According to publicly available statistical data, as of 2012 At the beginning of the year, China's share of global rare earth reserves was... 2005 of the year 96% Decrease to 30% However, according to the latest exploration findings and some data on rare earth resources from various countries in recent years, 2、3 After several years, China can no longer maintain its position as the world’s leading supplier of rare earth resources, and the global distribution of rare earth mineral reserves has begun to shift.

　　China

　　China is truly the world’s largest country in terms of rare earth resources, with proven reserves amounting to approximately... 6588 Tens of thousands of tons. China’s rare earth resources not only boast abundant reserves but also feature a complete range of mineral types and rare earth elements, as well as favorable grades and a reasonably distributed network of mining sites—laying a solid foundation for the development of China’s rare earth industry. The geological conditions for the formation of China’s rare earth resources are highly favorable, with a full spectrum of deposit types, widespread distribution, and relatively concentrated occurrences.

　　China’s rare-earth deposits exhibit a geographical distribution characterized by both wide dispersal and relative concentration. To date, geological researchers have identified over a thousand ore deposits, mineral occurrences, and mineralized areas in more than two-thirds of the country’s provinces (and autonomous regions). In addition to the concentrated distribution areas—such as Baotou in Inner Mongolia, southern Jiangxi, northern Guangdong, and Liangshan in Sichuan—rare-earth deposits have also been discovered in provinces and regions including Shandong, Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hubei, Henan, Shanxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, and Xinjiang. However, the resource quantities in these less concentrated areas are significantly smaller compared to those in the highly concentrated, enriched zones. The total national reserves of rare-earth resources are... 98% It is distributed across regions including Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, and Shandong, forming a distribution pattern that spans north, south, east, and west, and exhibits the characteristic of lighter distribution in the north and heavier distribution in the south.

　　2012 Years ago, China’s rare earths held several world firsts: it ranked first in the world in terms of reserves, particularly in the area of medium- and heavy-rare-earth elements—critical for military applications and relatively scarce; and it ranked first in production scale. 2005 China's rare earth production accounts for [a percentage] of the world's total. 96% ; World’s No. 1 in export volume, China’s production of... 60% For export, the export volume accounts for international trade. 63% Furthermore, China is the only country in the world that supplies rare earth products of various grades and different varieties on a large scale. It can be said that China is openly supplying these products to the world without regard for costs. According to a report by the National Development and Reform Commission, China’s annual production capacity for rare earth smelting and separation is— 20 Tens of thousands of tons—more than twice the world’s annual demand. And China’s generosity has fueled the greed of certain countries.

　　2015 Year 5 Moon 20 On [date], the Henan Provincial Nuclear Industry Geological Bureau achieved a major breakthrough in mineral exploration in Taiping Town, Xixia County, Nanyang City. Preliminary estimates indicate that significant reserves of rare earth resources have been discovered. 10 Over 10,000 tons, reaching the scale of a medium-sized rare-earth deposit.

　　2015 Year 7 In the month, the No. 7 Geological Brigade of Zhejiang Province discovered a large rare-earth deposit in Qingyuan County, located in the southwestern part of Zhejiang Province, with estimated reserves exceeding... 10 With a capacity of 10,000 tons, it is poised to become Zhejiang’s first large-scale light rare-earth mining area with relatively favorable resource distribution and its first large-scale rare-earth deposit of industrial significance.

　　United States

　　The primary rare-earth resources in the United States include bastnäsite, monazite, and, as byproducts recovered during the separation of other minerals, black rare-earth ores, euxenite, and xenotime. The Mountain Pass mine, located in San Bernardino County, California, is the world’s largest single deposit of bastnäsite. This mine... 1949 During annual exploration for radioactive minerals, it was discovered that the rare-earth grade is: 5 ~ 10%REO , with reserves reaching 500 As much as 10,000 tons (accounting for 13 percent of the global total), it is a large-scale rare-earth mine. The United States has been mining monazite for a long time; currently, the amount of sandstone ore being mined comes from the Green Cove Springs mine in Florida. The deposit is approximately... 19km , wide 1.2km , thick as 6m Monazite is relatively abundant. In addition, sand deposits containing monazite are also found in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Idaho, and Montana, with quite substantial reserves. However, the United States has long since closed many rare-earth mines, including Mountain Pass—the world’s largest mine of its kind.

　　Chile

　　2015 Year 6 Moon 3 The day, a company located in Chile called BioLanthanum ( Lanthanide Bio Albornoz, head of the mining fund company, announced that high concentrations of rare earth elements such as neodymium and dysprosium have been discovered in clay layers covered by extensive pine forests around the city of Concepción in Chile.

