“This scale is the largest in the country so far, and it is also rare in the world.” According to the Lightning News report on May 18, on May 17, the Xiling Village Gold Mine Exploration Project in Laizhou City passed the evaluation of reserves experts organized by the Provincial Department of Natural Resources. The amount of gold metal reaches 580 tons, with a potential economic value of more than 200 billion yuan.
The Xiling Gold Mine is the largest single gold deposit discovered in China so far, and it is a world-class giant single gold deposit. Shandong Gold Mine Prospecting Achieved New Breakthrough Again!
In addition to the 382.58 tons of gold metal recorded by the Shandong Provincial Department of Land and Resources in March 2017, the Xiling Gold Mine added nearly 200 tons to the exploration. Compared with the second largest single gold deposit in China, the gold mine exploration project in the northern waters of Sanshandao (459.434t, with an average grade of 4.23g/t), which was discovered in 2016, the total reserves of the Xiling gold deposit are about 120 tons more than the former.
It is reported that Shandong is rich in gold mineral resources, the geological reserves rank first in the country, and it is the province with the largest gold production in the country.
Estimated potential economic value of more than 200 billion.
According to reports from Dazhong Daily and Lightning News on the 18th, the Xiling Gold Mine is located in the super-large gold ore enrichment area in the Laizhou-Zhaoyuan area in the northwest of Jiaoxi, Shandong.
It is in the deep part of the Sanshandao Gold Mine that is being mined. The gold deposit is a gold mine in the northern waters of Sanshan Island. “The three gold mines not only have large individual gold reserves, but also belong to the Sanshan Island gold belt.” Chi Hongji, leader of the review team and researcher of the First Geological Brigade of the Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, introduced.
It is understood that the geotectonic location of the mining area is located in the west of the North China plate-Jiaobei fault uplift-Jiaobei uplift, the west is adjacent to the Yishu fault zone, and the east is the Linglong superunit intrusive rock. Deep and large faults are developed in the mining area, which provides conditions for gold-rich ore integration . 
After the Xiling Gold Mine increased reserves this time, more than 1,300 tons of gold resources have been identified in the Sanshandao gold belt less than 20 square kilometers, which is extremely rare in the world.
The Xiling Gold Mine is a typical representative of deep prospecting. Its resources are mainly distributed within the range of -1000 meters to -2500 meters. It is currently the deepest gold mine discovered in the country. After continuous research, Shandong explored and established the “ladder-type” metallogenic model and the “relong-extension” metallogenic theory, overcame the worldwide problem of the key theory and technology of gold prospecting in the deep part of Jiaodong, and completed it in the Xiling Gold Mine “China’s first deep drilling of rock gold exploration”. “The entire construction drilling volume is more than 180 drill holes, more than 300,000 meters. One of the drill holes is 4006.17 meters. This drill hole is the first of its kind in my country’s small-caliber drilling.” Vice President of Shandong Gold Geological and Mineral Exploration Co., Ltd. Introduction by Manager Feng Tao
Large amount of resources and good economy are the characteristics of Xiling Gold Mine. The main ore body of the Xiling Gold Mine controls a maximum strike length of 1,996 meters and a maximum depth of 2,057 meters. The local thickness of the ore body can reach 67 meters, and the average grade is 4.26 g/t. Feng Tao told reporters: “The deposit is large in scale and high in grade. It is expected to meet the continuous full-load production of the Sanshandao Gold Mine, a super-large mine with a production scale of 10,000 tons per day, for more than 30 years. The estimated potential economic value is more than 200 billion yuan. “
Since last year, Shandong Province has launched a new round of strategic prospecting and breakthrough strategic actions, focusing on strategic minerals such as gold, iron, coal, copper, rare earth, graphite, and fluorite, intensifying exploration efforts, and striving to improve the ability to guarantee mineral resources .
A large gold deposit was discovered in Rushan in March
According to a report from Xinhua Viewpoint on March 20, the reporter recently learned from the Shandong Provincial Department of Natural Resources that the Sixth Geological Brigade of the Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources discovered a large gold deposit in Rushan City, Weihai, Shandong Province, and found that the amount of gold metal was nearly 50 tons.
The gold deposit is located in Xilaokou Village, Yazi Town, Rushan City. It has the characteristics of large scale, relatively stable thickness and grade, simple ore types, and easy mining and selection of ores. Based on the production scale of 2,000 tons of ore per day, the service life is more than 20 years.
The gold deposit has been successfully discovered for 8 years, and has recently passed the expert reserve review organized by the Shandong Provincial Department of Natural Resources. As the largest gold deposit discovered in the country so far this year, the discovery of the Xilaokou gold deposit is of great significance to the increase of national gold reserves and production, and the improvement of domestic mineral resources security capabilities.
From 2011 to 2020, Shandong Province organized and carried out the strategic action of prospecting breakthroughs, and took the lead in realizing a major breakthrough in deep gold prospecting with world-class influence in China, forming three thousand-ton gold ore fields in Sanshandao, Jiaojia and Linglong , Jiaodong area has become the third largest gold mining area in the world. As of the end of 2021, the province’s retained gold resources are 4,512.96 tons, ranking first in the country, an increase of 180% over ten years ago. Since last year, Shandong Province has launched a new round of strategic prospecting and breakthrough actions, focusing on strategic minerals such as gold, iron, coal, copper, rare earth, graphite, and fluorite. Increase policy support in terms of sea use, finance and taxation, and finance.
At present, 148 kinds of minerals have been discovered in Shandong Province, 93 kinds of minerals have proven resource reserves, and 15 kinds of pillar important minerals that the national economy depends on have proven reserves.
Post time: May-19-2023
