A brief introduction on the Penjom Gold Mine. The Penjom Gold mine is the largest gold mine in malaysia commissioning since 1996. It is owned by a british company,the Avocet mining PLC.
Our Agenda that day was :
7.30 am : started our journey from Tampin to Kuala Lipis via the truck route.
11.00 am : reach Penjom Gold mine after 3 hours 30 mins of carride.
At the Gold Mine :
a brief introduction on the quarry by their representative.
Tight Security on accessing the Gold Mine.
a very impressive Quarry phase.
Step no 1 : blast the rocks and transport it to the crusher.
This plant cost about 100 million USD.... wow...so expensive...
STEP 2 : The blasted rocks will be transported to this crusher to crush them to smaller size.
Step 3 : the smaller size aggregates will be added with chemicals in this section to separate the gold component with others.
Step 4 : the moment we have been waiting for...the gold room...nyekk..nyekk..nyekk...g
inthe gold room, a final steps in retrieving the gold. forgot what is this called.
seeee...the gold!!!! gold!!!!
this little tiny gold weight 2 grams...toobad we have to return back to them as we need to go through the metal sensor onthe exit of the gold room...haii..wasted...wasted....
a group tour from the malaysia quarry association.
a little golden souvenir from the penjom gold mine..
inthe gold room, a final steps in retrieving the gold. forgot what is this called.
seeee...the gold!!!! gold!!!!
this little tiny gold weight 2 grams...toobad we have to return back to them as we need to go through the metal sensor onthe exit of the gold room...haii..wasted...wasted....
a group tour from the malaysia quarry association.
a little golden souvenir from the penjom gold mine..
