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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1589
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1589 -
EXCLUDING CERTAIN AREAS FROM THE OPERATION OF PROCLAMATION NO. 87 DATED
AUGUST 9, 1966, UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3092, AND OPENING THE SAME FOR
MINING PURPOSES
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WHEREAS,
our economic development program requires the progressive and orderly
exploitation of our mineral resources;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3(0) of Commonwealth Act No. 136, the
President of the Philippines issued Executive Order No. 245 dated July
10, 1970 prescribing the procedures of mineral prospecting and
exploitation in government reservations other than mineral
reservations; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in accordance with Executive Order No. 245 and Presidential
Decree No. 463, Baler Consolidated Mines, Inc. applied for and was duly
granted, first a Prospecting Permit by the Bureau of Forest Development
and subsequently, an Exploration Permit by the Bureau of Mines, over a
certain parcel of Dibudalan Mountain Forest Reserve located at Barrio
Dibut, Municipality of Baler, Sub-province of Aurora, Province of
Quezon;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, various investigations, exploration works and feasibility
studies caused to be undertaken by applicant Baler Consolidated Mines,
Inc. and verified by the Bureau of Mines revealed that the applied area
is more valuable for mining purposes than the purpose for which it has
been reserved, and that the chromite deposit therein could be
commercially exploited; and
WHEREAS, applicant Baler Consolidated Mines, Inc. after having complied
with the requirements under Executive Order No. 245, Series of 1970,
and under the Mineral Resources, Development Decree of 1974, otherwise
known as P.D. 463, now requests the exclusion of the applied area from
the forest reservation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, hereby decree
and order that a parcel of land within the Dibudalan Mountain Forest
Reserve established under Proclamation No. 87 dated August 9, 1966
(R.A. No. 3092), be excluded from the operation of said Proclamation
and hereby award the development and exploitation and utilization of
the chromite deposits and other minerals found therein to Baler
Consolidated Mines, 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 39º10' E., 4,328.31 meters from
BLLM No. 39, Baler Cadastre, Municipality of Baler, Province of Quezon;
thence S 0º10' E., 1,844.15 meters to point 2; thence S 89º
50' W., 1,786.64 meters to point 3; thence N 0º10' W., 1,844.14
meters to point 4; then S 89º50' W., 893.21 meters to point 5
thence N 0º10' W., 2,766.36 meters to point 6; thence N
89º50' E., 1,786.40 meters to point 7; thence S 0º10' E.,
922.11 meters to point 8; thence N 89º50' E., 1,786.42 meters to
point 9; thence S 0º10' E., 1,844.22 meters to point 10; thence S
89º50' W., 893.2 meters to point 1 which is the beginning,
containing an area of One Thousand One Fifty Three & 1519/10,000
(1,153.1519) hectares, more or less, as indicated in the attached Plan
of the Boundary Survey.
This Decree takes effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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