Perak State Financial Officer Datuk Mohd Ghazali Jalal hitting the gong to mark the opening of the National Geoscience Conference 2013 in Ipoh. Looking on are Malaysia Mineral and Geoscience Department director-general Datuk Yunus Abdul Razak (middle) and Geological Society of Malaysia president Prof Dr Joy Jacqueline Pereira (left).
TIN mining activities in Perak is on the increase with 30 mines in operation now.
State financial officer Datuk Mohd Ghazali Jalal said the state was the number one producer of tin ore in the country with the lead taken by Rahman Hydraulic in Pengkalan Hulu that has existed for over 100 years, making it the oldest, exposed mine in the country.
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