He gained a reputation as a successful mining engineer and became a ‘man about town’ in Brisbane, Queensland when in July 1889 he was engaged by the Brisbane based Raub Syndicate, to develop their Concession at Raub, Pahang in Malaya into a working mine, seen by some at the time to be a ‘El dorado’.

Raub became famous in the early 20th century for its mining resource (gold). Then, gold mining in Raub was operated by Raub Australian Gold Mine (RAGM), a company registered in 1889 in Queensland, Australia. The company was initially known as Australian Syndicate Ltd and later as Australian Gold Mining Co. Ltd in 1892. RAGM operated until 1961.

Jun 24, 2010 · Raub Australian Gold Mining Sdn Bhd has started gold mining in Bukit Koman near Raub, raising concern among neighbouring communities about health risks. But who exactly owns RAGM?

Raub Gold Mine; Bukit Koman gold mine Gold active until until 1961, and during that period operated by Raub Australian Gold Mine (RAGM). In around 2010, the company Peninsular Gold has restarted gold production at the Raub mine.

Today, it take a little over an hour to travel by road to Raub, it took them a week. This was his last venture and under his leadership Raub became a successful Gold Field yielding in per ton of ore bearing quartz equal to some of the best similar mines in the world.

Upon the strength of the report of last month’s crushing, Raub shares are booming, as much as shares ever do boom in a Singapore market. Mr. Bibby is the Optimist of Raub.

The Raub Gold Mines are situated approximately in the centre of the Malayan Peninsula in the State of Penang. Part of the area, now known as "Raubhole," was opencut some 800 years ago by the Mon Khmers, a Cambodian people, whose vestiges mark numerous outcrops in …

Sep 26, 2011 · Raub is Malaysia’s most historic gold mining centre that has produced over 1million oz mostly from underground operations over the period 1889 till 2004. The Group’s mining and exploration interests are all located in Malaysia’s Central Gold Belt, which hosts the majority of Peninsular Malaysia’s gold occurrences, including the Raub ...

Raub, town, central Peninsular (West) Malaysia, about 50 miles (80 km) north-northeast of Kuala Lumpur. Situated in the eastern foothills of the Main Range, it began in the 1880s as a gold-mining settlement.

KUALA LUMPUR: Peninsular Gold Ltd, a Malaysian-owned gold mining company listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM), has halted operations at its gold mine in Raub, Pahang, pending environmental approval from the Malaysian authorities.