Discovery of around 3000-tonne gold deposits in UP is Fake News, confirms GSI
সোনভদ্রে সোনা আছে, তবে তা সামান্যই, জিএসআই

February 22: A news about discovery of gold mines in Uttar Pradesh hit headlines since the last 2 days. It was reported that gold deposits estimated to be around 3,000 tonnes and worth Rs 12 lakh crore have been discovered in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), almost five times India’s current reserve of the precious metal.

However, on Sunday, 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,” told GSI Director General (DG) M Sridhar and reported by Live Mint.

Rejecting the claim, Sridhar said that in its report after exploration in the district “the GSI has estimated that approximately 160 kg of gold and not 3,350 tonnes as mentioned in the media has been found there. It was further stated that the resources required to extract the 160 kg of gold will not be a commercially viable project.