Mero also pointed out that over 100 years of large scale mining operations resulted to dead rivers, deforestation and continuing mining disasters, the latest being the breach in Philex Mining Corporation’s tailings pond 3 (TP3). He also mentioned the decades-long operation of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company resulted to the continuing sinking in Mankayan and the death of the Abra River due to mine wastes.
The Philex TP3 breach discharged 20 million metric tons of mine wastes into the Balog Creek and Agno River and is now deemed to be the worst disaster after the Marcopper spill in Marinduque. The Marinduque spill discharged over 1 million metric tons of mine tailings and was considered the worst in 1996.
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