in response to the request goverment of the republic of indonesi,the goverment of japan decided to conduct the feasibilty study (the study) on banko coal effective utilization in south Sumatera ( yhe project) as one of the international coopration programs for the social and economic develovement of develoving countries.
Two organizations,korea institute of geoscience and mineral resources(KIGAM) and directorate of mineral resources(DMR)have carried out the cooperative project of mineral exploration in indonesia for three years from june,1998 to june 2001