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Siegfred Flaviano, head of South Cotabato Provincial Environment Management Office (Photo courtesy of the provincial government) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -Illegal mining operations in South Cotabato province have slowed down in the past several months due to the intensified monitoring and law enforcement operations. Siegfred Flaviano, head of the Provincial Environment Management Office, said they have not monitored any major illegal mining activity, especially the destructive "banlas" or sluice method, as of Thursday in various mining areas in the province. He said some miners have only resorted to panning in the rivers the rocks or ores that are washed down from nearby mountains by the rainwater. "There (are) some reports regarding those using hoses but these are very minimal based on our validation on the ground," Flaviano said in a briefing. He was referring to the sluice mining method, which is done by pouring a large amount of water onto a mountain surface to loose

South cotabatoGeneral santosReynaldo tamayo jrSiegfred flavianoMinahang bayanEnvironment management officeDepartment of environmentProvincial environment management officeBarangays kematuNatural resourcesSouth cotabato governor reynaldo tamayoEad of south cotabato provincial environment management office photo courtesy the government general santos city illegal mining operations in province have slowed down past several months due to intensified monitoring and law enforcement siegfred flavianoEad of the provincial environment management officeAid they have not monitored any major illegal mining activitySpecially the destructive quot banlas or sluice methodS of thursday in various mining areas the province he said some miners have only resorted to panning rivers rocks or ores that are washed down from nearby mountains by rainwater quot there reports regarding those using hoses but these very minimal based on our validation ground