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→ OPPORTUNITY: ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES
SPACE-ENABLED APPLICATIONS FOR THE MINING SECTOR
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MINING AND SPACE
The mining sector is pivotal to the world’s economy and faces the challenge of transforming as part of Industry 4.0.
The extractive industry must adapt and innovate to build trust with local communities, protect Earth’s environmental
ecosystems, improve operations, and overcome significant issues, such as illegal mining and the trafficking of precious
metals.
The global nature and capabilities of satellites make them the perfect tool to provide relevant insights into mining activities.
This workshop will showcase how satellite applications and space solutions can benefit the mining sector.
Rita Rinaldo - [email protected]
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1. Present the main challenges faced by the mining sector today
2. Showcase and discuss the potential of space technologies and assets to address those challenges
3. Create a community and networking opportunities for the mining industry and innovators developing solutions using
space
4. Present open and upcoming opportunities related to the mining supply chain, illicit mining activities, and mining
operations
AIMS OF TODAY
Rita Rinaldo - [email protected]
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WELCOME TO THE WORKSHOP!
09:30 – 10:00 Arrival and Registration with Coffee
10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and Introduction to the Mining Community
10:15 – 11:25 Session 1 – Monitoring and Improving Mining Operations
11:25 – 11:35 Coffee Break
11:35 – 12:15 Session 2 – Facilitating Social Engagement in Mining
12:15 – 12:40 Opportunities from ESA and UNICRI
12:40 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:15 Session 3 – Safety and Security of the Mining Supply Chain
14:15 – 15:10 Session 4 – Environmental Monitoring of Mining Sites
15:10 – 15:30 Opportunities from the Department of International Trade and Luxembourg Space Agency
15:30 – 15:45 Discussion and Formalising
15:45 – 16:00 End of Day
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1. Join the MineSense Group on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13784315/
2. Become a member and sign up for the newsletter now at https://sa.catapult.org.uk/minesense/
Join MineSense
The new community connecting the mining sector with space
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Session 1: Monitoring and Improving Mining Operations
Satellite capabilities are key in supporting the mining industry to move towards more intelligent mines and creating
efficiencies across the mining lifecycle.
Satellites, combined with additional datasets, enable evidence-based decision-making in many areas; from monitoring
tailings dams, to quantifying stockpiles and assets, and mapping out the surface geology of an area of exploration.
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Operational Challenge 1
A Case Study from Cornish Lithium
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Satellite Applications
for Exploration
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These presentation materials (the “Presentation Materials”) are being distributed in the UK only to persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments and who areinvestment professionals as specified in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Financial Promotion Order”), or high net worthcompanies, unincorporated associations etc. as specified in Article 49(2) of the Financial Promotion Order, and in each case who are qualified investors within the meaning of section 86(1)(a) ofthe Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, or to other persons who may lawfully receive the Presentation Materials. Any investment to which this document relates is available to (and anyinvestment activity to which it relates will be engaged with) only those persons described above. Persons who do not fall within this category of investor should not take any action upon thisdocument, but should return it immediately to Cornish Lithium Ltd. (“CLL” or the “Company”). It is a condition of your receiving this document that you fall within, and you warrant to CLL thatyou fall within, the category of person described above. The Presentation Materials do not constitute or form any part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue or purchase or subscribe for anyshares in the Company nor shall they or any part of them, or the fact of their distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract with the Company relating to anysecurities. The Presentation Materials are not intended to be distributed or passed on, directly or indirectly, or to any other class of persons. They are being supplied to you solely for yourinformation and may not be reproduced, forwarded to any other person or published, in whole or in part, for any other purpose. The Presentation Materials do not purport to contain allinformation that a prospective investor may require and are subject to updating, revision and amendment. In furnishing the Presentation Materials, the Company does not undertake or agree toany obligation to provide access to any additional information or to update such Presentation Materials or to correct any inaccuracies in, or omissions from, the Presentation Materials whichmay become apparent. The information and opinions contained in the Presentation Materials are provided as at the date of the presentation and are subject to change without notice. Noreliance may be placed for any purpose whatsoever on the information contained in this document or on its completeness. Any reliance on this communication could potentially expose you to asignificant risk of losing all of the property invested by you or the incurring by you of additional liability. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is given by the Company, its Directorsor employees, or their professional advisers as to the accuracy, fairness, sufficiency or completeness of the information, opinions or beliefs contained in this document. Save in the case of fraud,no liability is accepted for any loss, cost or damage suffered or incurred as a result of the reliance on such information, opinions or beliefs. The Presentation Materials have been prepared by andare the sole responsibility of the Directors and the Company. If you are in any doubt about the investment to which these Presentation Materials relate, you should consult a person authorisedby the Financial Conduct Authority who specialises in advising on securities of the kind described in this document. The Presentation Materials are confidential and are being supplied to you foryour own information. They may not (directly or indirectly) be reproduced, further distributed to any person or published, in whole or in part, for any purpose whatsoever. Neither thisdocument, nor any copy of it, may be taken or transmitted into the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, South Africa or Japan or into any jurisdiction where it would be unlawful to do so.Any failure to comply with this restriction may constitute a violation of relevant local securities laws. Nothing contained herein should be relied upon as a promise or representation as to thefuture. This document should be read as a whole. Investments of this nature carry risks to your capital. Please Invest Aware
