Sichuan's mineral exploration results updated: Maerkang Jiada lithium mine adds reserves of over 420,000 tons.

On October 12, the Ministry of Natural Resources released a batch of mineral exploration results, involving minerals such as gold, silver, lithium, niobium, and tantalum, mainly distributed in Sichuan, Heilongjiang, Guizhou, and Shaanxi. Among them, the lithium exploration project in the Jiada mining area of Maerkang, Sichuan, along lines 119 to 167, identified 423,700 tonnes of lithium resources, 3,251 tonnes of niobium resources, and 1,752 tonnes of tantalum resources. The mining rights holder of this mining area is Anhui Dazhong New Energy Investment Co., Ltd. According to a previous announcement by the company, the lithium ore resources approved and filed this time have an average grade of 1.26%, equivalent to approximately 1,046,800 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent. After this increase in reserves, the cumulative filed lithium carbonate equivalent of the Jiada lithium mine has risen from 1,484,200 tonnes to 2,531,000 tonnes.