Sementara kegiatan eksplorasi emas, kata dia, dilaksanakan di Pongkor dan Garut, Jawa Barat, Seblat-Bengkulu, Gunung Patah Tiga-Jambi, Sulawesi Tenggara, dan Gunung Gember dan Gunung Liman di Jawa Timur dengan total biaya eksplorasi emas mencapai Rp3,2 miliar.
Gold exploration activities were carried out in Pongkor and Garut districts in West Java, Seblat district in Bengkulu, Gunung Patah Tiga area in Jambi, South East Sulawesi, Gunung Gember and Gunung Liman areas in East Java with a total cost of Rp3.2 billion.