Environment Secretary Gina Lopez has vowed not to grant new mining permits or renew existing ones in Sarangani and vowed that even explorations will not be allowed in the province under her term. Earlier, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Mindanao said it granted the 88 Kiamba Mining and Development Corp. a permit to explore copper, gold, and silver deposits in Sarangani and in nearby South Cotabato.
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