TVI Resource Development (Phils.) Inc. is the Philippine affiliate of TVI Pacific Inc. (TSX:TVI), a publicly listed Canadian mining company that focuses on the exploration and development of precious and base metals from district scale large system, high margin projects located in the Philippines. TVIRD’s Canatuan Mine began mining and milling operations in mid-2004 producing gold and silver doré. The project covers a mining concession wholly owned by TVIRD consisting of 508.3396 hectares that encompass a polymetallic sulphide deposit replete with gold and silver. The environmental management and protection systems for the Canatuan Project include the implementation of widespread structural erosion control measures, construction of tailings management facilities, water quality monitoring and management, and reforestation.