It is one ugly landmark that many residents in my home province of South Cotabato would rather not have in the future. I am referring to a pit—projected to be “approximately 500 hectares in area and approximately 800 meters deep”—that will be left gaping when a proposed copper-gold mining project ends its mining life in an area straddling the provinces of South Cotabato, Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat and Davao del Sur.
The ugly, gaping hole, noted Bishop Romulo dela Cruz of the Kidapawan Diocese, will “have a depth double the height of the Empire State Building, and can potentially be added to the infamous list of top 10 open pits visible from outer space.”
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