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Friday, August 15, 2025

SMI ‘collaborating’ with authorities to curb ‘banlas’ mining within Tampakan project

 Banlas or sluice mining, a highly-destructive mining method, involves the pouring of large amounts of water using high-pressure water jets on a mountain’s surface to loosen the soil and rocks and extract the gold ore, and then pan them with mercury.

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