Trelavour Lithium Project: Feasibility Study (Part 1)

康尼什锂是一家矿产勘探和开发公司，专注于康沃尔锂和其他电池金属的商业提取。该公司有两个正在开发的工作流程：1)从雷德鲁斯附近联合唐斯的地热水中提取锂；以及2.关键矿产情报中心估计，到2030年，英国每年将需要80,000吨碳酸锂当量(将所有潜在的锂来源简化为一个可比较的数字)。国内供应是必要的，因为预计到2035年全球锂短缺-1,200,000吨/年(APCUK，2022年第四季度)。为了缓解英国工业无法获得原材料需求的风险，康尼什锂公司的目标是在2026年开发康沃尔的锂矿藏，并为英国汽车制造商生产电池级锂。英国(以及整个欧洲)目前没有锂的国内供应，这使得英国经济在供应链日益支离破碎和不确定的情况下依赖进口。这些供应链正受到汽车行业和各国政府的密切关注，尤其是锂。通用汽车(General Motors)最近投资美国锂的举动，代表着制造商对原材料供应的看法发生了转变。与此同时，智利政府宣布计划对其庞大的锂资源施加更大的国家控制，这些资源在2022年占全球锂原料的28%(来源：APCUK，2022年第一季度)。康沃尔已被确定为提供大规模锂生产的潜力(来源：BGS 1987)，并被美国地质调查局列为全球前五大花岗岩托管锂矿藏。该项目将开展有助于可行性研究的工作，以降低风险和降低关于康尼什锂公司的Trelavour锂项目可行性的不确定性。该提案中的工作将集中在两个方面：资源更新和生命周期评估。资源更新将加强我们对地下可用锂的了解，如何提取它，以及有多少锂将运往市场。生命周期评估将量化一系列类别的环境影响，同时提供范围1、2和3的基准，使下游制造商能够更好地了解其供应链及其影响。

Cornish Lithium is a mineral exploration and development company focused on the commercial extraction of lithium and other battery metals in Cornwall. The Company has two workstreams in development: 1.) Extraction of lithium from geothermal waters at United Downs, near Redruth; and 2.) Lithium extraction from a hard-rock lithium mica deposit at the Trelavour Lithium Project, near St Austell.The Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre estimates that the UK will need 80,000 tonnes per year of lithium carbonate equivalent (a simplification of all the potential sources of lithium into one, comparable, number) by 2030\. Domestic supplies are necessarily as there is expected to be a global deficit of lithium of -1,200,000 tonnes per year by 2035 (APCUK, Q4 2022). To mitigate the risk of British industries being unable to source their raw materials needs, Cornish Lithium aims to develop lithium deposits in Cornwall and produce battery-grade lithium for UK automotive manufacturers in 2026\.The UK (and Europe as a whole) has no current domestic supply of lithium leaving the UK economy dependent on imports at a time when supply chains are increasingly fractured and uncertain. These supply chains are under scrutiny be the automotive industry and by governments, especially for lithium. The recent move by General Motors to invest in Lithium Americas represents a shift in how manufacturers view their raw materials supply. Meanwhile, the Chilean government has announced plans to exert greater state control of their large lithium resources which in 2022 constituted 28% of the global lithium feedstock (Source: APCUK, Q1 2022).Cornwall has been identified as offering the potential for large scale lithium production (Source: BGS 1987) and highlighted in the top five granite-hosted lithium deposits globally by the United States Geological Survey.The project will conduct work that will contribute to a Feasibility Study that will reduce risk and lower uncertainty regarding the viability of Cornish Lithium's Trelavour Lithium Project. The work in this proposal will focus on two aspects: a Resource Update and a Life Cycle Assessment. The Resource Update will enhance our understanding of the available lithium in the ground, how it can be extracted and how much will be delivered to market. The Life Cycle Assessment will quantify environmental impacts across a range of categories, whilst providing a benchmark of Scope 1, 2 and 3 metrics that will allow downstream manufacturers to better understand their supply chain and its impacts.