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The Glossary
Try your luck in gold panning
Masbate is among the country’s very few places where gold mining is still in full swing. The island’s local tourism office offers tour packages to explore their big and small scale gold mines, where you can learn about the entire process of making gold and experience firsthand how it is to pan and cook gold nuggets.
You may get in touch with the local tourism office (Tel. No. +63 56 3335844-Masbate City Hall trunk line, ask to be connected to the tourism office) to know more about the tour. At the end of the tour, you may buy raw bullions from the mines for a price a lot cheaper than they would normally offer in the market. Likewise, you may buy smoothen pieces of precious stones from Filmenera Mines, which is included in the itinerary.
