LEPANTO CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY - Philippines

Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LC) was incorporated in 1936 and operated an enargite copper mine until 1997, after which, LC shifted to gold bullion production through its Victoria Project. LC also operated a copper flotation plant from August 2000 to December 2001, and restarted it in late 2006. LC sells its gold and silver bullion production to Heraeus Ltd. (Hong Kong) while its copper concentrate production are sold through Trafigura Beheer B.V. Amsterdam and Shanghang County Jinshen Trading Co., which are metals traders based in New Jersey, USA, and Fujian, China, respectively. LC and its subsidiaries are involved in other businesses such as hauling, diamond drilling services, insurance, and manufacture of diamond tools. LC has two Mineral Production and Sharing Agreements for  

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areas located in Mankayan, Benguet. The company's subsidiaries are Shipside, Inc., Diamond Drilling Corporation of the Philippines, Lepanto Investment and Development Corporation, Diamant Boart Philippines, Inc., and Far Southeast Gold Resources, Inc. Source: SEC Form 17-A (2008)