INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS DEVELOPMEMT AND REGULATION DIVISION Mining Plan Modification REPORT Hyderabad regional office

Mine file No : AP/VZNR/MN-115/HYD Mine code : 40APR20055 (i) Name of the Inspecting : PR09( ) M.Pratap.Reddy Officer and ID No. (ii) Designation : Assistant Mining Geologis (iii) Accompaning mine : PSK KISHORE MINES MANAGER Official with Designation (iv) Date of Inspection : 18/10/2017 (v) Prev.inspection date :

PART-I : GENERAL INFORMATION 1. (a) Mine Name : MARKONDAPUTTI (b) Registration NO. : IBM/542/2011 (c) Category : B Manual (d) Type of Working : Opencast (e) Postal address State : District : Village : MARKONDAPUTTI Taluka : MAKKUVA Post office : MARKONDAPUTTI Pin Code : FAX No. : E-mail : [email protected] Phone : 08952-282041 (f) Police Station : MAKKUVA (g) First opening date : 01/08/1998 (h) Weekly day of rest : SUN 2. Address for : M/s Radhika Matals & Minerals correspondance Sreeram Nagar(P.O.),, ,Andhra Pradesh

3. (a) Lease Number : APR1147 (b) Lease area : 9.71 (c) Period of lease : 20 (d) Date of Expiry : 26/11/2017

4. Mineral worked : MANGANESE ORE Main PAGE : 2

5. Name and Address of the Lessee : RADHIKA METALS & MINERALS SREERAMNAGAR, VIZIANAGARAM VIZIANAGARAM ANDHRA PRADESH Phone: FAX : 6. Date of approval of Mining : Mining Scheme rule 12 MCDR1988 09/01/2006 Plan/Scheme of Mining Mining Scheme rule 12 MCDR1988 26/09/2016 PAGE : 3

PART - II : OBSERVATION/COMMENTS OF INSPECTING OFFICERS

Exploration :

Sl.No. Item Proposals Actual work Remarks

1a Backlog of During 2016- Not done The mine was not previous year 17, 4 in operation for Boreholes want of were proposed Environmental clearence which is under processing wit MoE&F 1b Exploration over proposed G2 Not done. lease area for scale of geological axis 1 exploration. or 2 1c Exploration Lessee During 2015-16, Five Agencies and himself under core boreholes have been Expenditure in the drilled.The cost lakh rupees supervision incurred is during the year of Mines Rs,6,84,700/- Manager. 1d Balance area to Around 2 ha 0.25 ha be explored to bring Geological axis in 1 or 2 1e Balance reserve 40,373 T 40,373 T Source Approved as on 01/04/20 Review of MP dated 28.11.2017 1f General remarks Precabmbrian Precmbriaan of inspecting metasedimenta metasedimentary officers on ry deposit Managnese deposit with geology, with proposed partly explored G2 scale exploration etc G@ scale of of exploration. exploration

Development :

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

2a Location of between - During the year development section A-A' 2016-17, the mine w.r.t.lease area and B-B' was not in operation for want of EC and therefore no development took place. 2b Separate benches Yes, proposed. During the year in topsoil, 2016-17, the mine overburden and was not in minerals (Rule operation for want 15) of EC and therefore no benches have been developed. PAGE : 4

2c Stripping ratio 1:1.36 - No mining or ore to OB operations took ratio place for want of EC. 2d Quantity of Nil - topsoil generation in m3 2e Quantity of 12,420 cum - overburden generation in m3

2f General remarks Formation of - No benches have of inspecting about 10 formed/developed officers on benches for want of EC development of together both clearence. pit w.r.t. type in OB and Ore of deposit etc was proposed.

