Summary of the Mineral Block

PART A – GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT MINERAL BLOCK

Features Details

1 Location

Mineral Block Chigargunta-Bisanatham Gold Block

Corner Points Refer Annexure-I

(Latitude,Longitude)
Villages Chigargunta & Bisanatham-Athinatham

Tehsil/ Taluka Kuppam Taluka & Gudipalle Mandal

District Chittoor

State Andhra Pradesh

2 Area Chigargunta-Bisanatham Block: 262.01 Ha

(hectares/squarekilometres)
Mineralised Area
Non-mineralised Area
− Chigargunta Block: 219.50 Ha.
− Bisanatham Block: 42.51 Ha.
Gold mineralization occurs as gold quartz lodes controlled by shear zone
having a strike length of 3 kms with width of 1km in several parallel zones.

3 Exploration

Status (G2/G3/G4 etc.) G2

Exploration Agency
Total Number of
Boreholes with meterage
drilled
Borehole Spacing(Density)
4. Quantity of Minerals
M/s. BGML, Geological Survey of India (GSI) & MECL carried out
exploration at different time sand mined by M/s. BGML.
1. Chigargunta Block:-
Block-I :
Area-0.33 Sq.kms;20 BHs - 3136.80m drilled; Trenches-20 no.s -
400 cum; Samples 380 (surface and drill core)
Block-II:
Area-0.37 Sq.kms; 7 BHs - 844.35 m drilled; Trenches-3 no.s - 250
cum; Samples 150 (surface and drill core)
Block-III:
Area-0.44Sq.kms; 25 BHs - 2847.80 m drilled; Trenches-50no.s -
1400 cum; Samples 500 (surface and drill core)
2. Bisanatham Block:-GSI conducted 7 surface Diamond Core BHs
with 450inclination with azimuth S600 to 700 E considering the strike
of the formation. Recovery in all the bore holes is more than 80%.
RL of the Bore Hole collars varies from 783m to 810m. Further M/s.
BGML drilled 8 underground horizontal bore holes to examine the
strike continuation of the main lode and to explore parallel ore
bodies.
1. Chigargunta Block:-50m (confirmable with G1)
2. Bisanatham Block:- 7 BHs by GSI and 8 BHs by BGML

(Grade-wise) 1. Chigargunta Block:-2,042,854 tons of gold ore with an average

Mineral 1, Mineral 2, Mineral
3 ……. Mineral n
Total Geological Resources
(Reserves)
Other co-products/
byproducts
grade of 5.73 g/t.
2. Bisanatham Block:-1,73,478 tons of gold ore with an average
grade of 4.7g/t.
3. Chigargunta- Bisanatham Block: Total Reserves –22,16,332 tons
of Gold ore with an average grade of 5.64g/t.
Silver and Tungsten is sparsely associated.
5 Mineralised Zones

Number of Mineral Zones Chigargunta Block: Shear controlled quartz lode gold mineralization
occurs in parallel 9 mineralized zones (W4,W3,W2,W1, E1,E2,E3,E4&E5)
within shear zone extending for 3 kms strike length and 1 km width with
different lodes having variable strike length with maximum being 850 m for
W2 in Block-V.
Bisanatham Block: Four parallel Auriferous gold lodes occur in this area
(One main lode, 2 footwall lodes and one hanging wall lode.)
Trend (Dip and Strike) Chigargunta Block: Ore body strikes along N-S to NNE-SSW with 70° dip
towards East to vertical at places.
Bisanatham Block: The strike of the mineralized zone is N100E - S100W
with steep dips of 600-700 towards west.
Total Thickness The gold mineralization occurs as quartz lodes in shear zone extending for
strike length of 3 kms with width of 1 km. The width of gold lodes ranges
from 0.20m to 8.5 m with average being 1.70m.
6 Accessibility

Nearest Rail Head 1. Chigargunta Block: Gudupalli Railway station on Bangalore-

Madras broad gauge section of the Southern Railway at a distance
of 12 kms from the railhead.
2. Bisanatham Block: Bisanatham Railway station is about 3kms
from the mine.
Road The area can be approached from Kolar Gold fields by a fair weathered
road, the distance being 27 km from the Mysore Mine.
Airport Kempegowda International Airport at Devanahalli, Bengaluru North dist.
Located at 120 km west of the block area.
7 Hydrography

Local Surface Drainage

Pattern (Channels) The area is traversed by several first and second order ephemeral streams
flowing from North to South direction.
Rivers/Streams
8 Climate

Mean Annual Rainfall The area receives an average rainfall of 760 mm predominantly between
May and June under the influence of SW monsoon.
Temperatures The mean annual temperature in the area is about 26.70C. The hottest
months are April and May when the temperature rises to about 380C.
9 Topography

Topo Sheet Number 57 L/2, 57 L/6 & 57L/5

Morphology of the Area Undulating terrain interspersed with high hills and low valleys with
ephemeral streams.
 PART B – PARTICULARS OF STATUTORY LICENSES, PERMITS,
PERMISSIONS, CONCESSIONS, APPROVALS AND CONSENTS RELATED
TO MINING OPERATIONS

Particulars Details/Status
To be obtained by the
1 Forest clearance
Successful Bidder
2 Wild life clearance (sanctuary, reserve or special zone clearances) Not necessary
To be obtained by the
3 Environmental clearance
Successful Bidder
4 Consent to establish -do-

5 Explosive license -do-

6 Permission for mine opening -do-

7 Permission of installation/ trial operation of equipment -do-

8 Ground water clearance (Centre/State) -do-

9 Railway siding approval -do-

10 Approval for diesel storage -do-

11 Power line from State Discom -do-

Clearances relating to work under an
12 -do-
existing transmission line or shifting of the transmission line
13 Mining plan -do-

14 Permission for entry into the land under MCR 1960 etc. -do-

15 Any other statutory permissions required -do-

PART C – PARTICULARS OF LAND

Area Details

1 Total Concession Area 262.01 Hectares

2 Forest Land with Status 11.81 Hectares

3 Government Land with Status 239.90 Hectares

4 Private Land with Status 10.57 Hectares

Revenue survey details of the Please Refer Land Schedule Table (available in paid
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area document)
ANNEXURE-I

DGPS BOUNDARY POINTS FOR CHIGARGUNTA BLOCK

DGPS BOUNDARY POINTS FOR BISANATHAM BLOCK