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China Discovers Additional Rare Earth Reserves
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China's Ministry of Natural Resources said on Tuesday that exploration in Mianning county, Sichuan province discovered an additional 9.67 million metric tons of rare earth oxides, raising the Maoniuping deposit's total to 11.46 million tons. Geologists also identified 27.14 million tons of fluorite and 37.23 million tons of barite, noting AI-driven multisource survey analysis enabled deeper targeting and bolsters China's strategic supply resilience.
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High strategic and official impact across supply chains; limited technical depth on AI methods reduces practitioner applicability.
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- Read OriginalMassive rare earth oxide reserves discovered in Sichuanecns.cn
