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The new Eldorado of lithium se does he find to Cornwall? In this region in the extreme south-west of Great Britain, several unexpected discoveries of abundant lithium have taken place. A sector as unexpected as it is miraculous.
The subsoil of Cornwall, a former mining region in the far south-west of the UK, still has something to offer. After cobalt and tin in XIXth century, Cornwall today is hoping for the lithium rush. Its reserves are said to be among the most abundant in Europe: enough to supply half of the UK’s needs within a few years, depending on the sector. Lithium is an important metal in the transition to the electric car.
Teams of British engineers have discovered lithium in the geothermal waters of Cornwall. To reach and extract it, you must first drill through the rock. Objective : 1600 meters deep. Researchers have gained time because they knew where to dig thanks to maps from 1864. A geologist had indeed studied the mysterious hot water which invaded the galleries of Cornwall, and disturbed the work of the miners. “He discovered that these waters were rich in lithium“, explains Mike Round, director of operations of Cornish Lithium.