First of all, from the perspective of investment areas, foreign mineral exploration companies are mainly concentrated in western China.
In addition to Yunnan, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Qinghai, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi are all key provinces and regions selected by foreign mineral exploration companies. In the eastern coastal and central provinces, the investment is relatively small. In Henan, Shandong, Liaoning, Hunan and Guangdong, some interesting projects and achievements have appeared recently.
Second, from the perspective of investment minerals, the main investment minerals are still gold, and silver and platinum group metals are valued.
Non-ferrous metal projects have an obvious upward trend, mainly copper, lead, zinc and nickel, and individual projects include diamond, tin and phosphorus.
Third, from the perspective of investment and cooperation forms, it tends to be more diversified.
In addition to joint venture exploration enterprises and cooperative exploration enterprises, the form of unincorporated cooperation has been accepted by more China partners, and a number of wholly foreign-owned exploration enterprises have been registered to engage in mineral exploration, such as Hunan Pacific Geological Exploration Co., Ltd. and Chengde Great Wall Mining Co., Ltd. There are also some private enterprises that register their companies abroad and then come back to invest in mineral exploration as foreign companies.
4. Foreign mineral exploration technology contracting engineering companies, mineral exploration technology consulting service companies and mineral exploration information service companies are optimistic about the China exploration technology contracting market, and have started to enter China on a large scale.
According to international technical standards, these companies have entered the mineral exploration market of domestic mining enterprises with their technical, management and price advantages while undertaking foreign-invested mineral exploration services. These companies include: drilling companies including brother companies and Edco companies; Geophysical exploration companies include Figaro Aviation Geophysical Exploration Company and Zhuang Company; The commercial laboratory has Guangzhou Mineral Laboratory in Australia, which is a subsidiary of ALS Chemex. Exploration technology consulting service companies include SRK mining consulting company and international mining software development consulting company; Exploration information service companies include InfoMine, Asian mining, international mining consulting, etc. They began to compete for the market share of exploration technical services, exploration technical consultation and exploration information services of geological prospecting units and domestic companies.
Five, large mining companies have a tendency to return to the mineral exploration market in China.
For example, BHP Billiton's exploration company returned to China after 8 years' withdrawal from China, and then set up a mineral exploration office. Anglo-American companies have begun risk exploration of nickel deposits in western Sichuan.
A group of Chinese-foreign joint ventures and cooperative exploration companies have invested heavily in exploration projects, and the exploration speed is very fast, and obvious exploration results have been achieved. Some have entered the pre-feasibility study and feasibility study stage, a few have started mine construction, and some have been put into production. With a brand-new perspective, Sylvie Metal Co., Ltd. quickly explored the ultra-thin Pb-Zn-Ag deposit in Luoning, Henan Province, and found a large Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, which was put into production quickly and achieved good economic benefits. The Boka gold mine explored by Southwest Resources Company in Dongchuan, Yunnan Province, has seen rich and thick ore bodies in tunnels and boreholes, and made a major breakthrough, which may become a super-large gold mine, attracting the attention of domestic and foreign mining companies and many large mining companies. These two examples will be introduced in detail in Chapter 10 of this book. Here are five more examples of certain exploration and development achievements.
After three years of exploration, Jinshan Gold Mine Company (1) 2 17 gold mine project, with a cut-off grade of 0.50 g/ton, estimated and determined that the resource is 66.7 million tons of gold ore with a gold grade of 0.83 g/ton. The estimated resource is180,000 tons of gold ore with a gold grade of 0.78g/ton. The gold resources are 69.3 tons. It is expected to be put into production in mid-2007, with an annual output of 3.8 tons of gold.
(2) Guangdong Fuwan Silver Mine Project. Mingke Silver Mine Company is a subsidiary of Canada Mingke Mining Group. In 2006, drilling was carried out16008m, and the estimated amount of silver-controlled resources was112.9 million ounces, about 3,200 tons.
(3) Tanjianshan Gold Mine Project of Eldorado Gold Company in Qinghai. Construction drilling 146 hole, * * * 23,760m, with 1 g/ton as the cut-off grade, it is estimated that the resource amount is 43.5t gold, and the gold grade is 3.99 ~ 5.17g/ton. The mine is under construction.
(4) Maoling Gold Mine Project of Maindrault Mining Inc. Construction drilling is 23 1 hole, * * 6338m, and the cut-off grade is adjusted. The controlled gold resources are increased from 74. 1 ton submitted by the in-situ exploration unit to 275t, and the gold grade is 0.99g/ton. After production, the estimated annual gold output is 10.9 tons. Whether the mine can be put into production depends on environmental protection factors.
(5) The Xietongmen Copper Mine Project of China Mining Company in Tibet. Drill 200 holes, 47,000m, and estimate and determine the resources. Copper ore is 265,438+0.9 million tons, copper metal is 65,438+0.765,438+0.4 million tons, and copper grade is 0.78%.
Like other industries, the mineral exploration industry has played an important role in attracting foreign investment, and a large number of foreign students have studied abroad and returned to China to start businesses. They introduced the concept, operation mode, management and technology, financing channels and business relations of commercial mineral exploration in market economy countries, and combined them with China's cultural background, administrative characteristics and geological conditions, and achieved results and benefits in exploration and development.