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Prospectivity maps of critical raw materials in Europe : DELIVERABLE D3.5

Publication . Bertrand, Guillaume; Sadeghi, Martiya; Arvanitidis, Nikolaos; de Oliveira, Daniel Pipa Soares; Gautneb, Håvard; Gloaguen, Eric; Törmänen, Tuomo; Reginiussen, Helge; Decree, Sophie; Pereira, Aurete; Quental, Lídia

ABSTRACT: The present report describes the mineral prospectivity maps that were produced by the work package (WP) 3 of the FRAME project. These prospectivity maps assess the favourability in Europe, at continental scale, for lithium, cobalt, natural graphite, phosphate, niobium, tantalum and rare earth elements. They are based on datasets produced by the FRAME project (WP4 for phosphate, WP5 for lithium, cobalt and graphite, and WP6 for niobium and tantalum) and by the former EURARE project for rare earth elements.

2021-06Report

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Relevant metallogenetic maps : DELIVERABLE D5.5

Publication . Gautneb, Håvard; Gloaguen, Eric; Törmänen, Tuomo; Pereira, Aurete; Sadeghi, Martiya

ABSTRACT: The deliverable D.5.5 “Relevant metallogenetic maps”, is a technical report for a product where the actual deliverable is a web map and accompanying data. A description of the data collection, interpretation description of the geology, metallogeny and resource potential is done in the deliverable D5.3 and references therein.

2021-05Report

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Provide INSPIRE-compliant harmonised data on deposits and prospects of natural graphite, lithium and cobalt : DELIVERABLE D5.6

Publication . Gautneb, Håvard; Törmänen, Tuomo; Gloaguen, Eric; Pereira, Aurete

ABSTRACT: D.5.6 is the last deliverable of the work package 5 of the FRAME project. The two previous deliverables D5.4 and the D5.5 report the deliverable of the final work package data and products. All these three deliverables are related to products and data where the main results are presented on the web only. D5.6 with the title: Provide INSPIRE-compliant harmonised data on deposits and prospects of natural graphite, lithium and cobalt aims to deliver the data collected by the work package, to the GeoEra consortium and to upload the raw data, as comma separated file (CSV) format, to the European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI). The CSV file can then be integrated and downloaded to be used individually or with other data sets and web applications. Data is harmonised according to INSPIRE data specifications as far as it is possible. Since the main product of this deliverable is the release of the raw data and its availability on the net, this deliverable will be very concise.

2021-06Report

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Outlining the cobalt and phosphor exploration potential areas and mineralisation in Europe: a collaboration between FRAME and MINDeSEA projects

Publication . Sadeghi, Martiya; Bertrand, Guillaume; González, Francisco Javier; de Oliveira, Daniel Pipa Soares; Pereira, Aurete; Quental, Lídia; Decree, Sophie; Törmänen, Tuomo; Gautneb, Håvard; Marino, Egidio; Somoza, Luis; Medialdea, Teresa; Blasco, Iker; Lobato, Ana Belén

ABSTRACT: One of the primary goals in FRAME project’s WP3 (Critical and Strategic Raw Materials Map of Europe), in collaboration with other work packages of FRAME and other GeoERA projects, is to produce and present the mineralisation and potential areas for CRM in Europe. Identifying new resources of supply critical mineral potential on land and in the European seabed for CRM needed for energy transition, is crucial for the European Union. In this regard, identifying and mapping of the major metallogenic areas for different type of mineralisation is essential. The global demand for CRM and strategic minerals containing cobalt, phosphorous, rare earth elements, tellurium, manganese, nickel, lithium and copper, concurrent with the rapidly diminishing quality and quantity of land-based mined deposits, has placed the seafloor as a promising new frontier for the exploration of mineral resources. To develop metallogenic research and models at regional and deposit scales, with special attention to strategic critical minerals, for which the EU’s downstream industry is highly dependent in the mid- and long-term perspectives, one must go from the known to the unknown, or at least, less known. Collating this information into favourable terrains is absolutely necessary to be able to understand mineralisation at the various scales. The latter was one of FRAME’s objectives as we will see developed below for phosphate and cobalt mineralisation.

2021-06Other

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Map of Cobalt, graphite, lithium deposits (including deposits where cobalt is a significant by product : DELIVERABLE D5.4

Publication . Gautneb, Håvard; Gloaguen, Eric; Törmänen, Tuomo; Pereira, Aurete; Sadeghi, Martiya

ABSTRACT: The deliverable D5.4 “Map of Cobalt, graphite, lithium deposits (including deposits where cobalt is a significant by product”, is a technical report for a product where the actual deliverable is a web map and associated data. A description of the data collection, interpretation, description of the geology, metallogeny and resource potential is reported and described in the deliverable D5.3.

2021-05Report

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