SMI, under the Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement, holds a total land area of 23,571 hectares. In 2007, 9.5 hectares of land was disturbed during drilling operations. Approximately 90 per cent of this land has been rehabilitated and will continue to be monitored until it has returned to its original condition.

During 2007, a total of 20,860 seedlings, both native and fruit trees, were planted around the project area as part of the Maleh Tu Kayo reforestation program in the municipalities of Tampakan, South Cotabato; Columbio, Sultan Kudarat; and Kiblawan, Davao del Sur. Over 3,200 volunteers from various groups participated in the tree planting campaign. The performance of the reforestation project is closely monitored so that successful techniques can be applied to future rehabilitation programs.