WHEREAS,
our economic development program requires the progressive and orderly
exploitation of our mineral resources;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3(o) of Commonwealth Act No. 16, the
President of the Philippines issued Executive Order No. 245 dated July
10, 1970, prescribing the procedures for mineral prospecting and
exploitation in government reservations other than mineral reservations;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in accordance with Executive Order No. 245, Tirad Minerals,
Inc. applied and was granted, first a prospecting permit by the Bureau
of Forestry, and subsequently, an exploration permit by the Bureau of
Mines, over a certain parcel of the Central Cordillera Forest
Reservation;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, various investigations and exploration works caused to be
undertaken by applicant Tirad Mineral, Inc. and verified by the Bureau
of Mines, revealed that the applied areas contain mineral deposits
which may be commercially exploited;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, applicant Tirad Minerals Inc., after having complied with the
requirements under Executive Order No. 245 now requests the exclusion
of the applied area from the forest reservations;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby decree and order that a parcel of land within
the Central Cordillera Forest Reservation established under
Proclamation No. 217 dated February 16, 1929, be excluded from the
operation of said Proclamation and hereby award the development,
exploitation and utilization of the minerals therein to Tirad Minerals,
Inc., subject to existing rights, if any there be, and to existing
policies, laws, rules and regulations pertinent thereto, which parcel
of land is particularly described as follows:cralaw:red
Beginning at Point 1, which is S 50º 06' W, 6204.54 meters from
Triangulation Station "Sicapoo", Municipality of Dingras, Province of
Ilocos Norte (latitude 18º 00' 52.258"-30,000,00; longitude
120º 56'15.328-30,000.00); thence Due South, 3600.00 meters to
Point 2; thence Due West, 4500.00 meters to Point 3; thence Due North;
3600.00 meters to Point 4; thence due East, 4500.00 meters to Point 1;
which is the point beginning, containing an area of 1,620.00 hectares,
more or less, as indicated in the attached Plan of Boundary
Survey. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 15th day of March in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-six.
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