About the Authors

Xiangying Jia

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China, Research Center for Strategy of Global Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Science, Beijing, China

Chonghao Liu

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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Affiliations Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China, Research Center for Strategy of Global Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Science, Beijing, China

Jing Liu

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China, Research Center for Strategy of Global Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Science, Beijing, China

Jianan Zhao

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Guangdong Mineral Resources Exploration Institute, Guangdong Geological Bureau, Guangzhou, China

Xiu Wang

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China, Research Center for Strategy of Global Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Science, Beijing, China

Niannian Li

Roles Resources

Affiliations Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China, Research Center for Strategy of Global Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Science, Beijing, China

Tianjiao Li

Roles Resources

Affiliations Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China, Research Center for Strategy of Global Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Science, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.