Gold mining in the Philippines is a crude process that depends on indigenous people and low-income workers to pan for the mineral in the rivers and tunnels of Region XI, putting a lot of stress on the environment.
Baniqued, who owns one of the processing plants in Compostela Valley, said a 20-ton sack of ore takes at least 72 hours to process using high heat and chemicals such as carbon, cyanide, and borax.
When the gold is extracted from the ores, it is melted and then sold to middlemen. The gold trade in Mindanao seems to be anarchic, but Baniqued said miners and traders are governed by trust and credibility. Both sides must show that they are trustworthy – that their gold is pure and that their prices are right – in order to be able to participate in the market.
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