"National Medium and above the newly discovered mineral deposits 451 (including large 162), including natural gas, uranium, molybdenum, tungsten and other found a large number of world-class deposits. Added proven geological reserves of 3.947 billion tons of oil, natural gas 2.3 trillion cubic meters, the new reserves of 9.25 billion tons of iron ore, copper and 15.07 million tons, 280 million tons of bauxite, gold 2395 tons, tungsten oxide 1740000 tons, 11.05 million tons of molybdenum ore.” September 12, at the press conference jointly organized by the four ministries including the Ministry of Land Resources, the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science and the Ministry of Finance, result of the first phase of prospecting breakthrough strategic actions (2011 ~ 2013) opening a beautiful veilin the people's expectations. 

Reporters learned that, three years ago, the basic geological surveys fast forward, and lay a solid foundation for prospecting breakthrough. 2011 ~ 2013, 1:50 000 Scale regional geological survey coverage ratio increase the proportion of 22% by 2010 to 30 percent in 2013, workload in the past three years, equivalent to a third of the total workload, in prospecting areas covering important proportion from 40.6% to 77%, with the focus to cover a proportion of mining upgrade from 33.7% to 56.6%.

Meanwhile, the newly discovered oil and gas resources survey tuquan basin Tuonamu areas, fish cards depression and depression and other 17 Wulong favorable target areas, New Vision survey delineated mineral geophysical and geochemical anomalies 19000, submitted prospecting targets at more than 700; Natural gas hydrates in northern South China Sea consecutive survey to obtain high-purity physical samples. Finished the capital city of shallow geothermal energy assessment, GSHP total heat capacity of 31 capital cities is equivalent to 467 million tons of standard coal. In addition, evaluation work of mineral resource potential of the country in 2013 to smoothly ending, finished coal, uranium, iron, copper, aluminum and other 25 kinds of important minerals quantitative prediction, made clear the 25 minerals resource family property.