Lithium and the energy transition

Lithium and the Energy Transition: Cornish Lithium as a Case Study for Responsible Mineral Extraction

L.Cranea

aCornish Lithium, Cornwall, UK

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Keywords: lithium; lithium-ion batteries; sustainable mining; circular economy; energy transition.

ABSTRACT Cornish Lithium Plc. (‘Cornish Lithium’ or ‘the Company’) is an innovative mineral exploration and development company, focussed on the environmentally and socially responsible extraction of lithium in Cornwall. The Company is progressing towards extraction of lithium from two previously considered ‘unconventional’ sources of lithium: from geothermal waters, and from mica minerals disseminated through granite rock. Through embracing new technologies to explore for and extract the lithium, LCAs to evaluate their projects and building in circular economy design principles to use the resources as efficiently as possible (including partnering with potential heat users at geothermal lithium sites), Cornish Lithium aims to be a global leader in responsible mineral production.