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Monday, 22nd January 2007 (3146 views)

Residents close to a gold rush site in South Cotabato have been evacuated following a number of tunnel collapses.

The mining site of T'boli has been subjected to heavy downpours in recent weeks and it is thought that at least two tunnels have been demolished by landslides. Therefore, the local government has opted to evacuate local residents as a precautionary measure until repair work can be carried out at the site, reports the Sun Star.

Lourdes Jumilla, secretariat head of the Provincial Mining and Regulatory Board, explained that all mining operations in the area have now been stopped and that no-one is reported to have been injured in the tunnel collapses.

She added: "Police and military personnel were deployed to ensure the evacuation will be smooth."

It is thought that one of the tunnels is backed by the Canadian-based Sur American Gold Corporation, which holds a mineral sharing production agreement in the region covering around 84.98 hectares of land.

 

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