FOR BETTER AIR QUALITY — Ensuring better airflow and air quality that will benefit underground workers, Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company in Mankayan,Benguet announced on Sept. 28 the completion of a 450-meter ventilation development tunnel to improve air quality in the deeper levels of its underground tunnel of the Victoria-Teresa Gold Mine. The project was completed in seven months, or one month ahead of the target completion period with the help of the mine’s contractor, TechRock-ESco. — LCMCo photo