India begins exploration to prepare critical mineral blocks for auction’

The Centre has begun a nationwide exploration campaign to identify critical mineral deposits to ramp up domestic supplies and stem dependency on imports, Union Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy told ANI today in an interview.

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He also mentioned that the government has brought all major exploration bodies together to begin work across the country. “All the organisations related to exploration have come together and we have started exploration across the entire country,” he told ANI on the sidelines of a mines event at Bharat Mandapam during the ongoing India International Trade Fair (IITF) in New Delhi.