Kerala government is planning to go for mining. Four
gram of gold per tonne from any ore lead zone is viable,
if continued for twenty years. However government should
take precaution while going for exploration, because of
the low percentage of gold and erratic distribution of
gold in ore. Each area should have distinct strategy for
exploration depending upon the nature of ore. Locations
are so far found viable for mining. It is wandered why
kerala has not gone for mining up to now. In karnataka’s
kolar mining has produced so far 800 tonnes of gold upto
an average depth of 2750 metre in area of 8 kilometres.
99% percent of gold in India come from 40000 sq km area
covering Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and
Kerala.
It is very likely that kerala is heading for gold mining. And once the mining is started in Malappuram and Attapadi valley, issues of environment will come in focus. The valleys may be turned in to grey. The ecological and natural balance may get disturbed. For the country to sustain growth in economy, proper utilization of mineral wealth is necessary. However all this thing should we done by using the modern mining technologies by causes less harm to the environment? First a study of impact of mining on environment should we done. Proper benefit of Country, people and environment should be taken care of.