Apex Mining Co has resigned from the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines, expressing “disappointment and frustration” over the group’s response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s call to preserve the environment.

“I do not agree that we should blame illegal small-scale miners when the mining industry is put to task for perceived destruction of the environment,” Apex President and CEO Walter Brown said in a statement.

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