Vizcaya folk lose rice lands to Aussie mining operations
Filed under: Mine - Didipio, Mineral - Copper, Mineral - Gold, Operator - OceanaGold
From: Inquirer.net
By Melvin Gascon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
KASIBU, NUEVA VIZCAYA – Tribal residents of this upland town have expressed disgust over the rapid loss of their rice lands amid the ongoing land-clearing operations by Australian mining firm OceanaGold Philippines Inc.
Officials of Didipio village here fear a possible shortage of locally produced rice and other farm products as OceanaGold continues to bulldoze lands despite controversies hounding its planned operations.
Didipio is the site of OceanaGold’s proposed $117-million gold-copper project that is being opposed by the residents as well as the Catholic Church due to what they said were human rights violations allegedly committed by the company.
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