No gold deposits in Sonbhadra: GSI

Kolkata, February 22 The Geological Survey of India (GSI) today said there had been no discovery of gold deposits estimated to be around 3,000 tonnes in Sonbhadra district of UP, as claimed by a district mining official. “The GSI has...

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Updated At : 12:04 PM Feb 23, 2020 IST

Kolkata, February 22

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) today said there had been no discovery of gold deposits estimated to be around 3,000 tonnes in Sonbhadra district of UP, as claimed by a district mining official.

“The GSI has not estimated such kind of vast resource of gold deposits in Sonbhadra district,” GSI Director General (DG) M Sridhar said in Kolkata.

“We share our findings regarding any resources of ore after conducting a survey with the state units…. We (GSI) had carried out work in that region in 1998-99 and 1999-2000. The report was shared with UP DGM for information and further necessary action,” he said. — PTI