After several years of prospecting, British Lithium was the first company to discover a sizable lithium deposit in the UK – on Imerys mining land. It was also the first to develop a novel, environmentally-friendly process for extracting lithium and the first to produce battery grade lithium from Cornish granite.
Now known as Imerys British Lithium, the company has developed Europe’s only integrated lithium pilot plant.
As a result of this new joint venture with Imerys, the next stage is a pre-feasibility study with the objective of building a plant capable of producing over 20,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate per year, for at least 30 years. This will be enough lithium to create over half a million electric car batteries – every year!