Recently, the official website of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Department of Natural Resources reported that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Guangxi Autonomous Region Department of Natural Resources has thoroughly implemented the national energy and resource security strategy. Taking mineral exploration system construction as the foundation, institutional reform as the driving force, and innovative cooperation as the engine, Guangxi has achieved remarkable progress in the new round of strategic mineral exploration breakthroughs. As of the end of June 2025, Guangxi has completed all 10 strategic mineral exploration tasks assigned by the state ahead of schedule. This includes significant increases in the resource volumes of minerals such as rare earths, aluminum, manganese, tin, antimony, and indium, further solidifying Guangxi’s position in strategic minerals nationwide.
In expanding mining development, Guangxi has taken the lead domestically by initiating a pilot project for the "Re-evaluation of Low-Grade Manganese Resources," introducing an innovative four-party collaboration model involving the competent authority, geological survey units, mining enterprises, and technical experts. This effort has added manganese resource volumes equivalent to the scale of three large deposits. Additionally, focusing on sedimentary bauxite, shale gas, tungsten, tin, antimony, and other minerals, Guangxi has conducted innovative research on mineralization theories and exploration techniques. The Cenxi Yangtang tungsten mining area has identified a large and thick tungsten ore body. Furthermore, the region has made the first discoveries of granite-type lithium deposits and crystalline graphite deposits, providing new leads and research directions for Guangxi’s development of new lithium batteries, graphene, and solutions to energy challenges.
Notably, the western Guangxi region has leveraged innovative geological exploration theories and techniques to identify new types of tungsten-tin deposits in new stratigraphic levels. This breakthrough has further expanded the exploration potential for tungsten-tin minerals in Guangxi and was successfully selected as one of the top ten geological science advancements by the China Geological Survey in 2024, establishing it as a national benchmark for exploration technology innovation.
Guangxi, renowned as the “Township of Nonferrous Metals,” shoulders the responsibility of ensuring national resource security with its abundant mineral reserves. Among the 36 strategic minerals designated by the state, Guangxi has resource reserves for 30, with 10 of these minerals ranking among the top five in the country in terms of proven resource reserves.
