A group of investors on Sunday called on the government to support offshore mining in Philippine seabeds for the industry to flourish, aside from fishing.

At a media briefing in Quezon City, Dr. Michael Raymond Aragon, Offshore Mining Chamber of the Philippines Inc. chairperson, said offshore mining is a new and high technology “to cleanly mine for raw minerals in the deep seabeds of our country.”

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