Authorities say the illegal miners are caught using high-pressure water jets along the Iponan River at 4 am, suggesting that they have been working in shifts.
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Authorities arrested five Chinese men and 13 Filipino workers in a raid by a joint team of law enforcement agents at an illegal gold mining site in the environmentally threatened Iponan River. The weekend raid led to the discovery of deadly mercury.
“We need to revisit the site to determine the prevalence of mercury use in these illegal mining operations,” Gacad said. Lawyer Michael Pacuribot, the chief of the DENR legal division in the region, identified the Chinese as Mingzhi Meng, Shen Chuangao, Pan Jiquan, Luo Jian Hui, and Yuan Yin Lin.
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