Item

Particulars

Rate

 A

Geochemical sampling

Rs. 5000 per sq.km. 

Geological mapping (Scale 1 :50,000)

Rs. 8000 per sq.km.

B

I. Diamond Core Drilling

(i) Soft formation/ sedimentary area
(Depth range 0-100m)

Rs. 1500 per metre

(ii) Medium hard laterite/sandy
alluvial tract (Depth range 0-100m)

Rs. 2500 per metre

(iii) Hard rock/crystalline rock

(a) Depth range 0-100m

Rs. 3000 per metre

(b) Depth range 100m-200m

Rs. 3500 per metre

(c) Beyond 200m

Rs. 4000 per metre

II. Hand auger Drilling

(i) For tile and brick clay (Depth range
0-6m)

Rs 100 per metre 

(ii) For Silica and (Depth range 0-6m)

Rs. 200 per metre

III. Probing for Lime Shells

Inland

Rs. 30 per hole

Lake

Rs. 30 per hole plus actual charges for Canoe/Country boat/ motor boat

IV. Pitting and Trenching

(a) Soft Clay formation

(i) Upto 2 m

Rs. 100 m³

(ii) 2m to 4m

Rs. 200 m³

(iii) 4m to 6m

Rs. 300 m³

(b) Hard Laterite/Weathered rock 

(i) Up to 2m

Rs. 150 m³

(ii) 2m to 4m

Rs. 400 m³

(iii) 4m to 6m

Rs. 600 m³

V. Detailed Geological Mapping and
Contouring (Scale 1:1000 to 1:5000: Contour Interval 2m)
(including Trenching , Sampling etc.)

Rs. 50,000 per Sq. km.

Add. charge for chemical/mineralogical analysis

Rs. 10,000 

And Report preparation Rate per Sq. km.

Rs.60,000

Price of Reports

Per work of the total expenditure incurred towards investigation.

Rate subject to a minimum

 (i) Up to Rs. 0.5 lakh

2.00 %      

1000

(ii) 0.5 lakh to 1 lakh

1. 60%        

2000

(iii) 1 lakh to 5 lakh 

1.20 %       

30000

(iv) 5 lakh to 10 lakh

0.8 %         

10000

(v) over 10 lakh 

 0.4 %      

15000

While pricing the investigation report a certain percentage of the cost of the preliminary and detailed investigation (drilling, sampling, core logging, surveying) etc., and the analytical work for the evaluation of the deposit may be levied or 1% of the royalty amount of the established whichever is greater.