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Mount Canatuan

Coordinates: 7°44′00″N 122°16′48″E / 7.7332°N 122.2800°E / 7.7332; 122.2800
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Mount Canatuan
Mount Canatuan is located in Mindanao mainland
Mount Canatuan
Mount Canatuan
Mount Canatuan is located in Philippines
Mount Canatuan
Mount Canatuan
Highest point
ListingMountains of the Philippines
Coordinates7°44′00″N 122°16′48″E / 7.7332°N 122.2800°E / 7.7332; 122.2800
Geography
CountryPhilippines
ProvinceZamboanga del Norte
RegionZamboanga Peninsula

Mount Canatuan is a mountain in the province of Zamboanga del Norte on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.[1]

The mountain is sacred to the Subanen people.[1][2] The Canatuan mine operated within the mountain from 2004 to 2014.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Canadian Company Mines for Gold and Silver on Tribe's Ancestral Land in Philippines". Voice of America. 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  2. ^ "Philippines-Canada Exchange on Controversial TVI Pacific Mine" (PDF). Mining Watch Canada. 2004. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  3. ^ "TVI Pacific Shuts Down at Canatuan". Engineering and Mining Journal. February 2014. Retrieved 2023-11-05.