bb) Key biodiversity areas - are sites o f global biodiversity conservation
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significance. They are defined by standardized criteria and thresholds to
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guide conservation interventions such as the establishment of protected
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areas;
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cc) Large-scaie mining -
mining in areas with more than twenty (20)
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hectares, using mechanized tools and equipment, requiring considerable
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capital
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economic impacts with regard to resource use and/or consumption;
and
having
large-scale environmental,
social, cultural
and
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dd) Mineral agreement - a contract entered into by the government, in
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behalf of the State, and a private Filipino person, granting such person/s
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the privilege to mine a specific contract area;
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ee) Mineral resource - any concentration of minerals/rocks with potential
economic value;
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ff) Mineral processing - the milling, beneficiation or upgrading of ores or
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minerals and rocks or by similar means to convert the same into
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marketable products;
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gg) Minerals - all naturally occurring inorganic substance in solid, gas,
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liquid, or any intermediate state excluding energy materials such as
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coal, petroleum, natural gas, radioactive materials, and geothermal
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energy;
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hh) Mine development - preparing the mine site for production by shaft
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sinking or pit excavation building of access roads, and constructing of
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surface facilities;
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ii) Mine wastes and tailings -ro c k materials from surface or underground
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mining and milling operations with little or no economic value to the
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generator of the same;
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jj) Mining activity -
any or all of the following activities: exploration,
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extraction, utilization, processing, transportation and other activities
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conducted for the same;
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kk) Mining area - a portion of the contract area which has been identified
by the contractor wherein actual mining operations are conducted;
II) Mining operations - either all or any of the mining activities involving
exploration, feasibility, development, utilization, and processing;
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mm) National industrialization - in the mining industry, this shall denote the
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primacy of mineral production, processing and distribution for the
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primary
benefit of the domestic economy. This includes creating
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