The MGB Annual Technical Forum (ATF) was held on September 28-30, 2022, at the Marco Polo Hotel, Cebu City with the theme, “#Mine Responsibility:  Reinventing Geosciences and Minerals Industry Towards Sustainable Development”

The ATF is a platform that engages all mining-related professionals to present their studies in policy-making and technical recommendations for the progression of the mineral industry.

The winners of the following categories are:

• ·Best in Policy Paper – Joemark C. Bondad, Planning Officer II, MGB RO-IX

“Planning, Monitoring and Validation System (PMVS)"

• ·Best in Technical Paper – Engr. Karl Justine V. Abang, et al., MeTD, MGB-CO

"Extraction of Vanadium from Philippine Iron Ores"

• ·Best Poster - Esperidion Y. Amper, Science Research Specialist II MSESDD, MGB RO-XIII

“Monitoring of Environmental Management Programs of Surface Mining Operation in Surigao Del Sur Using Geographical Information System Spatial Analysis and Modelling from Unmanned Aerial

Vehicle Imagery”

MGB holds this forum every year for the advancement and future development of mining and geosciences and the whole minerals industry in the country.

By: Mineral Economics, Information and Publication Division