en.Wedoany.com Reported - At the "Gathering Mining Momentum, Shandong Enterprises Going Global" International Cooperation Symposium on Mineral Resources, held during the 7th Qingdao Multinationals Summit, the Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (SDGM) announced its overseas exploration achievements. The bureau has discovered a cumulative total of over 80 tons of gold resources in Sudan; identified a super-large potash salt mine with nearly 2 billion tons of resources in the Republic of the Congo; delineated five prospective areas for zircon-titanium placer deposits in Mozambique, with prospective resources exceeding 100 million tons; and a super-large diatomite mine verified in Kenya has entered the development phase.
Zhang Chengwei, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of SDGM, stated that the bureau has 15 subordinate exploration units, over 60 high-level experts, 18 provincial and ministerial-level scientific research platforms, and 11 academician workstations. Over more than 60 years since its establishment, the bureau has verified a quarter of China's gold reserves, discovered China's first primary diamond deposit and its largest sapphire mine, identified over 90% of Shandong's groundwater sources, and achieved three "national firsts": the highest amount of verified gold reserves in China, the highest number of geological science and technology achievements among provincial-level geological exploration units nationwide, and the highest drilling footage in China.
SDGM has established an overseas geological service system, with operations spanning over 30 countries and regions in Africa, South America, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Zhang Chengwei noted that the bureau has undertaken high-precision geological mapping and geochemical exploration projects in Saudi Arabia for four consecutive years, completing mapping covering approximately 12,000 square kilometers, collecting over 30,000 data points, and delineating multiple high-quality mineralized zones. All results were rated as excellent, promoting the implementation of Chinese geological technical standards in the Middle East. In Angola, the bureau completed regional geological surveys covering 136,000 square kilometers, assisted in establishing the country's national technical standard system for regional geological surveys, filled multiple gaps in geological work, and received high praise from the Angolan government.
In terms of serving enterprises going global, SDGM provides full-chain services including exploration, technical support, and operational consulting to numerous large enterprises such as China Gold and Shandong Gold. Tang Juxing, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a researcher at the Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, pointed out that mining cooperation needs to break away from traditional single models and shift towards full-chain, multi-level, and diversified expansion to achieve integrated development of resource development, technology export, capital empowerment, and market sharing. Zhang Chengwei also stated that the bureau is willing to join hands with global mining enterprises and financial institutions, focusing on strategic minerals, expanding new models such as joint exploration, joint development, and technical cooperation, and jointly building an integrated industrial chain of "exploration-development-processing-trade."
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