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1998 H.L. Ong
PUBLIC Alice Diniarti

Abstrak: Financing exploration for primary gold has always been a problem in the past, present, and at least in the near future. This is mainly due the non-continuity of the deposit, the low level gold to be detected in the samples (ppb range), the very low success ratio (0.5% - 4%) and the fluctuating price of gold. Gold prices become a barometer for exploration after the "Bretton-Wood" was abolished in 1971.