From the point of view of electric mobility and the supply of the national electricity grid, there may be important news. In particular, it is the identification of lithium geothermal reservoirsmetal specifically used for securing the aforesaid services.
Estimates predict a 3.535% growth in European demand for geothermal lithium over the course of a few years. So far, the offering has largely come from: China which runs the world’s mines, while Europe produces only 3% of the batteries. This discovery would help Italy break away from the Chinese offer.
Conventional lithium deposits in Italy are limited to a few pegmatites from the Alps (South Tyrol) and the island of Elba (Tuscany) which, due to their location in a context of high natural value, are unlikely to give rise to mining activities. The potential for lithium in unconventional fields is very different. A recent scientific study has identified two promising bands for the discovery of lithium in liquids located in deep reservoirs. The first band includes the volcanic-geothermal perithyrrenic zones (Tuscany-Lazio-Campania) where high enthalpy fluids with lithium concentrations up to 480 mg/l have been intercepted in the past. The second strip covers the area at the front of the Apennine chain (from Alessandria to Pescara) where there are hydrocarbon deposits, as well as some low-enthalpy thermal manifestations with lithium levels up to 370 mg/l.
Andrea Dini, researcher Cnr
Source: Lega Nerd
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