Gold reserves in this state of the country, only one district has 37.6 tonnes of gold
Karmatia village under Sono block of Maoist-affected Jamui district of Bihar has come into limelight after Union Minister Pralhad Joshi’s statement in Lok Sabha. He has claimed that India’s largest gold reserves are here. On Wednesday, the Union Minister, in a written reply to a question raised by BJP’s Bihar State President Sanjay Jaiswal, MP, disclosed that around 222.885 million tonnes of gold metal, including 37.6 tonnes of mineral-rich ore, is available in Jamui district alone.
There is a huge amount of gold in Bihar
The New Indian Express reports the total primary gold ore reserves in the country are 501.83 tonnes, of which 654.74 tonnes is gold. Of this, 44 per cent gold has been found only in Bihar. For your information, let us tell you that if you look at the government data till April 2015, then there was an estimate of 501.83 million gold in the country. About 223 million tonnes of gold metal is in the Sono area of Jamui in Bihar.
mining operations for gold deposits
The government already knew about the gold reserves. Rather, mining was done for gold reserves in Bihar about 15 years ago. There gold ore was discovered but its average concentration was very low. Then it seemed that this would be a very expensive job. But now due to better technology, mining can be cheap and the government can benefit.
country’s largest gold reserves
This disclosure of Union Minister Prahlad Joshi can become a source of happiness for the people of the area. There is a possibility that the work of gold mining may start very soon. Karmatia village under Churhet Panchayat is spread over 1000 acres of land, which has strong potential for gold reserves.
diamonds in emerald
A total of 22 lakh carats of diamonds were present in Panna, out of which 13 lakh carats of diamonds have been extracted. According to the April report, there are 9 lakh carats of diamonds left. In comparison, Bakswaha was said to have 15 times more diamonds than emeralds. But the trees present in the forest are a hindrance in this work. These include trees like Teak Kem, Peepal, Tendu, Jamun, Bahera and Arjuna. About 20 years ago these forests of Madhya Pradesh were surveyed under the Bandar Diamond Project. Between 2000 and 2005, for the discovery of diamonds in the Bundelkhand region, the state government conducted a survey with the Australian company Riotinto. The survey team then found a rock of kimberlite stone here. Actually diamond is also found in kimberlite rocks. Now further work will be done on this project.
