ATM Statement | August 27, 2022 We are supportive of new tax measures on the mining industry, as we believe that the industry is under-taxed compared to other mining countries. We had supported the proposal that royalty tax should be at least 10%. We also proposed a windfall profit tax or super profit tax, but this wasn’t included. We should remember that the TRAIN Law already reduced the corporate income tax, including mining companies. We also felt the new tax regime shou

ATM Press Statement | August 18, 2022 Alyansa Tigil Mina, LILAK (Purple Action for Indigenous Women’s Rights), and The Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC) condemned the “act of intimidation” of OceanaGold Philippines Inc. (OGPI) President Atty. Joan Adaci-Cattiling, who threatened to take away funds from the Social Development and Management Program (SDMP) if Barangay Officials from Didipio, Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya do not sign a resolution revoking an earlier Baran

ATM Press Statement | August 8, 2022 We are alarmed about Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno’s statement that “the mining industry holds the greatest potential to be a key driver in our economic recovery and long-term growth”. By considering mining as an essential industry that would spur economic growth, we are concerned that this government would ignore the negative impacts of mining for the sake of profit. We disagree that mining should be the key driver in the country’s ec