In order to prepare to grasp the status of the mineral resources home base in a timely manner, grasp the state of the national situation of mineral resources, the General Office of the Ministry of Natural Resources recently issued a "dynamic update mechanism on mineral resources reserves Do a good job in the national survey of mineral resources notice" (hereinafter referred to as "Notice"), from a full understanding of the importance of controlling the mineral resources home base, further mine reserves annual report work mechanism, focus on strategic mineral resources national situation Three aspects were clarified.

Mineral resources is the material basis for economic and social development, is an important guarantee for the healthy development of the national economy, mineral resources home base data is an important part of the basic national conditions and national strength. "Notice" that, on the one hand, through the establishment of annual reporting mechanism of mineral reserves of mines, to obtain real and credible data on annual changes in mineral reserves; on the other hand, to strengthen the key mineral resources survey, regular inventory of the state of the resource base. Sound mineral resources reserves dynamic update mechanism, to identify the quantity, quality, structure and spatial distribution of China's important mineral resources, is to ensure that the resources and the economy is an important prerequisite for the development of national resource strategies, decision-making, planning and industrial policy, the co-ordination of resource development and ecological protection relationship, as well as rational allocation of resources, optimize the layout of industrial structure and promote regional economic development is an important foundation.

Annual report of mine reserves directly respond to the annual changes in mineral resources, is one of the important basis for the dynamic update of mineral reserves. The Notice emphasizes the need to strengthen the legal, institutional, technical, supervisory and information management and other aspects of the study, and improve the system and working mechanism for reporting real mineral reserves dynamic data. Mining enterprises should be in accordance with the requirements of the new classification standards for mineral reserves, according to the geological conditions of the deposit, the order of mineral extraction, resource consumption and retention, and carefully prepare the annual report of reserves. Accelerate the construction of technical standards system, the establishment of data standardization, up and down through, the number of consistent data aggregation pathway. Vigorously promote the mine mineral resources reserves management information construction. Promote data sharing and explore new regulatory mechanisms relying on the application of big data.

To do a good job of strategic mineral resources national survey, "Notice" stressed that the new classification standards for mineral reserves as a guide, around the national shortage of strategic minerals, focusing on oil, natural gas, uranium, iron, chromium, copper, aluminum, gold, nickel, cobalt, lithium, zirconium, potash and other minerals national survey work, solid mineral resources home base. In the identification of mineral resources survey, organized and implemented by the competent provincial (district and municipal) departments of natural resources, oil, natural gas, uranium survey work organized directly by the Ministry. On the evaluation of mineral resource potential, synchronized with the survey of identified mineral resources, organized and implemented by the China Geological Survey. Based on the ground investigation project, with strategic minerals and minerals of emerging industries as the focus, the comprehensive use of geological, physical and chemical exploration, remote sensing and other diversified information to circle favorable prospective areas for mineral prospecting, to provide target areas for mineral geological investigation, and scientific evaluation of China's mineral resource potential. In addition, the three-level quality control system is established as required, and the target responsibility system is implemented to control the quality of the survey work.