PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has lifted the moratorium on new mineral agreements to generate job opportunities and spur countryside growth.
The President issued Executive Order (EO) 130 that amended EO 79 issued by former president Benigno Aquino 3rd in 2012 that suspended applications for mineral contracts in protected areas, prime agricultural lands, tourism development areas, and other critical places like island ecosystems, among others.
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