China has the world's second largest lithium ore reserves

According to a report by Zhongping News Agency on January 8th, the China Geological Survey of the Ministry of Natural Resources announced a series of major breakthroughs in lithium exploration in China, with lithium reserves increasing from 6% globally to 16.5%, jumping from sixth to second in the world and reshaping the global lithium resource landscape

According to reports, lithium is hailed as the future "king of metals", but for a long time, China's high dependence on foreign lithium resources and a large proportion of imports have increased production costs and constrained the development of related industries

According to official media reports, the newly discovered world-class spodumene type lithium mineralization belt in West Kunlun Songpan Ganzi, China, with a length of 2800 kilometers, has enriched the types and distribution range of lithium resources in China, formed a new direction for development and utilization, and is expected to further increase lithium reserves

In addition to spodumene type lithium mines, significant progress has also been made in the development of lithium resources in salt lakes. The lithium resources in salt lakes on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau have significantly increased, making China the third largest salt lake type lithium resource base after the South American Lithium Triangle and the western United States

According to the report, China has also overcome the technical difficulties in extracting lithium from lithium mica, solving the problems of high lithium content but complex extraction and high cost in lithium mica, improving utilization and economy, and opening up a new situation for lithium mineral exploration of lithium mica type

The report states that this major breakthrough will effectively alleviate the tight supply of lithium resources in China and promote a healthier development of the global lithium resource market