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Five of which filed for the Mineral Production Sharing Agreement with a total land area applied: 13,792 hectares were: Montréal Mining Corp., Soricon Resource Corp., 3J Mining Inc., AP-TANG Phil. Corp. and VL Chromite Inc., this was approved in Valencia area. While six (6) mining companies applied for Exploration Permit, with a total land area applied of 43,173 hectares were: Satang Mining Corp. Inc., Malampay Mining Co. Inc., Makilala Mines Inc., Toronto Ventures Corp., has 3-apllications. All in all totaled to more or less 56,965 hectares were applied. “Because of these, the multi-organizations, the cause-oriented groups and the Diocese of Pagadian conducted a lot of activities like the petition letters, prayer rally, dialogue Mining conference, exposure to mining area, education & information dissemination in order to oppose the said applications”, Marcellana stresses. Meanwhile, anti-mining groups had discovered thru their initial investigative journey to the former site of the White Eagle Mining Corporation and the Surigao Mining Corporation mining site in Guripan, Mahayag, Zamboanga del Sur disclosed that the former dump waste area is now unsuitable to any agricultural activity, the soil become unfertile, toxic and not good for human agricultural activity. The said copper mine was closed after thirty years of mining activity.
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I'm not that sure about barangay guripan in mahayag. i never lived there when the mining company still operates (i was not yet born then) in the area but i was able visit it just last June. people there told me that the last operation was 20 years ago, but i could still smell the chemicals drowned directly to the ground (masakit sa ilong!!!). personally, i dont want it to happen to the farmlands affected by the proposed mining operations in our province. anyway, mining is not the only way for us to improve our lives...marami pang ibang paraan...