　　Peru

　　2014 Year 12 Month, U.S. Rare Earth Exploration Company RioSol Its Peruvian mining sector company announced the discovery of a significant rare-earth element and polymetallic deposit in Peru, a site that boasts the richest rare-earth resources in the South American country. Nearby... Capacscaya Ten kilometers from the site, high concentrations of high-grade neodymium were detected. , Scandium , Lanthanum , Cerium, yttrium, europium , as well as other light rare earth elements and heavy rare earth elements, and their related oxides; however, radioactive isotopes were found to be extremely rare and present in very low concentrations.

　　India

　　India’s primary mineral deposits are placer deposits. India’s monazite production from... 1911 Starting from the year [year not specified], the largest deposits are located in Kerala, Madras State, and Orissa. The well-known mining areas include Chavara and Mananvallakurichi, situated on the western coast of southern India, which together form the large deposit known as Travancore. It is... 1911 ~ 1945 During that period, its mineral production accounted for half of the world’s total, and it remains an important mining region today. 1958 This year, during uranium and thorium resource exploration, a new deposit of monazite and ilmenite—of enormous scale—was discovered on the Ranchi Plateau in the interior of Bihar State. The monazite from this deposit boasts a remarkably high thorium content. 8% ThO2 In Manavangarukurichi, monazite in heavy sand constitutes... 5 ~ 6% Ilmenite accounts for 65% Rutile 3% zircon 5 ~ 6% Garnet 7 ~ 8%。

　　Russia

　　Russia possesses substantial reserves of rare earth elements, primarily in associated deposits located on the Kola Peninsula, where rare-earth-bearing apatite is found within alkaline rocks. Russia’s main source of rare earth elements is the recovery of these elements from apatite ores. In addition to apatite, other rare-earth-bearing minerals that can be recovered from apatite ores include cerium-niobium-calcium titanate, which contains significant amounts of rare earths. 29 ~ 34% Additionally, fluorocarbon cerite is found in Hrebit and Sennel.

　　Australia

　　Australia is a major producer of monazite, a byproduct recovered during the extraction of zircon, rutile, and ilmenite. Australia’s placer deposits are concentrated primarily in the western region. Australia also produces xenotime. Other exploitable rare-earth resources in Australia include uranium tailings from the Isa Hill mine located in central Queensland, as well as the Roxby Downs copper-uranium-gold deposit in South Australia.

　　Canada

　　Canada primarily obtains rare earth elements as a byproduct of uranium mining, located in Blind River, Ontario. - The uranium deposits in the Elliot Lake region are primarily composed of pitchblende, uraninite, monazite, and xenotime. During wet-process uranium extraction, rare earth elements can also be recovered. In addition, the pyrochlore deposits located in the Opawikosis area of Quebec represent a significant potential source of rare earth elements. Furthermore, the Strange Lake mine, situated within the boundaries of Newfoundland and Labrador, also contains yttrium and heavy rare earth elements and is poised for development.

　　2013 Year 10 Moon 23 Day, Canada's Exploration of Rare Minerals Company ( QuestRareMineralsLtd. ) announced that the discovery of abundant rare-earth mineral deposits in northern Quebec will enable the company to play a pivotal role in the global rare-earth market in the future.

　　 EuroPacific Canada Analyst Morenno said that the mysterious lake in northern Quebec... StrangeLake The region not only boasts abundant rare-earth reserves but also features a rare-earth composition that perfectly matches market demand. The company’s rare-earth deposits contain a significant proportion of the even rarer heavy rare earths. According to the preliminary feasibility study report prepared by the Toronto-based exploration company, the average annual production of rare-earth oxide concentrate could reach— 1.365 Ten thousand metric tons. The report states that, 47% the annual production of oxidized rare earth minerals from the Qiyi Lake rare earth mine, 57% Its revenue will come from heavy rare earths and yttrium concentrate, positioning the exploration company as a leading global supplier of heavy rare earths and yttrium. The investment required to develop the Qiyi Lake rare earth mine is substantial, and based on the open-pit mining lifespan of this rare earth mine... 30 Calculated annually, the required capital investment reaches 25.7 hundreds of millions of Canadian dollars. According to estimates, the Qiji Lake rare-earth mine... 2018 After the plant goes into operation annually, annual revenue can exceed... 10 Hundreds of millions of Canadian dollars.

