Carrying ore through gold rush community

A man carries gold ore through Diwalwal, a remote mining community on the Philippines' southern island of Mindanao. Also known as Mt. Diwata, the community has become the center of an international struggle between small scale miners and large international mining corporations..

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Paul Jeffrey

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Philippines Filipina Filipino Mindanao environmentalism mining miners small scale mining large scale mining gold capitalism foreign corporations resistance mines Diwalwal Mt. Diwata miner bags burden carry ore sack shoulders man labor work worker

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