Sonbhadra gold reserve issue

The news of more than 3000 ton gold deposit in UP was just blunder.

• The GSI has said there has been no discovery of gold deposits estimated to be around 3,000 tonnes in UP's Sonbhadra
• Such data was not given by anybody from GSI, the organisation said
• The total gold which can be extracted from the total resource of 52,806.25 tonnes of ore is approximately 160 kg

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  "The Geological Survey of India (GSI) on Saturday said there has been no discovery of gold deposits estimated to be around 3,000 tonnes in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, as claimed by a district mining official."

Geological Survey of India (GSI) on Saturday said there has been no discovery of gold deposits estimated to be around 3,000 tonnes in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, as claimed by a district mining official.

"Such data was not given by anybody from GSI.... GSI has not estimated such kind of vast resource of gold deposits in Sonbhadra district," GSI Director General (DG) M Sridhar told PTI in Kolkata this evening.

For more information click here

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tonne-gold-deposits-up-sonbhadra-gsi-1649082-2020-02-22

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