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Type
Lecture

Exploration and drilling for lithium in Cornwall

Event organised by ICE

Date
26 February 2025
Time
17:45 - 19:15 GMT
Location
New County Hall
Treyew Road
Truro
Cornwall, TR1 3AY
United Kingdom

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Overview

Lithium is found within micas in Cornwall's granite rocks and within the geothermal waters that flow through these rocks at depth. 

Batteries for electric vehicles use lithium and demand is expected to increase as batteries for power storage become more important.

Mineral exploration company, Cornish Lithium has a lithium in geothermal waters programme to work out the optimal places to put in boreholes to extract these fluids and process out the lithium.

The company has completed six diamond-cored exploration boreholes in Cornwall, totalling around 7km of drilling and is midway through a further two boreholes.

This presentation will outline the company's operations including the exploration process, well design, and drilling operations to the target depth. 

The event is hosted by ICE Truro City Club and includes time for questions and networking.

Programme

17:45 - 18:15
Networking
18:15 - 19:00
Presentation
19:00 - 19:15
Q&A

Speaker

Ali Salisbury

Ali Salisbury

Cornish Lithium

senior geologist

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Ali Salisbury

Ali Salisbury is a senior geologist at Cornish Lithium, having worked at the company since 2019 managing exploration and drilling programmes. He holds a BSc in Geology from Plymouth University and undertook an MSc in Earth Structure and Dynamics at Utrecht University. Previous roles include working at Wessex Archaeology as a geophysicist and geomatics technician.

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