The country’s big mining lobby on Wednesday lamented the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) reckless public pronouncement on the results of the mine audit, despite the premature results of its findings.

In a statement, the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) expressed concern over the repercussions of such pronouncements, stressing that the damaging manner the report was released is highly inconsistent with the letters sent to certain companies informing them of the audit findings.

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