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For an alleged violation of the Small Scale Mining Act of 1991, the Provincial Government of Zamboanga del Sur has ordered stoppage of an ore mining operation in Liba, Bayog recently.
The stoppage order was signed by Governor Auring E. Cerilles dated November 13 addressed to one Reynaldo Chua of Mindanao Mining and Mineral Resource Corporation and a certain Romeo Fernando, operations manager of 168 Ferrum Pacific Mining Corporation. The order was served last November 22 by a composite team from the Provincial Government and the Provincial Environment & Natural Resources Office (PENRO) escorted by a Task Force Tabak based in Bayog. {sidebar id=8}Fernando, the operations manager of 168 Ferrum received the order which was witnessed by Liba Barangay Captain Rowel Lucero. It [order] gave the mining operator 7 days to pull-out their manpower and heavy equipment for he was no longer allowed to operate mining activities in the area due to alleged violations, such as: 1) expired Governor’s Permit and 2) it violated the Small Scale Mining Act of 1991 for using heavy equipment that was beyond the provision of a small scale mining. Upon serving the Order, Mr. Fernando did not deny the allegation but he tried to justify that the heavy equipment were just used to open up new roads in the area. Fernando’s statement was later verified by the DENR monitoring team that they were opening new roads on purpose of hauling rocks positive as iron ore in Liba and other adjacent barangay in Bayog. Last update : 14-12-2007 11:11
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