“The implementation of the stoppage order is a victory for the rule of law as it will put to end the regime of illegal mining which have continuously defied national and local laws by engaging in mineral theft, wanton disregard of environmental laws, tax evasion, child labor, criminality, unprovoked violence, and lawlessness,” Mateo said, adding the government’s decisive action will stop the environmentally-destructive methods and practices of illegal miners.
The illegal miners use cyanide, mercury and nitric acid in their outlawed gold processing plants in Balabag, where TVIRD has a Mineral Production Sharing Agreement with the government.
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