This report covers mineral prospects/deposits/ mines in freehold and leasehold areas, their status, infrastructure, geology and exploration, ore characteristics, estimated reserve/
resource, details of feasibility, details of mining along with production data etc. The data is sourced from various exploration agencies including GSI, State DGMs and public and private sector mining organisations. This report presently comprises a total of 16,000 deposits of which 8,000 are in freehold areas, 800 in public sector leasehold, 7,100
private leasehold and 100 in partly leasehold.