In the village of Maning, in Paracale, Camarines Norte, a network of pits and tunnels snake their way under a mountain, where thousands of people go everyday to search for gold. The area has around 400 mining pits in operation, up from just 20 in June. Here, miners risk their lives daily to look for the precious metal, their ticket out of poverty. The toll: destruction of nature, and even death.
Read more, and see photos from the mines, on Rappler.
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