INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS DEVELOPMEMT AND REGULATION DIVISION MCDR inspection REPORT regional office

Mine file No : MAH/SDG/FE-1/GOA Mine code : 30MSH28017 (i) Name of the Inspecting : K04() DR. Y.G.KALE Officer and ID No. (ii) Designation : Regional Controller Mines (iii) Accompaning mine : SHRI. V. NARAYAN PRASAD, AGENT Official with Designation (iv) Date of Inspection : 13-MAR-19 (v) Prev.inspection date : 15-SEP-17

PART-I : GENERAL INFORMATION 1. (a) Mine Name : TIRODA (34-48-12 HECTRS (b) Registration NO. : IBM/585/2011 (c) Category : A Fully Mechanised (d) Type of Working : Opencast (e) Postal address State : District : SINDHUDURG Village : TIRODA Taluka : SAWANTWADI Post office : TIRODA Pin Code : 590006 FAX No. : 0831-2426487 E-mail : [email protected] Phone : 0831-2407756 (f) Police Station : Aronda (g) First opening date : 02-OCT-80 (h) Weekly day of rest : FRI 2. Address for : VILLAGE - TIRODA, correspondance TALUKA - SAWANTWADI, DISTRICT - SINDHUDURG.

3. (a) Lease Number : MSH0052 (b) Lease area : 34.48 (c) Period of lease : 50 (d) Date of Expiry : 18-JUN-22

4. Mineral worked : IRON ORE Main PAGE : 2

5. Name and Address of the Lessee : GOGTE MINERALS Arvind B. Gogte GOGTE MINERALS 146, TILAKWADI, Phone:0831-2426487 FAX :0831-2426487

Owner : ARVIND B. GOGTE GOGTE MINERALS 146, TILAKWADI, BELGAUM KARNATAKA Phone: 0831-2426487 FAX : 0831-2426487

Agent : Mr.V.Narayan Prasad Tiroda Iron Ore Mine, Tiroda(Post) Tq- Sawanthwadi, Sindhudurg(D) Maharashtra-416518 SINDHUDURG MAHARASHTRA Phone: 9850356678 FAX : Mining Engineer Name : Nilesh D Raut,Full Time Qualification : BE Mining Appointment/ : 01-NOV-14 Termination date

Manager Name : S.P.LINGAYAT Qualification : DIPLOMA IN MINING, FCMM Appointment/ : 01-FEB-13 20-APR-18 Termination date

6. Date of approval of Mining : Mining Scheme rule 12 MCDR1988 20-NOV-07 Plan/Scheme of Mining Renewal under rule 24 MCR1960 12-APR-11 Mining Scheme rule 12 MCDR1988 18-MAY-15 PAGE : 3

PART - II : OBSERVATION/COMMENTS OF INSPECTING OFFICERS

Exploration :

Sl.No. Item Proposals Actual work Remarks

1a Backlog of No Nil Lessee has drilled previous year exploration 08 boreholes in was proposed the year 2016-17 in the year 2017-18. 1b Exploration over No proposal About 6.848Ha has been So far about lease area for in the year explored under G-1 level 26.5Ha is explored geological axis 1 2017-18 in the year 2016-17. under G-1 level. or 2 1c Exploration No In the year 2016-17 8.00 So far total 39 Agencies and exploration boreholes were drilled boreholes were Expenditure in was proposed by lessee himself and drilled and lakh rupees in the year expenditure incurred is expenditure during the year 2017-18. around Rs.-7.2 lakhs. incurred is about Rs37.20 lakhs. 1d Balance area to 8.00 Ha be explored to bring Geological axis in 1 or 2 1e Balance reserve Reserves as on- as on 01/04/20 01.04.2018 Proved Mineral Reserves (111) 200850 tonnes Probable Mineral Reserves (122) 592800 tonnes Pre-feasibility m Resources (221+222) 667530 tonnes Inferred M Resources (333) 320100 tonnes Total

1781280 tonnes 1f General remarks So far lesse has of inspecting drilled 39 bores officers on covering about geology, 26.5Ha under G-1 exploration etc level. In the remaing area no promising mining potential is available because of limited width of the lease area.

