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What is Lutopan mining? Lutopan, officially known as DAS or Don Andres Soriano (from the name of the founder of the copper mines), is a hilly and well-populated barangay consisting of 21 sitios in Toledo City and is about 44 km from Cebu City, Philippines. In the 1960s through 1980s the place saw progress mainly through the [[1]]Atlas Mining (ACMDC) operations, which closed down in 1991. It had a hospital facility comparable to those of Cebu City in terms of quality. It also has a La Salle-supervised private school (now Andres Soriano Memorial College) that used to be subsidized by the company. Although the shutting down of mining operations in early 1990s greatly affected the place, it continues to be one of the most populated areas of Toledo. Skilled workers from the mine have found ways to find other jobs, many of them working overseas. At present, rehabilitation is ongoing for the planned reopening of the mining company, whose largest single stockholder at present is Alakor Securities.

This was Lutopan before carmen corporation started mining.

What are the effects of Lutopan mining to our community?
-It destroys forest and wetlands
-It may mean that you have to cut down lots of trees just to get to the spot that has all the gold and iron ore.
-Mining leaves a big hole which cant be solved so it is left unattanded.
-Miners use deforestation to clear an area
-More carbon dioxide is released on the air less oxygen causing pollution of air.
-Mining uses fossil fuels, when fossil fuels are burned they release toxic gas and carbon dioxide to the atmosphere which leads to air pollution again.

What are the effects of lutopan mining to animals and humans?
-Due to deforestation, animals lose their homes which lead to the death of their community.
-Due to the fossil fuels burned, these gases are dangerous to animals and humans.

These minerals are enough to pay the debt of our country

Where does the money go? Basically it goes to those people who destroy our community and just leaving it like that. The amount of money they earn is ENOUGH to pay the Philippine debt on the world market, but it goes right in their pockets. isn't that unfair? Our communities are the one being destroyed and they get the money? Mining experts estimate that the Philippines’ potential mineral resources are reportedly worth P54.5 trillion, which could possibly pay the country’s large foreign debt. But in exchange of this fortune, mining poses calamities and serious health hazards. Ruthless deforestation in the mountains of CARAGA, the Philippines’ mining capital, caused severe flooding in several areas that took the lives of many locals. Meanwhile, residents in Claver, Surigao Del Norte, have acquired various lung illnesses, cough, and flu due to the harmful matter and gases emitted by mines in the area. Even their beaches turned red and were rendered unusable as an effect of Laterite. Does the country benefit enough from the environmental impacts of mining? Is it worth destroying our natural resources considering that only 2% of the price of every exported mineral product goes to the government?

Mining Industry

Carmen copper corporation is the one responsible for these events. Many people protest against them, but what do they get? They get executed. They don't want the truth to be revealed so that is their way of doing so.

SAY NO TO MINING, SAVE MOTHER EARTH WHILE WE STILL CAN.