caption: Teen Artist Paints Mining Project Green OceanaGold Philippines Inc
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "GREEN ARTIST \u2013 Chynee Nikole Roxas, a science junior from the Nueva Vizcaya General Comprehensive High School proudly displays her winning piece in a \u201cCelebrate Didipio\u201d poster-making contest held recently at the capital town of Bayombong. LEONARDO PERANTE II \n\nTeen artist paints Didipio Mine green\nBy LEONARDO PERANTE II\nBAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya \u2013 Her natural love for green environment made it easy for a science junior from the Nueva Vizcaya General Comprehensive High School in this capital town to win a poster-making contest showcasing a large-scale mining project during the recent \u201cCelebrate Didipio!\u201d festival held at the municipal auditorium here. The event initiated by OceanaGold (Philippines) highlighted the friendly ties between the Australian mining firm and the host Province of Nueva Vizcaya.\n\nA budding artist, Chynee Nikole Roxas has been a multi-awarded student for her interpretations of various themes required in a number of painting competitions she has previously participated in, be it at the grassroots or at the national level.\n\nWhen asked to describe her winning piece during the \u201cCelebrate Didipio!\u201d poster-making competition, the 15-year old from the heart of the capital town said that the positive outputs derived from the first large-scale mining project that prospered in Nueva Vizcaya have given a number promising developments, not only for her province but for the whole nation as well which she claimed made faster for her to picture them in her illustration board.\n\n\u201cAs a science student, we learned that, practically, everything that man needs to live is a mining product. From his basic needs like food, are cooked and processed by kitchen wares made of metals. The pump that withdraws water from the ground is made of metals too. Our housing materials including those used to construct schools where we study and churches where we pray be they are wood or concrete were logged and processed respectively using metal chain saws and concrete mixers. Our clothes are woven and tailored using sewing machines with metal needles. Of course there are negative angles in every mining operation but an Environment Compliance Certificate (ECC) could only be issued by the Environment Management Bureau after a thorough review of the application.  These were the basic elements of my drawing,\u201d the young Roxas enumerated like class recitation.\n\nProminent in her contest piece is a zipper-like image that unveils a series of images showcasing a mining project, from road development, advance reforestation, clean water, housing, school buildings, including a church and manpower.\n\nOceanaGold (Philippines) senior Vice President for Communications and External Affairs Ramoncito Gozar lauded the young artist\u2019s interpretation of the Didipio Mine located at upland town of Kasibu.\n\n\u201cThe young girl has clearly implied in her winning piece the real picture of developments in the Didipio Mine. Her academic knowledge of environment and ecology has helped her portray the real score in the mining industry. She exemplifies how intelligently the youth of today look at their future,\u201d said Gozar.  \n\n\u201cIn our study of earth science, precious metals like gold and copper are most-used in terms of technology and industrialization. Our modern world is now very dependent on these metals like our communication gadgets which use much of them. Without these raw materials I can not imagine how can we be connected to the rest of the world and how our homes be energized to recharge our popular cellular phones and tablets. How can we live without them?\u201d asked Chynee with a naive smile.\n\nShe added that while she is a natural environmentalist, she respects the way large-scale mining companies manage their operations in accordance with the mining law.\n\n\u201cI believe that mining firms that invest huge amounts can not afford to unwittingly violate mining laws and be totally shut down like a big joke. For a developing country like the Philippines, mining is a great source of sustainable income, not only for the stakeholders in the community but for both the mining company and the government as well. 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