Montecalvo lamented, “We used to catch a lot of fish in the rivers for our sustenance. But when Apex started its operations it destroyed our rivers. Now, the fishes are gone.”
Montecalvo also said they have not experienced heavy flooding before, not until the Apex mining started excavating from the mountains some 1,500 tons (1.5 Million kilos) of soil.
Five years ago, landslides in Maco killed 30 people and displaced 5,000 residents, a disaster which environmentalist group Panalipdan back then attributed to Apex’s use of heavy equipment and “environmentally hazardous methods” in its large-scale mining operations.
Back then, the group and the residents demanded for damages.
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