The search for minerals goes back to classical times
 
With the demand for key minerals accelerating, especially those used in the technologies industries and for batteries, exploring for new resources has become more critical.
 
We provide a range of geological knowledge and resources to facilitate mineral exploration based on our understanding of tectonics, field geology, and geospatial analytical techniques.
 
This includes our atlases of paleogeography and reports on source-to-sink, bedrock geology, crustal architecture, and tectonics. We also offer workshops, training courses, and consultancy

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Mineralization in shear zone

Copper

Copper ore is found in a variety of settings. Today the largest sources of copper are porphyry copper deposits formed from hydrothermal fluids.
 
Copper also occurs in sedimentary deposits and as constituents of deep-sea nodules.

Our Reclus tectonics databases, bedrock geology, and research on sedimentary copper provide a powerful resource

Uranium & Thorium

Uranium is found in many deposits, but some of the largest currently being mined include volcanogenic sources (e.g. Olympic Dam, Australia), hydrothermal veins and intrusives, phosphatic sediments (e.g. Central African Republic), black shales, and conglomerates.
 
We can add to this story with our experience in tectonics, our crustal and igneous databases, but also our source-to-sink studies.

Lithium & Battery Minerals

The main source of lithium is from salt deposits, but it also occurs in the mineral spodumene in granite pegmatites and aplites.
 
Other key elements used in battery manufacture include cobalt, nickel, vanadium, manganese, aluminium, phosphate, and sulphur (sulfur).

Many key minerals require an understanding of tectonic setting, structure and transportation (placer). Knowing Earth has expertise in all of these areas with a range of consultancy and report options