Distribution of rare metal minerals
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September 07 03:00:13, 2025
China is rich in rare metal mineral resources, with significant deposits found in regions such as the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (Bayan Obo), Shandong Province (Weishan), Jiangxi Province (Funan, Yichun), Guangdong Province (Northern Guangdong), and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Fuyun), among others. These areas are known for their abundant reserves of rare earth elements, lithium, tantalum, niobium, antimony, and other critical minerals.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, many capitalist countries imposed trade restrictions on key materials like lithium, antimony, bismuth, and rare earth metals, viewing them as strategic resources. In response, China made a national decision to develop its own rare metal industries by relying on domestic resources. This led to extensive exploration efforts that resulted in the discovery of numerous large and super-large mineral deposits across the country.
Some of the most notable discoveries include the Fuyun Coco Trothai, Kerumut, Qinghe Ascart, and Fuhai Kukaraga lithium-tantalum deposits in Xinjiang; the Bayan Obo super-large antimony-rare earth mine in Inner Mongolia; the Kangding Micat lithium-niobium deposit in Sichuan; the Jinchuan Kelyne lithium deposit; and the vast salt lake lithium deposits in the Qaidam Basin, including Yiliping and the East and West Taijinal Lakes. Additionally, major antimony deposits were found in Hengfeng Mountain, Jiangxi; Zengcheng, Guangdong; Boluo; and Gongpo Mountain, Guangxi. Other significant finds include the medium-sized tantalum deposit in Gongcheng, Hunan, and the Xianghualing antimony mine.
Following the 1970s, further exploration built upon the large-scale surveys conducted in the 1950s and 1960s. New discoveries included the Yichun extra-large tantalum-niobium-lithium deposit in Jiangxi, the Geyuan tantalum-niobium-tin ore deposit in Hengfeng, the Shirojo Hirassou medium-sized niobium-tantalum deposit, the Zhushan Miao large niobium and rare earth deposit, the Tongfeng Mountain large antimony mine, the Balzer antimony and rare earth mine in Inner Mongolia, the Xiping large antimony deposit in Fujian, the Hengshan medium-sized antimony deposit in Guangning, Guangdong, and the Shuiximiao large antimony deposit in Gongcheng, Guangxi. These findings significantly boosted China’s position as a global leader in rare metal reserves.