Reporters learned from the No. 101 Geological Team of the Guizhou Provincial Bureau of Geological and Mineral Exploration and Development that the team recently discovered a barite deposit containing tens of millions of tons in Yanjiaozhai Village, Tianzhu County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province. This discovery has greatly expanded the scope for mineral exploration and provides a resource guarantee for the sustainable development of the local barium chemical industry.
　　Barite is an important non-metallic mineral raw material with a wide range of industrial applications, commonly used in more than ten industries including chemical engineering, electronics, construction materials, metallurgy, and textiles.
　　He Shanli, deputy team leader of the No. 101 Geological Team of the Guizhou Provincial Bureau of Geological and Mineral Exploration and Development, introduced that the deep-seated, hidden barite industrial ore body uncovered in the first phase of the Yankaozhai Barite Mine Survey Project in Tianzhu County is a high-grade deposit—this is the first time such a deposit has been discovered in the region—and the estimated resource reserves are expected to exceed 10 million tons.
　　It is understood that recently, the Guizhou Provincial Land and Mineral Resources Reserve Bureau organized experts to conduct a field acceptance review of the Phase I exploration project for the barite mine in Yanjiaozhai, Tianzhu County. The expert panel concluded that the project had achieved excellent results in mineral exploration and received an “Excellent” rating in the field acceptance. Currently, the team is working to refine the field data and prepare the final report.