Town’s fight vs Australian mining project goes to SC
Filed under: Mine - Didipio, Mineral - Copper, Mineral - Gold, Operator - OceanaGold
From: Inquirer.net
By Melvin Gascon
Northern Luzon Bureau
BAYOMBONG, NUEVA VIZCAYA — Officials of upland Kasibu town have elevated to the Supreme Court their appeal to stop an Australian mining company from pushing its project there for its supposed failure to get the consent of local communities.
Kasibu Mayor Romeo Tayaban and members of the municipal council on Thursday took their petition to the high court, as the company, now named OceanaGold Philippines Inc., continued what the officials called the “illegal implementation” of its mining permit.
The officials sought a temporary restraining order (TRO) to stop the demolition of villagers’ houses in Barangay Didipio, site of OceanaGold’s planned gold-copper mining project.
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