Gold panners out of work

Gold panners out of work

PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: Thousands of people who came to Sampit regency to pan for gold are in dire need of jobs after the administration clamped down on illegal gold panning.

Col. Irvan Edison, chief of the local military district in Panjung, Sampit, proposed that gold mining companies employ them in their sites as one way of stopping them from encroaching into their concessions.

"These people will continue to pan illegally if they are not employed by mining companies in the region," he said as reported by Antara. (rms)