In the New Bataan and Cateel towns of Compostela Valley where the latest typhoon-induced disaster is more deadly, prominent Mindanao environmentalist Francis Morales has long sounded the alarm “about the unabated mining explorations and operations” there. An example is the more than 2,000-hectare gold and copper mining project of the Canadian-owned Philco Mining in the hinterland village of Camanlangan in New Bataan town.
Morales has long warned that these mining operations would affect the integrity of various ecosystems in the area such as Mt. Kampalili-Tagub Range Complex, a known Key Biodiverity Area (KBA) and Andap and Caragan watershed areas that supply ample amount of water for residential and agricultural uses in Compostela Valley province.
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