Last July 22-24, 2015 Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship PBEST, along with its partnres from Polytechnic University of the Philippines, De La Salle Universty-Jesse Robredo Institute of Governance, and Foundation for Economic Freedom held its Mine Investigative Tours: Philex Padcal Mining Project in Benguet.

Padcal mine, which Philex Mining Corp. has been operating since 1958, is the first underground block cave operation in the Far East. It produces copper concentrates containing copper, gold, and silver.

More Photos at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.860011164080469.1073741840.522302631184659&type=3