"The Aquino regime hypocritically claims to have the interests of the small miners and the environment in mind but allows foreign mining companies unhampered access to the resource-rich mountains of Compostela Valley," said the CPP. "The Aquino regime blames the victims and their small-scale mining operations for the landslides yet turns a blind eye to the massive destruction wrought by large-scale mining operations in the area, as well as by commercial timber operations in the past."
Kingking Gold-Copper Project Pangunahing tinututulan ng maliliit na minero, kanilang mga pamilya, mga taong-simbahan at mga aktibistang kontra-mina ang Kingking Gold-Copper Project na naglalayong hukayin ang mga depositong ginto at tanso sa mga barangay Kingking at Napnapan, Pantukan. Ang KG-CP ay kunektado rin sa pinakamalalaking deposito ng ginto at tanso sa Mt. Diwalwal, na nasa bayan ng Monkayo, Compostela Valley. Mayaman sa ginto at tanso ang kabundukan ng Pantukan.