Exploration and Mining

This platform will deliver global information on Li ore deposits, related data, current projects and players, with a focus on the European potential.

Lithium is relatively abundant in Europe:

• 500 Li occurrences identified up to date
• Various deposit types
• 28 deposits evaluated
• >15 companies involved
• Estimate for European Li resources: > 8.8 Mt of Li₂O

The lithium exploration licences map has been realized from available official published data on exploration permits for lithium granted by governments. A minimum of 217 valid exploration licences for lithium is currently registered. At the European scale, these data show a relatively well-distributed exploration activity, which is an interesting element in a close supply perspective between the sources of primary Lithium resources and consumption centers. Several countries, despite a high potential, are still poorly covered by exploration permits, Austria and France among others.

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