Proclamation No. 172, s. 1999

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 172, August 26, 1999 ]

EXCLUDING FROM THE OPERATION OF THE SURIGAO MINERAL RESERVATION A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN NONOC ISLAND, SURIGAO CITY, DECLARING IT OPEN FOR DISPOSITION AND DONATING THE SAME TO THE SURIGAO CITY GOVERNMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE

WHEREAS, a proposal has been filed for the release of a parcel of land situated in Nonoc Island, Surigao City from the Surigao Mineral Reservation established under Proclamation No. 391 dated March 13, 1939, for the purpose of establishing a Special Economic Zone;

WHEREAS, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, after geological verification, has determined that said parcel of land is in part occupied by the nickel refinery plant of Nonoc Mining and Industrial Corporation and the mining contract area of Pacific Nickel Philippines, Inc., with the remaining portion containing no more nickel ore deposit of commercial value;

WHEREAS, Nonoc Mining and Industrial Corporation and Pacific Nickel Philippines, Inc., pose no objection to the release of such parcel of land from the Surigao Mineral Reservation;

WHEREAS, the Surigao City Government has manifested its support for the release of the same parcel of land from the Surigao Mineral Reservation and expressed its intention to acquire the same by donation and thereby, enable it to host the Special Economic Zone;

WHEREAS, the Director of Mines and Geosciences has recommended the exclusion of the same parcel of land from the Surigao Mineral Reservation after due public hearing and publication of his written recommendation in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with the procedure for the disestablishment or modification of boundary of a mineral reservation provided for under the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Philippine Mining Act of 1995;

WHEREAS, the National Government recognizes Region XIII or the CARAGA Region, which includes Surigao City, as a major development area to spur economic growth in Mindanao, and that the possible establishment of a Special Economic Zone in this area is considered as a strategic approach to attain such goal;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources and pursuant to the provisions of the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations, the Public Land Act and the Administrative Code of 1987, do hereby exclude from the operation of the Surigao Mineral Reservation, and declare open for disposition for commercial or industrial use and donate to the Surigao City Government for the purpose of establishing a Special Economic Zone the parcel of land situated in Nonoc Island, Surigao City within the Surigao Mineral Reservation more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point marked “1” on the attached Plan, being N 41013W, 2,045.90 meters from BLLM No. 27, Surigao Cadastre, thence:

Lines	Distance	Bearing
1-2	400.18 meters	N64058E
2-3	181.13 meters	S20056E
3-4	161.25 meters	S16040E
4-5	161.26 meters	N73013E
5-6	99.19 meters	S56039E
6-7	346.98 meters	N16053E
7-8	366.65 meters	N74007E
8-9	264.56 meters	S13048E
9-10	56.38 meters	N78040E
10-11	457.18 meters	S14004E
11-12	53.29 meters	S74007W
12-13	199.64 meters	S13058E
13-14	174.22 meters	N87034E
14-15	28.79 meters	N37040E
15-16	116.13 meters	N29044E
16-17	93.86 meters	S69027E
17-18	31.01 meters	S08044E
18-19	31.53 meters	S17025W
19-20	8.00 meters	S39004E
20-21	19.42 meters	S61015W
21-22	7.06 meters	N48041W
22-23	17.54 meters	S70018W
23-24	89.39 meters	S22015W
24-25	29.84 meters	S67006W
25-26	70.83 meters	N58007W
26-27	85.92 meters	S58020W
27-28	12.98 meters	S34027W
28-29	45.12 meters	S05020W
29-30	39.38 meters	S18058W
30-31	26.29 meters	S28022E
31-32	46.57 meters	S31017W
32-33	62.82 meters	S03053E
33-34	38.98 meters	S23054W
34-35	28.03 meters	S17033W
35-36	20.98 meters	S51041W
36-37	15.28 meters	S80005W
37-38	53.06 meters	N76042W
38-39	51.44 meters	S88051W
39-40	42.34 meters	N58022W
40-41	37.15 meters	S40003W
41-42	62.22 meters	S36046W
42-43	56.75 meters	S35055W
43-44	219.48 meters	N57024W
44-45	266.98 meters	N33009E
45-46	86.80 meters	N69033E
46-47	464.87 meters	N45018W
47-48	94.08 meters	S43032W
48-49	139.03 meters	S20037E
49-50	116.83 meters	S21035E
50-51	112.96 meters	S76016W
51-52	61.94 meters	N14023W
52-53	62.00 meters	N04003E
53-54	146.24 meters	N27053W
54-55	47.24 meters	N67034W
55-56	78.01 meters	N17000W
56-57	46.07 meters	N24021W
57-58	118.52 meters	N36059W
58-59	484.36 meters	N14025W
59-60	303.21 meters	S76003W
60-61	152.40 meters	N17012W
61-62	172.86 meters	N12004E
62-63	86.57 meters	N24041W
63-64	86.62 meters	N74039W
64-1	105.18 meters	N12048W

containing an area of approximately 106.473 hectares.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety nine.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary