Environmental group opposes large-scale Batangas mining project

“The Egerton gold project will be utilizing open-pit mining technology, which will result in the production and dumping of millions of metric tons of mine wastes into the Lobo River down to the waters of the Verde Island Passage,” Bautista said. “This impending mine pollution will surely spell death to current marine conservation areas in Lobo municipality alone.”
In 1997, DENR declared Lobo the fifth of 18 biodiversity centers in the world. The municipality houses four declared marine conservation areas, namely the Lobo Mangrove Conservation Area, Sawang Olo-olo Fish Sanctuary and Refuge Area, Malabrigo Fish Sanctuary and Refuge Area and Biga Fish Sanctuary and Refuge Area.
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