Gujarat Gazette, No. 171, Part Part IV-A Extra, 31 December 2025

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© The Gujarat Government Gazette EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

Vol. LXVI ] WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2025 / PAUSHA 10, 1947

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a Separate Compilation.

PART IV-A

Rules and Orders (Other than those published in Parts I, I-A, and I-L) made

by the Government of Gujarat under the Central Acts

INDUSTRIES AND MINES DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar, 7th February, 2025

MINES AND MINERALS (DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 1957

No. GU-2025-09-MMR/102024/MM-143/CHH1: Whereas the proposal vide Letter NO.CGM/Lease/Auction/Major/ 2023-24/4406 dated 16/12/2024 and letter no. CGM/Auction/ML/Dwarka/380, dated 28/01/2025 received from the office of the Commissioner, Geology and Mining, Gandhinagar pursuant to Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation)Act, 1957, Mineral Concession Rules, 2016 and Mineral (Auction) Rules, 2015 as amended from time to time, the State Government hereby notifies the following mineral blocks located in Devbhumi Dwarka District. The key parameters/ matters along with the terms and conditions and other modalities of the e-auction process (Model Tender Document) as mentioned and approved on the file No. MMR/102024/MM-143/CHH1 will remain the same. IV-A Ex.-171 171-1 171-2 GUJARAT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, EX., 31-12-2025 [ PART IV-A

* In the absence of prices of aluminous laterite published by Indian Bureau of Mines, the computation is based on the average sale prices of Bauxite (non-metallurgical cement grade) as published by Indian Bureau of Mines for Gujarat for the 12 months preceding the date of issuance of NIT (i.e. prices available from Dec 2023 to Nov 2024 only) assuming NIT will be issued in December 2024 and may change depending on the date of issuance of NIT or if any new prices are published by IBM prior to issuance of NIT. Once the prices of aluminous laterite are notified by the Indian Bureau of Mines, the same may be considered for collection of payments. Further, in case the prices of aluminous laterite are notified by the Indian Bureau of Mines before the date of issuance of NIT, the same will be taken for calculation of Value of Estimated Resources in place of bauxite (non-metallurgical cement grade). The royalty rates for aluminous laterite will be applicable as and when it is declared by the central government.

Also price of laterite has been considered from the latest available price published by Industries and Mines department vide notification GMR/2017/MM/1904/CHH dated 10th March, 2022. If any new price has been published before the issuance of NIT by Industries and Mines Department, then same may be considered for the calculation of VER

Price of Tender Document shall be at Rs. 2 lakh per Tender Document, in line with the price prescribed during the last phase of auctions. The price of tender document shall be kept excluding GST and Bidders are required to pay applicable GST under Reverse Charge Mechanism.

The Reserve Price shall be at 20% (in line with the last phase of auction). The reasonable price which will be emerged out of the price discovery in the first round of auction (i.e. Initial Price Offer stage) that would become the floor price for the second round of the auction (i.e. Final Price Offer stage) as per sub rule 7 of Rule 9 of Mineral (Auction) Rules, 2015 as amended from time to time.

Bidder shall fulfil all the conditions as mentioned in the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act- 1957 and Rules made thereunder and as amended from time to time.

Successful bidder shall obtain all requisite clearances/approvals before the commencement of mining operations.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Gujarat,

VASIM CHAUHAN,

Under Secretary to Government.

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