Abstract:
In recent years, the Central Committee has attached great importance to the construction of ecological civilization and resource security, and supporting correctly handle the relationship between high-quality development and high-level protection. Green exploration is an important measure to promote the construction of ecological civilization and a beautiful China. It is also an important way to ensure energy and resource security under the new situation and requirements. This paper reviews the implementation of the
Specification for Green Geological Survey and Mineral Exploration, green exploration projects, and the application of new green exploration technologies and methods since 2019. It analyzes and proposes that green exploration has achieved four major transformations: from “asking me to do it” to “I want to do it”, from “pilot exploration” to “comprehensive promotion”, from “administrative promotion” to “standard guidance”, and from “advocating guidance as the main approach” to “combining incentives and constraints”. Thirteen relevant standards have been established for green exploration, and the standard system has been preliminarily established. Green exploration projects have achieved significant results. There are a total of 95 green exploration demonstration projects, covering different geographical conditions and landscapes such as hilly, mountainous, plateau, and desert, involving more than 30 types of minerals. Some provinces and enterprises attach great importance to investing in green exploration funds. But there are still problems such as difficulties in enforcing relevant laws and regulations, insufficient coverage of demonstration projects, no budget standards, and technical methods need to be further summarized and promoted. It is recommended to increase the promotion and training of green exploration and fully implement in exploration projects. Accelerate the construction of standard specifications, based on the
Specification for Green Geological Survey and Mineral Exploration, refine the preparation, implementation, and post project requirements according to different landscape areas, and promote the formulation of green exploration national standards. The paper also suggests proposes a list of exploration techniques and methods. The list should be green, applicable, efficient, economical, convenient, and safe.