Battambang gold mines busted with cyanide

4 June 2018
The Phnom Penh Post
Gold / Mining
Illegal mining / Leng Sopheak / Rong Chheng Company / toxic substances

A joint task force including the Military Police, officials from the mining and environment ministries, and local authorities in Battambang over the weekend uncovered 20 barrels of cyanide at four illegal gold mines operating in Phnom Proek district. Phnom Proek district Military Police commander Leng Sopheak said the two-day operation discovered four unlicensed mines in the district’s Baraing Thleak and Phnom Proek communes. …

 Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-gold-mines-busted-cyanide

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