TUBA, Benguet – TOP GRADS: Three Grade VI students of the Philex Mines Elementary School (PMES) awarded with High Honors—Rhainiel Mae Malnag, Ashley Mae Novelozo, Esther Asaph Yaos—pose with their respective parents during a photo-op joined in by Roy Mangali, AVP at Philex Mining Corp. and assistant resident manager of Padcal mine, the company’s gold-and-copper operations in Benguet, and Padcal’s Community Relations Manager Aurora Dolipas, after the school’s “Moving Up Ceremony” for their 2018 graduates, at the PMES grounds at this town’s Brgy. Camp 3, on Wednesday, June 6. A total of 193 students finished their primary studies this year at PMES, which is subsidized by Philex Mining. On Monday, June 4, PMES also held graduation ceremonies for its 163 pupils in kindergarten, while it conducted recognition ceremonies on June 5 for its outstanding pupils from Grades 1 to V.

(MANILA, PHILIPPINES) – Philex Mining Corporation, the oldest and largest gold and copper producer in Southeast Asia and a leader in right and principled mining in the country, recently garnered outstanding recognition in the 53rd Anvil Awards, an annual award given for excellence in public relations. The mining company won the Silver Award for their 2016 Annual Report, 2016 Sustainability Report, and 60th Anniversary Corporate AVP. In previous years, Philex had also won awards in the same fields. 30

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