Exploitation:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

3a Number of pit One One proposed for production 3b Quantity of ROM 7308 T - No production has mineral been done for want production of EC proposed 3c Recovery of 75% - sailable/usable mineral from ROM production 3d Quantity of Nil - mineral reject generation 3e Grade of mineral Nil mineral - rejects rejectction generation and proposal. threshold value Threshold declared. value for Mn=10% content. 3f Quantity of sub Nil - grade mineral generation. 3g Grade of sub - - There is no grade mineral generation of generation subgrade mineral. 3h Manual / Manual - - Mechanised method adopted for segregating from ROM PAGE : 5

3i Any analysis or None - beneficiation study proposed and carried out for sub grade mineral and rejects. 3j Provision of No proposals - drilling and have been blasting in made. mineral benches 3k Provision of No, Manual - mining operations machineries in have been mineral benches proposed. 3l Whether height Yes - of benches in overburden and mineral suitable for method of mining proposed in MP/SOM 3m Total area 1.921 ha 1.921 ha covered under excavation/pits 3n Ore to OB ratio 1:1.36 - No mining for the pit/mine operation have during the year. been carried out for want of EC. 3o Total area put 2.105 ha 2.105 ha in use under different heads at the end of year 3p Production of 2012-13 to No production was done The mine was under ROM mineral 2015-16, there in the last five years. suspension w.e.f during the last was no 19.6.2013 to five year period approved 2.1.2017 and as applicable proposals. thereafter no 2016-17=7,308 production could T be done for want of EC. 3q General remarks Opencast semi - No mining of inspecting mechanised operations could officers on method of take place for method of mining mining is want of EC. etc. proposed.

Solid Waste Management - Dumping:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks PAGE : 6

4a Separate dumping Yes - of topsoil, OB and mineral rejects (Rule 32,33) 4b Location of N-2069965 to No waste material was topsoil, OB and N2070085 and generated since there mineral reject E733785 to was no mining activity. dumps E733895 4c Number of dumps One with in ML One with in ML araea. within lease araea. area and outside of lease area 4d Location of Proposed The existing dump lies dumps w.r.t. beyond UPL. beyond UPL. ultimate pit limit (Rule 16) 4e Number of active One active One active dump. and alive dumps. dump. 4f Number of dead Nil Nil dumps. 4g Number of dumps Nil Nil established. 4h Whether Yes The dump is active and Retaining wall it is yet to be or garland drain established. all along dumps are there. 4i Length of None - Retaining wall or garland drain all along dumps 4j Number of Nil - settling ponds 4k Specific The proposal No additional waste dump comments of has been give material has been dumped inspecting on existing on the existing dump officer on waste dump of non since there is no active dump management mineralised mining operation for the area. last five years.

Solid Waste Management - Backfilling:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

5a Status of part No such - The mineral at or full proposal is depth is yet to extraction of made. exhaust. mineral from mined out area before starting backfilling. PAGE : 7

5b Area under No such - backfilling of proposal is mined out area made. 5c Concurrent use No such - of topsoil for proposal is restoration or made. rehabilitation of mineral out area (Rule 32) 5d Total area No such Nil fully reclaimed proposal is and made. rehabilitated 5e General remarks No backfilling - The mineral is yet of inspecting and to exhaust at officers on reclamation depth and as such backfilling and proposals have no backfilling and reclamation etc. been made. reclamation proposals at this stage does not arise.

Progressive Mine Clousre Plan:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

6a Whether Annual None - The mine is not report on PMCP operative since submitted on last five years time and for want of EC correctly. Rule which is under 23 E(2). processing. 6b Area available No such Nil for proposal is rehabilitation made. (ha) . 6c afforestation No such No afforestation is done (ha). proposal is done. made. 6d No. of saplings 50 saplings No afforesation is done. The mine is not planted during have been operative since the year proposed. last five years for want of EC 6e Cumulative no 250 saplings - .of plants 6f Any other method No such None of proposal is rehabilitation made. 6g Cost incurred on Rs.5000/- - watch and care during the year PAGE : 8