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Disclaimer
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Highly innovative private company founded in 2016, focussed on assessing the potential forenvironmentally responsible extraction of lithium in Cornwall
Since 2016, we have been integrating historic and modern data in digital format to re-evaluate thegeological potential of Cornwall for lithium and other battery metals
Agreements secured with owners of mineral rights over a large area (+350km2). Further agreements inpipeline
Successfully completed 3 rounds of funding including latest £1.4m raise via crowdfunding. Drillingprogramme has now commenced
Cornish Lithium has secured EIS status as a “Knowledge Intensive Company”
Strong national and local government backing for company and for mining in Cornwall
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Company Overview
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Why now? “Convergence”
Modern Exploration & Mining
Geophysics and Satellite EOBrexit
Critical Metals Focus
Electric Vehicles
Battery Storage
Global Warming
Digital GIS and 3D modelling
Innovations in Li Extraction
New Industries in UK
Commodity Prices
Li
Technical Factors External Factors
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Source: Lepidico
Significant number of exploration and
development stage projects across Europe
BUTNo current production
European Lithium Exploration
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Detail from 1864 - Wheal Clifford abandoned mine
plan – R103 transverse section
• Lithium first observed in “hot springs” in deep Cornish mines in 1864, when chemical examinationwas carried out on a sample from Wheal Clifford mine
• Numerous historical records indicate that lithium-enriched geothermal waters occur at depthacross a large area of the County
• Cornish Lithium is focussed on evaluating the economic potential to extract lithium from thesefluids
• The Company is not focussed on the historic mines themselves, but on deeper geological featuresthat host lithium-enriched waters
“The occurrence of so large an amount of lithium, being
eight to ten times as much per gallon as has been found in
any spring hitherto analysed, invests this water with
unusual interest and importance”
Chemical Examination of a Hot Spring containing lithiumW. A. Miller, (1864),Trans. RGSC
Lithium in Cornwall
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Source: USGS
Cornwall hosts one of only five
large scale lithium enriched
granites worldwide
UK has Key Geological Advantage
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Lithium occurs in two different geological settings inCornwall:
1. Within lithium-enriched geothermal waters, whichcirculate at depth within permeable geological features
• Cornish Lithium plan to sample these fluids (seediagram)
• Results from drilling programme will guide futureexploration
2. In minerals within the granite rock which underlies theCounty
• Cornwall has one of only 5 known large scale,lithium enriched granite bodies worldwide (Source:USGS)
Why Cornwall?
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Data assembly • The Company has assembled a vast archive (+50,000
images) of historical data from public and private sources and is re-assembling this in digital format to model and predict the likely location of mineralisation in the subsurface
Strong understanding of geology• Our team has a strong understanding of geology and
mineral exploration, enabling identification of optimal targets for exploration drilling for lithium and other battery metals
Potentially economic grades• Historic data supports the presence of potentially
economic grades of lithium within geothermal waters in Cornwall
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Historical temperature data modelled in Leapfrog 3D geological modelling software,
shown in an iso-surface map. Created by Cornish Lithium geologists
Data and Ore Deposit Science
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EO Exploration
1. In 2017/18 Cornish Lithium participated in the innovative project funded by Innovate UK and the Satellite Applications Catapult 2. This used various satellite-based techniques to investigate the possibility of using data from several platforms3. The focus was on mapping large faults which could act as regional scale conduits for lithium bearing brines at depth4. The project gathered data on alteration, heat flow, vegetation anomalies, surface deformation and combined this with traditional mapping4. The various outputs were collated and modelled into a new exploration tool which was used to predict areas for ground-based exploration5. The project was a success but needs further funding as the duration was too short
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Faults appear to be the geological key
Evaluation of regional faulting using LiDar and bathymetric data
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Fault Mapping
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Drone Exploration Programme
Alteration mapping on North Cornwall coast
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Alteration Maps
Case Study: Nancekuke• Certain minerals can indicate
fluid flow through structures
• Different mineralogy has been mapped on the wave-cut platform
• Clear kaolinite alteration along permeable structure
Deeper greens represent higher likelihood of the presence of the mineral
mapped
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Drill Programme Underway
Cornish Lithium has commenced drilling for geothermal brine near United Downs, Redruth
2 holes will be drilled to +800m and tested for lithium bearing fluids
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Tin and Base Metal Exploration
2016 2018 2018
1) Stage 1:
Re-evaluation of Cornwall on a
Regional Scale
• Intelligent “Block Model” evaluation of base metal
prospectivity using regional historical and modern datasets
•Reduction of geographical search extent through
identification of key target areas
2) Stage 2:
Identification of Projects
•Comprehensive review of potential projects within target
areas
•Projects assessed against exploration potential and value
3) Development of a Project Pipeline
•Projects ranked based on exploration criteria
•Determination of timescales and work required to develop the
projects
•Highest ranking projects recommended for acquisition /
exploration
4) Project Specific Exploration
•Targeted and specific exploration at key projects.
