Clean up drive of Angadanan river as well as Sulong and Kinalabasa rivers

“It is not the large-scale mining that caused the contamination of the river but the small-scale miners who are using mercury in their operations,” Ancheta said. Small-scale miners, according to reports, use mercury to extract gold with the aid of water, which is then indiscriminately dumped into rivers.
MGB’s statement was in response to claims by various anti-mining groups, which conducted a fact-finding mission last month, that the Didipio mining project allegedly caused the deterioration of the quality of water in rivers, creeks and streams in the area.”
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