As the powerful earthquake hit the island of Java September 02, Earthstone Group reports that this so far has no direct effect on its operations. The majority of the corporate Projects are located far off from the quake epicenter.

The employees were evacuated from the Corporate Headquarters in Central Jakarta Mega Kuningan area, but there was not panic. There were reports of communications failures but this was short-timed and we do maintain reliable communications links with our sites throughout the country.Our managers report continuous normal operations – extraction of iron ore is going on as scheduled at Nalo Baru Tenement in Sumatra; planned exploration activities are on the way for all other projects.