Whitelaw Reid: “Can we mine all over the world, from South Africa to the Klondike, but…”

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Can we mine all over the world, from South Africa to the Klondike, but not in Palawan?

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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid poses a rhetorical question about the feasibility of mining in various global locations, including Palawan.

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Whitelaw Reid: “Can we mine all over the world, from South Africa to the Klondike, but not in Palawan?”