The paper describes the status of present development of Chinas metal mines and the problems they are facing in the 21st century, points out the main ways and methods to solve these problems.

• 本文详细分析了我国金属矿产资源的现状以及在21世纪面临的主要问题，并指出了解决这些问题的主要途径、方法与发展前景进行综合评述。