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Marcopper Mining Corp vs Alberto Bumolo, et al

MARCOPPER MINING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. ALBERTO G. BUMOLO in his own behalf and as Attorney-in-Fact of Benito Cachili, Conchita Bumolo, Patricio Dumlao, Jacinto Aliguyon, Alfonso Maddawat, Toledo Gillao, Jose Tigo and Peter Cabiggat Bumolo, DALTON PACIFIC RESOURCES, INC., OROPHILIPPINES VENTURES INC., and the MINES ADJUDICATION BOARD (MAB), respondents.

G.R. No. 139548 | 2000-12-22

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

MARCOPPER MINING CORPORATION registered its mining claims in Pao, Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) from 2 February 1982 to 12 October 1982. Private respondents Alberto G. Bumolo, Benito Cachili, Conchita Bumolo, Patricio Dumlao, Jacinto Aliguyon, Alfonso Maddawat, Toledo Gillao, Jose Tigo and Peter Cabiggat Bumolo and others, namely, Rosario Camma, Mariano Maddela, Victor Guiaoan and Catalino Randa, registered their mining claims in the same area from 28 July 1981 to 22 September 1988, which claims were subsequently converted into Mineral Production...