India, March 26 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
To intensify exploration activities in line with the National Mineral Exploration Policy (NMEP), various strategies adopted by the Geological Survey of India, an attached office of the Ministry of Mines, to identify more regions and new minerals for mineral exploration in the country are as follows:
GSI through National Geochemical Mapping (NGCM) programme has completed 21.39 lakh sq. km in the targeted priority areas to derive anomalous zone/s of elemental concentration. Under its National Geophysical Mapping (NGPM) programme, an area of 16.84 lakh sq. km has been mapped.
National Aero-Geophysical Mapping Programme (NAGMP) is another flagship programme of GSI l...