Abstract: Based on the  brief description of research of sustainable exploitation and utilization of mineral resources of both at home and abroad, it was more scientific and practical to build evaluation indexes system and model of sustainable exploitation and utilization of mineral resources using network analysis, each index and system was quantified, analyzed and evaluated by using this system and method, to indicate the capacity for sustainable exploitation and utilization of mineral resources in Guilin.

Key words: Mineral resources, Sustainable exploitation and utilization, Index system, Network analysis