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Celestial Nickel Mining vs. Macroasia Corporation [DECISION]

CELESTIAL NICKEL MINING EXPLORATION CORPORATION, Petitioner, versus MACROASIA CORPORATION (formerly INFANTA MINERAL AND INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION), BLUE RIDGE MINERAL CORPORATION, and LEBACH MINING CORPORATION, Respondents.

G.R. No. 169080 | 2007-12-19

D E C I S I O N
 
VELASCO JR., J.:
 
The Case

Before us are four (4) petitions. The first is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 docketed as G.R. No. 169080, wherein petitioner Celestial Nickel Mining Exploration Corporation (Celestial) seeks to set aside the April 15, 2005 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 87931. The CA affirmed the November 26, 2004 Resolution of the Mines Adjudication Board (MAB) in MAB Case Nos. 056-97 and 057-97 (DENR Case Nos. 97-01 and 97-02), upholding the authority of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary to grant and...