CANDELARIA, Zambales: Anti-mining advocates in this province claimed that the provincial governor has allowed a mining firm here to haul stockpiles of nickel ore from the mountains to the port in the guise of doing environmental rehabilitation.

Concerned Citizens of Santa Cruz (CCOS) chairman Benito Molino said over one million metric tons of nickel ore with a conservative estimate of P750 million are being hauled out of the mountains of this town into the Binabalian port of BenguetCorp Nickel Mines, Inc. (BNMI).

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