“Despite hazard warnings, small miners stay in the mining sites and place their lives at risk for a chance of finding gold instead of relocating to safer places where there is no alternativelivelihood. According to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, those who were killed or injured in the recent landslide in Bgy. Napnapan were small-scale gold miners who had no permits to mine in the area. The tragic incident claimed at least 32 lives,” she pointed out.
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/news/national/21554-loren-wants-probe-of-financiers-of-small-scale-mining-operations
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