APC Mining Corporation is an 83 percent owned subsidiary of APC Group. The Company has an application for an Exploration Permit with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the Municipality of Alubijid, Misamis Oriental. The application covers 2,537 hectares of confirmed chromite & nickel-bearing formation. The Company recently secured the Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) from the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP), which is a requirement for the Exploration Permit

The Company also has two applications for Exploration Permits in Zambales - in Sta. Cruz (5,176 hectares) and in Palauig (5,297 hectares). Zambales is a known chromite district and is estimated to host about 4 million metric tons of ore (MGB, 2004). The ultramafics of Zambales are also host to other metallic minerals such as nickel, cobalt and platinum group metals. The Sta. Cruz EP area is adjacent to the old Acoje Mines that produced metallurgical chromite up to the late 1990s. Nearby also are the nickel prospect of Benguet Corporation and Acoje Mines. Nickel ore in these prospects grade from 0.5 to 1.7% nickel.

APC Mining recently filed six applications for Exploration Permits in the Province of Palawan in the Municipalities of Aborlan, Narra, Brooke’s Point, Bataraza (Barangay RioTuba) and the City of Puerto Princesa. Particularly interesting is Rio Tuba. The area applied for is immediately adjacent to the nickel producing mines of Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation and estimated to contain 11.5 million MT of ore with an average of 2.35% Ni. Palawan is known to host chromite and nickel deposits.Also, the application in Long Point, Aborlan is adjacent to the nickel producing mines of Atlas Consolidated Mining Corporation and is known to contain high grade nickel and chromite ore based on the studies made by JICA and MGB geologists.