ABOUT

intro to project

Creating a substantial added value for exploration activities to become more sustainable, socially responsible, and scientifically robust:

  • Advancing geochemical methods for the identification of deep-seated deposits
  • Developing geochemical methods as a key component of an interdisciplinary, holistic and sustainable approach
  • Combining geophysics, geochemistry, and social aspects for exploration activities
  • Providing tools to comprehensively map available resources
  • Recognizing the crucial role of public support: promoting awareness, aiming to engage scientists, exploration companies, and stakeholders in meaningful interactions with the public

our objectives

  • Develop innovative technologies for exploration of critical raw materials in deep land deposits in EU and non-EU countries
  • Increase the resources and reserves of various primary critical raw materials within the EU and non-EU countries
  • Accelerate development of EU domestic critical raw materials exploration projects integrating innovative technologies
  • Strengthen EU autonomy and ethical sourcing of raw materials by developing socially and environmentally acceptable means of discovery of primary raw materials
  • Improve responsible supply of raw materials to the EU in line with the EU principles for sustainable raw materials
  • Promote the utilisation of UNFC and UNRMS in the raw materials sector
  • Contribute to the implementation of the EU action plan on Critical Raw Materials

project approach

DeepBEAT final outcome will be a workflow which addresses these aspects by two means: I) DeepBEAT plans to engage with the local communities at the test sites to learn about concerns, hesitancy and what is the emotional core of these. Experiences from these events will be included in exploration workflow as an integral part, following the principles of free, prior, informed consent, which requires to interact with communities at a very early stage. II) DeepBEAT proposes ten novel technological developments, all designed to minimize impact on environment and maximise sustainability. These research and innovation developements have the potential to push the limits of surface geochemical exploration to an other level. They comprise a) new insights to ultra-high resolution analytical chemistry, b) increasing sampling strategy efficiency, c) introducing ground-breaking new concepts of dealing with elemental measurement data, d) reducing exploration costs by sample selection, e) testing novel phyto-geochemical media, and f) introducing UAV assisted biogeochemical sampling. Detailed understanding of the deposits complement the workflow to allow the understanding of the mineralizations as part of mineral systems and AI-assisted 3D mineral prospectivity modelling.