The Philippine Government has issued its new rules to implement the President’s Executive Order No. 79 on mining. Despite assertions that these will settle the issue of Xstrata‘s Tampakan project being blocked by the local government, it seems they won’t. Nor is the law retroactive.
However, the first place chosen to “sell” the new rules is Australia where Xstrata’s copper division (which would operate this project) is based.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11907.