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China mineral resource discoveries and reserves

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China has reported significant advancements in mineral exploration and resource reserves. In Anhui Province, a massive porphyry copper-gold deposit was discovered in the Chating area of Xuancheng. This find is Xuancheng, noted as the largest of its kind in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with copper and gold resources expected River. According to support regional smelting, manufacturing, and renewable energy industries. Broadening the scope of national resources, the Ministry of Natural Resources released the ‘China Mineral Resources Report 2026’, stating that 2026’ released by the Ministry of Natural Resources, China holds the world’s largest reserves of 14 minerals, such as including rare earths, tungsten, tin, and molybdenum. The country also ranks among the top four globally for reserves of coal, iron, manganese, and titanium. During 2025, China discovered 200 new non-oil and gas mineral sites, including 63 large-scale deposits. Among these, deposits, with gold and iron were being the most frequently discovered types, with 16 and 11 deposits respectively. Additionally, the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021–2025) saw the identification of 398 new large and medium-sized strategic mineral deposits, including breakthroughs in copper, gold, and potash. types. Energy production also showed growth; coal output reached 4.85 billion tons in 2025, a 1.4% increase, while natural gas production rose by 6.3%. Furthermore, deep-sea Deep-sea exploration in the Western Pacific via the vessel Xiangyanghong 10 has identified a high-temperature hydrothermal field. An 18-day expedition involving teams from Tsinghua University, the Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University discovered three large, cone-shaped mineral structures. Samples from this polymetallic sulfide deposit show deposit—composed of minerals such as chalcopyrite, pyrite, and sphalerite—show gold concentrations of up to 15.4 ppm and silver concentrations of 1,271 ppm, ppm. These values that ‘significantly exceed many terrestrial mine concentrations’. concentrations,’ and preliminary assessments suggest the resources could reach the scale of a world-class seabed deposit.

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