THE Philex Mining Corporation in the province of Benguet lauded three of their scholars who recently passed the Mining Engineering board examination conducted August 2013 with one of them landing in the top 10.
Jason Ostrea, a graduate of Saint Louis University, placed sixth overall in the exams given by the Board of Mining Engineering in Manila on August 13-15.
Eunice Cuntig and Vincent Ong, also SLU graduates, were among the 141 passers of the licensure examination.
The three are now hired as grade-control engineers at Philex Mining's Padcal operations at Camp 3 in Tuba, Benguet.
"It's another feather on the cap of Philex Mining, as this shining moment punctuates and brings to the fore the company's educational scholarship program," said Libby Ricafort, vice president at Philex Mining and resident manager of Padcal.
"This education program is part of our social agenda toward uplifting the quality of life of our stakeholders," he added.
Philex Mining currently has 14 mining-engineering scholars enrolled at SLU while 100 other scholars are pursuing various degrees at the different colleges and universities in Baguio City and Benguet, and 94 high school students and 170 others are enjoying full scholarships and subsidized education, respectively. (Redjie Cawis)