TUGUEGARAO CITY: Director Mario Ancheta of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) for Region 2 has belied reports that large-scale foreign mining firms in Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya use toxic and hazardous chemicals.

Ancheta said the claims by anti-mining groups that the Didipio Gold-Copper Project and the Runruno Gold-Molybdenum Project in Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya are “not using mercury, cyanide or any noxious substances in their operations.”

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