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SunSirs: Sichuan’s Maoniuqing Mine Confirmed as World’s Second-Largest Operating Rare Earth Deposit with 9.67 Million Tons
March 24 2026 09:46:23 China Geological Survey (lkhu)

Sichuan has made a major prospecting achievement!

New additions to the Maoniping Rare Earth Mine in Mianning County

9.666 million tons of rare earth oxide resources have been added,

The total retained resource volume reaches 10.408 million tons.

Another 27.135 million tons of associated fluorite resources were added,

Barite: 37.228 million tons.

The Ministry of Natural Resources released information on the prospecting achievements of the Maoniuqing Rare Earth Mine in Mianning County, Sichuan Province. The newly added resource amount of rare earth oxides is 9.666 million tons, with the cumulative retained resource amount reaching 10.408 million tons. Additionally, 27.135 million tons of associated fluorite and 37.228 million tons of barite were newly added.

Since the launch of the new round of the "14th Five-Year Plan" Strategic Action for Mineral Exploration Breakthroughs, China Rare Earth (Liangshan) Co., Ltd. has actively responded to Sichuan Province's deployment for deep mineral exploration in important mines and entrusted the No.1 Geological Brigade of Sichuan Province to carry out the deep mineral exploration project of the Niutuping Rare Earth Mine in Mianning County. Over the past three years, the project has overcome numerous difficulties such as the complex geological conditions for deep mineral exploration, water inrush in the mining area, and high-cold operations. By introducing advanced equipment like fully hydraulic integrated drilling rigs, and adopting new technologies such as UAV hyperspectral-geological-structural mapping and high-precision time-frequency electromagnetic measurement, it has completed 115,000 meters of drilling, 6.2 square kilometers of topographic and geological survey, and 68,500 sample analyses. It has identified in detail the distribution characteristics of ore bodies, ore types, and the technical performance of ore processing and beneficiation, achieving major breakthroughs in mineral exploration. The preserved resource reserves of rare earth mines in the province have increased by 321%. This has not only significantly enhanced China's guarantee capacity for rare earth resources and consolidated the bottom line of national resource security but also is of great strategic significance for stabilizing the rare earth industry chain and supply chain, providing a solid resource foundation for China to maintain its competitive advantage in the global rare earth industry pattern.

Next, Sichuan will further increase exploration efforts, consolidate its resource advantages, fully leverage the important opportunity of the new round of strategic actions for mineral exploration breakthroughs, carry out orderly basic surveys of rare earth mineral resources, encourage social capital to invest in rare earth mineral exploration, and continuously consolidate Sichuan Province's advantages in rare earth resources. Accelerate resource integration and improve development standards. Relying on Sichuan Province's abundant rare earth ore resources and complete rare earth industry chain advantages, actively communicate with China Rare Earth Group to jointly strive for more regulatory indicators for rare earth mining and smelting separation from the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. At the same time, adhere to the demand orientation of terminal applications such as industrial motors, intelligent robots, and new energy vehicles, optimize the industrial structure, vigorously promote the extension of the industrial chain, promote the close connection between rare earth materials and application industries, and realize the optimization and upgrading of the entire rare earth industry chain.

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