Guwahati, May 29 -- By NE NOW NEWS

Guwahati: Recent claims suggesting the presence of critical mineral deposits in Assam's Tukreswari Hills and Sijukona Hills have been denied by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), which said no economically viable reserves have been identified in the area.

In a statement dated May 26, the organisation under the Ministry of Mines explained that field work carried out in the southern Agia region between 2012 and 2014 was only an initial scientific survey on Rare Earth Elements (REE), and not evidence of any extractable mineral deposits.

The agency noted that the rare earth concentration recorded in the study was under 1000 parts per million, a level considered too low under Indian Bureau of Mines guid...