II. Mining and Quarrying Industries
*1. Venture prospecting and exploitation of petroleum, natural gas
*2. Exploitation of oil and gas deposits (fields) with low osmosis
*3. Development and application of new technologies that can increase the recovery factor of crude oil
*4. Development and application of new technologies for prospecting and exploitation of petroleum, such as geophysical prospecting, well drilling, well-logging and downhole operation, etc.
5. Prospecting and exploitation of coal and associated resources
6. Prospecting and exploitation of coal-bed gas
7. Exploration and beneficiation of gold mines with low quality or difficult to beneficiate (equity joint ventures or contractual joint ventures only)
8. Prospecting, exploitation, and beneficiation of iron ores and manganese ores
9. Prospecting and exploitation of copper ores, plumbum ores and zinc ores (equity joint ventures or contractual joint ventures only, wholly foreign-owned enterprises are permitted in west regions)
10. Prospecting and mining of aluminum ores (equity joint ventures or contractual joint ventures only, wholly foreign-owned enterprises are permitted in west regions)
11. Mining and beneficiation of chemical mines including sulfur ores, phosphate ores, kalium ores, etc.
