Philippines warns groups blocking Australian gold mining project
May 22nd, 2008
Filed under: Mine - Didipio, Mineral - Copper, Mineral - Gold, Operator - OceanaGold, Region 02 - Nueva Vizcaya
From: afp.google.com
MANILA (AFP) — A Philippines official on Wednesday warned anti-mining groups blocking a major gold-copper project in the country’s north that they were committing an illegal act.
Led by the governor of Nueva Viscaya province, opponents have erected a barricade on a road leading to the remote Didipio project of Australian miner Oceana Gold, Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Joselito Atienza said.
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