Ministry of Mines
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Tantalum Deposits

Posted On: 07 AUG 2024 3:36PM by PIB Delhi

The Central Government has notified a list of 24 minerals including Tantalum, in Part D of the First Schedule of the MMDR Act, 1957 as Critical and Strategic minerals.

The Geological Survey of India (GSI), an attached office of the Ministry of Mines, is giving special emphasis on exploration of strategic and critical minerals including Tantalum. From field season 2021-22 to 2024-25, GSI has taken up 6 projects on exploration for Tantalum and associated minerals in different parts of the country. The details are as follows:

 

Sl. No.

Field season

State

District

Name of Mineral Block / Area / Belt

UNFC Stage

Mineral Commodity

1

2020-21

Gujarat

Sabarkantha

Nadri

G3

Tin, Tungsten, Tantalum, Niobium

2

2021-22

Arunachal Pradesh

East Kameng

Seppa

G4

Tantalum, Cesium

3

2023-24

Rajasthan

Alwar

Dadikar, Harsora and Khairthal

G4

REE, RM, Tungsten, Tin, Niobium, Beryllium, Tantalum, Hafnium

4

2024-25

Chhattisgarh

Gaurella-Pendra-Murmur & Korba

Uran- KotmiKhurd

G4

Niobium, Tantalum, REE, lithium

5

Bihar

Jamui

Kairi-Jhura-Murbaro

G4

Lithium, Niobium, Tantalum and associated strategic minerals (REE, Rare Metals)

6

Karnataka

Chitradurga

Chikjajur-Janakal

G4

Lithium, Cesium, Niobium, Tantalum, Tungsten

 

Further, GSI has established a Niobium-Tantalum resource of 16.42 million tonnes with average grade of 144ppm (Nb+Ta)2O5 at 100 ppm cut off in Rewat Hill block, Nagaur district, Rajasthan.

In order to strengthen the supply chain of critical minerals including Tantalum, elimination of customs duty on Tantalum ores & concentrates and unwrought Tantalum have been announced in Union Budget 2024-25.

This information was given by Union Minister of Coal and Mines Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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Sunil Kumar Tiwari



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