THE MADE HEADWAYS OF EXPLORATION ON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF XINJIANG IN 2006 AND THE WORK POINTS ON IT IN 2007

In 2006, that the eleventh five-year plan started to be carried out at the first, the investment of geological exploration was increased in progress, the great break of finding nitratite deposit was taken, the important headways of finding iron, lead-zinc, copper-nickel and coal were made, the working degree of foundation geology was risen than before,and new high technologies and methods were used more as well as the regulations that ‘Ringing Tarim’ and ‘Ringing Junggar’ control copper-nickel, lead-zinc and iron etc. Deposits were appearing gradually. In 2007, finding mineral resources will give prominence to areas of ‘ringing Tarim’ and ‘ringing Junggar’. Scientific geological exploration system will be fastened to construct in harmony of foundation research, new hi-tech usage and prospecting of mineral resources.