Iron Ore In Fiji

THE Fiji Deparment of Mines has planned a thorough survey of iron ore deposits in Nadroga and Navosa Provinces. Prospectors expect to use recently secured magnetic equipment in making the survey.

Samples of large boulders of magnetite ore and ochre lying on the surface were treated before the war and revealed good percentages of iron ore. Further inves tigation will now be undertaken to deter mine the nature of the ore and the depth of the deposits.

Although the Fiji Government is be lieved anxious to have the deposits worked, local mining men doubt the suc cess of the project inasmuch as there is no domestic production of coal for smelt ing purposes.