The Xietongmen Copper and Gold Mine holds the mining licenses of the Xiongcun Copper Mine and Lazhe Copper Mine. It has a designed capacity of 12 Mtpa and its annual output is 50,000 tonnes of copper, 4.6 tonnes of gold, and 38 tonnes of silver. It was considered a key project of “productivity and industrial planning” under China’s 12th Five-Year Plan.