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India Discovers 5.9 Million Tonnes Lithium Reserve in Jammu & Kashmir

The Union Government discovered that 5.9 million tonnes of lithium reservoirs have been found in the country in Jammu and Kashmir, India.

February 13, 2023. By EI News Network

The Union Government discovered that 5.9 million tonnes of lithium reservoirs have been found in Jammu and Kashmir, India.

5.9 million tonne reserve of lithium, a significant mineral for the assembling and composition of electric vehicles and solar panels, had been first time explored in Reasi district, Jammu & Kashmir, by the Geological Survey of India (GSI)

Overall, 51 mineral blocks as of allotted for the reserves listed in India. From the list, 5 mineral blocks are of gold and some other blocks related to material minerals like potash, base metals etc. throughout 11 states such as Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana.

During the GSI Annual Programme occurring in the year 2023-24, GSI is embracing 966 programmes consisting mainly of 318 mineral exploration projects, moreover, containing 12 marine mineral investigation projects. The Geological Survey of India has devised 115 projects on judicious and expository minerals and 16 projects on fertilizer minerals.

The various effect of quarrying lithium on the environment and ecology such as water, soil and air pollution. The process of drawing out lithium from its ore is more water-consuming as per approximately measure 2.2 million litres of water to generate one ton of lithium. The demand for lithium is anticipated to rise by 488% by 2050 contrary to the year 2018.

Lithium is a non-ferrous metal used as a major component of EV batteries. The discovery of the recent lithium reserve in Jammu and Kashmir, India is eye-catching as the resource nationalization recognized as if there are favourable proposals pertaining to equitable access derived from these critical minerals and country will grow and develop.

It is also noted that there has not been constant research conducted over the last forty years which acknowledges the sustainability because of lithium extracting, mining and quarrying, concerning the issue of its effect by local communities.

Inferred resources are resources for which quantity and grade can be assessed based on geological evidence, along with those whose geological and persistent quality cannot be verified at this stage.

The continuing exploration of lithium mine reserves will help India to minimize its import dependence on lithium potential in the future.

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