CCTV News: Mineral resources are an important material basis for economic and social development, and the exploration and development of mineral resources is related to national economy and people's livelihood and national security. Recently, the reporter learned from the China Geological Survey Bureau of the Ministry of Natural Resources that China's new round of breakthrough strategic actions in mineral exploration have achieved remarkable results. Many new large mines have been discovered, especially the amount of new resources of copper, aluminum, lithium and other minerals have increased significantly. Local governments have focused on large-scale scarce and strategic emerging industrial minerals, and have achieved a series of major mineral exploration breakthroughs around key mineralization zones and important oil and gas basins.
The Action has discovered 1 billion tons of oil fields and 19 billion tons of gas fields; more than 10 large-scale uranium deposits were discovered, and the uranium mineral resources increased significantly; the 12 mineral resources such as copper, gold, gallium, germanium, and indium have increased significantly; major breakthroughs have been made in the related minerals of strategic emerging industries such as lithium, zirconium, hafnium, helium, and rare earths. It not only provides solid guarantees for the security of national energy resources, but also lays the foundation for the optimization of China's energy structure in the future.
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Tang Juxing said: "There are 36 minerals and one policy for each mineral. Each mineral has a strategy, and each mineral has a responsible entity." In terms of metal minerals, major breakthroughs have been made in the prospecting of bulk minerals such as copper, aluminum, and iron, providing solid resource support for the strategy of building a strong country.
Tang Juxing said: "Copper mine is the most important 'grain' for the industry. In the new round of breakthrough strategic action on mineral exploration, more than 30 million tons of copper were added nationwide, which is equivalent to the sum of the previous 10 years."
The major breakthrough in the exploration of strategic emerging minerals such as lithium, zirconium, hafnium, helium, rare earths, etc. provides strong resource guarantees for the safety of the industrial chain and supply chains of emerging industries such as China's new energy and new materials, aerospace, etc.
Tang Juxing said: "In Sichuan Methyl Card to Alkin, Xinjiang, we have established such a 3,000-kilometer-long lithium ore belt. The resource volume of this lithium ore belt may reach more than 20 million tons-30 million tons, so it can ensure that our lithium price is not controlled by Western mining companies."
China's geophysical exploration technology and equipment has developed a series of independent equipment, which has initially possessed comprehensive exploration capabilities in all-area, multi-scale, and high-precision. China's significant progress in remote sensing technology, satellite monitoring and big data application provides strong data support for resource mineral exploration.
Tang Juxing said: "We call this technology 'sky and earth well', which means there are satellites in the sky and aircraft in the sky. The equipment on the aircraft can be equipped with hyperspectrometers, and a large amount of geochemical exploration is required for underground inspections."
In terms of energy and minerals, China has discovered three deep coalbed methane gas fields of 100 billion cubic meters in the Ordos Basin, and the proven geological reserves have exceeded 500 billion cubic meters; it has discovered that the world's first ultra-deep water ultra-shallow large gas field, with new natural gas proven geological reserves exceeding 100 billion cubic meters, and China's clean energy self-sufficiency capacity has significantly improved.
