This paper reviews geophysical prospecting work for solid mineral resour ces performed by various units affiliated to Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources in the past 40 years and summarizes the major geological ore-pro specting achievements gained by geophysical exploration work according to different classes of mineral resources including iron, chromium, nickel and platinum group, copper and polymetals, gold, silver, nonmetals as well as rare metals and rare earth metals. Some successful case histories of ore prospecting are also given in this paper.