A worker guides a heavy truck hauling loads from the pit of Lafayette's mine on Rapu Rapu island
A worker guides a heavy truck hauling loads from the pit of Lafayette's mine on Rapu Rapu island, Albay province, south of Manila September 7, 2006. Three foreign firms are interested in investing in the Philippine gold and copper mine of Australia's Lafayette Mining Ltd. if Manilla allows it to reopen, the company's lawyer said. The Lafayette project on Rapu Rapu island, one of 24 being promoted by the government to revive the country's once-mighty mining sector, suspended operations three months after pouring its first gold in July 2005 due to two cyanide spills. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (PHILIPPINES)