“The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has stated that gold reserves of around 222.88 million tonnes including 27.6 tonnes of mineral-rich ore are present in the Jamui district of Bihar”
What FACTLY found
The GSI has refuted the claim. In a clarification, it has mentioned – “GSI completely disowns such media reports published recently. GSI has not estimated any resource of gold deposit in Jamui District, Bihar”. However, regarding the gold ore reserves, Pralhad Joshi (the Minister of Mines) said in Lok Sabha, in December 2021, that “Bihar is endowed with 222.885 million tonnes (44%) of ore containing 37.6 tonnes of metal”. Similar information is available at least since 2010.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 May 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 31 May 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/theengineerbroofficial/photos/a.1240795415979242/554300786909128…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.