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Pahardia-Rungikocha area lies at the south-western end of the north Singhbhum mobile belt (NSMB). The terrain of NSMB is known for gold occurrences. Systematic exploration by the authors have established significant resource (0.48 million tonnes) with appreciable grade (3.43 g/t) of gold, for the first time. This has added to the National Mineral Inventory on gold and the area has now been granted mining lease.
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The authors are thankful to the Dy. Director Generals, SU: Bihar, for providing logistics to carry out the field work in Jharkhand. PSM is grateful to Dr. M. M. Mukherjee, Dy. D. G. (retired) for guidance and to Dr. Tapan Pal, Dy. D. G. and Smt. K. Sengupta, Director (retired) for petrographic studies. Thanks are also due to Shri. M. W. Haque, Director and Dr. P. S. Kurien, Suptdg. Geologist for fruitful discussions. The comments by the reviewer have improved the manuscript.
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Misra, P.S., Kisku, S.R. Gold Mineralisation in Pahardia — Rungikocha Area, West Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India. J Geol Soc India 98, 467–470 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-022-2003-4
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