Conscious of ecological protection throughout the geological exploration process

The green survey will require top-level design and focus on green exploration from the perspective of further accelerating the development of green mining. It is necessary to actively implement green exploration actions, and promote green exploration by conducting seminars and exchanges, adjusting the layout of surveys, strengthening propaganda and training, and speeding up the development of standards. To increase the green exploration requirements for the "Prospects for Solid Mineral Exploration". Revise the technical standards for reserves, replace those that are outdated, raise the standards too low, increase the advanced applications, and encourage innovation to lead.

A tree is shaking, that is sowing a green seed. The Bureau of Non-ferrous Mining Bureau of Qinghai Province is sowing seeds. Many trees shouted out its dream loudly, that is, "Green Exploration Action**." The agreement of a tree and another tree causes resonance, which is the contract of the green exploration. A forest has reached a contract that is the industry specification for green exploration. All the trees in the forest have reached a common contract, which is the law. Let us act. One tree shakes another tree. A cloud pushes another cloud. It faces the sea and blooms in spring.

Xiao Jitu, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Nonferrous Metal Geological Exploration of Qinghai Province:

Turn passive ecological restoration governance into active green exploration

The Qinghai Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government take ecological environmental protection as a special responsibility of Qinghai Province and put forward the strategy of “building an ecological province”. The Ministry of Land and Resources and the Ministry of Land and Resources of Qinghai Province have been promoting green exploration and development and effectively solved the contradiction between ecological protection and geological exploration and development. The implementation of green exploration by the Bureau is a matter of ecological protection, a need for unity, progress, harmony, stability, and strategic reserve of national resources in ethnic regions. It is also a need for the survival and development of geological survey teams.

In recent years, we have actively implemented green surveys: First, we have established an ecological priority concept. Consciously implementing the concept of green exploration throughout the implementation of the project, forming a good situation of green exploration led by the government, the willingness of the masses, and support from multiple parties. The second is to clarify the responsibility for ecological protection. A two-level leading group for the development of green surveys was established to clarify the responsible departments for green exploration; a system of green surveying systems was established, and responsibility for environmental protection was clearly defined at each level. The third is to implement various measures for ecological protection. Establish the "four simultaneous" system for geological work and environmental restoration and management; establish a proactive contact mechanism before the geological exploration project enters the field; strengthen national unity and build a harmonious exploration environment. The fourth is to establish a target responsibility assessment system.

In general, it is an overall plan and four supporting policies and measures. The general outline is “Implementation Opinions on Ecological Environmental Protection in Geological Prospecting Work”, and the four supporting policies and measures are “Post Responsibility System”, “Standards and Operational Regulations for Ecological Environment Restoration and Administration of Geological Prospecting Projects,” and “Ecological Restoration Governance Inspection and Acceptance System”. "Outsourcing Construction Team Environmental Margin System."

In the next step, the focus of our implementation of the green survey work is to turn passive ecological restoration management into active green exploration. The first is to cooperate with Chengdu Prospecting Technology Institute and Sichuan Huafeng Drilling Company, using portable detachable rig instead of trenching and road repair to achieve ecologically non-influenced construction; second is to use “one porous and one porous” directional drilling technology. To achieve less road construction, less moving, and reduce the impact on the ecology; Third, the use of high-quality environmental protection mud, recharging, waste mud curing treatment and other methods to reduce slurry contamination.

Chen Xianda, Vice President of China Mining Association:

Green exploration should be valued and strengthened

Since the construction of China’s green mines, there have been four batches of more than 600 state-level green mine pilot units. Green exploration, as an important component of green mining, should be emphasized and strengthened.

Green exploration requires a compatible technical specification. The government's formulation of mineral exploration technical standards and standards is the only practice in the international community where only the government is the only “investor” country for mineral exploration, and there are no technical standards for public welfare and commercial purposes. China is currently operating this way.

In some countries, the law explicitly requires that ecologically vulnerable areas minimize disturbances to the original natural conditions. Before the exploration, it is necessary to sign an application for exploration (breaking earth) construction and to identify the responsibility for restoration.

Li Zizhang, Deputy Director, Institute of Prospecting Technology, China Geological Survey

Technology is the foundation and support for green exploration

As the technical support institution of the China Geological Survey, the professional research institute of exploration engineering technology and the Institute of Technology attach great importance to the green exploration work, and carried out some work in research, application demonstration, and other aspects.

The first is to give play to technological advantages and carry out application demonstrations. In recent projects such as “Application of Comprehensive Drilling Technologies in Deteriorated Eco-environmental Vulnerable Areas” and other projects, we have given full play to our technological superiority and started from many aspects to solve the drilling technology problems in the fragile ecological environment. Using directional drilling technology, high-precision directional effects have been achieved, geological design requirements have been met, and “one hole and many branches” have been successfully implemented, minimizing the damage to the ground vegetation caused by the relocation of equipment and the construction of new machine platforms, and also improving Comprehensive drilling results. At the same time, the use of environmental protection mud to reduce environmental pollution, the use of lightweight aluminum alloy drill pipe to reduce relocation weight, change the way of equipment removal, reduce road construction.

The second is to strengthen foreign contacts and actively carry out cooperation. We strengthened foreign contacts and cooperation, conducted technical exchanges on green surveys with multiple geological survey units, and signed strategic cooperation agreements with units such as the Qinghai Nonferrous Metals Exploration Bureau to give play to their technological advantages and cooperate closely with the production units to jointly promote green exploration. jobs. In cooperation with the Qinghai Nonferrous Metals Exploration Bureau, the DTH Drilling Technology was adopted and the research work of “air drilling on behalf of the trenches” was carried out and phased results were achieved.