[Ministry of Natural Resources: strategic emerging mineral reserves such as lithium, cobalt and nickel increased by 57%, 14.5% and 3% respectively in 2022 compared with the same period last year. Bo Zhiping, director of the Mineral Resources Protection and Supervision Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources, said at a regular press conference of the Ministry of Natural Resources in June that according to the national mineral resources reserves statistics in 2022, there are 163 minerals with identified mineral resources reserves. Nearly 40% of the reserves have increased. Among them, strategic emerging mineral reserves such as lithium, cobalt and nickel increased by 57%, 14.5% and 3% respectively compared with the same period last year.