Report of the GSP President during the Geological Convention 14 December 2017

1. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PHILIPPINES
“PRESIDENT’S REPORT
GEOLOGICAL CONVENTION 2017
Atty. Fernando “Ronnie” Penarroyo
President, Geological Society of the Philippines
14 December 2017
Dusit Thani Hotel, Makati City

2. Performance Highlights
• Oath-taking of GSP Directors for 2017
• Amendment of By-laws
• Legislative Lobbying
• Senate Bill No. 553
• Confirmation Hearings of DENR Secretary-designate Gina Lopez
• Proposed Seabed Mining Act
• Liaison with Administrative Agencies:
• Reporting Codes and Competent Persons
• Continuing Professional Development
• Accreditation as AIPO under the Geology Profession Act
• GEOSEA 2020
• Housekeeping
• Journal of the Geologic Society of the Philippines
• Website

3. Induction of GSP 2017
Board of Trustees
16 February 2017, Top of the Citi, Citibank Tower

4. LEGISLATIVE LOBBYING

5. GSP’s Position on Senate Bill No. 553
On 19 July 2016, Senator Antonio V. Trillanes IV introduced SBN 553
entitled “An Act Regulating the Practice of Mining Engineering in the
Philippines, Repealing for the Purpose Republic Act Numbered Four
Thousand Two Hundred Seventy Four (RA No. 4274), as amended
entitled ‘Mining Engineering Law of the Philippines,’ and for other
Purposes.”
In its explanatory note, Sen. Trillanes mentioned, that it is important to
amend RA 4274 because:
“…….unauthorized activities have caused confusion in the
Philippine Mining Industry particularly among Registered Mining
Engineers because such activities tend to discriminate against
majority of Registered Mining Engineers and eliminate many of the
rights and privileges already granted to them by RA 4274 or the
Mining Engineering Act of 1965”.

6. GSP Submitted Position Papers to Senate, PRC, SEC and PSE
If SBN 553 will be passed, it is as if the creation of Reporting Codes will be
exclusive to Mining Engineers and its professional organization, to the
detriment of all other professionals and professional organizations. Further,
the bill is used to indirectly stop the passing or creation of any reporting
codes considering that before its implementation, an approval of two-thirds
(2/3) of all professional and registered mining engineers in good standing is
needed.

7. Confirmation Hearings of DENR
Secretary-designate Gina Lopez
Philippine Senate

8. Inter-Agency Meeting for the
23rd Session of the International
Seabed Authority
 Organized by the DFA to
discuss the development of a
national strategy for deep sea
bed mining
 DFA requested for comments
on the draft legislation on
Philippine Seabed Mining

9. LIAISON WITH ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES

10. Continuing Professional
Development Act of
2016

11. Continuing Professional Development

12. "The PMRC and JORC Codes
Examples of Good Reporting
Practice"
Seminar-Workshop organized with the
Australian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy, Philippine Mining and
Exploration Association and the
Philippine Mine Safety and
Environment Association conducted by
Peter Stoker of CRIRSCO
CAP Convention Center, Baguio City
22 November 2017

13. Participation of GSP Competent
Person Accreditation Committee
Annual National Mine Safety and Environment Conference
21-24 November 2017, Baguio City

14. GSP Sent Representatives to
the 2017 Meeting of the
Committee for Mineral Reserve
Reporting Standards
 When PMRC Committee
becomes a member of
CRIRSCO, the PMRCC shall
nominate and be represented
on the CRIRSCO by two (2)
members of the PMRCC.
Nominations will be confirmed
by the PMRCC on a bi-annual
basis

15. GEOSEA 2020

16. ORIGIN OF GEOSEA
Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources of
Southeast Asia

17. Philippine Hosting of
the 2020 Regional
Congress on Geology, Mineral Resources and
Energy in South East Asia
(“GeoSEA 2020”)
GeoSEA 2020, a Congress held every two
years, will be an excellent opportunity for
scientific and technical information exchange,
and to advance geoscience in multidisciplinary
fields in the petroleum, mining and energy
industries. Other possible collaborative
opportunities will be discussed like sharing
information on resources inventory, disaster
risk mitigation and competent person
certification/registration. The result will be a
comprehensive transfer of information that can
be valuable for management and technical
professionals, researchers, academics, and
students.

18. HOUSE KEEPING

19. Journal of the Geological Society
of the Philippines
Special Issue
Tribute to Dr. Emmanuel V. Tamesis
Dec 2017

21. Acknowledgment
GSP Board 2017
GSP Committee Chairs and Members

22. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PHILIPPINES
“PRESIDENT’S REPORT
GEOLOGICAL CONVENTION 2017
Atty. Fernando “Ronnie” Penarroyo
President, Geological Society of the Philippines
14 December 2017
Dusit Thani Hotel, Makati City