Wang Min stated at the China-Canada Mining Investment Forum that China's mining industry has broad prospects for international cooperation

On March 8th, China-Canada Mining Investment Forum was held in the conference room of the Intercontinental Hotel in Toronto. Wang Min, the deputy director of the Ministry of Land and Resources, the director of the China Geological Survey, Anil Arora, Assistant Deputy Minister of Natural Resources of Canada, and Chen Ligang, Chinese Consul General in Toronto delivered speeches respectively. In his speech when talking about further deepening China-Canada mining cooperation, Wang Min stated that the prospects for international cooperation in China's mining industry are broad.

Wang Min said that for the first time in 2005, he participated in the PDAC conference. The number of participants at that time increased significantly. The mining industry, once called "sunset industry," has undergone great changes. Many people are concerned: How long can this mineral heat last? The situation is now clearer. As a pillar industry for industrial development, mining will continue to be hot for at least 20 years, driven by huge demand. Wang Min is also full of confidence in the development potential of mineral resources. He said that the world’s mineral resources are abundant. With the advancement of science and technology, many mineral resources that were previously considered to be unexploitable can now be mined, and many mines that are about to be depleted have also increased their reserves through scientific progress.

Wang Min said that Canada has a mature and perfect mining management operation model, which is worth learning and learning from China's mining industry. This is the purpose of the China-Canada Mining Forum. Hope that this kind of cooperation will continue. Looking back at the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan”, the country’s land and resources resources have made great achievements. This achievement is inseparable from international cooperation in mining.

This year marks the beginning of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”. Based on the analysis of the new situation at home and abroad, the Ministry of Land and Resources of China proposes a strategic breakthrough in geological prospecting. The goal of the action plan is: National geological prospecting "has made significant progress in three years, major breakthroughs in five years, and eight years reshaping the pattern of geological exploration and development." This is a major measure taken by the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China to implement the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” recommendations, enhance energy resource support capabilities, and ease the industrialization and urbanization’s accelerating demand for resources. It is also the current and future period of China’s land and resources system-wide. The top priority of the industry.

Against this backdrop, Sino-Mining mining cooperation must not only continue but also deepen.

The China-Canada Mining Investment Forum was first held at the PDAC conference in 2002 and then became an important agenda at the annual PDAC. In recent years, the annual China International Mining Conference has also taken this forum as an important part. China and Canada are two distinctive mining powers. Both governments are aware of the win-win benefits of mining cooperation. Among these, the Sino-Canada mining investment forum has become an important platform for the two countries to exchange information on mining policies and convey sincerity in cooperation.

Arora introduced the status of Canadian mineral resources in his speech. He said that in 2010 there were more than 300,000 mining employees in Canada, and minerals exports accounted for 21% of total exports. Each province had its own advantageous minerals. The record number of participants in this session of the PDAC is sufficient to illustrate the enhancement of global mining status. China-Canada mining cooperation has played an important role in promoting global mining development.

Twenty-two Canadian mining company CEOs conducted a project promotion at the forum for the exploration and development of different minerals in different regions of Canada.