The Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) a premier mineral exploration agency under the aegis of Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India signed a Agreement or MoU with Directorate of Mines & Geology (DMG), Government of Goa, offering integrated mineral exploration and consultancy services today at New Delhi.  With the signing of agreemnt, Mineral Exploration Corporation will assess mineral resources by conducting an array of geo-scientific exploration and will finalise the mineral blocks to be auctioned and establish the state's mineral inventory.

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant  oversaw the signing of the agreement along with Union minister of coal and mines Pralhad Joshi on Monday. The MoU is seen as a step towards the government restarting mining through its own state-run corporation after the Supreme Court ruled that if mining is to restart, fresh leases will have to be allotted, which now involves an auction.

The signatory to the Memorandum of understanding were Dr.Ranjit Rath, CMD, MECL and Shri Vivek H. P, Director, DMG, Goa in the august presence of Shri Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs, Dr. Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Parimal Rai, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Goa, Shri Satendra Singh, Joint Secretary to Govt. of India, Ministry of Mines and other senior officials of Govt. of India and Govt. of Goa.

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