The deaths of two men in an accident expose the illegal activities of sluice miners in the old mining tunnels of South Cotabato.
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – Illegal mining activities in South Cotabato have resurged despite recent efforts to crack down on them, with illegal mine operators becoming better equipped and more astute, resulting in increased environmental destruction in known mining areas.
Siegfred Flaviano, the head of the Provincial Environment Management Office , told Rappler on Monday, April 10, that going after illegal miners has become more challenging than before, but they were more determined now to pursue a relentless campaign against illegal mining activities. During the operation, authorities discovered illegal mining tools and equipment, and saw the extent of ecological damage caused by sluice mining, which bombards high-pressure water and destroys the terrain on several hectares of the mountain side.
Salva alleged that the landowner in the area, whom she did not name, took miners to work in the tunnels. De Leon’s brother John Mark said rocks first started to fall and then a boulder pinned his brother’s leg, but they managed to pull him out and rushed him to a hospital. The 2018 accident took place after the provincial government ordered several small-scale mining activities in the town to stop due to landslides in the area.
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