Development :

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks PAGE : 4

2a Location of -N60 to -N300 No work has been carried The mine is not development and -E760 to - out in the year 2017-18. working due to w.r.t.lease area E980. operations becoming un- economic. Lessee has submitted Notice of temprorary discontinuance of mine on 19.11.2018. 2b Separate benches Separate OB No working has been Earlier separate in topsoil, and Ore carried out in the year benches were made overburden and benches were 2017-18. in the OB and Ore. minerals (Rule proposed. 15) 2c Stripping ratio 1:1.84 in the Nil Mine is not or ore to OB year 2017-18 working. ratio 2d Quantity of Nil Nil topsoil generation in m3 2e Quantity of 122900 in the Mine is not working and overburden year 2017-18 no OB was removed in the generation in m3 year 2017-18.

2f General remarks The mine is of inspecting reportedly not officers on working because of development of un-economic pit w.r.t. type working and low of deposit etc grade. Future there is no space available to dump overburden in the lease area.

Exploitation:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

3a Number of pit One One No work has been proposed for carried out in the production year 2017-18. 3b Quantity of ROM 200000 tonnes Nil No work has been mineral carried out in the production year 2017-18 due proposed to operations becoming un- economic. PAGE : 5

3c Recovery of 100 Nil No work has been sailable/usable carried out in the mineral from ROM year 2017-18 due production to operations becoming un- economic. 3d Quantity of Nil Nil mineral reject generation 3e Grade of mineral NA NA rejects generation and threshold value declared. 3f Quantity of sub Nil Nil grade mineral generation. 3g Grade of sub NA NA grade mineral generation 3h Manual / Mechanised. Nil No work has been Mechanised carried out in the method adopted year 2017-18 due for segregating to operations from ROM becoming un- economic. 3i Any analysis or Nil Nil beneficiation study proposed and carried out for sub grade mineral and rejects. 3j Provision of Nil Nil The formation is drilling and medium hard in blasting in nature and only mineral benches Ripper dozar was proposed for removal of hard strata. However no work has been carried out in the year 2017-18 due to operations becoming un- economic. 3k Provision of Heavy duty Nil No work has been mining mining carried out in the machineries in machinaries year 2017-18 due mineral benches were proposed to operations for excavation becoming un- and loading. economic. PAGE : 6

3l Whether height 6.00mtr bench Benches are maintained of benches in height was as per the proposal. overburden and proposed. mineral suitable for method of mining proposed in MP/SOM 3m Total area 2.82 ha in the Nil Total area covered covered under year 2017-18 under pit is 5.386 excavation/pits Ha. 3n Ore to OB ratio 1:1.84 Nil for the pit/mine during the year. 3o Total area put Area undr mining- in use under 5.386ha, Waste disposal- different heads 8.377ha, Infrastructure- at the end of 0.425Ha, year Others(Environmental work)- 0.984Ha. 3p Production of 2013-14 2013-14 ROM mineral 289000 tonnes 126469 tonnes during the last 2014-15 2014-15 five year period 399000 tonnes 231421 tonnes as applicable 2015-16 2015-16 200600 tonnes 140708 tonnes 2016-17 2016-17 200000 tonnes 47842 tonnes 2017-18 2017-18 200000 tonnes Nil. 3q General remarks The mine is not working of inspecting from 2017-18 due to officers on mining operations method of mining becoming un-economical. etc. The lease are comprised of two blocks viz. Western block of 20.00Ha and Eastern block of 14.4812Ha. However, the ore body is very narrow in Eastern block and also there is no sufficient width available to develop it and mine. In Western block, the MoEFCC while granting EC has put condition to restrict Western block upto 100m from Nanas river, Therefore, about 0.285MT of reserves has been blocked.

