Abstract: Mineral right valuation in China occurred just several years ago.Methods of mineral right valuation applied in china come from abroad generally.Mineral right valuation abroad has been developed for more than 100 years.The main mineral right valuation methods applied abroad are Discounted Cash Flow,Comparable Sales,Joint Venture Terms,Multiples of Exploration Expenditure,Geoscience Rating and Rules of Thumb.This paper made a primary study on their fundamentals,conditions of application,advantages and disadvantages and diverges.The paper also introduced simply several notions related to mineral right valuation and the position and combined application of these methods in practice.