LISTED Philex Mining Corp. is optimistic about receiving “by the third quarter” of this year the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Environmental Management Bureau’s approval on the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) that it needs to secure before it begins operating its new mining project.

During the Philippine Mining Club 50th Luncheon in Makati City last Friday, Philex Mining President and Chief Operating Officer Eulalio Austin Jr. told reporters that his company was working on key requirements it needed to meet in preparation for its Silangan project in Surigao del Norte province.