View the latest on progress of critical minerals projects and associated sustainable development metrics. We will be updating the selection of metrics presented on this dashboard as our research progresses.
Critical Minerals Projects in Cornwall and Devon and associated companies
Project timeline
Explore our interactive project timeline to find out what south west mining projects are doing, and when.
Key
Recycling
2020 - 2024: Active exploration, development (£ millions)
2025 - 2026: Pilot / demonstration / feasibility study (£ tens millions)
2019 - 2024: Active exploration, development (£ millions)
2021: Resource/reserve figures to international codes (the mineral estimates have been calculated and publicly reported).
2025: Pilot / demonstration / feasibility study (£ tens millions)
2026: Construction (Mines - £ hundreds millions / Boreholes - £ tens millions)
Private
Cross Lanes
Geothermal
Lithium Brine
2016 - 2022: Company not active in public domain
2023 - 2025: Active exploration, development (£ millions)
2026: Pilot / demonstration / feasibility study (£ tens millions)
TSX
South Crofty
Mining
Sn
2015 - 2022: Active exploration, development (£ millions)
2016: Resource/reserve figures to international codes (the mineral estimates have been calculated and publicly reported).
2017: Resource/reserve figures to international codes (the mineral estimates have been calculated and publicly reported).
2021: Resource/reserve figures to international codes (the mineral estimates have been calculated and publicly reported).
2023 - 2025: Pilot / demonstration / feasibility study (£ tens millions)
2023: Resource/reserve figures to international codes (the mineral estimates have been calculated and publicly reported).
2024: Resource/reserve figures to international codes (the mineral estimates have been calculated and publicly reported).
2026: Construction (Mines - £ hundreds millions / Boreholes - £ tens millions)
2015 - 2021: Company not active in public domain
2022 - 2026: Active exploration, development (£ millions)
2015 - 2017: Company not active in public domain
2018 - 2026: Active exploration, development (£ millions)
2018: Resource/reserve figures to international codes (the mineral estimates have been calculated and publicly reported).
2019: Resource/reserve figures to international codes (the mineral estimates have been calculated and publicly reported).
2020: Resource/reserve figures to international codes (the mineral estimates have been calculated and publicly reported).
2026: Resource/reserve figures to international codes (the mineral estimates have been calculated and publicly reported).
Private
United Downs
Geothermal
Electricity, Li
2015 - 2018: Active exploration, development (£ millions)
2019 - 2024: Pilot / demonstration / feasibility study (£ tens millions)
2025: Construction (Mines - £ hundreds millions / Boreholes - £ tens millions)
2026: Active production
Aquis
Wheal Vor
Mining
Sn
2019 - 2025: Company not active in public domain
2026: Active exploration, development (£ millions)
CAC Mid 60 index
Greenbarrow
Mining
Li mica
2019 - 2021: Active exploration, development (£ millions)
2022 - 2025: Pilot / demonstration / feasibility study (£ tens millions)
2023: Resource/reserve figures to international codes (the mineral estimates have been calculated and publicly reported).
2026: Care and maintenance
CAC Mid 60 index
TBC
Mining
China Clay
2015 - 2026: Active production
2015 - 2018: Construction (Mines - £ hundreds millions / Boreholes - £ tens millions)
2019 - 2025: Active exploration, development (£ millions)
2022: Resource/reserve figures to international codes (the mineral estimates have been calculated and publicly reported).
Jobs tracker
Total jobs created since 2024
mining sector so far
TBC
Percentage offemale employees
TBC
Percentage oflocal employees
Mineral Resources
Cornwall and Devon critical mineral projects plotted on the UN Framework Classification (UNFC) diagram
Uses company information and the CRIRSCO bridging document to convert from their JORC and Nl43101 reporting codes. Projects progress through the steps of resource definition, technical feasibility and economic environment and social viability, starting outside the E3,F4,G4 front bottom corner and moving towards the E1, F1, G1 back, top when they are ready to commence production. Only Hemerdon (Tungsten West) is ready to mine according to this framework. Several other projects are at an intermediate stage (E2, F2, G1 or G2). Deep and shallow geothermal brines are a novel resource not yet covered properly by the CRIRSCO reporting codes or UNFC.
Mineral resources estimates
View the latest on progress of critical minerals projects and associated sustainable development metrics. We will be updating the selection of metrics presented on this dashboard as our research progresses.