CCTV News: A reporter learned from the Ministry of Natural Resources on April 10 that the "New Detected Mineral Species" was recently released, which identified a new mineral type - high-purity quartz mine. Its emergence will change the previous situation of high reliance on imports and help the high-quality development of related strategic emerging industries.

The Ministry of Natural Resources stated that the new ore determined this time is called high-purity quartz ore, which refers to rocks whose purity of silica can be obtained by ore dressing and purification, and whose impurity and inclusion content meet the application requirements of semiconductors and photovoltaics and other high-tech fields. In recent years, my country has promoted a new round of breakthrough strategic actions in mineral exploration, and has discovered many high-purity quartz mines in the eastern Qinling Mountains in Henan, Altay, Xinjiang and other regions. It has made important breakthroughs in high-purity quartz mine investigation and evaluation, resource exploration, deep purification, and targeted miscellaneous removal, and has taken a key step in promoting the industrialization of high-purity quartz sand production in local resources.

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Mao Jingwen: This significance is very important, because high-purity quartz ore is a scarce mineral species in the world. my country is highly dependent on imports. Its mineralization geological characteristics are unique and the ore characteristics are clear, which are obviously different from other mineral species, and meets the conditions for establishing new mineral species.

According to reports, high-purity quartz mines have the characteristics of high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, low thermal expansion, high insulation and light transmission. They are indispensable key basic materials for strategic emerging industries such as semiconductors and photovoltaics, and play a crucial role in the national high-tech competition.

The new round of breakthrough strategic action for mineral exploration has achieved remarkable results

The Ministry of Natural Resources stated that in addition to the new mineral high-purity quartz mine established this time, since the implementation of the new round of breakthrough strategic action for mineral exploration, the national resources of 12 minerals including copper, gold, gallium, germanium, indium, etc. in my country have increased significantly.

The Ministry of Natural Resources stated that my country has achieved a series of remarkable results in the new round of breakthrough strategic actions for mineral exploration. In terms of metal minerals, major breakthroughs in the prospecting of bulk minerals such as copper, aluminum, and iron will effectively alleviate the pressure of resource shortage, reduce dependence on imported minerals, and provide solid resource support for the strategy of building a manufacturing power.

At the same time, the exploration of strategic emerging minerals such as lithium, zirconium, hafnium, helium, rare earths has also made major breakthroughs. In Hainan, Guangxi and other places, 85,000 tons of zirconium resources were added and more than 1,000 tons of hafnium was added, providing strong resource guarantees for the safety of the industrial chain and supply chains of emerging industries such as new energy and new materials in my country. In terms of energy and minerals, my country's conventional oil and gas and uranium mineral exploration has also made new discoveries.

Director of the Mineral Resources Protection Supervision Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources Huang Xuexiong: 1 billion tons of oil fields and 19 billion tons of gas fields were newly discovered, and the proven geological reserves of deep coalbed methane exceeded 500 billion cubic meters, and more than 10 large-scale uranium deposits were discovered. The resources of my country's advantageous minerals such as tungsten, fluorite, and graphite have achieved significant growth, and the resource advantages have been further consolidated.