Mindoro is committed to developing and upholding the highest standards of environmentally responsible exploration in its host communities. While the impact of Mindoro's exploration activities is relatively small, responsible environmental management is strictly implemented at all levels. Good housekeeping and proper waste disposal and segregation are practiced with non-biodegradable wastes given to the locals to reuse or recycle and the remaining wastes disposed of through Environmental Management Bureau-accredited buyers.

Accurate pre-assessment of drill sites is conducted to minimize ground disturbance and post-drilling mitigation measures are strictly implemented. The environment management team employs slope stabilization measures in those areas that are prone to landslides and erosion. These measures include establishment of riprap and contour planting using local nitrogen fixing plants to prevent soil erosion and river siltation.

Protection of water systems and prevention of soil contamination are major objectives of the Company's environmental management programs. Oils, fuels and drilling additives are securely contained and fluid and water waste discharge from drilling are contained in catchment sumps to prevent ground water contamination. Excavated lands, such as sumps, compost pits, test pits and trenches, are fenced and stabilized. Disturbed areas are rehabilitated and planted. The Company maintains its own nurseries and grows thousands of various trees and fruit species for its reforestation/rehabilitation programs. Continuous maintenance and protection of the rehabilitated site is carried out to ensure successful rehabilitation.

Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) protocols for higher-impact activities, such as drilling, are implemented and strictly observed. All personnel, including locally-hired workers, undergo SHE induction and orientation. Close coordination is undertaken with contractors to ensure across the board implementation of Mindoro's environmental and safety policies and standards.

A particularly sensitive challenge is presented on Mindoro's Tapian-San Francisco (Masgad) and Agata projects where there are extensive artisanal (small-scale) mining activities. These are unauthorized and unregulated, often employing both socially and environmentally questionable practices. Mindoro recognizes the importance of balancing the needs of the miners to earn a living and at the same time ensure that the mining activities are conducted in a reasonably socially and environmentally responsible manner. Mindoro, the Philippine Mines and Geosciences Bureau and other local government units have devised a strategy to create cooperatives to assist and regulate small-scale mining activities in the Masgad area, and intend to extend this to other small scale mining areas on the Agata Project.

The Company also has its own tree nurseries and grows thousands of various trees species for its reforestation/rehabilitation programs. Continuous maintenance and protection of the rehabilitated site is carried out to ensure successful rehabilitation. Mindoro has likewise enlisted the local grade school in the village of Balibago, Lobo, Batangas in the establishment of a new nursery. More recently, the Company entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for the establishment of a nursery and the propagation of seedlings to facilitate the enhancement of DENR's efforts of greening the country for environmental protection and economic growth. In Mindanao, Mindoro has also linked with the DENR and the local government unit of Colorado, Jabonga, for the Adopt-a-River project, where Mindoro committed to partner with the LGUs in the propagation of indigenous plant species, which are utilized to stabilize the banks of Kalinawan River.

Please visit the website of our Philippine subsidiary, MRL Gold Phils Inc., for a more detailed discussion of the social and environmental activities of the company: www.mrlgold.com.ph.