Quang Nam province: local authorities yielding to gold miners

Nguyen Vien, Director of the Quang Nam provincial Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, said the illegal gold mining in the locality has seriously damaged the environment and caused big death tolls.
“The provincial forest rangers’ unit has been requested to clear illegal mining sites and dislodged illegal differs. Meanwhile, settling the problem to the every root remains a difficult question to be solved,” Vien said.
After a short period of interruption, the gold illegal mining in Phu Ninh district of Quang Nam province has also boomed again.
According to Tam Lanh commune’s Chair Bui Quang Minh, the Bong Mieu Gold Mining Company Ltd, a subsidiary of Besra Group has halted its exploitation. Therefore, illegal gold diggers have penetrated into the area to find ores and damage equipments.
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