The provincial government and MGB-12 earlier filed criminal charges against several individuals who were allegedly behind the illegal mining activities, especially the highly-destructive “banlas” or hydraulic sluice mining.
“Banlas” mining involves the pouring of large amounts of water using high-pressure water jets on a mountain’s surface to extract the rocks containing the gold ore, and then pan them with mercury.
The use of the illegal mining method, which was first uncovered in a mining village in T’boli town several years ago, has been thriving these past years in small-scale mining areas in Tampakan. (MindaNews)
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