Air-borne survey for locating mineral resources: A new venture of high promise for speedy mineral exploration in India

THE development of the mineral- based industries of a country essentially depends upon the speed with which
the exploration and exploitation of the mineral resou-
rces are carried out. Whereas the demand for nonferrous
metals like copper, lead and zinc by our industrial
sector is growing rapidly, our efforts to find new resources in the country have not kept pace with the urgency of' the situation. At present, the country has
to lean heavily upon imports of these metals spending substantial amounts in foreign exchange. It has, there-fore , become imperative to step up the pace of investi-gations to ensure that the tempo of industrialisation
in the country is not seriously affected.