BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: The Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) on Thursday expressed alarm over the “massive” copper contamination of rivers in the province as a result of the operations of Melbourne-based OceanaGold and has asked the government to stop the firm’s mining operations.

Kalikasan PNE national coordinator Clemente Bautista said the results of an Environmental Investigative Mission (EIM) in the village of Didipio in Kasibu Town were alarming, raising concerns among environmental advocates and indigenous people.

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