Benguet Corporation is a diversified Philippine business enterprise. Founded in 1903 as the Benguet Consolidated Mining Company by three American G.I.s following the Philippine-American War, it is the oldest mining company in the country. The company operates gold mines in Benguet province and Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte; chromite mines in Masinloc, Zambales; and copper mines in San Marcelino, Zambales. Wikipedia