ComVal’s hidden treasures … islands to the highlands IN 1983a Mandaya gold prospector stumbled on a big find in Mt. Diwata, Monkayo in the northeast of the then Davao province and what is Compostela Valley today. The find led to the discovery of one of the biggest gold deposits in the country and in Asia, spurred a mad rush from all over the country of adventurers, fortune-hunters, prospectors, and ordinary folk who dream of cashing in on the wealth of the mountain, to the mineral-rich highland.
