Chapter 6 of the draft bill acknowledges small-scale mining operations and mandates its operations pursuant to Republic Act 7076 or the People's Small-Scale Mining Act of 1991.
One of the significant points outlined in the bill is the prohibition on the use of mercury in small-scale mining as stated in Section 74.
University of the Philippines - National Institute for Geological Sciences (UP-NIGS) professor Carlo Arcilla agreed on this saying the use of mercury poses health and environmental hazards. Currently, Arcilla and his institute are looking at cyanide as an alternative for mercury in extracting gold but it still not yet final.
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