Two S. Sulawesi gold miners to begin production this year

Two gold mining firms PT Masmindo and PT Citra Palu Mining are expected to start production activities in Luwu Utara Regency, South Sulawesi, this year, a local official said.

Secretary of the South Sulawesi provincial administration?s mining office, Syamsul Bachri was quoted by Antara as saying that the two firms hold mining contracts of work issued by the central government with concessions reaching thousands of hectares.

No further details about the production plan were provided. (*)