SANTA CRUZ, Zambales: A top official of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the De­partment of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said two mining firms allowed to resume mining last year in Zambales has been cleared to continue their operations, while two other mining companies will remain suspended.

This, according to Dr. Benito Molino, chairman of the anti-mining group Concerned Citizens of Sta Cruz (CCOS), who said MGB Director Leo Jasareno told him on Friday that Benguet Nickel Mines, Inc. (BNMI) and Zambales Diversified Metals Corporation (ZDMC) has been cleared by the agency to continue their mining operations in northern Zambales while the suspension on Eramen Minerals Inc. (EMI) and LnL Archipelago Minerals Inc. (LAMI) will remain in force.

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