The Department of Land and Resources of
China's Xinjiang autonomous region has stated that, within the scope of its mineral resource exploration project, in the past four years its newly-added proven reserves of coal,
iron ore, lead-zinc ore and copper-nickel ore have reached 335.7 billion mt, 1.1 billion mt, 5.6 million mt and 1.16 million mt respectively.
The department stated that it has invested a total of RMB 7.472 billion ($1.18 billion) in the project in question.