Pressure has continued to build…on…Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes…before…[she decides] on the fate of the Provincial Environment Code passed last week…which bans open-pit mining. Earlier reports quoted Fuentes as having said she was keen on signing the controversial code, citing the adverse impact of open-pit mining on water sources. Her pronouncement sent an estimated 3,000…supporters of the huge copper and gold venture of…Sagittarius Mines Inc. [part of Xstrata Copper] in Tampakan town, to the capitol and the governor’s house last week where they held pickets. This morning it was the turn of some 10,000 people organized…to [call] for the governor to sign the code... John B. Arnaldo, Sagittarius corporate communications manager, said they are closely monitoring the development, adding they respect the views of those opposing their venture. He said.. [they] assured Fuentes the project “would be safe to the environment”…