China Discovers Significant Source of Lithium Ores
- China has discovered a 490 million-tonne deposit of lithium ore in Hunan Province, according to the provincial department of natural resources.
- The lithium deposit contains approximately 1.31 million tonnes of lithium oxide and has been classified as an altered granite-type lithium deposit.
- China's lithium resources increased by over 30 percent in 2024, indicating its role as a stabilizer in the lithium market, according to Xiong Zili from the Ministry of Natural Resources.
- The discovery will support the new-energy industry in the city of Chenzhou, as stated by Xu Yiming, a professor at the Mineral Resources Survey Institute of Hunan Province.
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China makes major breakthroughs in minerals related to strategic emerging industries: Ministry of Natural Resources
The Ministry of Natural Resources announced on Tuesday that driven by a new round of strategic initiatives aimed at breakthroughs in mineral exploration, China has achieved a series of significant breakthroughs in mineral discovery. These developments have markedly improved the domestic security of critical and scarce minerals, as well as strategic emerging minerals.
The warehouse was located in the mine area of Jijiaoshan, in the central province of Hunan, and contains approximately 1.31 million tons of lithium oxide, in addition to rubium, tungsten and stanho.
China discovers significant source of lithium ores
China, among the world's largest holders of lithium reserves, has discovered a massive deposit of 490 million tonnes of lithium ore in central China's Hunan Province, the provincial department of natural resources said Tuesday.

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