KATHMANDU, JANUARY 17
The Department of Mines and Geology has started exploration of iron ore at Lohakot of Sankhuwasabha and Malladevi of Baitadi district.
A team from the department has started mine exploration work on 50 square kilometres area at Lohakot and on 15 square kilometres area at Malladevi.
Department Director General Ram Prasad Ghimire said the 'mapping' works had been forwarded after studying the prospective locations in the area. "We will carry out study in a larger area and then gradually do it in small area."
It has also deputed human resources for carrying out geo-physical study of the prospective area for a month.
Similarly, the department is carrying out study and drilling works on granite mine at Phosredanda of Kavrepalanchowk.
Director General Ghimire said study was also being carried out on the rocks found in the hills of Sindhuli and in the streams of Kailali. The department has granted permission for study and extraction of minerals at eight places across the country in the current fiscal year.
A version of this article appears in the print on January 18, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
