n the No. 6 of Vol. 69 of GEOLOGICAL REVIEW, an article authored by LI Boyun and five others from the brine exploration standard drafting team is published. The title of the article is “On the applicability of the current salt lake brine deposit exploration specifications——Discussion with Mr. QIAN Xuepu”. The article argues that “the current brine exploration standard, overall, is an applicable standard and no major issues have been identified”. However, writer believes that the standard drafting team erroneously treats brine as a solid mineral, requiring geological exploration methods for solid minerals, and conducting construction with dozens or hundreds of geological holes to determine the geological reserves of brine. This approach is deemed extremely flawed. The implementation of the current brine exploration standard has led to significant economic losses and stifled the development of deep brine. Currently, this thoroughly flawed standard urgently needs revision. The author proposes a Summary of Geological Exploration for Brine Minerals for reference in the revision of the standard.