The Philippines is located in the “Pacific Ring of Fire” – within the ring of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean, host to rich mineral deposits

Established reserves of about 13 known metallic and 29 nonmetallic minerals

Total land area 30 million hectares

Mineralized land area of 9 million hectares, or 30% of total land area

Gold Mineral Endowment 3rd in world

Copper Mineral Endowment 4th in world

Nickel Mineral Endowment 5th in world

Chromite Mineral Endowment 6th in world

13 Metallic Minerals (known) 7.1 billion metric tons

29 Non-Metallic Minerals (known) 51 billion metric tons