MILF hits mining activities in Mindanao
Filed under: Mine - Tampakan, Mineral - Copper, Mineral - Gold, Operator - Indophil Resources NL, Region 12 - South Cotabato
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) denounced Saturday the ongoing mining operations in Mindanao, citing it does not bring any good to the people.
“Yes, we oppose activities of mining firms in Mindanao as it remains one of the reason why we are helping break the impasse in the ancestral domain issue in the GRP-MILF talks,” MILF spokesman Eid Kabalu said in an interview.
“We are concerned about the plight of our brothers in the countryside where some of them have been displaced by such activity,” he added.
In Central Mindanao, one of the largest mining firm, the Sagittarius Mines, Inc., is presently eyeing mineral deposits in the towns of Tampakan, South Cotabato; Columbio, Sultan Kudarat; and sections of Davao del Sur province.
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