Listed miner Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co. on Monday announced that it has acquired the majority vote of the indigenous people for the issuance of the Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) for its Far Southeast Project (FSP) in Benguet province.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Lepanto said that 85 percent of community elders and leaders of the indigenous people of affected barangays in Mankayan, Benguet, approved the issuance of the FTAA to Far Southeast Gold Resources Inc. (FSGRI).