• Identification of drill targets
•Development of project to decision point
Phased Exploration Strategy
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UK Government has recognised the need to explore the possibility of a UK-based lithium supply chain
Former Business and Energy Secretary, Greg Clark said:“We are committed to ensuring our world-leading automotive sector can flourish”
Consortium of Wardell Armstrong, Cornish Lithium and the Natural History Museum awarded justunder £500,000 to lead a new study looking at the feasibility of developing a UK supply of lithium
This study will build on expertise gained by Wardell Armstrong from EU-funded FAME project
Consortium will delineate potential ‘unconventional’ (non-spodumene) sources of lithium in the UK,with a SW focus, and develop a conversion process for UK material to battery grade lithium
Could bring lithium extraction and processing industry to Cornwall
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Innovative private company with highly experienced team using modern techniques to evaluate thepotential for environmentally-responsible production of lithium and battery metals in Cornwall
Large portfolio of agreements with mineral rights holders enables widespread exploration andexploitation
Significant work carried out to date to build a strong understanding of geology and mineralexploration, enabling identification of optimal targets for lithium and other battery metals
Has recently completed third round of funding - £1.4m with Crowdcube. Drilling has commenced
Strong national and local government backing for mining in Cornwall – EIS status
Cornish Lithium believes that a revival of mining in Cornwall is now possible, with a focus on batterymetals
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Summary
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Cornish Lithium Ltd.
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01326 640640
Address: Tremough Innovation Centre, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9TA
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Operational Challenge 2
Church of England
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Investor Engagement & Satellite TechnologyNovember 2019
Adam C.T. Matthews
Director of Ethics & Engagement
Board Member of IIGCC
& Co-Chair Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI)
Concern 1: More mined for less
Concern 2: Trend in tailings failures
Concern 3: Unknown number of dams and locations
Concern 4: Implementation of Past recommendations & lack of a global standard
Concern 5: Has waste been treated as an externality
Interventions by the Investors 1. Investor Call for an independent Global Standard for Tailings Management
Independent Tailings Review being led by Professor Bruno Oberle, Co-Convened by PRI, ICMM & UNEP to report in Q1 2020
2. Investor Tailings Disclosure Request of 726 Publicly Listed Companies69% of mining companies by market capitalisation have responded, coordinated engagement to be established today focussed on non-disclosers
3. Creation of an Independent Global Database to Drive Transparency & Best PracticeDatabase to be launched by the anniversary of the Brumadinho disaster with a partnership announced today supported by CofE Pensions Board, Swedish Council of Ethics & UNEP with GRID Arendal and the UK Satellite Catapult
4. Addressing Tailings Liabilities Factored into Corporate Reporting?Working group with Aviva, CofE Pensions Board, RLAM, Sarasin, & USS underway examining relationship between tailings and company reporting
5. Alignment of ExpectationsSeeking alignment of expectations across banks, investors and insurers to:
1) Support disclosure & global database 2) Reinforce a global standard 3) Address the legacy of highest risk dams 4) Supporting ‘turbo-charging’ of technology
Mining Response:
- 37 out of the top 50 largest mining companies in the world responded
- 76% of the top 50 largest mining companies by market capitalisation have responded
- 69% of the industry by market capitalisation responded
- 22 out of 22 members of the International Council of Mining & Metals responded
Independent Global Database to Drive Transparency & Best Practice
Applications on Tailings
• Identification of dams
• Historic
• Verification of disclosures
• Monitoring
• Climate risk / physical
• Inundation
• Infrastructure risk
• Movement / Failure
• Alert
• Leaching
Other Potential Applications of Satellite Technology
