NEW DELHI – The Geological Survey of India (GSI) on Saturday said there hasbeen no discovery of gold deposits estimated to be around 3,000 tonnes inSonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, as claimed by a district miningofficial.
“Such data was not given by anybody from GSI…. GSI has not estimated suchkind of vast resource of gold deposits in Sonbhadra district,” GSI DirectorGeneral (DG) M Sridhar told PTI in Kolkata this evening.
“We share our findings regarding any resources of ore after conductingsurvey with the state units…. We (GSI, Northern Region) had carried outwork in that region in 1998-99 and 1999-2000. The report was shared with UPDGM for information and further necessary action,” he said.
The exploration works of the GSI for gold was not satisfactory and theresults were not encouraging to come up with major resources for gold inSonbhadra district, he added.Sonbhadra district mining officer K K Rai had said on Friday that the golddeposits were found in Son Pahadi and Hardi areas of the district.
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The deposits in Son Pahadi are estimated to be around 2,943.26 tonnes,while that at Hardi block are around 646.16 kilogram, the official said.
