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Bonaventure Mining Corp. Vs. V.I.L. Mines, Inc. etc.

BONAVENTURE MINING CORPORATION, Petitioner, versus V.I.L. MINES, INCORPORATED, Represented by its Corporate Secretary, ROXANNA S. GO, Respondent.

G.R. No. 174918 | 2008-08-13

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, C.J.:

Before us is a Petition for Review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court filed by the petitioner Bonaventure Mining Corporation (BMC), to set aside the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dated August 29, 2006 (CA Decision) which reversed the Decision[2] of the Mines Adjudication Board (MAB) and reinstated the Decision[3] of the Panel of Arbitrators upholding the EPA-IVA-63 of respondent V.I.L. Mines, Incorporated (VMI), and canceling the EPA-IVA-72 of petitioner BMC.

This case involves a conflict over mining claims between BMC and VMI over a mountainous section that transcends the common boundaries of the...