Antam Gelontorkan Rp128 Billion For Golden Exploration To Nickel Period 2022

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JAKARTA - PT Aneka Tambang Tbk (Antam) announced an exploration report carried out throughout 2022.

As of December 2022, Antam's total unaudited preliminary exploration costs reached Rp128.30 billion with a focus on gold, nickel and bauxite commodities.

Quoted from the disclosure of information on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) Antam also carried out the management of forest area permits in the prospect area.

"As of December 31, 2022, Antam's gold exploration activities will be carried out in Pongkor, West Java. In the Pongkor Region, the activities carried out are geological modeling and drilling," Antam's management wrote, quoted on Thursday, January 12.

Meanwhile, nickel exploration is carried out in North Konawe and Pomalaa, Southeast Sulawesi and Tanjung Buli, North Maluku until December 31, 2022.

"The activities carried out include geological mapping, core piloting, logging cores, grid and remeasuring measurements, installing benchmarks, spatial drilling and drilling," Antam wrote.

Meanwhile in the Pomalaa area, the activities carried out are geological mapping, core pilot, logging core, grid and remeasuring measurements, installation of benchmarks, spatial drilling and single tube drilling.

Meanwhile, in the Tanjung Buli area, the explorations carried out are geological mapping, core piloting, logging core, surface piloting, grid track measurements, benchmark installation, and single tube drilling.

Meanwhile, Antam's bauxite exploration was carried out in the Tayan area, West Kalimantan, which was carried out by means of geological mapping, grid/polygon measurements, geodesic GPS measurements, pit tests, pit logging tests, pit piloting and rock piloting.