Abstract: Green geological exploration is a new stage in the transformation and development of geological exploration industry under the requirements of ecological civilization development.Standardization activities centering on the design, release or implementation of standards play a fundamental and leading role in supporting the transformation and development.In view of the situation that the standardization work currently lags behind the implementation of green geological exploration, we sorted out the present geological and mineral exploration standards to examine the implementation of ecological civilization requirements, summed up the green geological exploration standardization progress, analyzed the problems in choosing objects, designing and implementing standards.Using the concept and principle of circular economy development as reference, we established the “6R” principle for promoting green geological exploration through standardization work, and put forward the suggestions on strengthening the green exploration standardization work, such as carrying out the systematic standard revision, emphasizing the implementation of standards, promoting the pilot demonstration, and innovatively improving the supply mechanism for standard documents.It provides reference for updating and upgrading geological exploration standards and continuous improvement of standardization work, and supports for high-quality green development of geological exploration industry.