Virtually every difficulty and delay can be tied to illegal miners that have a vested financial interest in preventing the company from operating.
Baru Gold Corp and its subsidiary PT. Tambang Mas Sangihe (TMS) are announcing to stakeholders and investors that the industrial-scale, illegal mining operations on Sangihe Island have stopped.
As of February 10, 2023, all known illegal mines on Sangihe Island are no longer operating. The illegal miners, virtually all non-residents, left Sangihe Island en masse. Their remaining pieces of heavy equipment are being moved off the worksites. As mentioned in our press release of January 11, 2023, the Company believes these events are directly related to the Police Chief of North Sulawesi (Kapolda) Setyo’s mission to end illegal mining across the entire region. Unfortunately, illegal miners have not undertaken any environmental remediation and left their worksites contaminated.