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Article

8 Jun 2009

Author:
Business World [Philippines]

Tampakan miner airs security, social concerns [Philippines]

In…[its] "Tampakan Project Sustainability Report 2008," Mark Williams, Sagittarius [Mines, Inc.] general manager, admitted that 2008 was a "security nightmare"... Last year, the… New People’s Army…attacked…its base camp in Tampakan, South Cotabato and the drill rig in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur. Two of the firm’s workers were also killed and two others were injured in two other incidents…Sagittarius has been continuously beset by the unarmed opposition waged by Catholic Church leaders and environmental groups on concerns over human health, food security and the environment…[T]he key goals…this year include…environmental and social impact assessment[s]...The company also wants to seek the "free and prior informed consent" of indigenous people, and undertake land acquisition and resettlement…