Ramoncito Gozar, OceanaGold senior vice president, declined to comment, saying he was not privy to the allegations and details of the agreement.
In areas where mining firms are trying to operate legally, many local communities have been protesting what they said was the massive dislocation that mining would bring to groups of people that have been living in mineral-rich areas for decades.
The mining industry has been under siege not only from protesters and tribal groups that had staked ancestral claims on mineral-rich lands but also from illegal mining groups that are largely blamed for the smuggling of tons of gold and other mineral ores mostly to China.
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