As holder of the COC, the company also supervises the mining operations of various small-scale coal miners.
The decrease in coal production from the 2007 output can be attributed to the major repair and rehabilitation activities that were undertaken at the ILB colliery.
Also in 2008, the Phase 1 exploration drilling contract was awarded and a Certificate of Non Coverage was obtained for the Lumbog area.
Equipment mobilization, site preparation, drilling and core logging, as well as sampling and laboratory analysis were also completed.
PNOC EC also conducted geological investigation, drilling and reserve evaluation in the Shaft 3 area.