Rumbia-Kabaena Island, District of Bombana Southeast Sulawesi, there are as many as 1.9 tons of gold reserves in the soil depth of 30 meters.

"We already did a lab test result is positive and that the sample of 500 hectares of land in the area over there as much as 1.9 tons of gold reserves," said consultant PT.Satria Lima Utama (SLU), Andi Mansur in the thatch, Thursday (22/12).

PT SLU is one of the gold mining company in Kabaena island's total area of ​​4000 hectares of mining businesses including Village Tangkeno, Enano, Lamonggi, Lengora and Ulungkura for District Central Kabaena , and Village Balo for District East Kabaena .

According to Mansur, the gold grains in Kabaena can not be seen by naked eye, because it is still very smooth almost the same as the dust of the earth, different from gold in the Village of North Rarowatu Wumbubangka District.

"Gold in Kabaena it can only be seen with a magnifying tool that is in the lab," he said.

Mansur said the land is estimated to have weighed 1.9 tons of gold reserves, was the formation of fossils and magma are estimated to occur in tens of thousands of years ago.

"The grains of gold, only found in areas of magma flow, not comprehensive in an area of ​​4000 hectares," he said.

So even though the area of ​​4,000 hectares of mining enterprises, but that will run only about 500 hectares, in an area that's because there are grains of fine gold Kabaena.

Currently, Mansur said, it has not done mining activities, although it has been pocketed mining permit (IUP) 135B/2009 numbered, signed by the former District Bombana, Atikurahman.

"We have not done mining activities, because there are many mechanisms that must be passed, including dissemination of company land owners in the community who are in some villages in Central and Kabaena Kabaena West," he said.

The company also said Mansoor still be seminarkan Terms of Reference (KA) Analysis of environmental impacts.

"After that we Completes, then by Bombana County Government, will issue a certificate of eligibility and permit the production environment," he said