt. 5;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 08º58'W, 96.18 m. to pt. 6;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 34º37'W, 51.03 m. to pt. 7;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 24º42'W, 40.72 m. to pt. 8;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 56º53'W, 54.92 m. to pt. 9;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 22º02'W, 45.31 m. to pt. 10;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 01º46'W, 65.03 m. to pt. 11;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 15º57'W, 43.68 m. to pt. 12;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 25º23'W, 65.30 m. to pt. 13;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence Due North, 54.00 m. to pt. 14;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 24º47'E, 42.95 m. to pt. 15;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 33º41'E, 50.48 m. to pt. 16;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 60º03'E, 102.08 m. to pt. 17;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 81º00'E, 190.00 m. to pt. 18;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 53º00'E, 80.00 m. to pt. 19;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 47º00'E, 60.00 m. to pt. 20;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence S 73º0'E, 330.00 m. to pt. 21;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence S 72º9'E, 358.84 m. to pt. 22;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence S 05º00'E, 345.00 m. to pt. 23;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence S 46º00'W, 80.00 m. to pt. 24;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence S 20º00'W, 102.70 m. to pt. 24a;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence Due West, 13.30 m. to pt. 24b;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence Due South, 36.57 m. to pt. 24c;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence S 20º00'W, 98.38 m. to pt. 25;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence S 50º00'W, 240.00 m. to pt. 26;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence S 79º00'W, 200.00 m. to pt. 27;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
thence N 68º00'W, 160.00 m. to pt. 1 which is the point of
beginning, containing an area of 79.9780 hectares, more or less.
In case the mineral deposits found therein are not developed and
exploited as is the purpose of this Decree, the area so excluded is
hereby declared a mineral reservation, and the disposition thereof
shall be governed by the Presidential Decree No. 463 and the rules and
regulations on the matter. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 14th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty.
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