United
Paragon Mining Corporation ("UPMC") is a Philippine
corporation whose main business is the exploration, development,
exploitation, recovery, and sale of gold.
UPMC
was the result of a merger in 1989 between United Asia and Geothermal
Resources ("UAR") AND Abcar Paragon Mining Corporation
("Abcar Paragon"). Under the terms of the merger, UAR
became the surviving corporation and Abcar Paragon transferred
all of its assets and properties (real and personal, including
rights, franchises and receivables, as well as the operating rights
of the Longos Mine) to UAR. UAR was renamed United Paragon Mining
Corporation in 1990. UAR was formed as a corporation in 1970 while
Abcar Paragon was formed in 1986.
UPMC's
principal mining operation is the Longos Mine at Paracale, Camarines
Norte. UPMC operated an open pit area in the mine from August
01, 1988 to June 01, 1994 having extracted 888,809 metric tonnes
(MT) of ore, which yielded 79,120 ounces of gold. This was more
than twice its originally calculated reserve. By April 1994, UPMC
began the commercial operations of the underground mine at the
same site. It was placed under care and maintenance in December
1998 to preserve the remaining reserves for future extraction
at profitable level. From 1988 to 1998, UPMC produced 290,580
ounces of gold from the Longos Mine.
UPMC
is presently pursuing various options to raise the amount required
to finance the rehabilitation and further development of the Longos
Mine.