Lub Philippine Bureau of Mines thiab Geosciences (MGB) tau lees paub tias daim ntawv cog lus Mineral Resource Sharing Agreement (MPSA) 017-93-IV ntawm tsoomfwv thiab Ipilan Nickel Corp. (Ipilan Nickel) siv tau mus txog lub Plaub Hlis 10, 2025.
Thaum Lub Ob Hlis 23, Ipilan Nickel lub tuam txhab niam txiv, Ntiaj teb Ferronickel Holdings Inc. tau hais tias nws yuav tso cai rau lub chaw haujlwm "tsim nws cov cai tshwj xeeb los ua lub luag haujlwm mining hauv nroog Cape Brook, Palawan, uas suav nrog 2,835 hectares, ntawm 260 hectares. tau raug tshaj tawm ib nrab raws li thaj chaw mining. "
Hauv kev teb rau qhov kev daws teeb meem uas tau xa los ntawm Pawg Saib Xyuas Hauv Nroog, MGB Tus Thawj Coj Hauv Cheeb Tsam Glen Marcelo C. Noble tau qhia meej hauv tsab ntawv Lub Ob Hlis 21 mus rau Brooke Point Tus Lwm Thawj Coj Mary Jean Feliciano.
Lub nroog council xav tshawb xyuas kev ua haujlwm ntawm Ipilan Nickel tom qab thov tias nws MPSA rov ua dua tshiab hauv 2018 tsis tau pom zoo los ntawm lub nroog lossis muaj ntawv tso cai los ntawm National Council of Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) thiab Pawg Tswj Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv.
Noble tau hais tias 1993 MPSA tau hloov kho thaum lub Plaub Hlis 2000 kom ua raws li 1995 Philippine Mining Law. Nws hais ntxiv tias kev tso cai NCIP tsis tas yuav tsum tau siv vim nws tsuas yog siv rau cov ntawv thov tom qab tau txais tsab cai Aboriginal Peoples Rights Act 1997.
Ipilan Nickel tau hais tias tau ua tiav cov txheej txheem kom tau txais NCIP daim ntawv pov thawj hauv kev npaj rau kev rov ua dua tshiab ntawm nws MPSA hauv 2025. tab tom tos rau kev rov ua dua tshiab ntawm tus kav nroog daim ntawv tso cai vim tias peb tau ua cov ntaub ntawv tsim nyog thiab ua raws li tag nrho cov kev cai thiab kev cai, hais Alex Arabis, tus thawj saib xyuas kuv ntawm Ipilan Nickel.
