The Sichuan Development and Reform Commission issued measures to promote
high‑quality private investment, explicitly supporting private capital in
mineral resource development. The measures endorse private firms’ participation
in development and utilization of provincial strategic minerals — lithium,
phosphate, vanadium‑titanium magnetite and potash — and support market‑based,
law‑compliant acquisition of mining rights. The document encourages
private–state cooperation in market bidding for mining rights and permits equity
transfers and cross‑shareholdings to deepen upstream/downstream integration.
Private firms are also encouraged to legally undertake strategic minerals
geological surveys and may receive rewards if survey results lead to successful
transfers, in line with regulations.
