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Corporate Office
2nd
Floor, BMMC Building
143 Dela
Rosa corner
Adelantado
St., Legaspi Village
Makati
City, Philippines
Tel:+63(2)892-1006 to 10
Fax:+63(2)817-6191
Email: info@riotuba.com
Mine Site
Barangay
Rio Tuba
Bataraza,
Palawan
Philippines
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 io Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation is a company
engaged in mining operations in the Philippines. Its primary
area of operations is in the Palawan province.
Palawan is a long narrow island lying in the southwestern
part of the Philippines with its direction heading towards
N45°E. To the east is the Sulu Sea and to the west is the
South China Sea. To the North is the Luzon Island across
Mindoro Strait, and to the south is the island of Borneo
across Balabac Strait. Palawan is the fifth largest
island in the Philippines and is about 4,550 square miles or
11, 785 square kilometers. The provincial capital is
Puerto Princesa city. This primary mine site is located within
the jurisdiction of Barrio Rio Tuba, Municipality of Bataraza,
Palawan Province and lies between latitude 8°33’15” to
8°37’06” North and longitude 117°26’09” East.
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Bataraza is located on the southernmost tip of
mainland Palawan, approximately 236 km from Puerto Princesa City and
about 5 to 6 hours by land. It has total land area of 957 square
kilometres. Bataraza, formerly part of Brooke's Point until
1964, was named after Datu Bataraza Narrazid, a locally influential
Muslim chieftain and father of the town's first mayor and former
mayor of Brooke's Point, the late Datu Sapiodin Narrazid.
Rio Tuba is one of the populated barangays of
Bataraza and known for its nickel mineral reserves. It is also in
Rio Tuba where means of transport are available to reach most of the
inner barangays of Bataraza either by public utility jeeps,
tricycle, motorcycle or pumpboat. Among the 22 barangays of
Bataraza, Rio Tuba has the largest population.
For more information, see the Wikipedia
Article on Rio Tuba.
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