RE:IRR on EO lifting ban on new mining projects signedAwesome signed the 9th - goes into effect 2 weeks later ...Monday August 23 - King King CEO/staff must be partying now .. haha Executive Order (EO) 130 which lifted the moratorium on new mining projects and the nationwide ban on open-pit mining method has already been signed by Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu.In a text message, Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Director Wilfredo Moncano said Wednesday, August 11, that the IRR of EO 130 was already signed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Cimatu and published on August 9, 2021. The IRR will take effect in two weeks.