Soldiers wounded as rebels attack Xstrata mine in Philippines
July 21st, 2008
Filed under: Mine - Tampakan, Mineral - Copper, Mineral - Gold, Operator - Sagittarius Mines, Operator - Xstrata
From: afp.google.com
TAGUM, Philippines (AFP) — Communist guerrillas Sunday shot and wounded two Philippine soldiers after an attack that saw drilling equipment owned by the Swiss-based mining giant Xstrata set on fire.
The New People’s Army (NPA) struck before dawn near the town of Kiblawan on Mindanao island, where Xstrata subsidiary Sagittarius Mining Inc. is developing a major copper-gold prospect, called Tampakan.
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