Solid Waste Management - Dumping:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks PAGE : 7

4a Separate dumping No external The mine was not working Two waste dumps of topsoil, OB dump was and no dumps were are exist in the and mineral proposed in generated in the year western part of rejects (Rule the year 2017- 2017-18. the lease area. 32,33) 18. 4b Location of No external In the year 2017-18 no Two old waste topsoil, OB and dump was topsoil and mineral dumps are exist in mineral reject proposed. reject was proposed and the western part dumps produced and waste of the lease area. generated in the year 2017-18 was proposed for backfilling of the worked out pit. However the mine was not working in the year 2017-18 and no backfilling was done as per the proposal. 4c Number of dumps One within the No dump was generated in Two old dumps are within lease lease the year 2017-18. exist in the area and outside western part of of lease area the lease area. 4d Location of Ouside the UPL Ouside the UPL dumps w.r.t. ultimate pit limit (Rule 16) 4e Number of active One Nil Two old dumps are and alive dumps. exist in the western part of the lease area. 4f Number of dead Two old dumps are exist dumps. in the western part of the lease area. 4g Number of dumps Two old dumps are exist established. in the western part of the lese area and plantation is made on the same. 4h Whether yes yes Retaining wall or garland drain all along dumps are there. 4i Length of 100mtr about 100 mtr Retaining wall or garland drain all along dumps 4j Number of Nil Nil settling ponds PAGE : 8

4k Specific The mine was not working comments of in the year 2017-18 and inspecting no external dumping was officer on waste made. However two old dump management dumps are exist in the western part of the lease area and both the dumps are inactive and plantation is made over the same. retaining wall is made around the existing dump.

Solid Waste Management - Backfilling:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

5a Status of part Backfilling The mine was not working Violation to this or full was proposed and no backfilling was effect has been extraction of in the year made. pointed out. mineral from 2017-18. mined out area before starting backfilling. 5b Area under 1.9Ha Nil Mine was not backfilling of working in the mined out area year 2017-18 and no backfiiling was made. 5c Concurrent use Nil Nil No topsoil of topsoil for generation was restoration or proposed in the rehabilitation year 2017-18. of mineral out area (Rule 32) 5d Total area 1.9Ha Nil fully reclaimed and rehabilitated 5e General remarks There was a proposal to of inspecting back fill about 1.9ha officers on mined out area in the backfilling and year 2017-18. However reclamation etc. the mine is not working from 2017-18 onwards due to operations becoming un-economic and no back filling was made as per the proposal. Violation to this effect has been pointed out.

Progressive Mine Clousre Plan:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks PAGE : 9

6a Whether Annual Before 1st Lessee has submitted the report on PMCP july of every yearly report on PMCP submitted on year. for the year 2017-18 on time and 29.06.2018. correctly. Rule 23 E(2). 6b Area available Nil Nil for rehabilitation (ha) . 6c afforestation 1.5Ha 1.697Ha done (ha). 6d No. of saplings 2400 Total 19000 saplings planted during were planted, 7975 the year within the lease and 11025 outside the lease area. 6e Cumulative no 61,180 saplings were .of plants planted so far. 6f Any other method Nil Nil of rehabilitation 6g Cost incurred on Rs-77500 Rs-267200 watch and care during the year 6h Compliance on 200m x 95m x The mine was not working Violation to this reclamation and 18m and no back filling was effect has been rehabilitation done. pointed out. by backfilling (i) Voids available for backfilling ( Lx B x D 6i Compliance on About 344120 The mine was not working reclamation and tonnes of and no backfilling was rehabilitation waste was done. by backfilling proposed for (ii) Voids back filling filled by waste in the year / tailings 2017-18. 6j Compliance on Nil Nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (iii)Afforestati on on backfilled area 6k Compliance on Nil Nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (iv) Rehabilitation by making water reservoir PAGE : 10

6l Compliance on Nil Nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (v)any other specific means. 6m Compliance of Nil Nil rehabilitation of waste land within lease (i)afforestation 6n Compliance of Nil Nil rehabilitation of waste land within lease (ii)Area rehabilitation (ha) 6o Compliance of Nil Nil rehabilitation of waste land within lease (iii)Method of rehabilitation 6p Compliance of The monitoring is environmental carried out as per the monitoring (core schedule through zone and buffer approved third party and zone) reports are maintained. 6q General remarks The backfilling over an of inspecting area of 1.9Ha was officers on PMCP proposed during 2017-18 compliance and by dumping of 344120 T progressive of material. However the closure mine is not working operations etc. since 2017-18. Violation to this effect has been pointed out vide violation letter dated 15.03.2019.

