Establishment of Phosphate Mining Reservation in Leyte, Biliran Subprovince, and Camotes Islands, Cebu

February 10, 1982

PROCLAMATION NO. 2158

ESTABLISHING AS PHOSPHATE MINING RESERVATION ALL THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS AND PHOSPHATE-BEARING LANDS IN THE ISLAND OF LEYTE, BILIRAN, SUBPROVINCE OF LEYTE AND THE CAMOTES ISLANDS OF CEBU, PHILIPPINES

WHEREAS, the National Development Company is presently conducting extensive studies of the prospective phosphate deposits in the Island of Leyte and such other places, for the purpose of determining the extent of phosphate reserves; casia

WHEREAS, the National Development Company has determined that significant phosphate deposits are found within the Island of Leyte;

WHEREAS, the National Development Company is presently constructing a phosphatic fertilizer plant; and

WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the State that the said phosphate deposits and phosphate-bearing lands be reserved for industrial and commercial uses;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare, order and direct the following:

SECTION 1. It is hereby established and set apart, subject to valid existing private rights which the Government may acquire by negotiation, as reservation under the administration of the National Development Company, for the purpose of exploring, developing, exploiting, and utilizing the phosphate deposits found therein, such parcels of land in the Island of Leyte, Biliran, Subprovince of Leyte and the Camotes Islands of Cebu, Philippines. aisa dc

SECTION 2. The Bureau of Mines is hereby instructed to provide full assistance to the National Development Company in implementation of this proclamation as an exception of LOI 962.

SECTION 3. This proclamation shall take effect immediately.

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 10th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Two.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 78 No. 7, 694-10 Supp., on February 15, 1982.