Over 501mn ton primary gold ore resources in India
About 44% of ore is lying in the land of Bihar As per National Mineral Inventory, the total resources of primary gold ore in the country as on 1.4.2015 are estimated at 501.83 million tonnes (mn ton) with 654.74 tonnes of gold metal and out of this, Bihar is endowed with 222.885 million tonnes (44%) of ore containing 37.6 tonnes of metal. These resources of gold in Bihar are categorized under United Nations Framework Classification [UNFC] code-333 (128.885 million tonnes containing 21.6 tonnes metal) and UNFC code-334 (94 million tonnes containing 16 tonnes metal). The entire resource of gold ore in Bihar is located in Sono area of Jamui district. During the last five years, Geological Survey of India [GSI], an attached office of Ministry of Mines, has carried G4 stage, reconnaissance survey for gold in parts of West Champaran district and G3 stage ‘preliminary exploration’ in Gaya district of Bihar following the guidelines of UNFC. In West Champaran d...