Geological Survey of India PROPOSED G2 STAGE MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS by Geological Survey of India FS 2015-16 & 2016-17 Mission II, GSI CCEC Meeting 13.03.2015

G2 Stage Mineral Investigation Programme 14 mineral investigation programmes in G2 stage will be launched during the FS 2015-16 (excluding 9 for coal). To continue for two field seasons (2015-16 & 2016-17). Team 28 Geologists (2 for each item) one supervisory officer Geophysicists (part time basis ) Surveyors Drilling Units - in-house / outsourcing Plan Funds Allocated Subsequent field seasons more blocks in different minerals

Mission-II-A , G2-Stage Proposals for FS 2015-16 & 2016-17 Sl No Region State Commodity No. of Items 1 C E N T R A L Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh Bauxite Graphite 2 E A S T E R N Orissa Jharkhand Iron ore Gold 3 N O R T H E R N Haryana Uttar Pradesh Basemetal & Tungsten Andalusite 4 S O U T H E R N Andhra Pradesh Telangana Tamil Nadu Basemetal PGE 5 W E S T E R N Rajasthan 6 N O R T H Meghalaya Limestone

Target for FS 2015-16 for G2 level proposals Sl. No. SU Commodity Block Name DM in sq km Drilling in m 1 CG Bauxite Bamhantara block, Chhattisgarh.   1080 2 MP Graphite Tikari-Chiklar- Gauthana area, Betul belt 1000 3 JH Gold Sindauri East Block, Jharkhand. 4 ODS Iron Mendhamaruni block, Odisha 5 HR Basemetal Golwa area, Haryana. 0.20 850 6 Tin / Tungsten Tosham hill, Haryana 1.00 7 UP Andalusite Salaidih - Harwariya area, Uttar Pradesh. 0.50 8 AP Mallapuram block, Andhra Pradesh. 9 Bayyaram area, Telangana 2.00 600 10 TNP PGE Tasampalaiyam Block, Tamil Nadu 11 RAJ Jagpura area, Rajasthan. 2000 12 West of Nanagwas block, Rajasthan. 13 Khera main block, Rajasthan. 14 SME Limestone Shyrwang block, Litang Valley, Meghalaya 1.50 800 TOTAL 6.2 15,330

DATA COLLECTION: LIMESTONE, BAUXITE, IRON ORE & MANGANESE From DGMs/DMGs of Twelve mineral rich states were selected

Limestone Iron Ore Bauxite Manganese 168 blocks Total Resources 5165 million tonnes (mt) cement grade 546 mt SMS grade 95 mt chemical grade. Iron Ore 12 blocks Total Resources 481 million tonnes High grade 262 mt (Fe: 61.76% to 63.72%) Low grade 219 mt (Fe: 34% to 56.69%)] Bauxite 16 blocks Total Resources 1135 million tonnes Al2O3 : 44% to 52% SiO2 : 2.5 to 5.5% Manganese 3 blocks Total Resources 4.96 million tonnes (Mn 26.45%)

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G2-Stage Proposals for FS 2015-16 & 2016-17 Sl. No. SU Title 1 Chhattisgarh Assessment of bauxite in Bamhantara block, Kabirdham (Kawardha) district, Chhattisgarh. 2 Madhya Pradesh General exploration for Graphite in Tikari-Chiklar- Gauthana area, Betul belt. 3 Jharkhand Exploration for Gold Ore in Sindauri East Block, Ranchi District, Jharkhand. 4 Odisha Exploration for iron ore in Mendhamaruni block, Sundargarh district, Odisha. 5 Haryana Exploration of copper mineralization in south-east of Golwa area, Mahendragarh district, Haryana. 6 Exploration for multi-metal deposit in northof Tosham hill, Bhiwani district, Haryana 7 Uttar Pradesh Detailed exploration for andalusite in Salaidih - Harwariya area, Mahakoshal Group, Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh.

G2-Stage Proposals for FS 2015-16 & 2016-17 Sl. No. SU Title 8 Andhra Pradesh Reappraisal of basemetal mineralization in Mallapuram block of Markapur Basemetal Belt, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh. 9 Telangana Investigation for reassessment of iron ores of Bayyaram area, Khammam and Warangal districts, Telangana, India (MoU between GSI & DMG Telangana) 10 Tamil Nadu Exploration for platinum group of elements in T2 sector of Tasampalaiyam Block in Sittampundi Anorthosite Complex of Tamil Nadu 11 Rajasthan Exploration for gold-copper mineralization in Jagpura area, Banswara district, Rajasthan. 12 Exploration for basemetal in West of Nanagwas block, Sikar district, Rajasthan. 13 Exploration for copper and associated precious metals in Khera main block, Mundiyawas- Khera area, Alwar district, Rajasthan. 14 Meghalaya Detailed investigation for limestone in Shyrwang block, Litang Valley, East Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya