Gold Mining Revived

State-run Mineral Exploration Corp has started exploring the reserves at Kolar Gold Fields in Karnataka, to get a better estimate of the deposits, Reuters said citing government officials.

Mineral Exploration Corp has started exploring the reserves at Kolar Gold Fields, in Karnataka, to get a better estimate of the deposits, according to three government officials and a briefing document prepared by the central mines ministry that was seen by Reuters.

The state government will soon give its nod for mining gold and diamonds in the state. Disclosing this to newsmen here on Wednesday, mines minister Galla Aruna Kumari said that mining of gold and diamonds in the state was stopped several years ago.

State-run Mineral Exploration Corp has started exploring the reserves at Kolar Gold Fields in Karnataka, to get a better estimate of the deposits, Reuters said citing government officials.

Mineral Exploration Corp has started exploring the reserves at Kolar Gold Fields, in Karnataka, to get a better estimate of the deposits, according to three government officials and a briefing document prepared by the central mines ministry that was seen by Reuters.

The state government will soon give its nod for mining gold and diamonds in the state. Disclosing this to newsmen here on Wednesday, mines minister Galla Aruna Kumari said that mining of gold and diamonds in the state was stopped several years ago.