Mandya: Days after scientists confirmed the existence of Lithium deposits near Karighatta in Srirangapatna taluk, it has now come to light that scientists had discovered gold deposits at Hunjanakere near Arakere in the taluk when Britishers ruled the country in the nineteenth century.
British Scientists are said to have discovered gold deposits at a hillock near Hunjanakere located about 5 kms from Arakere on Arakere-Mandya Road. The gold deposit was learnt to have been discovered when scientists excavated the hillock between 1882 and 1913.
