China's latest round of national resources survey, which has been going on for nine years, has found over 800 new mineral mines, with over 60 being large- and medium- scale mines.

This round of survey has submitted newly discovered resources in reservoir, including 32 million tons of copper resources, 78 million tons of lead and zinc resources, 760 million tons of iron ore resources, 400 million tons of potassium and 850 million tons of phosphorus ore resources. These results are regarded as a strong pull to commercial mineral resources exploration.

The Lop Nur of Xinjiang added 70 million tons of new potassium resources through this round of survey, bringing its total resources volume to 350 million tons, making it China's key potassium production base.

Qulong copper mine in Tibet added over 10 million tons of resources, becoming China's largest copper mineral bed.

In addition, major iron ore discoveries were made in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Shanxi and Hebei area, and Liaoning and Jilin region. – China Mining