JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia spoke out regarding the revocation of the Mining Business Permit (IUP) for the Martabe gold mine owned by PT Agincourt Resources (PTAR) which is located in North Sumatra (North Sumatra).
Bahlil said that the revocation of the mining permit belonging to the United Tractors entity was based on an in-depth study by the Forest Area Regulation Task Force (Satgas PKH). For information, the revocation of the Agincourt IUP was announced by the Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi
"Of course, the revocation has passed through in-depth studies and we have done everything, and then we will carry out further processes," Bahlil told the media at the DPR RI Building, Thursday, January 22.
He added that later the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources would process further after the IUP for this gold mine was revoked.
Meanwhile, the Director General of Mineral and Coal (Dirjen Minerba) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Tri Winarno, explained that the follow-up to be carried out by the government is to coordinate with the PKH Task Force. After coordinating, it will be decided whether the Martabe gold mine can operate again.
"We are still coordinating with the PKH Task Force," he explained.
Previously, Senior Manager of Corporate Communications Agincourt Resources Katarina Siburian Hardono in his statement said that his party only learned about the revocation through media reports.
"Until now, the Company has not been able to provide further comments considering that the Company has not received an official notification and knows in detail about the decision," said Katarina in a statement to the media, Wednesday, January 21.
For information, Agincourt is one of 28 companies whose licenses were revoked by President Prabowo Subianto through the PKH Task Force on Tuesday, January 20.
The Minister of State Secretary (Mensesneg) Prasetyo Hadi announced the results of the work of the Forest Area Control Task Force (PKH) regarding the success of uncovering a series of violations of forest utilization permits (PBPH), mining business permits, and palm oil plantation business permits in Aceh Province, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.
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