TUBA, BENGUET – Philex Mining Corporation, one of the oldest and largest gold and copper producers in Southeast Asia and a leader in right and principled mining, recently turned over P55.59-M worth of infrastructure projects to this town’s Barangay Camp 3 and four other outlying communities. Officers of the company’s Padcal mine, led by Engr. Roy Mangali, Assistant Vice-President and Assistant Resident Manager, turned over the projects to local government officials led by Tuba councilors Jerome Palaoag (2nd, right) and Tita Bugtong (center). These projects form part of the company’s 2017 budget as well as carried-over unspent funds for social and community development. As a partner in nation-building, Philex Mining is committed to assist government in poverty reduction and socio-economic development in the countryside. 30

(MANILA, PHILIPPINES) – Atty. Michael Toledo (3^rd from left), Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Silangan

Mindanao Mining Company Inc. (SMMCI), Senior Vice-President for Public and Regulatory Affairs of Philex Mining Corporation (PMC), and Managing Head of the MVP Group of Companies Media Bureau, delivered the keynote speech on behalf of Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan on the first day of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) Annual Conference at the Shangri-La at the Fort, Bonifacio Global City. The IPBA is an international organization of lawyers with 1700 members coming from 70 different jurisdictions. The other keynote speaker for the first plenary session on doing business in the Philippines was Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III (2^nd from left). In photo with Sec. Dominguez and Atty. Toledo are (from left to right): IPBA President Denis McNamara; Incoming President Perry Pe; and Plenary Session Moderator, Past IPBA President Dhinesh Bhaskaran. SMMCI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Philex Mining Corporation, one of the oldest and largest gold and copper producers in Southeast Asia and a leader in right and principled mining in the country. 30

(MANILA, PHILIPPINES) – In spite of the challenges facing the mining industry now, employees of Philex Mining Corporation, one of the oldest and largest gold and copper producers in Southeast Asia

and a leader in right and principled mining, contributed at least one hour of their salary to the One Hour Campaign of the Children’s Hour Philippines Foundation. On hand to be acknowledged on behalf of the employees during the Children’s Hour Annual Benefit Lunch at the Fairmont Hotel were: (L-R) Davis Macaraeg, President of the Philex Pasig Metro Manila Employees Union (PPMMEU); Geraldine Ateno-an, Philex Division Manager – Internal Audit; Atty. Michael Toledo, Children’s Hour Philippines Vice-Chairman; Emily Abrera, Children’s Hour Philippines Chairperson; Atty. Francis Joseph Ballesteros, Jr., Philex Division Manager – Public and Regulatory Affairs; Emilia Lourdes Veloso, Philex Human Resources Supervisor; and Geenette Garcia, Children’s Hour Philippines Executive Director. 30

(MANILA, PHILIPPINES) – In response to President Duterte’s call for mining to adhere to strict international standards, particularly that of Australia and Canada, the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) recently signed a mutual cooperation and licensing agreement with the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) to adopt the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Initiative, a mining sustainability standard developed by MAC. The agreement was signed by COMP Chairman Gerard Brimo (3^rd from left) and MAC President and CEO Pierre Gratton (3^rd from right), witnessed by Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines HE John Holmes (2^nd from right) and Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu (2^nd from left). Also in photo are: COMP TSM Committee Chairman Eulalio Austin Jr. (leftmost); MAC VP Ben Chalmers (rightmost); (standing, L-R) COMP Trustee Isidro Consunji; COMP Communications Chairman Atty. Michael Toledo; COMP Trustees Jose Leviste Jr., Isidro Alcantara Jr., Joaquin Lagonera, Martin Zamora, and Higo Toru. The COMP had said that adherence to TSM will be mandatory for all member companies. 30

Philex Mining Corporation. one of the oldest and largest gold and copper producers in Southeast Asia, recently held “Yamang Mag-aaral: A Gathering of Philex Scholars” at the Meralco Lighthouse to give recognition to its current crop of scholars and to acknowledge its program partnership with three distinguished universities, namely: Saint Luis University (SLU) in Baguio; University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman; and University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) in Pasig. On Hand for the occasion were Philex Chairman Manuel V.  Pangilinan (center); Philex President and CEO Eulalio B, Austin Jr. (6th from right); and Philex SVP for Public and Regulatory Affairs Atty. Michael T. Toledo (2nd from left). Receiving the token of recognition and appreciation for UA&P Scholars under their MA in Education program. The Philex Scholarship Program is not just a project under its Social Development and Management Program (SDMP) as mandated by law, but has always been in the company’s DNA as a major component of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).