Mineral Conservation:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

7a ROM Mineral Grade wise No work has been carried Earlier lessee dispatch or sorting was out in the year 2017-18. was doing grade grade-wise proposed wise sorting sorting within within the within the lease lease area lease. area. 7b Method of grade- Mechanical Mechanical wise mineral sorting i.e. manual or mechanical. PAGE : 11

7c Different grade Mine is not working in of mineral the year 2017-18. sorted out at However lessee is mines. sorting two types of ores, below 55% fe grade ore and 55 to 585fe grade ore. 7d Any Nil Nil beneficiation process at mines . 7e General remarks of inspecting officer on Mineral conservation and beneficiation issues

Environment:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

8a Separate removal Nil No topsoil was removed and utilization in the year 2017-18. of topsoil (Rule 32) 8b Concurrent use Nil Nil or storage of topsoil 8c Separate dumps No external Mine was not working and the OB removed for overburden, dump was no dumping was made in earlier was dumped waste rock, proposed in the year 2017-18. separately in the rejects and the year 2017- enmarked area. fines (Rule 33) 18. 8d Use of OB generated The mine was not working overburden, in the year and no back filling was waste rock, 2017-18 was done. rejects and proposed for fines dumps for back filling. restoring the land to its original use 8e Phased About 1.9Ha The mine was not working Violation has been restoration, was proposed in the year 2017-18 and pointed out. reclamation and for no back filling was rehabilitation backfilling in done. of lands the year 2017- affected by 18. mining operations (Pits, dumps etc) PAGE : 12

8f Baseline About 61,180 saplings information on were planted in and existence of outside the lease area. plantation and additional plantation done (Rule 41) 8g Survival rate 85 to 90% 8h Water sprinkling The mine is not working on roads to and no air borne dust is control airborne generating at present. dust When ever necessary lessee is using Water tanker mounted trucks for dust suppression. 8i General remarks It has been proposed to of inspecting convert the mined out officer on pit as water reservoir aesthetic beauty partly by backfilling. in and around The averall aesthetic mines area beauty is appears good.

Compliance of Rule 45:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

9a Status of Lessee is regularly submission of submitting Monthly and Monthly and Annual returns. Annual returns 9b Scrutiny of In the Annual As per the office record The mine was not Annual return returns Mines Manager and working since for information submitted for Geologist were teminated 2017-18 and the on Mining the year 2017- on 20.04.2018. Details Geological work is Engineer, 18,Manager is of Mining engineer is being looked after Geologist and shown as Mr. found correct. from company's Manager Subhash P Head quarters. Lingayat, Mining Enginner-Mr. Nilesh Raut and Geologist- Mr.Sunil T.Injal 9c Scrutiny of Area under Details of land use Annual return on Mining- pattern mentioned in the land use pattern 5.386Ha, Area annual returns are for area under under waste almost matching. pits, reclaimed dump-8.377Ha, area, dumps etc. Infrastructure -0.425Ha and Other-0.984Ha. 9d Scrutiny of 7975 within Annual return on the lease and afforestation 11025 ouside the lease. PAGE : 13

9e Scrutiny of Nil Nil Annual return on mineral reject generation (Grade and quantity) 9f Scrutiny of About 4143.450 Annual return on tonnes of ROM ROM stock and/or was shown as graded ore closing stock and about 1382.540 tonnes of lumps having below 55 fe grade are was shon as closing stock 9g Scrutiny of Sale value of The Exmine price was Annual return on below 55 grade shown same as the sale sale value, Ex. fines is shown value. This was brought Mine price and as Rs- to the notice of Agent. production cost 951.82/tonne and for below 55 grade fe Lumpy ore Rs- 1070.3/tonnee, Ex.mine price was shown as same as the sale value. 9h Scrutiny of Value of Fixed Annual return on asset is shown fixed assets as zero. 9k Scrutiny of 02 excavatore The mine is not working Annual return on were shown in and no machineries were mining the annual observed during field machineries returns. visit. PAGE : 14

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

MCDR17 Rule 11(1) 15-MAR-19

Date : (DR. Y.G.KALE)

Indian Bureau of Mines