　　South Africa

　　South Africa is the most important producer of monazite in Africa. The apatite mine at Steenkampskraal in the Cape Province, which hosts monazite as a byproduct, is the world’s only single-vein monazite rare-earth deposit. In addition, rare-earth elements are also found in coastal sands at Chatsworth on the southeastern coast, and monazite and bastnäsite are present as associated minerals in the Buffalo fluorite mine; plans and studies are underway to recover these resources.

　　Kenya

　　2014 In the autumn of the year, Cortec The mining company announced the discovery of valuable resources in Kenya. 624 billion-dollar rare-earth mineral deposits. Currently, only projects undergoing feasibility studies or preliminary feasibility studies are: 3 Moreover, insufficient funding coupled with an inefficient supply-and-demand dynamic in the market will undoubtedly make it extremely difficult for companies in the primary mining sector to thrive. However, the quality of the resources remains beyond doubt.

　　Malaysia

　　Primarily recovering rare-earth minerals such as monazite, xenotime, and euxenite from tailings of tin mines, this process was once the world’s main source of heavy rare earths and yttrium.

　　Egypt

　　Egypt recovers monazite from ilmenite ore. The deposit is located in the Nile River Delta region and consists of riverside sand deposits, with the ore source formed by weathered alluvial sands from upstream areas. The estimated monazite reserves are approximately... 20 Ten thousand tons.

　　Brazil

　　Brazil is the world’s oldest producer of rare earths. 1884 Starting in the early years, it began exporting monazite to Germany and once enjoyed worldwide fame. Brazil’s monazite resources are primarily concentrated along its eastern coastline, stretching from Rio de Janeiro to Fortaleza in the north—a distance of approximately... 643km The region has large-scale ore deposits.

　　North Korea

　　2013 Year 12 Month, private company SRE Minerals We recently reached a cooperation agreement with the North Korea Natural Resources Trading Corporation to jointly establish a new joint venture aimed at developing a site located northeast of Pyongyang, North Korea. 150 kilometers away from Jongju Rare earth deposits, while... Jongju Allegedly the world's largest rare-earth deposit.

　　According to professional assessments, Jongju The total potential mineral resources of the deposit are: 60 hundreds of millions of tons, approximately 2.162 Hundreds of millions of tons of rare-earth oxides, primarily consisting of cerian apatite and associated rare-earth minerals—including light rare-earth elements such as lanthanum, cerium, and praseodymium. The reserves of the more valuable heavy rare-earth elements are approximately... 545 10,000 tons, accounting for the entire reserve of rare earth oxides. 2.6% 。

　　Afghanistan

　　2011 Year 9 According to a report on the official website of the U.S. Geological Survey, vast reserves of rare earth minerals have been discovered beneath the Khan-e-Nehin extinct volcano in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, with a total value potentially reaching as high as... 830 hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars. After two years of research, the United States Geological Survey announced that rare-earth mineral deposits have been discovered beneath the extinct Khanahin volcano in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, with reserves estimated at approximately... 100 Ten thousand tons, mine area approximately 0.74 Square kilometers. According to the website of the United States Geological Survey, Afghanistan’s Khaninah rare-earth deposit contains abundant light rare-earth elements such as lanthanum, cerium, and neodymium—quantities that rival the reserves of light rare earths found in world-class deposits like Mountain Pass in California, USA, or Bayan Obo in Inner Mongolia, China.

　　Actually, the United States Geological Survey 2007 The preliminary assessment of Afghanistan's mineral resources was completed this year, indicating that the entire southern region of Afghanistan may hold approximately... 150 10,000 tons of rare earth resources. In the recently released assessment report, the U.S. Geological Survey estimates that approximately... are buried beneath the Khan Nai Xin dormant volcano alone. 100 Ten thousand tons of rare earth resources have been confirmed. 2007 The forecast for the year. The findings regarding the discovery of rare earth elements beneath the Khanahin extinct volcano will be included in a key report by the U.S. Geological Survey, which is scheduled to be published later this year.

　　Japan

　　2013 Year 3 In the Japanese exclusive economic zone near Minamitorishima Island in the Pacific Ocean, geologists have discovered exceptionally rich deposits of rare earth minerals—reserves that are a hundred times greater than all the rare earth deposits ever found on Earth. These rare earth deposits are located exclusively on the ocean floor. 2 To 4 At a depth of meters, although its total depth is to reach 5700 Meters, but according to Professor Yasuhiro Kato of the University of Tokyo, the costs of extraction will be extremely low. He believes that geological exploration work will continue for approximately another... 2 After one year, we can then begin production.