-Auction process to start soon

KOLKATA, 6^th JUNE, 2020 (GPN) – Geological Survey of India have discovered nearly 250 kg of Gold resource beneath the earth in Bhitar Dari Village of East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand. The village is about 20 km. south of Jamshedpur town situated on the western side of Jamshedpur – Hata road while driving towards Hata from Jamshedpur. This is mentioned in the final report submitted to the Government of Jharkhand on the 3^rd June 2020. The resource bearing report was handed over by Shri Janardan Prasad, Dy. Director General, GSI SU: Jharkhand to Shri  Aboobacker Siddique P, Secretary (Mines), Govt. of Jharkhand on 3rd June, 2020 in presence of Shri A.K. Sharma, Director (T.C.) and Shri Pankaj Kumar, Project Director from GSI, SU: Jharkhand and Shri Faiz Aq Ahmed Mumtaz, Director (Mines), Smt. Kumari Anjali, Director (Geology) & Shri Kumar Amitabh, Dy. Director (Geology),  Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Jharkhand.

The report states that the mining stretch of Bhitar Dari-Hakegora areas has a mineable gold resource of nearly 250kg. During the course of work, 6 boreholes were drilled over a strike length of approx. 600 m. Resource assessment was done through analysis of 709 no. of core samples which augmented 340354.7(0.34 million tonnes) tonnes of gold ore with an average grade of 0.71 g/t with 0.4 g/t cut off and a total of 55196 tonnes of ore with an average grade of 1 g/t with 1 g/t cut off. The resource falls under 333 category, as per UNFC classification. GSI report also indicated that gold would have to be mined from up to a depth of nearly 150 metres in Bhitar Dari area. The report is a G-3 stage report.

This has actually paved the way for auctioning of gold mines of this area, which would be carried out soon.

A team led by Shri Pankaj Kumar, Director carried out the survey, mapping and sampling in Bhitar Dari since 2013-14 while Senior Geologists Shri Abhishek Das and Nandu Khalkho carried out the drilling process in the year 2017-18 & 2018-19. Background for the present work lies with untiring efforts by the Geologists of the Geological Survey of India since the F.S. 2009-10, when a G-4 stage investigation for gold in the Bhitar Dari- Gotigora-Hakegora areas was conducted  along with detailed mapping, which lead to delineation of 600 m of potential zone in the area. Shri Pankaj Kumar, Director was associated with the item since inception from F. S. 2009-10, as a Senior Geologist. ENDS

About Geological Survey of India-

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) was set up in 1851 primarily to find coal deposits for the Railways. Over the years, GSI has not only grown into a repository of geo-science information required in various fields in the country but has also attained the status of a geo-scientific organisation of international repute. Its main functions relate to creating and updating of national geoscientific information and mineral resource assessment. These objectives are achieved through ground surveys, air-borne and marine surveys, mineral prospecting and investigations, multi-disciplinary geoscientific, geo-technical, geo- environmental and natural hazards studies, glaciology, seism tectonic study, and carrying out fundamental research.

GSI’s chief role includes providing objective, impartial and up-to-date geological expertise and geoscientific information of all kinds, with a focus on policy making decisions, commercial and socio-economic needs. GSI also emphasises on systematic documentation of all geological processes derived out of surface and subsurface of India and its offshore areas. The organisation does so by using the latest and most cost-effective techniques and methodologies, including geophysical and geochemical and geological surveys. GSI’s core competence in survey and mapping is continuously enhanced through  accretion, management, co-ordination and utilization of spatial databases (including those acquired through remote sensing). It functions as a ‘Repository’ or ‘clearing house’ for the purpose and uses latest computer-based technologies for dissemination of geoscientific information and spatial data, through cooperation and collaboration with other stakeholders in the Geo-informatics sector.

GSI, headquartered in Kolkata, has six regional offices located in Lucknow, Jaipur, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Shillong and Kolkata and state unit offices in almost all states of the country. Currently, GSI is an attached office to the Ministry of Mines.