On October 1, the media reported that new progress had been made in lithium prospecting in western Sichuan, with an additional lithium carbonate equivalent of about 1.0468 million tons. After the completion of the reserve increase, the cumulative lithium carbonate equivalent of Maerkang Jiada Lithium Mine in Sichuan reached 2.531 million tons, further expanding the scale of the deposit and continuing to consolidate its status as a super-large pegmatite lithium mine.