Nickel Asia Corp. (NAC) subsidiary Taganito Mining Corp. (TMC) has launched DiScuba, a program that aims to get more people in the mining community of Claver and adjacent towns in Surigao del Norte to experience and appreciate diving. Considered a sport for the elite due to the cost of a single dive, TMC’s objective for introducing the sport is to invite more people to become protectors of the environment especially of the marine resources around the mine site. Marine biologist and TMC Coastal Resource Management Specialist Agapito Cuadra Jr. said that part of his job is to research on the characteristics of marine landscapes and help design programs for environment enhancement and protection.

TMC recruits environment warriors with free diving. (2020, August 16). The Manila Times, p. B6.