This book is about my impressions and personal experiences while leading six expeditions (May 1982 to July 1986) in exploring for gold and other minerals. These expeditions were the highlight of my professional life, and the area was legendary, especially in the villages known to the Dayak people as Data Hotap.
The work of the Expedition Team, Mas Asikin Alwi, Mansur Geiger, plus myself and many Dayaks, was really successful as we discovered several sources of gold and identified world-class copper gold porphyry targets.
The formal reports resulted in a Joint Venture agreement with our first corporate partner, Paringa Mining & Exploration Corporation, an Australian company. In short, our work Òopened the doorÓ to all the subsequent work. For this, the Expedition Group is really thankful.