6h Compliance on No such - reclamation and proposal is rehabilitation made. by backfilling (i) Voids available for backfilling ( Lx B x D 6i Compliance on No such - reclamation and proposal is rehabilitation made. by backfilling (ii) Voids filled by waste / tailings 6j Compliance on No such - reclamation and proposal is rehabilitation made. by backfilling (iii)Afforestati on on backfilled area 6k Compliance on No such - reclamation and proposal is rehabilitation made. by backfilling (iv) Rehabilitation by making water reservoir 6l Compliance on No such - reclamation and proposal is rehabilitation made. by backfilling (v)any other specific means. 6m Compliance of Aforesation - rehabilitation along the 7.5m of waste land buffer zone within lease has been (i)afforestation proposed. 6n Compliance of No such - rehabilitation proposal is of waste land made. within lease (ii)Area rehabilitation (ha) 6o Compliance of No such - rehabilitation proposal is of waste land made. within lease (iii)Method of rehabilitation PAGE : 9

6p Compliance of Yes - Mine is not environmental operative for the monitoring (core last five years. zone and buffer zone) 6q General remarks Except - No afforestation of inspecting afforeation in could be done as officers on PMCP the barrier the mine is non compliance and zone no other operative for want progressive proposals have EC. closure been made. operations etc.

Mineral Conservation:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

7a ROM Mineral Yes, with in With in ML area. dispatch or the ML area. grade-wise sorting within lease area 7b Method of grade- Manual Manual wise mineral sorting i.e. manual or mechanical. 7c Different grade Yes, proposed. Practiced. of mineral sorted out at mines. 7d Any No such - beneficiation proposal is process at mines made. . 7e General remarks Manual sorting As proposed, manual of inspecting of the sorting of ore is officer on Manganese ore practiced. Mineral is proposed. conservation and beneficiation issues

Environment:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

8a Separate removal No such - and utilization proposal is of topsoil (Rule made. 32) PAGE : 10

8b Concurrent use No such - or storage of proposal is topsoil made. 8c Separate dumps Yes, Except waste, there are for overburden, no other dumps such as waste rock, rejects and fines. rejects and fines (Rule 33) 8d Use of No such - overburden, proposal is waste rock, made. rejects and fines dumps for restoring the land to its original use 8e Phased No such - restoration, proposal is reclamation and made. rehabilitation of lands affected by mining operations (Pits, dumps etc) 8f Baseline Complimentary - Complimentary information on plantation is afforestation has existence of proposed along not been taken plantation and the 7.5m place as the mine additional barrier zone. was under non plantation done operation for want (Rule 41) of EC. 8g Survival rate 80% - 8h Water sprinkling Yes proposal - on roads to has been made. control airborne dust 8i General remarks Yes proposed No aethitic beauty could of inspecting be improved as the mine officer on was not in operation. aesthetic beauty in and around mines area

Compliance of Rule 45:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks PAGE : 11

9a Status of MR shal be Nil Returns have been submission of submitted submitted since there is Monthly and before 10th of no production. Annual returns every month in respect of preceding month. AR which shall be submitted before 1st July each year for the preceding Financial Year. 9b Scrutiny of To be No employement details Annual return furnished. been furnished. for information on Mining Engineer, Geologist and Manager 9c Scrutiny of To be Furnished Annual return on furnished. land use pattern for area under pits, reclaimed area, dumps etc. 9d Scrutiny of To be Furnished to be nil. Annual return on furnished afforestation 9e Scrutiny of No such There is ni generation Annual return on proplai is of Mineral rejectin. mineral reject made. generation (Grade and quantity) 9f Scrutiny of To be Nil. Annual return on furnished. ROM stock and/or graded ore 9g Scrutiny of To be No production for the Annual return on furnished. last five years. sale value, Ex. Mine price and production cost 9k Scrutiny of To be No mining machinary Annual return on furnished. information is mining furnished. machineries PAGE : 12

Details of violations observed during current inspection and compliance position of violation pointed out

Violation observed Show couse position Rule NO. Issued on Compliance on Rule NO. Issued on Compliance on

Date : (M.Pratap.Reddy)

Indian Bureau of Mines