Regulatory authorities in the Philippines16 Dec 2020 14:55
For those that have considered the political/country risk for Metals Exploration, it is interesting to note this continues to be relatively favourable. OceanaGold has a mine in the same district as that of MTL's Runruno and had encountered local problems relating to the renewal of the FTAA that enables a company to operate a mine. Two days ago the following item was reported.
"OceanaGold has been informed that the Office of the President of the Philippines has directed to complete the renewal of the Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement,"
It is good to have a favourable operating environment as other issues appear positive or moving in the right direction, e.g, gold price, progress in processing, resource available and potential for growth. Gold production has been hit by covid and other factors this year but I am hoping to see a record gold production in Q4 2020 and likewise for the year 2021.