They will continue to fight the open pit mining operation of the Tampakan Project and the people of South Cotabato can do more to prevent the destruction of the environment for the future of South Cotabatenos.
TAMPAKAN, Philippines In a move celebrated by anti-mining activists, local officials in the southern Philippine municipality of Tampakan have canceled the business permit for a controversial copper and gold mine, citing alleged fraud and misrepresentation by the operator, Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI). “The firm does not have a permit anymore from the local government […]