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Around 3,000 tonnes gold deposits found in UP’s Sonbhadra

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has discovered about 3,000 tonnes and gold reserves worth Rs 12 lakh crore in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, which is about five times India’s current reserve of the yellow metal. District Mining Officer KK Rai told here on Friday that gold has been found in the hill and Hardi areas.

The work of finding gold reserves in Sonbhadra was started by the Geological Survey of India almost two decades before 1992-93.

The official said the deposits in Son Pahadi are about 2,943.26 tonnes, while the Hardi block has 646.16 kg. He said that apart from gold, some other minerals have also been found in the area.

According to the World Gold Council, India currently has 626 tonnes of gold reserves. The new reserves are about five times that amount and are estimated to be around Rs 12 lakh crore.

The British reportedly started the process of finding gold reserves in the Sonbhadra region, which is more in the news for being a Naxalite affected area.

Interestingly, Sonbhadra – the second largest district in Uttar Pradesh – is the only district in the country that shares its borders with four states – Madhya Pradesh to the west, Chhattisgarh to the south, Jharkhand to the south-east and Bihar to the east.

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