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No Mining Operations in Manicani - MGB Official

An official of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) has yesterday denied the existence of any mining operation in the island of Manicani, Guiuan, Eastern Samar. The comment came after a senator said of a continued mining operation in the area. This is according to the report by Ranulfo Docdocan at the ABS-CBN news website.

(A link to a satellite image of Manicani Island follows at the end of this article.)

Armando Dupio, Jr. of the MGB denied any mining operation in the island. He is the chief of the Mining Environment and Safety Division of the said government agency.

According to him, mining operations in the area stopped after a moratorium on the operations has been issued in 2002.

Last Monday, Sen. Loren Legarda pointed out the existence of mining operations in the island and asked these to be stopped as soon as possible.

You may check out the ABS-CBN’s article by clicking on this link.

Also, you can see a satellite image of the extent of the previous mining operations on the island by following this link.

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