HDXRF Helping Law Enforcement Crackdown on Illegal Mining

Illegal mining operations in Indonesia cost the country $6.1B per year in lost tax revenues and license fees. The Indonesia Police Laboratory (Puslabfor) uses HDXRF technology in forensic investigations targeting unlicensed gold, silver and other precious metal mining on public and private lands. Over the past 2 years, hundreds of rock, soil and sludge samples from over a dozen potential sites have been surveyed to identify precious metal and other elemental content. Using this new forensic tool, Puslabfor can link seized materials to specific mining sites making it easier to disrupt illegal mining.