A large deposit of tungsten ore with a proven reserve of 96,200 tonnes has been verified in east China's Anhui Province, local geologists said on Thursday.
The finding, in Qimen County, is an important one for the country as only 144,000 tonnes of tungsten ore was found between 2001 and 2007, said Hao Changrong, head of No.332 Geology Team that prospects ore in the south of Anhui Province.
China's tungsten reserve are mainly in the provinces of Hunan, Jiangxi and Henan, which jointly account for 61.37 percent of the total national reserve.
The deposit in Qimen indicates that more ore could be found in the southern parts of Anhui, Jiangxi's neighbour, Hao said.
China, along with Russia, Canada and the United States, is one of the world's major tungsten producers holding 40.5 percent of the world's proved reserves.
Source: Xinhua Net
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