Abstract: The sustainable and healthy development of mining industry is an important basis for the security of national energy resources.The novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic situation brings new opportunities and challenges to mining development under the new situation.Based on the analysis of mining finance situation and comparative study at home and abroad, this paper points out the problems of insufficient direct financing, high cost of indirect financing and weak strength of listed companies in the development of mining finance in China, and puts forward some suggestions for developing mining finance in China:attach great importance to the development of mining finance at the national level, and deeply integrate mineral resources and financial capital.We should actively and orderly guide foreign investment to promote the transformation and upgrading of China's strategic mineral resources industry; to make full use of the existing platforms such as China Africa Fund, Silk Road Fund and China Arab Fund to increase support for strategic mineral resources enterprises to “go out”; to encourage Chinese financial institutions to participate in mining development in depth; orderly increase China's advantageous mineral futures and gradually enhance finance the influence of market on the price of strategic mineral resources.