On March 30, 2007, Xstrata Copper assumed management control of the Tampakan copper-gold project through its Philippine-based subsidiary Sagittarius Mines, Inc (SMI)…The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the proposed mining operation was completed in December 2010 and is expected to be submitted to the Philippine government in late 2011 following an extensive stakeholder consultation program that commenced in June 2011. Separate EIAs for off-site infrastructure, including a port facility, power station, transmission lines and concentrate pipeline, are expected to be completed in 2012.