New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- India's first private sector gold mine at Jonnagiri in Andhra Pradesh, developed by Geomysore Servic es and Deccan Gold Mines, is set to be commissioned soon.

Hanuma Prasad, Man aging Director of Deccan Gold Mines, says it will be a historic moment for India's gold mining sector, as it will be India's first new gold mine in nearly eight decades.

"In last 80 years, no mine was opened. The last gold mine that was established in this country was in 1945, during the British era in Karnataka. After that, no new mine has been established in this country," Prasad told ANI on the side lines of Indian Mining Summit 2025, organised by CII, which focused on critical minerals and the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative.

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