AMENDING SECTION 4 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 79, S. 2012, INSTITUTIONALIZING AND IMPLEMENTING REFORMS IN THE PHILIPPINE MINING SECTOR, PROVIDING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES TO ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESPONSIBLE MINING IN THE UTILIZATION OF MINERAL RESOURCES.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION CONCURRING IN PROCLAMATION NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, DATED SEPTEMBER TEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE, EXCLUDING FROM THE OPERATION OF PROCLAMATION NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN DATED FEBRUARY SIXTEEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, FOUR PARCELS OF LAND SITUATED IN THE BARRIOS OF ANTAMOK AND GUMATDANG, MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF ITOGON, SUBPROVINCE OF BENGUET, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, ISLAND OF LUZON, AND DECLARING THE SAID PARCELS OF LAND OPEN FOR MINING PURPOSES.

Lifting the ban on mining operations in Northern Palawan, the Clamian group of islands and the areas around Malampaya sound.