Abstract: The application of linear planning method for working out exploration scheme makes it practical to consider as many related factors as possible from the view-point of the generine plan. For example, the potential of resources in an exploration area, the whole exploration costs per unit of reserves, production quota in the period of the scheme, and production sharing among the sub-divisions of the exploration area as well as among different types of reserves, etc., are all related to exploration scheme. These factors are the restraint conditions of the linear planning model. Resolving the objective function under these conditions, we can obtain the numerical value of the general plan, such as, the length of exploration periods, the amount of investment and the economic results. By use of the linear planning method, many exploration schemes can be formulated in a shorter period of time and, by comparison, the optimistic one can be choosen from the various schemes, thus, the maximum economic results be achieved in the shortest time and with the least investment.